bedrest

What a way to ring in the new year.

today started great, we had an ultrasound, and Chris came with us, which was awesome. Unfortunately no good pictures came out,

she is too big to get a good shot now!

We found out that my little chubster is already 4lbs 15oz, a full pound above average! She is measuring 33 weeks 5 days, and the doctor even mentioned that she may be a Valentines baby! Her heartrate was 144, and everything looked good. Then I went to the normal doctors appointment and it went downhill.

My blood pressure is elevating, and there were traces of protein in my urine :( Also my swelling is a little bit of a concern, and my uterus is measuring at 36 weeks (I am only 32) anyways, I am being transfered from my midwife to a "real" OB, and I am on bedrest until my appointment Monday am. I am monitoring my bp, and basically if it spikes I have to go directly to Labor & Delivery for a C-section. Looks like Nyla may be joining us sooner than we thought. I am just going to stay in bed and hope that nothing has elevated on Monday.

32 weeks!

We are almost to term!!!

5 weeks left until the baby is considered full term, 8 weeks until my due date!! OMG I am so excited, nervous, stressed, anxious.... just about every emotion possible is flying out of me right now. According to the ticker above I am going to be gaining a pound a week from now on, half of that goes straight to Nyla as she grows her baby chub. I already joined a postpartum weight loss support group.... we are all due in February, so it will be nice to have a group to work with that is going through the exact same things I am! I have now gained 27lbs... yikes.

Nyla now has fingernails, toenails, and real hair. I am assuming she is going to come out with ahead full of it because I have the WORST heartburn and everyone tells the old wives tale about heartburn=hair. Knowing her parents, I would not be surprised if she pops out covered in hair and needing to shave her legs & armpits.

I have no idea what a jicama is, but apparently that is the approximate size of Nyla right now, a large jicama.

Three more down, tons to go!

So we can scratch another 3 items off our before baby preparation list, and I am super stoked about this one. We finally ordered our carseat and stroller, and because of a special they were running we got and extra base free ($90) and a $100 mail-in rebate!!! Now that we have a car seat ordered I feel 300x's better prepared, that was the one thing I was nervous about! Thank you to Grandpa Fotiadis for your generous xmas gifts, it really helped us out with this one!!!

Over It

I just want to meet her already!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Holidays!

So much to do... so little time!

Mike and I are off to celebrate our last Christmas we will have as "just the two of us" So exciting! Have a happy and safe holiday!

ps... tonight is the night I am going to

indulge in my one glass of red wine...

I am so stoked...

31 Weeks!

I am now 8 months pregnant... and I feel every bit of it.

I am ALMOST to the point where I am totally over pregnancy, usually this comes when I am trying to roll over, sit up, or walk gracefully from one side of the room to the other.... I have also developed a 3 point turning system for rolling over in bed, Mike calls it my k turn.

I have also realized that I pee so often, that we are going through toilet paper almost 3x's as fast, and our water bill has gone up.... another unexpected side effect of the awesomeness that is pregnancy.

Mike and I were talking last night and we realized maybe it is time to go out and buy some stuff.... like diapers, wipes, some of the things we just kept putting off because "we have time" In the beginning the doctors warned me that I may not make it past 34 weeks because of my blood pressure, which is only 3 weeks away, but I still have the gut feeling that if this kid is anything like her mother she is staying put until March just to prove everyone wrong.

Nyla is experiencing her final hardcore growth spurt this month, she can turn her head, recognize music and voices, and her pupils can dilate from light. For the time being she is my little honeydew..... my adorable, kicking, swimming, somersaulting, heavy honeydew.

GOODBYE BELLY BUTTON!

Last night it was totally flat, this morning it has re-surfaced for a valiant last effort, but it is inevitable that we must say goodbye for now....