Okay SO i know i still owe you info about week 29..it was pretty uneventful. I want to catch everyone up with yesterdays dr's appt.
I was pretty nervous going in because my swelling from the weekend had gone down..none..and my BP had been a little higher. So she lovingly decides to up my BP meds. ugh. and then she says...well..in early pg it's common for swelling to come and go like yours had been..but now your to the point that it comes and..doesn't go. yay. my GD test came back all clear though! yay! my hemoglobin was low..which doesn't surprise me.i've always had issues there..they won't let me donate blood because of it. so i have to take iron pills. so that puts me up to 7 pills a day until i get the higher dosage BP pills then ill be down to 5. now i feel bad for my clients. yuck. no protein in my urine which is great means the pre e is staying at bay!
so we get to measuring my uterus. fundel height or something like that. it's "a few centimeters bigger than it should be"...for those of you who may not know, they measure the uterus top to bottom from the outside, in centimeters it should match how far along you are in your pregnancy..yesterday i was 30 weeks along therefore it should have measured 30cm and I'm assuming it was between 32-33 centimeters. so she finally decides yes in fact this baby is large..like i've been telling her for weeks. so we get to go for a growth ultrasound next week! yay! i have to have a full bladder, which they told me means drinking 32 ounces of water 1 hour prior to the test. um hello i'm pregnant and can't hold half a bottle of water for more than 30 mins so chances of getting 2 full bottles to stay in for an hour and me living to tell about it=slim. God's gonna have to get me through this one. eck.
The good news is, that generally having high BP keeps the baby small because the swelling decreases nutrients getting to the baby...well apparently that isn't going to be an issue for our sumo wrestler :) (no that doesn't mean it's a boy..i honestly don't know what it is)....and having a large baby means it will be well developed whenever it decides to come. So we go for an U/S next tuesday...so excited! and then the next week we'll start with the NST's! and time is gonna fly!
We got our first baby shower gift in the mail today from Megan and Lynn it's our bouncer! so cute! nearly impossible to put together haha! i can't wait until saturday!!
we got the crib and such put up too..but i'm too lazy to put pictures up right now!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
28th week.
So...although this week has FLOWN by..it still feels like September is forever away. And as every person who has had a baby is well aware of what it's like..my emotions are all over the place..while i'm coming out of my skin excited at the same time I'm thinking holy crap. I can't do this.
Went to the Dr tuesday, had my gestational diabetes test...although the stuff didn't taste THAT horrible..the effect was not nice. very light headed/strong headache..wanted to throw up. when the dr came in the room she said "have you thrown up yet"..i said "no trying to keep it down" she said..."oh it's okay most people have thrown up by now"..i managed to keep it down and then got pricked 298547928 times trying to get my blood out. i still have a nice hard bruise from where she finally got blood. the babies heart beat sounded good..120's and 130's so it's getting lower which is normal.
I asked her if we were concerned about the babies size at all..she said not really the head was pretty much normal. and since i'm tall and my family is tall that we'll probably just have a tall baby. (i found out over the weekend that my dad was 19inches long 10 weeks early..holy cow.) she said she'd keep an eye on my stomach if it starts measuring too big then they'll do another u/s in a few weeks. strange isn't it..to talk about it in terms of weeks instead of months.
she does want to start doing non stress tests at about 32 weeks with the monitors..i'm assuming i'll have to go to the burg twice a week for that. kind of cool though, cause i'll get to listen to the babies heart for like 20 minutes!
i also start going every two weeks! yay!!!! the baby was pretty still after tuesdays appt, monday i felt it a lot, even while standing and then tue-thur it didn't move much...thur i had to drink apple juice to get it groovin..but it's been on the move today...almost making me sick to my stomach at times so that's GREAT!
i finished my part of the forms for grad school today. gave jason his reference sheet, will give ladies at work theirs on monday..and mail my stuff...*fingers crossed*
Your Baby
As the Big Day nears, your baby is getting ready to go towards the light at the end of the tunnel (the tunnel being the birth canal, the light being the one the doctor is shining directly into it so she can see what the heck she's doing). Other highlights this week:
Your baby's eyes are partially open now and can blink. Truly superior babies can actually wink. (OK, there is no way to prove that, but it's fun to imagine, no?) Your baby can also now become a shiny, happy person as she has begun having rapid eye movement (Get it? REM? Shiny, happy person?? We'll be here all week.)
Her eyes have color now, too. It may not be the color she ultimately ends up with, especially if they're light gray or blue. The eyes typically don't settle on a final hue until nine months after baby is born. So when your mother-in-law says that the baby has her eyes, you can politely inform her that they'll most likely change soon. Sorry.
Your babe is downright chubby compared to a few weeks ago. She is about 15 inches long, about the length of an amusement park cinnamon-sugar-coated churro (yum!), and weighs 2 to 3 pounds.
Went to the Dr tuesday, had my gestational diabetes test...although the stuff didn't taste THAT horrible..the effect was not nice. very light headed/strong headache..wanted to throw up. when the dr came in the room she said "have you thrown up yet"..i said "no trying to keep it down" she said..."oh it's okay most people have thrown up by now"..i managed to keep it down and then got pricked 298547928 times trying to get my blood out. i still have a nice hard bruise from where she finally got blood. the babies heart beat sounded good..120's and 130's so it's getting lower which is normal.
I asked her if we were concerned about the babies size at all..she said not really the head was pretty much normal. and since i'm tall and my family is tall that we'll probably just have a tall baby. (i found out over the weekend that my dad was 19inches long 10 weeks early..holy cow.) she said she'd keep an eye on my stomach if it starts measuring too big then they'll do another u/s in a few weeks. strange isn't it..to talk about it in terms of weeks instead of months.
she does want to start doing non stress tests at about 32 weeks with the monitors..i'm assuming i'll have to go to the burg twice a week for that. kind of cool though, cause i'll get to listen to the babies heart for like 20 minutes!
i also start going every two weeks! yay!!!! the baby was pretty still after tuesdays appt, monday i felt it a lot, even while standing and then tue-thur it didn't move much...thur i had to drink apple juice to get it groovin..but it's been on the move today...almost making me sick to my stomach at times so that's GREAT!
i finished my part of the forms for grad school today. gave jason his reference sheet, will give ladies at work theirs on monday..and mail my stuff...*fingers crossed*
Your Baby
As the Big Day nears, your baby is getting ready to go towards the light at the end of the tunnel (the tunnel being the birth canal, the light being the one the doctor is shining directly into it so she can see what the heck she's doing). Other highlights this week:
Your baby's eyes are partially open now and can blink. Truly superior babies can actually wink. (OK, there is no way to prove that, but it's fun to imagine, no?) Your baby can also now become a shiny, happy person as she has begun having rapid eye movement (Get it? REM? Shiny, happy person?? We'll be here all week.)
Her eyes have color now, too. It may not be the color she ultimately ends up with, especially if they're light gray or blue. The eyes typically don't settle on a final hue until nine months after baby is born. So when your mother-in-law says that the baby has her eyes, you can politely inform her that they'll most likely change soon. Sorry.
Your babe is downright chubby compared to a few weeks ago. She is about 15 inches long, about the length of an amusement park cinnamon-sugar-coated churro (yum!), and weighs 2 to 3 pounds.
27th week
phew. 3rd tri happened this week. finally. i could feel time just come to screechin ghalt though. last week was insanely hot and my ankles felt it....the swelling was not fun! we also started birthing class this week...they really really pushed natural labor which is GREAT! I was so worried that they'd really like epi's and i did not want that. they talked about multiple birthing positions and these cool lights they have in the ceiling that reflect images of things, like an ocean scene and palm trees. hopefully all goes well so that i will be able to move around and the such. my BP is still being strange so we'll see....the nurses all seemed extremely nice though, which is important!
Your Baby
Baby's lungs and immune system are maturing this week as baby prepares for his grand entrance. If he were born today he would have an 85 percent chance of surviving as his lungs are capable of breathing air (with medical assistance, of course). Other exciting developments:
Baby's done a lot of growing over the past few months. His length has more than doubled in the past 15 weeks! And that's not the only thing growing—baby's brain tissue and neurons are all developing at a rapid pace. His brain waves are now firing away just like those of a newborn baby. If baby is a he, his testes will have completely descended at this point.
Your baby now weighs in at approximately 14½ inches and just over 2 pounds, or about the size of that roast you made last time your in-laws were in town. (OK, the baby is the size of that roast you meant to cook before you decided that ordering Chinese was a much better idea.)
Your Baby
Baby's lungs and immune system are maturing this week as baby prepares for his grand entrance. If he were born today he would have an 85 percent chance of surviving as his lungs are capable of breathing air (with medical assistance, of course). Other exciting developments:
Baby's done a lot of growing over the past few months. His length has more than doubled in the past 15 weeks! And that's not the only thing growing—baby's brain tissue and neurons are all developing at a rapid pace. His brain waves are now firing away just like those of a newborn baby. If baby is a he, his testes will have completely descended at this point.
Your baby now weighs in at approximately 14½ inches and just over 2 pounds, or about the size of that roast you made last time your in-laws were in town. (OK, the baby is the size of that roast you meant to cook before you decided that ordering Chinese was a much better idea.)
26th week
Sometime around here I could feel all parts of the baby one afternoon...i had really strong kicks up high a hard spot near my belly button and then lil pushes down low...so I'm assuming the baby moved head down..since then it hasn't felt that way..but that day was really neat because dillon pushed on it's butt and it went scootin across my belly :) it's so cool!
Your Baby
Deep breath! Air sacks are developing in your baby's lungs, which means it just might be possible for your baby to take a breath at the end of this week. The air sacks (technically called alveoli) will continue to grow for the next nine years. The membrane that keeps the alveoli separate from the blood vessels is now thin enough to allow for that oxygen–carbon dioxide exchange we call breathing. Other highlights this week:
The retina completes the development of its normal layers this week—all the better to see you with. Well not you, per se, because her eyes are still sealed shut and it's really dark in there, but your baby's eyes are now fully developed.
Brainwaves for the auditory and visual systems are detectable in baby's noggin this week. That means baby's brain is registering things like sound and light. She can't understand what any of it means yet, but she's on track to comprehend an entire episode of Blue's Clues in no time!
As hearing continues to develop, your baby will start to recognize your voice. One hint that your karaoke rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody" is not the best would be when the baby starts banging on your gut. Your bambino will also start to recognize your partner's voice. He may feel silly talking to your stomach, but assure him that somebody other than you is definitely listening. Research has shown that newborns actually recognize familiar sounds after birth. Proof that your baby has been paying attention all along.
Break out the sparkling apple juice—baby has now completed two-thirds of her stay in Hotel Womb. Your baby is about 1 2/3 pounds and is 14 inches long head-to-heel, or about the length of a burp cloth (otherwise known as your primary wardrobe accessory for the next several months).
Your Baby
Deep breath! Air sacks are developing in your baby's lungs, which means it just might be possible for your baby to take a breath at the end of this week. The air sacks (technically called alveoli) will continue to grow for the next nine years. The membrane that keeps the alveoli separate from the blood vessels is now thin enough to allow for that oxygen–carbon dioxide exchange we call breathing. Other highlights this week:
The retina completes the development of its normal layers this week—all the better to see you with. Well not you, per se, because her eyes are still sealed shut and it's really dark in there, but your baby's eyes are now fully developed.
Brainwaves for the auditory and visual systems are detectable in baby's noggin this week. That means baby's brain is registering things like sound and light. She can't understand what any of it means yet, but she's on track to comprehend an entire episode of Blue's Clues in no time!
As hearing continues to develop, your baby will start to recognize your voice. One hint that your karaoke rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody" is not the best would be when the baby starts banging on your gut. Your bambino will also start to recognize your partner's voice. He may feel silly talking to your stomach, but assure him that somebody other than you is definitely listening. Research has shown that newborns actually recognize familiar sounds after birth. Proof that your baby has been paying attention all along.
Break out the sparkling apple juice—baby has now completed two-thirds of her stay in Hotel Womb. Your baby is about 1 2/3 pounds and is 14 inches long head-to-heel, or about the length of a burp cloth (otherwise known as your primary wardrobe accessory for the next several months).
25th week..
i hate that i get so behind...i should be better at this..
i can't really remember what happened in the last three weeks..
my exhaustion came back so the 2nd tri energy boost didn't last long...
since I can't remember much I'll just post the info things..
our Baby
Get ready for pat-a-cake! Baby's hands are now fully developed and he spends most of his awake time groping around in the darkness of your uterus. Brain and nerve endings are developed enough now so that your baby can feel the sensation of touch. That doesn't mean he can feel it when his father pokes your stomach, however, so tell him to knock it off. Other highlights include:
Your baby's arms and legs have grown to almost the proportions they will be at birth, which is still sort of short. So don't be alarmed when your newborn's arms barely clear his waist. Baby's nostrils, which have been plugged up until now, clear out (like he's taken a super-dose of Sudafed) and he can practice breathing through the nose. The structures of your baby's spine are now made up of 150 joints, 33 rings and some 1,000 ligaments. Can you believe you're growing something that complicated inside of you?
The capillaries, the teeniest blood vessels, are now forming in your baby's body, giving his formerly translucent skin a pink glow. The blood vessels in the lungs also develop this week. You'll see how well that worked out when your baby gives those lungs a workout while you're on line at the bank in a few months.
Your baby weighs about a pound and a half and is about 13½ inches long—roughly the length of one of those recorders you played in elementary school music class. Who's up for a round of "Hot Cross Buns?"
i can't really remember what happened in the last three weeks..
my exhaustion came back so the 2nd tri energy boost didn't last long...
since I can't remember much I'll just post the info things..
our Baby
Get ready for pat-a-cake! Baby's hands are now fully developed and he spends most of his awake time groping around in the darkness of your uterus. Brain and nerve endings are developed enough now so that your baby can feel the sensation of touch. That doesn't mean he can feel it when his father pokes your stomach, however, so tell him to knock it off. Other highlights include:
Your baby's arms and legs have grown to almost the proportions they will be at birth, which is still sort of short. So don't be alarmed when your newborn's arms barely clear his waist. Baby's nostrils, which have been plugged up until now, clear out (like he's taken a super-dose of Sudafed) and he can practice breathing through the nose. The structures of your baby's spine are now made up of 150 joints, 33 rings and some 1,000 ligaments. Can you believe you're growing something that complicated inside of you?
The capillaries, the teeniest blood vessels, are now forming in your baby's body, giving his formerly translucent skin a pink glow. The blood vessels in the lungs also develop this week. You'll see how well that worked out when your baby gives those lungs a workout while you're on line at the bank in a few months.
Your baby weighs about a pound and a half and is about 13½ inches long—roughly the length of one of those recorders you played in elementary school music class. Who's up for a round of "Hot Cross Buns?"
Saturday, June 13, 2009
24th week.
We got to see our pumpkin again this week! Yay!! :) We went on Wednesday back to St Lukes for the ultrasound/fetal echo. There was a student there so the tech was really thorough and explained everything in great detail which was nice! Looks like we're going to be ignoring the weight/length measurements from 3dpregnancy.com from now on..Baby S is a bit ahead of the curve. Baby's heart looks great, he/she got hiccups in the middle of it, which was the first time I felt them, the tech was pushing really hard on my stomach so I guess that's why I felt them! It was a really cool feeling! They remeasured him/her and it looks like the baby is going to get my families size genes. I was 24w2d yesterday, the baby measured 26w5d and there is no way I'm that far along. The tech looked at us and said "neither of you are that tall, why is this baby so long"..I had to explain to her that my brother is 6'6'' and my cousin is 6'8'', not many people in my family are under 6' tall. Her eyes got really big and she said "okay well that would explain it". DH is 5'7'' and 130lbs dripping wet..most people in his family are similar in size if not smaller. So our kid may look like a giant compared to them! :) Baby S weighs 2lb 1oz and is the 90th percentile for just about every measurement they took. She said well it's pretty skinny so it shouldn't be too hard to push out! Well that's good news! Not sure what my Dr will do from here on out, since we were at a special clinic..I imagine she'll do another u/s when I get farther along to see how big the squirt is! That's all for now just wanted to share!
It was really cool, they were able to zoom to each chamber of the heart and listen specifically to that chamber and watch the blood flow! Technology is so cool!
Since that appt Baby S has been on the move! Which is WONDERFUL! Makes me relax!
BP is still a little high even with medication so that's no good. I'm also getting more nervous about the possibility of GD. I haven't felt so hot this week, some days my heart races, other times it's barely pumpin..my chest just feels off. So i'll have to talk to the Dr about that.
Allison printed the shower invites. I really want to post one on here but I want those of you I know in real life, to see them in person first! So cute!
I put pictures of my belly progression side my side this am, i'll post those below!
My mom has started painting the nursery! We went with a pale green that matches the bedding, I think she is going to paint animals on the wall too whenever she finds 5 minutes to spare! My grandpa also agreed to make us a changing table/shelf! I'm sending him a picture of Lemon's to go off of :)! I love it!
Here is the babies info for this past week!
Your baby isn't just sitting around (on your bladder) doing nothing, he's working hard preparing for life outside the womb—perfecting his lungs and packing on the pounds. He'll gain ½ pound this week alone. Other highlights this week:
Things are starting to get a little crowded inside the old womb as baby grows bigger and bigger. Your ribs are probably pining away for the good old days when they didn't have a foot permanently lodged between them. Hate to break it to you, but it's going to get worse before it gets better.
Your baby's ears are fully functional now. And since they are, you may notice that loud noises and sudden movements can startle the little bugger. He's getting used to the everyday sounds inside the womb: the sound of your heart beating, your lungs inhaling and exhaling air, the growling of your stomach because your partner promised he'd be right back with that double cheeseburger and he's taking forever! He'll even be able to hear your voice when your partner finally arrives and you ask him where the bleep he's been! So talk nice!
Baby's got a fully developed inner ear now. This means his sense of balance is working and he can tell whether he's hanging upside down or right side up. He can also feel you moving, so go ahead, pop in your favorite tunes and boogie.
Your little Wiener schnitzel is about the length of a foot-long Chicago hot dog and weighs about 1 1/3 pounds.
~~again...ignore the last sentence we're way ahead of that! Here are my belly pics and then the ultra sound pics!
you can click on each of those to make them bigger if you want them to be more clear!
It was really cool, they were able to zoom to each chamber of the heart and listen specifically to that chamber and watch the blood flow! Technology is so cool!
Since that appt Baby S has been on the move! Which is WONDERFUL! Makes me relax!
BP is still a little high even with medication so that's no good. I'm also getting more nervous about the possibility of GD. I haven't felt so hot this week, some days my heart races, other times it's barely pumpin..my chest just feels off. So i'll have to talk to the Dr about that.
Allison printed the shower invites. I really want to post one on here but I want those of you I know in real life, to see them in person first! So cute!
I put pictures of my belly progression side my side this am, i'll post those below!
My mom has started painting the nursery! We went with a pale green that matches the bedding, I think she is going to paint animals on the wall too whenever she finds 5 minutes to spare! My grandpa also agreed to make us a changing table/shelf! I'm sending him a picture of Lemon's to go off of :)! I love it!
Here is the babies info for this past week!
Your baby isn't just sitting around (on your bladder) doing nothing, he's working hard preparing for life outside the womb—perfecting his lungs and packing on the pounds. He'll gain ½ pound this week alone. Other highlights this week:
Things are starting to get a little crowded inside the old womb as baby grows bigger and bigger. Your ribs are probably pining away for the good old days when they didn't have a foot permanently lodged between them. Hate to break it to you, but it's going to get worse before it gets better.
Your baby's ears are fully functional now. And since they are, you may notice that loud noises and sudden movements can startle the little bugger. He's getting used to the everyday sounds inside the womb: the sound of your heart beating, your lungs inhaling and exhaling air, the growling of your stomach because your partner promised he'd be right back with that double cheeseburger and he's taking forever! He'll even be able to hear your voice when your partner finally arrives and you ask him where the bleep he's been! So talk nice!
Baby's got a fully developed inner ear now. This means his sense of balance is working and he can tell whether he's hanging upside down or right side up. He can also feel you moving, so go ahead, pop in your favorite tunes and boogie.
Your little Wiener schnitzel is about the length of a foot-long Chicago hot dog and weighs about 1 1/3 pounds.
~~again...ignore the last sentence we're way ahead of that! Here are my belly pics and then the ultra sound pics!
you can click on each of those to make them bigger if you want them to be more clear!
23rd week.
I don't remember this week being to eventful. Baby was pretty still most of the week, made me a tad nervous, but I've found leaning forward helps me feel some movement so I did that a lot during the week! Dillon also started reading to Baby S nightly and he/she loves it and moves during that time!
Izzy is at school this week, I called to check on her, the trainer said she was taking up on the obedience really well, said she was really excited about retrieving (duh that's our problem she's too excited) and that she really likes her food...she didn't get that big from starving mister. Dillon went on Sat to train with her for the first time..truman went nuts when he got home and was stuck to Dillon's leg with his nose going 23423 mph. it was adorable and broke my heart at the same time.
So here's the babies info for this week!
Your baby's got a while to go before her lungs will be ready for air and is practicing her "breathing" on the amniotic fluid—sucking it in and out of her lungs. Other highlights this week:
Fat production is in overdrive at this point (for the baby, not you! Well, OK, maybe for the baby and you). Your baby will basically double in weight over the next four weeks! You'll be happy to know the same won't apply to you.
Your Mini is starting to look more like a newborn as her skin becomes less see-through. Her body is looking more proportional now, although her head is still kinda big compared to her cute little body.
Your baby is about 11½ inches long and weighs 1 pound, or about the length and weight of a Harry Potter book.
Izzy is at school this week, I called to check on her, the trainer said she was taking up on the obedience really well, said she was really excited about retrieving (duh that's our problem she's too excited) and that she really likes her food...she didn't get that big from starving mister. Dillon went on Sat to train with her for the first time..truman went nuts when he got home and was stuck to Dillon's leg with his nose going 23423 mph. it was adorable and broke my heart at the same time.
So here's the babies info for this week!
Your baby's got a while to go before her lungs will be ready for air and is practicing her "breathing" on the amniotic fluid—sucking it in and out of her lungs. Other highlights this week:
Fat production is in overdrive at this point (for the baby, not you! Well, OK, maybe for the baby and you). Your baby will basically double in weight over the next four weeks! You'll be happy to know the same won't apply to you.
Your Mini is starting to look more like a newborn as her skin becomes less see-through. Her body is looking more proportional now, although her head is still kinda big compared to her cute little body.
Your baby is about 11½ inches long and weighs 1 pound, or about the length and weight of a Harry Potter book.
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