oh baby.....

Well, I guess I have slacked a little on updating lately. Needless to say, everything has been going really well.
I had my 28 week prenatal appointment last monday. As usual, everything looks good and right on par. I took my Glucose Tolerance test (where they have you drink this god awful sugar drink and then test your blood sugar an hour later) and passed it. That was refreshing. I also got my 28 week Rhogam shot which is something you get if your blood type is negative and therefore you are RH negative. Some women choose not to get the 28 week, but most do... and I did. It was developed to protect the baby just incase they are born with a positive  blood type. The shot keeps my body from building antibodies against that positive blood, if our bloods were to interact, and therefore keeping the baby and future babies with possible positive blood types safe. Don't know if I explained that well, but you can google it if I didn't. Anyhoo, it was a shot in the butt and it wasn't too bad. I am now going to my prenatal visits every two weeks and I can't believe next week will be my 30 week check-up. CRAZY!! 

I have been sleeping a lot better lately. I think I have finally figured out what is comfortable for me. Maybe being a little more tired has helped, too.

We have been going to our Bradley classes and they are going great. The education has been really helpful and I hope that it all carries over to giving birth. I honestly feel that I will be more prepared for getting through labor having taken these classes.

This weekend, Eric and I finally started getting the baby's room in order. Eric really kicked butt on saturday and did a lot of carrying of heavy things the whole weekend. There is still just a couple of things left to do in there, but only minor clean up things. I woke up this morning feeling so great about what we accomplished even if my body didn't feel as great. I definitely am sore. I have really been having to start taking things easy lately, and I am already noticing that things like getting up off the floor isn't as easy as it used to be. It is actually quite comical to watch. 

We went to buy the big crib and the dresser yesterday, but we found out that they will be on sale 4th of july weekend. So, we decided to wait. Seeing the baby's room all empty just waiting for stuff makes everything so much more real. Just saying baby's room makes it more real!!

We still have tons of things to get, but I think we will be fine. I also stop working two weeks before my due date, so that will give me time to nest properly. I think we have decided that I am going to take off work into the new year. At first, I was only going to take off two months after the baby was born, but we feel the baby will only benefit from me being home a little longer, and luckily we can make it work. 

So, here are my latest obligatory belly photos. It's getting bigger and bigger!!!

28 weeks



and today at 29 weeks....

96 days and kicking...

Well,  we reached double digits a couple days ago. Now we have just over three months left. Unbelievable!! I'm still feeling relatively good lately. I think I have averaged waking up at night to only about 6 times now. That is an improvement from the 1o-15 times I was doing. At least I count my sleep by how many hours I am in bed and not how many hours straight that I sleep. Otherwise, I would be sadly disappointed. Eric would probably say that I am pretty grumpy when it comes to going to bed. It's just that I can't get comfortable and I start whining. Anyhoo, what ya gonna do?

I have to check, but I think that next week I start my third trimester. That is pretty crazy to believe. 

I think we have come up with names for a boy and for a girl. We are still a little undecided about the the girl's middle name, but I think we have it down to two. We aren't keeping them secret, but I will probably wait to post them here until I am a little further along. It's funny because Eric came up with both of the first names and I came up with the middle names. 

Look at that, together we make a pretty good team.

until next time... I hope everyone is well,

michele

almost down to double digits!!!!!

Every day I come here, I always check how many days are left, on the little pregnancy ticker, until my due date. I am at 104 days today. In less than a week, I will be at double digits. That is so hard to believe considering I started at somewhere around 250 I think. That makes me so excited. 

I've been feeling pretty good other than my sciatica giving me a run for my money lately. I think I am going to start going to a chiropractor nearby that specializes in pregnant women. That should help. Also, I think I have probably been waking up, on average, about 10 times a night. It's like I can never really get comfortable. I guess my body is getting me ready for having a newborn next to me... but hey, what ya gonna do?

My friend Marcella came over yesterday and took some preggo pics of me. It was a lot of fun and it will be even better once I get a little bigger. She did a really fabulous job. If anyone lives locally, and wants someone to do some pictures for them, I highly recommend her!! Here are a couple of them so far.

I guess that is all for now, no real new and exciting news. I guess I will keep this entry kinda short for once. 

michele