My First Fetal Monitoring

I went in this morning for my first fetal monitoring appointment today. I was very exctied to be able to hear the heartbeat for a long period of time. I was also looking forward to sitting and relaxing and maybe even taking a nap while they recorded what they needed. Little did I know that I had a job during all this. They informed me that I could not sleep and had to push a button everytime I felt him move. I was so tired from the night before from not getting a good night sleep, that I think I may have missed a few movements due to the soothing sounds of his heartbeat putting me to sleep.

The monitor showed everthing looks good and that I am having contractions. She asked me if I were feeling them and I told her that I am having so many aches and pains that I do not know what is a contraction and what isn't. They also checked to see if I had dialated any and so far nothing yet. The baby is head down, so we are ready when the time comes. I asked her if we could go ahead and schedule an induction for next Monday and the answer is still no. I am trying to enjoy the little bit of time left that is just me and Travis, but this baby is running out of room and growing fast.

I go back to the Doc this Thursday for more Fetal monitoring. I do not know if they will do another growth ultrasound before I go into labor. If they do, that will be one interesting ultrasound. Watch out Travis, there is about to be a new Sheriff in town! Hahaha

Loss for words

All I can say right now is Oh My Goodness. We had our Growth ultrasound yesterday and got a new weight for Ty. Can you guess how much he weighs? Not 6lbs, not 7lbs, not 8lbs, but 8lbs 13ozs!!! Yes, that is correct. He is only 3ozs away from being 9lbs!!!! Let me remind you, I am only 35 weeks and have about a month to go for full term.

When talking to the doctor, I some what begged him to induce a little early. I am having problems breathing and sleeping. He is still so high up and I have ALOT of Amniotic fluid around him and that it is probably what is causing it. To make me feel better, the ultrasound tech told mt that a doctor at the practice delivered a 13lb baby. Jen WILL NOT be delivering a 13lb baby. Nope.

I start my 2 a week appointments next week. I go in for fetal monitoring and a quick check up with the doc. This should be fun.

He will be here soon and I can't wait.

Will Ty be here early?

Travis and I went to my doctors appointment on Monday and everything still looks good. I asked if they would take the baby early since he is getting so big, but she said they wouldn't before 39 weeks. I completely understand that they need to make sure the lungs are developed and all, but man between my back and my lungs, I don't know which one is going to give out on me first.

I go back in on Monday for another growth ultrasound to see how big my little man has gotten. I gained 2 lbs from my last visit which is good, but I am hoping it did not all go to baby. That would put him at 8lbs 5ozs with 4 weeks to go. YIKES!

His heartbeat was at 145 beats a minutes and that is good too! He is an active little boy who likes to kick and stretch! He lets me know everyday that he is running out of room in there and is going to be here soon. I just can't wait.

My First Baby Shower

I know this is a little late, but I would like to say thank you to my sister Missy and Travis's Aunt Lori for a beautiful baby shower. Everything was just perfect. Thanks also to everyone who came and for the wonderful gifts. They are much appreciated. When I got home, I think it finally hit Travis that this was real. We now have a stroller and car seat sitting in our dinning room and a bath tub in our bath tub. It is fun to look at it everyday. 6 more official weeks and he should be here (but I think it will be sooner). I have another appointment on Monday and will hopefully find out more about what kind of plan we are going to have since he is a big boy. Too exciting!

The Nursery is Painted

What a relief. Friday night, after a long day at work and being out of town, my husband started working on painting the nursery. I kept my friend, Heather, twins Friday night and when I got home Travis was marking lines and getting ready to tape. I was able to help him with that and to get 2 coats of white paint on before we went to bed. Not too bad so far.

Saturday morning, we got up and started the real work. Having 4 colors of paint on the wall is not easy to handle. We got our first coats on and must say it looked good. By this time, my arms were ready to fall off. I am not good at cutting in paint, so Travis did all that while I rolled paint and brushed it.

By 6 o'clock I was starving and fortunatly we have awesome neighbors who invited us over for chili and hot dogs. Kate knows how much I love chili and I didn't even have to wash all the paint off of me before I went over there which was nice considering I didn't want to go out in public looking as beautiful as I did.

After diner, we took a break and went to mom and dads to watch the Carlolina football game. It was nice to sit and relax for a bit. I decided to leave at halftime, being that Carolina was playing an OK game. When I got home, I decided I would love to have the room finished before Travis got home. I literally finished 2 minutes before he walked in. He thought everything looked good and so we pulled the last of the paint tape off to see our finished product. Here you go:


All we have left to finish is a few decorations and for the little one to get here.

Paint

So we finally bought paint for the nursery. Here are the colors:



The first 2 are a little more green in person. We are going to do stripes horizontal around the wall. I am hoping to have this finished on Saturday maybe Sunday. Travis is going to have to do most of the work and he has been real busy lately. We shall see how much we get done. I will take some pics as soon as we get something up on the wall.

Linebacker

How do I start this entry. I am having a linebacker for Carolina. I went in Tuesday morning for my growth ultrasound and he is weighing in at a whopping 6lbs 5ozs. Yes, you can say it, Holy Crap! As a reminder, I still have 2, yes 2, more months until his due date. If he continues to gain weight at the rate he is gaining, he will weigh 12 lbs when he is born. The crazy thing is, I only gained 3 pounds from my last visit and it all went to him. I asked Carrie, my ultrasound tech, to please make sure that there were not 2 in there because to me and others, my stomach looks so big. She laughed and said there was only 1 and he was a big boy. I was able to get a few good picks of the little man.

He looks a little squished, but you can definatly tell he has Travis's lips.

He still keeps his hands up by his face when he is sleeping, just like his daddy.

I thought this pic of his foot was precious.

At one point we caught him sucking on his thumb. It was very sweet and made me cry. I cant wait to meet the little man. I feel like I know so much about him already. I guess carrying him around for 7 months will do that.