35 Weeks

Well, I will be 35 weeks tomorrow!  Yay!  How much do you want to bet that I will go past my due date, LOL!  That's ok with me ... as long as she is healthy, I don't mind.  We still have yet to decide on a name ... we have 3 that we keep going back and forth between.  We seem to change our minds weekly ... so, I'm thinking we will just have to see her before we name her.  I never thought I would be one to do that, but it has been really hard to decide!

I had an OB appointment today and everything seems to be going well.  My weight gain has been good, actually lost a pound this week :)  BP great.  Some cramping on and off, but nothing like before.  We stopped the weekly progesterone injections this week ... each week, my reaction to the injection seemed to get worse.  I have bruises and hives left and right ... not to mention the pain felt even days after the injection.  Still taking procardia, but will go to once a day next week and hopefully stop at 37 weeks.  I am hoping to be ok'd to go back to work at 36 weeks!

The nursery is coming along.  Adam installed the closet a few weeks ago, I have the crib skirt, crib rail protector, and changing pad cover made.  I have the front piece of the quilt made, now I just have to sandwich it together and actually quilt it ... (Yikes!).  I still need to make 2 crib sheets and one more changing pad cover, along with some kind of mobile to hang from the ceiling.  We made our Ikea trip and actually stuck to the list, yay!!  I need to buy the baskets for the closet shelves and some other little odds and ends.  My dad still needs to paint the crib and then we should be done!

Counting down the last final weeks!  So excited to meet this little one!!

35 weeks 

 

 We chose to do 3 rows of hanging like Gabe's, only we couldn't spit it up because of the design of the closet and the sliding doors.  So we put the shelves at the end :)

A Milestone and other updates

Well, we have reached a milestone in this pregnancy!  I am now over 32 weeks and 3 days ... the gestation I delivered Gabe.  I have now entered unfamiliar territory, and I'm slightly nervous ... I have no idea what to expect.  How will I feel, how much more uncomfortable can I get, how BIG is this baby girl going to be ??? and so on and so forth.  I am very grateful I have made it this far and continue to pray she will keep cooking :)  Sooooo, another week of strict bed rest and then hopefully the restriction will lighten some and I can get a few things done!  I am hoping to return to work around 36 weeks if my OB will agree :)

As far as the nursery goes, it is still a work in progress!  Adam just finished demoing the closet and we should receive our new closet system on Monday ... I can't wait to start organizing :)  My dad is getting ready to start painting the crib.  I ordered most of the fabric I will need to make the bedding and such.  I'm hoping to be able to make a trip to Ikea for a few things ... if I have to be pushed around in a wheel chair, so be it!!  So, those are the plans ... I'll try to post some pics of the design I have in my head :)



THE FABRIC 

THE QUILT

I downloaded the quilt design from Oh, Fransson!.  You have to check out her site, AWESOME!  I'm looking forward to making this ... I'll let you know how it goes, LOL.  I'll be using all the different fabrics from above, plus a couple more.

THE CRIB RAIL PROTECTOR ... NO BUMPER HERE!!

So, instead of a bumper pad, I am going to make a crib rail protector similar to this one I found on Etsy.  I felt the bumper was such a waste with Gabe, and yes, technically illegal.  I thought it would at least give the room a little flare :)

This is the fabric I will use for the crib rail protector along with the orange dot fabric for the ties.

I am making the dust ruffle, plain and simple, using the orange dot fabric.

IKEA
Oh, my shopping list ... sigh!  I really, really hope I can make this trip ... If not, someone will HAVE to go for me!  Here is my short list :) ...

I haven't decided which ceiling light I want to get ... I'm leaning towards the one above, but I think I'll just have to see them in person to make the final decision!  Which do you like best???

These frames will be for the 10, 5x7 wall cards we bought from Oompa pictured below.  We chose German because of Adam's German heritage :)  Check out the main site for these cards ... really adorable things!!  www.childreninspiredesign.com

The curtains are very plain, so I am going to add a 3-4 inch strip of the orange dot fabric from top to bottom on the inner sides.

Well, hopefully you can piece this mess together in your head like I did ... we will see how it turns out :)  Feel free to give me advice and ideas!!

32 Weeks ...

And on strict bedrest ... well, as strict as you can be with a 2 year old!  I have been so bad about updating my blog, especially about this pregnancy!  So, here is my overall update ...

I really can't complain, this pregnancy has been great.  Other than feeling crampy (A LOT), oh and heartburn ...  I have felt just fine.  Baby is healthy and always sounds/looks great on the monitor!  With my history of preterm labor and delivery, my OB has been very cautious and aggressive with how she treats my cramping.  It started around 27 weeks.  I had to leave work early, which I hated to do.  I went to to OB office, they checked me and found no dilation, put me on the monitor and saw uterine irritability.  They gave me a shot of terbutaline, which did nothing but make my heart race.  My OB prescribed 30 mg of Procardia to take daily and ordered me to take it easy.  I did ok, until the following week.  I felt crampy again, despite the Procardia, so my OB wanted to see me again.  Once again, no dilation and uterine irritability on the monitor.  So ... my first dose of celestone, a fetal fibronectin test (which was - ), Procardia twice a day, and progesterone injections weekly.  I received another dose of celestone the next day along with my first dose of Progesterone ... oh and I think I got my Rhogam that same day ... I felt like a pin cushion!!
 
I was doing ok over the next week or so, trying to take it easy when I could and taking my Procardia ... along with weekly OB appointments.  When I hit my 31st week, I felt a little different.  My cramping was more uncomfortable and I felt pressure which I hadn't felt before.  So, I left work about an hour early and headed in to triage at Methodist to be monitored, checked, and have another fetal fibronectin test done.  I was about a 1/2 cm, just a SLIGHT change and the test was -.  Was sent home and would have an OB appt the next day.  My appointment went well, other than my OB telling me not to work the rest of the week :(  I woke up the next day and felt worse, something just didn't feel right ... so, I called my OB ... AGAIN!  I'm sure she will be sick of me by the time this pregnancy is done, LOL.  She wanted to see me ... she checked me and I made progress since being checked on Monday  :(  The next few words out of her mouth of course sent tears down my face ... Direct admission to Methodist Highrisk for Magnesium Sulfate to try to stop labor (the day before Thanksgiving, by the way).  I was terrified that we were repeating history, only slightly earlier in this pregnancy.  What am I doing wrong just kept circling my brain.  I was admitted around 1:30 on Wednesday and the Magnesium was started around 3 ish.  Oh my, how awful that drug is ... the gave me a 6 gm bolus over 30 min ... total TORTURE!!  but I made it through.  They then kept me on a continuous drip of 2 gm/hr.  After the bolus was in, my contractions worsened ... coming every 3 minutes, which was the first time we had ever seen anything on the monitor for this pregnancy.  Once again, tears streaming down my face, I feared delivery would be imminent.  They wheeled in the US machine to make sure she was head down.  (which she is, thankfully!)  Finally, after another hour or so, the contractions slowed and then eventually stopped.  Hallelujah, praise God!!

I remained on the Magnesium until Friday night, did well over night with no contractions, and was sent home Saturday morning!! Yay!!!!  I am so thankful that the Mag worked this time around and that this baby is still cooking!  So, I am now on bedrest with bathroom privileges for about 2 weeks and then my OB talked about lightening the restriction for another week or so and then possibly being able to return to work around 36 weeks.

Although being in the hospital over Thanksgiving was absolutely NO fun, we still had so much to be thankful for.  We are so thankful that our baby is healthy and still cooking, and for our amazing family and friends that have been a tremendous help and support system for us.  Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the help and continued thoughts and prayers, we love you all!!!


Just a few pics from my iPhone ... My room was REALLY nice and I had a pretty sweet view of the skyline!  They call it the Princess Suite :)

 My handsome little visitor ... ordering up some room service!  (Trust me buddy, it's YUCKY!!)

Beautiful sunrise!

Catching UP ... Halloween 2011

It's been awhile!  I never intend to just ignore my blog, but it seems to always go to the bottom of the list ... and I never make it to the bottom lately!!  Anyway, we had a fun Halloween with Gabe and Cooper "Trick-or-Treating" this year.  We just took them around the block to a few of the neighbors.  They LOVED it!  They would even hold hands, it was so cute!!  Gabe started to get the hang of it after a few houses :)  He LOVES suckers, so anytime someone put one in his bucket he would try to fish it out as we walked to the next house.  It was pretty funny! 

Rockin' out before Trick-or-Treating!

I saw a sucker in there somewhere!

 Adam carved our pumpkin at Natale and Monte's ... he won a Starbucks gift card!

Fun in the Leaves

Sadly, our trees are losing their leaves ... so, we thought it would be fun to go out and play in them :)  Happy fall!

Guess where these leaves are going ....

Yep, poor doggy!

 What's that on your shoulder?

6 Year Anniversary!

Adam and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary on October, 22!  We are both so surprised how quickly these past 6 years have flown by!  We've had loads and loads of fun and have grown so much as a couple!  We spent the morning with Gabe, playing and running around and then had a wonderful dinner, just the two of us at The Cheesecake Factory!  After dinner, we shopped around for a while then headed home.  We had a great evening together :)


We made our annual trip to Nashville last week ... just a few pics ...

Almost 27 weeks on our Anniversary ...

(I will finally be getting my hair done in the next few weeks ... it's about time!!! My hair looks awful!!  LOL)