Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
quick update
I had a doctor's appointment on Monday and everything's looking good. My blood pressure was much better than it's been in a while, my heart rate was lower (still slightly high, but not bad), and I'd lost a pound (common for the end of pregnancy, and especially since I've been battling nausea again). My fingers and feet are still pretty swollen (the joints in my hands ache like crazy and my pinkie toe and the one next to it are numb on each foot), but as long as my blood pressure is where it is, they're not worried about the swelling. After all, we've already hit 100 degrees 11 times since June 21st (104 yesterday) and we're hovering around the century mark for the rest of the week, so who isn't swollen???? I'll just keep chugging 80+ounces of water every day in hopes of keeping it somewhat at bay.
My mom asked the doctor how big he thought the baby was (we've all been expecting a 5-6 pounder 'cause that's how big Amy and I were), he felt around my tummy and said that he thinks right now she's about mid to low 7s and that if I go too much longer she'll be an easy 8 pounder. You can imagine that my jaw just about hit the floor. I was expecting a pipsqueak!!! I've decided, and I dare any of you to challenge me on this, that this extra weight she has is in her feet...our little one is going to have big feet!!!! Sounds reasonable right?!?!
My mom asked the doctor how big he thought the baby was (we've all been expecting a 5-6 pounder 'cause that's how big Amy and I were), he felt around my tummy and said that he thinks right now she's about mid to low 7s and that if I go too much longer she'll be an easy 8 pounder. You can imagine that my jaw just about hit the floor. I was expecting a pipsqueak!!! I've decided, and I dare any of you to challenge me on this, that this extra weight she has is in her feet...our little one is going to have big feet!!!! Sounds reasonable right?!?!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
week 38 pictures
Sunday, July 13, 2008
37 weeks
OK, so we've officially reached "full term"! And, I have to say, the week leading up to getting here has not been a fun one (though I did get lots of reading in and if anyone is looking for a great book to read, I'd highly recommend "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak-not sure on the spelling-my friend Liz recommended it to me and I really liked it. Just note that it is found in the young adult section)!
As most of you know, last weekend (and the week before) I had a great burst of energy and got lots of stuff done around here (I believe the technical term for it is "nesting"). I felt better in those 10 days than I have in ages!!!! On Tuesday though I sort of took a turn downhill. I thought I had just eaten some bad fruit-I got extremely nauseous and ended up going to bed that evening by 6 and haven't spent a lot of time out of bed since then. After a few days I knew it couldn't it have been bad fruit. I got some excellent advice from a friend who said that bad nausea was normal for some women as labor approaches. So, I've been following her advice and taking it easy, trying to stay hydrated, and just relaxing. That was going fairly well until yesterday. I got a really bad headache (in part 'cause while I'd been in bed a lot, I hadn't actually slept much at all) yesterday and could not get it to go away for anything (the Fioricet the doc's gave me awhile back wasn't even touching it). To top it off, my nausea was growing worse and I wasn't sure if I could take the Fioricet and the Phenergan (anti-nausea meds) together. At 11 last night I told Jeremy that if I wasn't either feeling better or asleep by 1, that I thought we needed to go to the ER just so I could see if I could take the 2 drugs together (if I'd had a phone number of a doctor or the labor and delivery floor I would have just called to ask). One came, and I was feeling no better, and was wide awake. So we unhappily made our way to the hospital. We were there 'til nearly 3:30 this morning (the ER sent us to the labor and delivery floor which made us a little frustrated 'cause we really just wanted one simple question answered and we knew I wasn't in labor, but they see a pregnant woman walk in the door and they send you up to labor and delivery). So, they ran a non-stress test on the baby and monitored my blood pressure and checked for contractions (blood pressure was much better by the way!). The baby was sleeping so it took awhile to get a read on her, but in the meantime I was having pretty good contractions every 7-9 minutes. So, before we left the midwife said she thought we'd be back in a few days in full on labor and gave us 2 tips that she said would make it certain we'd be back in 24 hours...1) walk every 4 hours and 2)...do something else every 4 hours (being that I try to keep this blog rated "G" I won't say what the "something else" was, but Jeremy was more than willing to cooperate!). I'm more than happy to do the walking, but don't think I'll be partaking in the second suggestion :)
So, it looks like lil' gherkin could be making her arrival sometime in the very near future! I think Jeremy and I were both very pleased to hear that, 'cause we are both very excited and ready to meet the little miss! Plus, my mom flew in today (Jeremy's on his way to pick her up right now), so that timing seems to be excellent as well!
As most of you know, last weekend (and the week before) I had a great burst of energy and got lots of stuff done around here (I believe the technical term for it is "nesting"). I felt better in those 10 days than I have in ages!!!! On Tuesday though I sort of took a turn downhill. I thought I had just eaten some bad fruit-I got extremely nauseous and ended up going to bed that evening by 6 and haven't spent a lot of time out of bed since then. After a few days I knew it couldn't it have been bad fruit. I got some excellent advice from a friend who said that bad nausea was normal for some women as labor approaches. So, I've been following her advice and taking it easy, trying to stay hydrated, and just relaxing. That was going fairly well until yesterday. I got a really bad headache (in part 'cause while I'd been in bed a lot, I hadn't actually slept much at all) yesterday and could not get it to go away for anything (the Fioricet the doc's gave me awhile back wasn't even touching it). To top it off, my nausea was growing worse and I wasn't sure if I could take the Fioricet and the Phenergan (anti-nausea meds) together. At 11 last night I told Jeremy that if I wasn't either feeling better or asleep by 1, that I thought we needed to go to the ER just so I could see if I could take the 2 drugs together (if I'd had a phone number of a doctor or the labor and delivery floor I would have just called to ask). One came, and I was feeling no better, and was wide awake. So we unhappily made our way to the hospital. We were there 'til nearly 3:30 this morning (the ER sent us to the labor and delivery floor which made us a little frustrated 'cause we really just wanted one simple question answered and we knew I wasn't in labor, but they see a pregnant woman walk in the door and they send you up to labor and delivery). So, they ran a non-stress test on the baby and monitored my blood pressure and checked for contractions (blood pressure was much better by the way!). The baby was sleeping so it took awhile to get a read on her, but in the meantime I was having pretty good contractions every 7-9 minutes. So, before we left the midwife said she thought we'd be back in a few days in full on labor and gave us 2 tips that she said would make it certain we'd be back in 24 hours...1) walk every 4 hours and 2)...do something else every 4 hours (being that I try to keep this blog rated "G" I won't say what the "something else" was, but Jeremy was more than willing to cooperate!). I'm more than happy to do the walking, but don't think I'll be partaking in the second suggestion :)
So, it looks like lil' gherkin could be making her arrival sometime in the very near future! I think Jeremy and I were both very pleased to hear that, 'cause we are both very excited and ready to meet the little miss! Plus, my mom flew in today (Jeremy's on his way to pick her up right now), so that timing seems to be excellent as well!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
36 weeks
According to babycenter.com, lil' Gherkin is: still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered her body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of her first bowel movement.At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. Most likely she's in a head-down position. But if she isn't, your practitioner may suggest scheduling an "external cephalic version," which is a fancy way of saying she'll try to coax your baby into a head-down position by manipulating her from the outside of your belly.
She is definitely in the head down position, and has been for about a month now, so there will be no need to coax her into position! The last few days she's been pushing up on my belly a lot (she's done this some all along but now it's pretty constant) which causes my heart rate to just go through the roof, is rather uncomfortable, and makes sleeping that much more difficult. I know she's doing it more now than before 'cause she's running out of room, so last night I told her, "Look! There's no more room in there so if you need more space you're just going to have to come out!" Do you think she'll listen?????
She is definitely in the head down position, and has been for about a month now, so there will be no need to coax her into position! The last few days she's been pushing up on my belly a lot (she's done this some all along but now it's pretty constant) which causes my heart rate to just go through the roof, is rather uncomfortable, and makes sleeping that much more difficult. I know she's doing it more now than before 'cause she's running out of room, so last night I told her, "Look! There's no more room in there so if you need more space you're just going to have to come out!" Do you think she'll listen?????
a couple belly pics
Friday, July 4, 2008
Happy 4th of July!!!!
Happy 4th of July!!!! Today is my favorite holiday of the year. Not because I'm particularly patriotic. I think I love it because it falls in the summer, you aren't obligated to buy gifts for anyone, and it's an entire day filled with eating things I love: pancakes, sno-cones, watermelon, hamburgers, and ice cream-all of which rank in my top 10 of favorite foods! Plus, you cap the day off with fireworks...how much better can it get?!?! We won't go to a parade today or any of those other normal 4th traditions; for one thing it's just too stinkin' hot and one of Jeremy's buddies is staying with us for a few days while he recovers from a compound fracture of his lower left leg (long story, but he avoided wrecking his motorcycle and hurting himself even worse by hitting a highway sign with his leg). But, I did fix pancakes for breakfast (and French toast for Jeremy 'cause he doesn't like pancakes) and for dinner tonight we'll have potato salad, corn on the cob, cucumbers and tomatoes, and sloppy joes. And then as we watch the fireworks we can all have some ice cream! Should be a good day!Jeremy tells me that from our driveway we can see the fireworks shows in Lawton (to the north about 10 miles), Geronimo (to the east about 1 mile), and Walters (to the south about 10 miles). Geronimo did a little testing of theirs last night, and it was pretty nice!
Oh yeah, I no longer believe the baby is coming on Sunday...Jeremy doesn't have 24-hour duty now 'cause he drove to Wichita, KS to pick-up his buddy and bring him back here last night. So, it's anybody's guess as to when she'll arrive!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Fun Recipe
I've been wasting time on the internet today waiting to go to my doctor's appointment and I came across this fun recipe for homemade ice cream (and you all know how much I LOVE ice cream) so I thought I'd pass it along...Looks like a fun activity for kids to make their own ice cream for those 4th of July bbqs!!!!
Easy Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
What you need:
1 cup milk
2 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 gallon-size ziploc bag
1 quart-size ziploc bag
4 Tbsp rock salt
3 cups ice
Directions:Add the milk, sugar, and vanilla to the quart-sized ziploc bag, and make sure it is sealed well. Add the rock salt and ice to the gallon-sized bag, place the smaller bag inside and seal well. Shake vigorously for about 10 minutes or until mixture is hardened. Top with your favorite toppings and enjoy!!!
Easy Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
What you need:
1 cup milk
2 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 gallon-size ziploc bag
1 quart-size ziploc bag
4 Tbsp rock salt
3 cups ice
Directions:Add the milk, sugar, and vanilla to the quart-sized ziploc bag, and make sure it is sealed well. Add the rock salt and ice to the gallon-sized bag, place the smaller bag inside and seal well. Shake vigorously for about 10 minutes or until mixture is hardened. Top with your favorite toppings and enjoy!!!
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