July 1st or Bust Baby

Well, we are in the final days now... I had a doctor's appointment last Wednesday and unless I deliver this baby sometime between now and Tuesday night, I am being induced Wednesday July 1st. With my high blood pressure, our goal was to carry the baby full term, and with Tuesday fast approaching, we are thrilled to have let the baby mature and grow to this point. I also had hip surgeries as a child, and Tyson is 6' 6" tall, so there is no reason to go over too much past the due date and let the little dude get even bigger... I don't want hip surgery too!

The last few days have been full of excitement and anxiety... we are so excited to have the little guy really here, we've been waiting and waiting, but its also a little nerve wracking, I mean, we are going to be parents (gulp)... Our lives are about to change quite a bit here in the next few days, but the excitement totally outweighs the anxiousness!!!

If you guys have any advice regarding labor, delivery, coming home with a newborn, anything, I'd love to hear what you think, we've been so blessed to have a pretty normal and healthy pregnancy, thank you all for your comments and support, I love hearing from you all! We will try to keep things updated, at least a picture or two, so stay tuned! Love, Dani

7 Day Countdown

Well, it could be longer than that right? Lots of pregnancies, especially the first, go past the due date... but we officially have one week until our due date!

I've been feeling really good, I've heard from so many people that the last month is the hardest, and I think I've been lucky enough for this to not be true for me... weeks 10 through 16 were much harder. I mean, I have this huge belly out in front of me that makes comfort a struggle at times, but I am not kneeling in front of the toilet for hours each day... and for this, I am totally grateful.

I have my 39 week appointment tomorrow, after which, we are going to see the new Transformers movie... we are huge fans, and we didn't honestly think we were even going to get to go (knock on wood). Yesterday, when Tyson bought the tickets online, I told him that he has sealed the deal, I'll be in labor or we will have baby Ethan here by 11:59 Wednesday night... :)

Last night at about 2:00 AM, I got up for the second time in the night to go to the bathroom, and I didn't feel the little guy moving. I laid back down, kind of rubbed my tummy, hoping to feel a movement and be back to dreamland... but he wouldn't move! I kind of started freaking out... I got up and drank a bunch of water, ate a yogurt, continued rubbing, and nothing... this went on for about 15 minutes, and finally... a movement... and then another, and I think he finally woke up... from everything I've read, movement slowing down is totally normal at this point, but he is one active little dude, I mean, he is always moving around, so it scared me a lot. He's been moving all day, so just a little scare.

I must add that I am loving being home... I have worked full time since the summer after high school graduation, working quite a bit through high school to fuel my beast of a vehicle that got 8 (if I was lucky) miles to the gallon. Anyway, being home all day has given me time to cook up some meals for the freezer, read lots of books, watch lots of movies, write in my journal, and have lots of quiet time, a rarity in my life until the last few weeks. I have lots of time to think, and lately, I've been thinking a lot about comments towards pregnant people like, "You look like you're going to pop!"

My mother in law and neighbor insist that I'm not big enough to be 39 weeks, the baby has not dropped yet, and I'm all belly... but twice I have had the "pop" comment. Is this response proper at all? While smiling say, "You know, that's never a nice thing to say to a pregnant woman." I might just try it out if I dare go out in public in the next week or so... Hope you all are having a great week and are enjoying this amazing June weather, I'll keep this as updated as possible in the next few days to come!

38 Weeks, Home & Connected, Baby's Room, False Alarm, READY!

Wow, its been over a month since my last post... What a month!

I am now 38 Weeks along in this pregnancy that is flying by, I seriously can not believe how quickly the time has gone June 3, I was sent home from the doctor's office with orders to not return to work, so for the last 2 weeks, I have been taking it easy at home. My blood pressure has been super high, but I don't have any other scary things going on, so we are just letting this little guy get as big as possible before I either go into labor on my own (say a prayer) or my doc induces me.

My hubby set up a little office up for me at home so I can continue to do the bookkeeping for my boss, and we finally got the Internet up and running, it feels so good to be re-connected!

Here are a couple pics of little Ethan's room: (the orange paint is bold, but its pretty cute)

Monday night, I felt a little "gush" and ran to Tys and said, "I think my water just broke!" I laid down, and nothing else really happened, but decided to call my doctor to see what she thought. She had me go to the hospital and get checked out. They hooked me up to the fetal monitor and the contraction monitor just like the real thing. I've been having decent contractions and Tyson was so cute holding my hand and reminding me to breath, what a cute daddy he is going to be. But, it was not amniotic fluid that had leaked, they found out that I have a bladder infection and that caused (causes) some leakage, so we are back home on a prescription. It was a very eventful and exciting morning, not knowing if we were coming home with or without our little man...

But now we are on a 13 day countdown to the due date. I feel great, getting plenty of rest, reading lots of books, watching lots of movies. We took a lactation class and a birthing class last week, I'm a little on knowledge overload, but we are totally excited for the real thing!