baby day!

sorry - this is what you get at 5:30 in the morning.

we're having a baby today!

 

39w1d

so much for hoping there wouldn't be another appointment.

there was.

but, good things happened at that appointment, because i'm going in to be induced tomorrow.

 

the doctors talked about the blood thinner and decided that the best thing for me was to be preventative about the situation (since we didn't find any blood disorder on the tests they ran before).

so we're doing a blood thinner at delivery till about 6 weeks post partum. 

and i technically have a medical reason to be induced now (even though i am past 39 weeks too).

 

my parents took the kidlets home with them yesterday for the week.

it was really quiet around the house this morning.

i finished up some of the last of the things i've been putting off.

the mister is going to take me out to celebrate my birthday tonight instead of waiting until my birthday - you know, since we'll have just had a baby and all.

 

nervous.

excited.

so ready to be done.

 

we're having a baby tomorrow!  yay!

 

37w2d

last week at my checkup, the doctor checked to make sure this little man was head down.

we also talked about whether or not i needed to go on any blood thinners because of what happened last time.  he didn't seem to think that anything was necessary.  i'd just keep taking the baby aspirin that i had been taking throughout the pregnancy.

 

today i was scheduled with a different doctor, dr. l (although i'm pretty sure i told her i wanted to see dr. m again.)  dr. l mentioned that he wasn't sure that's all we should do for me (the aspirin).  he thought that we should do a blood thinner at delivery, but he'd check with the other doctors and they'd make a decision as to what was best for me.

 

not sure how i feel about all of that.

but whatever they decide, we'll do.

 

other than that, it was just a regular old checkup - they won't check to see if i'm dilated at all until next week.  things have got to be happening though.  i feel like he's lodged in down there.  sorry if that's tmi.  maybe there won't be an appointment next week!

 

24w5d

 

truthfully, this pregnancy has been pretty easy thus far.

other than the all.day.long nausea at the beginning (which seemed to last longer than with the girls), i really can't complain too much.

 

since we moved, i had to find a new ob/gyn.  and since i love(d) mine in boise, i was not looking forward to it.

(some people have told me it's weird that i loved my ob/gyn - thoughts?)

i honestly contemplated just driving back to boise for my appointments.

but knowing that wasn't really rational, i found one here.

so far, so good.

hopefully it stays that way.

'twas the night before...

the baby came and boy don't i look huge!

39 weeks

25 weeks

here's my baby bump at 25 weeks.

only 15 weeks to go!

baby bump - 24w3d

i've been trying to take pictures of my belly at the same time that i did when i was pregnant with b so that I could "compare" my belly.

so here's when i was pregnant with b:

and here's with this baby girl:

i feel like i'm alot bigger this time around......maybe it's just my imagination.

15 days left

here's my baby bump at 37 weeks, 6 days.

only 15 more days left!

well, if she decides to come on time.

we're almost ready with everything around the house.

we went and pre-registered at the hospital this morning (and left just a little poorer), so now i just have to pack my bag for the hospital.

at my tuesday appointment, she was still sitting high, so the doctor said it was highly unlikely that i would go into labor this week.

i think i hope she's started to drop.

i guess we'll see what the doctor says on wednesday.

six weeks and counting

here's the lastest picture of my belly at 34 weeks.

only six more weeks to go!

i cannot believe how fast this has been going by.

every once in a while when i start thinking about being a mom, i think "what have we done?"
but i quickly dismiss the thought knowing we won't be perfect, but we'll do okay.

i can't wait to meet our baby girl!

baby bump update

i went in for my 29 week doctor's appointment yesterday.

i passed my glucose test.

thank goodness.

no more nasty sugary stuff for me.

everything else is looking good.

i go back in three weeks and then will start going every two weeks after that.

only two more weeks and we'll be down to the single digits in weeks!

here's some updated pictures.

these are at 29 weeks.

i even took one that wasn't just my belly (just for you emily!)

my baby bump

this is my baby bump at 24 weeks, 3 days.
i thought those of you who haven't seen me for a while might enjoy this.
i may not be there in person, but you can rub your computer screens if you feel the need.

i know you're dying to rene'.
go ahead - i won't tell anyone ;)