Because I don't want to forget...I want to write this now.
Our little Addysen has moved so much as I've commented on before. It's what's caused us to have big decisions the last few weeks. Despite making things hard the last few weeks and it being more painful to feel her move and kick recently, I'm just so thankful for the movement. Reassuring me along the way that she's ok.
Each night since so early in the pregnancy, I'd lay down at the end of the day to watch a show or just relax and Addysen would almost immediately start moving. It became such a special time of the day for me. It was "our" special time together. It meant to much to me that even if I was out later or had a busy day, I would have to stay up to be able to have our time together...just me and my little girl. It's really indescribable. I'm so thankful for every moment.
I'm so excited to welcome this little girl here very soon and to be able to hold her and love on her, but I will miss our own unique, special time..."holding" her by having my hands on my ever growing belly...and just feeling her kick around...like she knew it was "our" time now...my time to be just focused on her and nothing else.
Tonight as I lay down to relax, we had what's probably the last of this time...before we move on to the next stage which I am so excited about. But it just meant to much to me to have her move like crazy again tonight...one last night of our Mom and daughter time...before she comes out.
Hard to put into words, but I had to try...never want to forget how much it's meant to me.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Promotion
Well...it's official. The announcement came out this morning at work that I got my promotion to Director! It's definitely exciting as it's a pretty big promotion and something I've worked VERY hard for. I had really hoped to achieve that milestone before becoming a Mom...and well...I did...just in time! Ha! :-)
Funny how it pales in comparison to the "promotion" that Jeff and I will be receiving in the next few days...to parents...but it still is exciting to see all the hard work pay off!
Funny how it pales in comparison to the "promotion" that Jeff and I will be receiving in the next few days...to parents...but it still is exciting to see all the hard work pay off!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Change in Plans........Again
Yep, you read right.......yet another change in plans.
Our little girl decided to move....yet again. This time she moved the right way...she's now head down and hopefully staying there. But when we found that out this morning we had to make yet another decision on what to do...this is 3 weeks in a row of major decisions.
Because of how much Addysen keeps moving (which is not "normal" this late in a pregnancy...usually by now, they find the spot they want and set up camp), we could either wait until I go into labor on my own...hoping that she hasn't moved back...or go ahead and induce while we know her head is down, giving us at least a chance of being able to deliver vaginally.
Neither Jeff nor I like the idea of an induction; however, we do like the idea of the potential of not having to do a C-Section. The other change from last week is that I am now dilated just over 1cm, effaced about 70% and she has dropped some...all giving more hope of a successful induction since at least my body is moving in the right direction. My doctor said that in any other circumstance, she would expect the baby to stay put and wouldn't necessarily recommend an induction; however, with how much this little girl has moved in the last couple weeks (that we know of...could even be more), there certainly is no ruling out that she could move yet again; as such, she thought it may be a good option to go ahead and induce at this point.
After a really long day of talking, praying, working through the emotions, pros and cons, etc., etc., we ended up deciding to go ahead and induce...hoping that she'll stay put long enough to allow me to deliver without a C-Section.
Even the rest of today she has been incredibly active (pretty normal for her) so we're just praying she's "running in place" and will continue to do so until she comes out rather than flipping around.
They couldn't get me in tomorrow so the induction is now scheduled for this Thursday (7/31) morning at 7am. Unless things change between now and then (which I'm learning is always a possibility!), we'll start the process towards meeting our little girl at that point.
Our little girl decided to move....yet again. This time she moved the right way...she's now head down and hopefully staying there. But when we found that out this morning we had to make yet another decision on what to do...this is 3 weeks in a row of major decisions.
Because of how much Addysen keeps moving (which is not "normal" this late in a pregnancy...usually by now, they find the spot they want and set up camp), we could either wait until I go into labor on my own...hoping that she hasn't moved back...or go ahead and induce while we know her head is down, giving us at least a chance of being able to deliver vaginally.
Neither Jeff nor I like the idea of an induction; however, we do like the idea of the potential of not having to do a C-Section. The other change from last week is that I am now dilated just over 1cm, effaced about 70% and she has dropped some...all giving more hope of a successful induction since at least my body is moving in the right direction. My doctor said that in any other circumstance, she would expect the baby to stay put and wouldn't necessarily recommend an induction; however, with how much this little girl has moved in the last couple weeks (that we know of...could even be more), there certainly is no ruling out that she could move yet again; as such, she thought it may be a good option to go ahead and induce at this point.
After a really long day of talking, praying, working through the emotions, pros and cons, etc., etc., we ended up deciding to go ahead and induce...hoping that she'll stay put long enough to allow me to deliver without a C-Section.
Even the rest of today she has been incredibly active (pretty normal for her) so we're just praying she's "running in place" and will continue to do so until she comes out rather than flipping around.
They couldn't get me in tomorrow so the induction is now scheduled for this Thursday (7/31) morning at 7am. Unless things change between now and then (which I'm learning is always a possibility!), we'll start the process towards meeting our little girl at that point.
My ADORABLE niece
My sister, brother-in-law and niece (did I mention she is ADORABLE) came in town for the week somewhat last minute. They came by last night and we had dinner and spent some good quality time with them. It was so much fun seeing my niece who we hadn't seen since we left Colorado when she was only about 6 weeks old...she's changed a bit now that she's almost 7 months old!! It was so much fun to hear all her noises and cooing...she is just precious...
My huge belly proved to be quite the challenge in holding her...so I ended up having to just play with her this way and on the floor...
My huge belly proved to be quite the challenge in holding her...so I ended up having to just play with her this way and on the floor...
Uncle Jeff had so much fun holding and playing with Cassandra...
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Work Shower
On Thursday, some people in my office threw me a baby shower. We had a great time and it meant a lot that they would do that for me!
At the beginning, my "boss" (although he hates being called that) and a good friend of mine, Norm, did a toast. It was special since he knows all Jeff and I have been through to get to this point and he had his wife have been so excited for us as we've gone through this process in awaiting Addysen's arrival.
(On a side note, I swear there were other people there...when he did the toast, everyone stood by the back wall so the picture looks goofy :-) Oh...and yes, they made me wear a tiara at the beginning that said "New Mom to Be")
We played this game where various people had given their baby pictures and we had to try to guess who's baby picture it was. It amazed me how good some people were at guessing this! I don't think I guessed a single one right until it got down to the last 2...and I knew one was mine so the other one had to be the other person remaining on the list! Ha! :-)
We were blessed with so many wonderful gifts...adorable clothes, diapers & wipes, receiving blankets, "activity" center for Addy to walk around and play in, etc., etc.
I am certainly ready for this next stage of life and to reduce my work schedule later, but I am thankful for the work environment that I have. I really do work with some great people and times like this make you remember just that!
They set up this back area for the shower...you could hardly tell if I was having a boy or girl! Ha! I loved all the pink...so fun!
At the beginning, my "boss" (although he hates being called that) and a good friend of mine, Norm, did a toast. It was special since he knows all Jeff and I have been through to get to this point and he had his wife have been so excited for us as we've gone through this process in awaiting Addysen's arrival.(On a side note, I swear there were other people there...when he did the toast, everyone stood by the back wall so the picture looks goofy :-) Oh...and yes, they made me wear a tiara at the beginning that said "New Mom to Be")
We played this game where various people had given their baby pictures and we had to try to guess who's baby picture it was. It amazed me how good some people were at guessing this! I don't think I guessed a single one right until it got down to the last 2...and I knew one was mine so the other one had to be the other person remaining on the list! Ha! :-)
We were blessed with so many wonderful gifts...adorable clothes, diapers & wipes, receiving blankets, "activity" center for Addy to walk around and play in, etc., etc.I am certainly ready for this next stage of life and to reduce my work schedule later, but I am thankful for the work environment that I have. I really do work with some great people and times like this make you remember just that!
Hooray!!
Yesterday was my last day of work!! Hooray!! We just decided last week to make yesterday be my last day...after all we've gone through the last couple weeks. I'm now officially on maternity leave!
It is such a good feeling to have a little time before Addysen comes (well...assuming things go according to the "plan"...which I realize is a big assumption) to finish getting a few things ready, rest up for getting no sleep here soon, etc. I'm SO excited to be entering this next stage of life...so excited to be a Mom!!!
It is such a good feeling to have a little time before Addysen comes (well...assuming things go according to the "plan"...which I realize is a big assumption) to finish getting a few things ready, rest up for getting no sleep here soon, etc. I'm SO excited to be entering this next stage of life...so excited to be a Mom!!!
Friday, July 25, 2008
Decision
After many hours of talking and praying, we've come to a decision. Thank you to all of you who have been praying through this with us as well. We have a C-Section scheduled for August 4th at 8:15am...with a couple minor contingency plans.
A little background since I wasn't in the frame of mind the other day...
Because Addysen was breach again, we came down to a couple options (with variations on each option) both of which would be done after 39 weeks (this upcoming Monday): (1) Try another version - if successful, then induce labor right away and hope to deliver vaginally or (2) Schedule a C-Section.
I think both of our initial gut reactions to this decision and what we had discussed before our appointment was to give the version another try. However, in our appointment there were a few complicating factors. I'm not dilated or effaced at all at this point which basically means that my body is no where near ready to go through labor. There's obviously no predicting at what point this will start to happen, but if you induce at this point, it is likely a 2 day process during which time, Addysen could flip back resulting in a C-Section anyway, or there could be quite a number of other complicating factors that could also result in a C-Section. In addition, the version would likely need to be done shortly after the 39 weeks as the chances of the version working go down as the baby continues to get bigger.
Although I still don't think there would have been a "wrong" decision, we ended up concluding that we felt there was more risk to both myself and Addysen by going through both the version and induction...neither of which are natural or my body is ready for...than just doing the C-Section. In addition, the hope is that the recovery time would be less for just the C-Section than the potential of going through both the version / induction and potential emergency C-Section if anything were to go wrong.
The comforting thing to me is that vaginal births after C-Sections are more common and my Doctor indicated that especially in a situation like mine where the C-Section is not a result of a problem with delivering, just that she was breach, gives more hope that I would be able to deliver vaginally without a problem with a child later.
Although we could have done this procedure next week, we felt more at peace about waiting until her due date...August 4th...just in case by some slim chance she decided to turn back before then. It's possible that I could go into labor before the 4th, in which case, we'd get to the hospital, they'd do the ultrasound to make sure she was still breach, and assuming she was, we'd be in just a little "faster paced" C-Section with whatever doctor was on call from my Dr.'s office.
I still will go to the Dr. on Tuesday and will find out at that point if my body has progressed at all, if she happens to have turned, etc. which we have "contingency" plans for, but I feel much better having the plan and moving forward with it. Both Jeff and I have peace about it and know that as much as we love this little girl, our Father loves her even more and created her...we're trusting in His divine timing of all of this and protection over her as we wait.
The exciting part and the part we can focus on now that a decision is made and we've dealt with the emotions of the change in plans is that our little girl is going to be coming SOON...one way or another!! We're so excited and can't wait to meet this precious little one that we already love SO much!!
A little background since I wasn't in the frame of mind the other day...
Because Addysen was breach again, we came down to a couple options (with variations on each option) both of which would be done after 39 weeks (this upcoming Monday): (1) Try another version - if successful, then induce labor right away and hope to deliver vaginally or (2) Schedule a C-Section.
I think both of our initial gut reactions to this decision and what we had discussed before our appointment was to give the version another try. However, in our appointment there were a few complicating factors. I'm not dilated or effaced at all at this point which basically means that my body is no where near ready to go through labor. There's obviously no predicting at what point this will start to happen, but if you induce at this point, it is likely a 2 day process during which time, Addysen could flip back resulting in a C-Section anyway, or there could be quite a number of other complicating factors that could also result in a C-Section. In addition, the version would likely need to be done shortly after the 39 weeks as the chances of the version working go down as the baby continues to get bigger.
Although I still don't think there would have been a "wrong" decision, we ended up concluding that we felt there was more risk to both myself and Addysen by going through both the version and induction...neither of which are natural or my body is ready for...than just doing the C-Section. In addition, the hope is that the recovery time would be less for just the C-Section than the potential of going through both the version / induction and potential emergency C-Section if anything were to go wrong.
The comforting thing to me is that vaginal births after C-Sections are more common and my Doctor indicated that especially in a situation like mine where the C-Section is not a result of a problem with delivering, just that she was breach, gives more hope that I would be able to deliver vaginally without a problem with a child later.
Although we could have done this procedure next week, we felt more at peace about waiting until her due date...August 4th...just in case by some slim chance she decided to turn back before then. It's possible that I could go into labor before the 4th, in which case, we'd get to the hospital, they'd do the ultrasound to make sure she was still breach, and assuming she was, we'd be in just a little "faster paced" C-Section with whatever doctor was on call from my Dr.'s office.
I still will go to the Dr. on Tuesday and will find out at that point if my body has progressed at all, if she happens to have turned, etc. which we have "contingency" plans for, but I feel much better having the plan and moving forward with it. Both Jeff and I have peace about it and know that as much as we love this little girl, our Father loves her even more and created her...we're trusting in His divine timing of all of this and protection over her as we wait.
The exciting part and the part we can focus on now that a decision is made and we've dealt with the emotions of the change in plans is that our little girl is going to be coming SOON...one way or another!! We're so excited and can't wait to meet this precious little one that we already love SO much!!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Breach...again
Just a quick update tonight. We went to the doctor again this morning and unfortunately found out that apparently Addysen likes the "head up" position...she's breach again.
We're working through a lot right now...trying to figure out what the best course of action is at this point. I'll post more on that once we make a decision (which we have to do in the next day or two) because frankly, I'll likely be able to articulate myself more clearly later; but in the meantime, we would just appreciate your prayers that we would make a wise decision and that the Lord would continue to protect this precious little girl!
We're working through a lot right now...trying to figure out what the best course of action is at this point. I'll post more on that once we make a decision (which we have to do in the next day or two) because frankly, I'll likely be able to articulate myself more clearly later; but in the meantime, we would just appreciate your prayers that we would make a wise decision and that the Lord would continue to protect this precious little girl!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
38 Weeks
Monday marks 38 weeks...feeling large, but figured I should probably get a recent picture since I haven't gotten one since 34 weeks......
Thursday, July 17, 2008
OB Triage Visit #3
Ok seriously...this has to be the last trip to Triage before Addy comes, right????
All went well this morning. They did the ultrasound when we got there and unfortunately she was still breach so they got me all set up to do the version. The Doctor came in and was able to move Addysen on the first attempt. Not a fun process, but it wasn't nearly as painful as what I had heard it could be so I was thankful for that. They used an ultrasound throughout the entire procedure so that they could see exactly where / how much she was moving and they could monitor her heartbeat throughout. They monitored Addy and me for a while afterwards and although her heartrate dropped a bit during the process, it came right back up and was fine as they monitored it afterwards...very strong heartbeat.
They ended up not using the medication to relax my uterus as it was going to be the same one they used last time that I hated so much. He tried it without and it worked. So thankful I didn't have to have the jitters through the whole thing!
Now we have to wait...and hope that she doesn't move back. Assuming I don't go into labor before, I have my normal weekly appointment again next Tuesday where they'll check again to make sure she hasn't turned back. The Doctor today said that they can do this again if they turn back; however, at that point, he likes to keep you in the hospital and induce...so they don't have a chance to turn back again. So we're just going to pray that she likes her new position and that she'll stay there until she's ready to come meet us!
The nurse was really caring and the Doctor, although not my doctor, was great...just great. He explained everything thoroughly, was as gentle as possible, told me what to expect and when, helped me to know what muscles to focus on relaxing, etc. I practiced my focal point and breathing that I've learned...it really is amazing how you can tell yourself to relax and do it. I'm so thankful that it went so well and that he was as great as what he was.
Thank you to everyone who was praying this morning - I really felt those prayers and it was amazing how well it went, despite it not being a fun process. I'm so thankful that she is in the right position and that I have the possibility of delivering naturally now. As my Dad always says, "It won't be long now!!" :-)
All went well this morning. They did the ultrasound when we got there and unfortunately she was still breach so they got me all set up to do the version. The Doctor came in and was able to move Addysen on the first attempt. Not a fun process, but it wasn't nearly as painful as what I had heard it could be so I was thankful for that. They used an ultrasound throughout the entire procedure so that they could see exactly where / how much she was moving and they could monitor her heartbeat throughout. They monitored Addy and me for a while afterwards and although her heartrate dropped a bit during the process, it came right back up and was fine as they monitored it afterwards...very strong heartbeat.
They ended up not using the medication to relax my uterus as it was going to be the same one they used last time that I hated so much. He tried it without and it worked. So thankful I didn't have to have the jitters through the whole thing!
Now we have to wait...and hope that she doesn't move back. Assuming I don't go into labor before, I have my normal weekly appointment again next Tuesday where they'll check again to make sure she hasn't turned back. The Doctor today said that they can do this again if they turn back; however, at that point, he likes to keep you in the hospital and induce...so they don't have a chance to turn back again. So we're just going to pray that she likes her new position and that she'll stay there until she's ready to come meet us!
The nurse was really caring and the Doctor, although not my doctor, was great...just great. He explained everything thoroughly, was as gentle as possible, told me what to expect and when, helped me to know what muscles to focus on relaxing, etc. I practiced my focal point and breathing that I've learned...it really is amazing how you can tell yourself to relax and do it. I'm so thankful that it went so well and that he was as great as what he was.
Thank you to everyone who was praying this morning - I really felt those prayers and it was amazing how well it went, despite it not being a fun process. I'm so thankful that she is in the right position and that I have the possibility of delivering naturally now. As my Dad always says, "It won't be long now!!" :-)
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Mail Shower
As much as we love Phoenix, the down side is that we live quite far away from our family...especially the Platt side of the family who is spread out all over...Chicago-land, New York, Florida, etc. They had mentioned a while back they wanted to throw a shower for Addysen and me, but with the distance and my travel restrictions, it ended up not being a feasible thing.
So they put their creative minds to work and threw me a "mail" shower. We received a package last week with a basket in it...filled with some adorable things for Addysen as well as the most special part...various children's books with notes inside each one from various members of the family to Addysen. It was SO special reading each one of the notes...it warmed our hearts to see how much our little girl is already loved by so many!!!
Adorable little booties...that are SO soft (which of course I love anything soft!! :-) )
We have several I love Daddy things...it was fun to get a Mommy one! :-)
We literally sat and read every note and all the books...so special...and many tears of joy...
In the card in the package (reading below), there was another HUGE surprise...enough money was given to be able to buy us a few of our most necessary items from our registry!! We couldn't believe that the family came together to get us all these things!!!
Our play yard...
...Our travel system which includes the stroller, carseat, and base for the car (and yes, Addy's teddy bear served as practice for us learning how to use the carseat :-) )...
...and the swing!! On a side note, this swing is GREAT...it swings both side to side and front to back so we can see which way Addysen likes it!
We were completely overwhelmed by all of this. Thank you so much to my sister-in-laws, Jessica and Jamie, for all the work you did to get the basket put together and all of this organized, and to all the family who wrote such special words that will be treasured forever and for your unbelievable generosity!!! We love you all and can't wait to see you and for you to meet little Addysen!!
So they put their creative minds to work and threw me a "mail" shower. We received a package last week with a basket in it...filled with some adorable things for Addysen as well as the most special part...various children's books with notes inside each one from various members of the family to Addysen. It was SO special reading each one of the notes...it warmed our hearts to see how much our little girl is already loved by so many!!!
Here is the basket that was sent...
Adorable little booties...that are SO soft (which of course I love anything soft!! :-) )
We have several I love Daddy things...it was fun to get a Mommy one! :-)
We literally sat and read every note and all the books...so special...and many tears of joy...
In the card in the package (reading below), there was another HUGE surprise...enough money was given to be able to buy us a few of our most necessary items from our registry!! We couldn't believe that the family came together to get us all these things!!!
Our play yard...
...Our travel system which includes the stroller, carseat, and base for the car (and yes, Addy's teddy bear served as practice for us learning how to use the carseat :-) )...
...and the swing!! On a side note, this swing is GREAT...it swings both side to side and front to back so we can see which way Addysen likes it! 
We were completely overwhelmed by all of this. Thank you so much to my sister-in-laws, Jessica and Jamie, for all the work you did to get the basket put together and all of this organized, and to all the family who wrote such special words that will be treasured forever and for your unbelievable generosity!!! We love you all and can't wait to see you and for you to meet little Addysen!!
Reminders from Oklahoma
When we lived in Oklahoma, there were plenty of bugs...all the time. Phoenix is not supposed to have any bugs.
Not sure who made up that story, but there are bugs here...despite the 110 degrees.
I was reminded of Oklahoma this morning when I saw this ridiculously huge locust on the outside (fortunately!) of our window. We've heard the locusts in our trees out front the last 2 years during this time of year, but I figured, we're in Phoenix...they're probably just a really small version of what we had in Oklahoma.
Wrong.
The heat isn't the only thing that is going to keep me from spending much time outside right now...
Not sure who made up that story, but there are bugs here...despite the 110 degrees.
I was reminded of Oklahoma this morning when I saw this ridiculously huge locust on the outside (fortunately!) of our window. We've heard the locusts in our trees out front the last 2 years during this time of year, but I figured, we're in Phoenix...they're probably just a really small version of what we had in Oklahoma.
Wrong.
The heat isn't the only thing that is going to keep me from spending much time outside right now...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Breach
We had our weekly doctor's appointment this morning and found out that Addysen is breach. As such, there are a lot of emotions right now...but trying to let thankfulness that she is ok overcome them all. The main thing is that I may have to adjust what I thought would happen...how I thought labor would go...to something different.
At this point, it is unlikely that she will turn on her own as after 37 weeks, there's such little room for them to make a full rotation. As such, I have an appointment at the hospital on Thursday morning - 7am - for the doctor to try to get her to move...it's called an external cephalic version (ECV). From what I understand, the ECV can be pretty painful, but at least there's a chance she'll move and therefore, allow me to still deliver naturally. If she doesn't move, my option is a C-Section.
The bummer is that my doctor is out of town this week and so another doctor in the practice is going to do it...the same one I saw this morning.
From what I've been reading, there's just under a 60% chance that they'll be able to get her to move to the "right" position with the ECV. But if they get her to move, the doctor said there's only about a 7% chance that she'll move back to a breach position. What can I say...I'm an accountant...I like to know the numbers.
From what I understand, there are some risks involved which could result in an emergency C-section on Thursday, but the risks are relatively low. However, if we don't at least try, we'll end up with a C-Section anyway.
I have been trying to tell Addy this afternoon that if she'll move in the next day and a half, it'll be much better for her...she thinks she hates just having monitors on...this is going to be way worse!! Not sure if she's listening to me or not...she is a first born after all. :-)
When I go in on Thursday morning, they'll do an ultrasound to make sure she's still breach and then if she is, they'll hook me up to an IV, give me some drug to relax my uterus (hopefully not the same one as last time!), hook me up to heart monitors to make sure her heart rate doesn't go down while they do this (one of the reasons for an emergency C-Section as I mentioned above) and then they'll do the ECV.
Sounds like fun, huh. :-)
We are praying that Addysen will turn before then and if not, that the Lord will give us peace and calm and that He will allow me to relax...hopefully making the process go at least a bit smoother.
That's the latest and greatest.
At this point, it is unlikely that she will turn on her own as after 37 weeks, there's such little room for them to make a full rotation. As such, I have an appointment at the hospital on Thursday morning - 7am - for the doctor to try to get her to move...it's called an external cephalic version (ECV). From what I understand, the ECV can be pretty painful, but at least there's a chance she'll move and therefore, allow me to still deliver naturally. If she doesn't move, my option is a C-Section.
The bummer is that my doctor is out of town this week and so another doctor in the practice is going to do it...the same one I saw this morning.
From what I've been reading, there's just under a 60% chance that they'll be able to get her to move to the "right" position with the ECV. But if they get her to move, the doctor said there's only about a 7% chance that she'll move back to a breach position. What can I say...I'm an accountant...I like to know the numbers.
From what I understand, there are some risks involved which could result in an emergency C-section on Thursday, but the risks are relatively low. However, if we don't at least try, we'll end up with a C-Section anyway.
I have been trying to tell Addy this afternoon that if she'll move in the next day and a half, it'll be much better for her...she thinks she hates just having monitors on...this is going to be way worse!! Not sure if she's listening to me or not...she is a first born after all. :-)
When I go in on Thursday morning, they'll do an ultrasound to make sure she's still breach and then if she is, they'll hook me up to an IV, give me some drug to relax my uterus (hopefully not the same one as last time!), hook me up to heart monitors to make sure her heart rate doesn't go down while they do this (one of the reasons for an emergency C-Section as I mentioned above) and then they'll do the ECV.
Sounds like fun, huh. :-)
We are praying that Addysen will turn before then and if not, that the Lord will give us peace and calm and that He will allow me to relax...hopefully making the process go at least a bit smoother.
That's the latest and greatest.
My husband
With only 20 days...less than 3 weeks to go until we get to meet the new, precious member of our family, I didn't want to let the opportunity pass while I'm still thinking relatively clearly on more that 2 hours of sleep to say a few things about my husband.
Jeff has been absolutely incredible through this pregnancy. Incredible. I feel so blessed to be married to such an amazing man...one who loves me so much and makes sure I know that every day through his words, actions and understanding of all of my ricocheting emotions.
The last couple weeks I've had some good days and some really not so good days dealing with pain in my hips, round ligament pains, and many other types of stretching and pains. Jeff has been so patient and compassionate...making sure that I lay down and take it easy, even when that means he has to do much more around here.
He's finished making meals for me...with me giving him "instructions" from the other room, he always is making sure I have enough gas and goes and fills it up for me so I don't have to do it, he's running around almost every day trying to get things checked off my never ending lists of "to do" items, last night he even drove me to meet up with the girls I exchange meals with...just to make things a little easier for me. It's all little things...but to me, they are such big things because they show me how much he loves me and our little girl.
It has been such a fun experience to walk through this pregnancy and see the excitement Jeff has to meet his little girl. He talks to her every day and tells her how excited he is to meet her, how much he loves her, the things that we have ready for her, etc. He even asks her to be easy on her Mommy on my tough days. :-)
We've had to go through some tough decisions in the last couple months in regards to Jeff's career path. It has given me such peace to see Jeff work through these decisions and to work through them together...in situations where many guys would just jump and not consider the impacts on their family, Jeff always considers his family first. Only the Lord knows what the future holds and and there likely will be significant changes in our "comfort level" in the future, but I'm just so thankful to be married to a man who considers his family and what the Lord wants for all of us above all else in decision making and is constantly striving to do the best thing for us.
Jeff is going to be such a great Dad...I am so excited to go through this stage of life with such an amazing man. Addysen and I have been blessed beyond measure for having Jeff in our lives.
Jeff has been absolutely incredible through this pregnancy. Incredible. I feel so blessed to be married to such an amazing man...one who loves me so much and makes sure I know that every day through his words, actions and understanding of all of my ricocheting emotions.
The last couple weeks I've had some good days and some really not so good days dealing with pain in my hips, round ligament pains, and many other types of stretching and pains. Jeff has been so patient and compassionate...making sure that I lay down and take it easy, even when that means he has to do much more around here.
He's finished making meals for me...with me giving him "instructions" from the other room, he always is making sure I have enough gas and goes and fills it up for me so I don't have to do it, he's running around almost every day trying to get things checked off my never ending lists of "to do" items, last night he even drove me to meet up with the girls I exchange meals with...just to make things a little easier for me. It's all little things...but to me, they are such big things because they show me how much he loves me and our little girl.
It has been such a fun experience to walk through this pregnancy and see the excitement Jeff has to meet his little girl. He talks to her every day and tells her how excited he is to meet her, how much he loves her, the things that we have ready for her, etc. He even asks her to be easy on her Mommy on my tough days. :-)
We've had to go through some tough decisions in the last couple months in regards to Jeff's career path. It has given me such peace to see Jeff work through these decisions and to work through them together...in situations where many guys would just jump and not consider the impacts on their family, Jeff always considers his family first. Only the Lord knows what the future holds and and there likely will be significant changes in our "comfort level" in the future, but I'm just so thankful to be married to a man who considers his family and what the Lord wants for all of us above all else in decision making and is constantly striving to do the best thing for us.
Jeff is going to be such a great Dad...I am so excited to go through this stage of life with such an amazing man. Addysen and I have been blessed beyond measure for having Jeff in our lives.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Ouch!!
So I've heard about these round ligament pains and that you can get them starting in your 2nd trimester. I've had little aches and pains along the way...what I thought maybe could be the "round ligament pains."
I was wrong.
The last few days I've gotten a really fun version of them...extremely painful. They are really only when I move and especially when I walk. Yesterday was especially bad. It feels like a knife is jabbing into me...at the bottom of my uterus by my pelvis.
Addysen was also having a VERY active day yesterday. Which is great and I'm so thankful for her continued activeness so that I know she's ok in there despite the pains, but she's getting so big, it's pretty uncomfortable when she decides it's a party day and pushes really hard into me all over!
I guess it's good preparation for getting used to some pain...that's going to be so much worse than this!
On a good note, my Dr.'s appointment went well again yesterday. Still measuring normal, still gaining the same 1 1/2 pounds a week. I ended up seeing the Nurse Practitioner yesterday b/c the doctor was at the hospital and when she went to measure me, she said, "Wow...You are just all baby!" Pretty much...all the weight (27 pounds now!) is still right on my belly...which I'm sure is not helping the pains I'm feeling, but I'm hoping will make it go away easier after Addy comes!!
I was wrong.
The last few days I've gotten a really fun version of them...extremely painful. They are really only when I move and especially when I walk. Yesterday was especially bad. It feels like a knife is jabbing into me...at the bottom of my uterus by my pelvis.
Addysen was also having a VERY active day yesterday. Which is great and I'm so thankful for her continued activeness so that I know she's ok in there despite the pains, but she's getting so big, it's pretty uncomfortable when she decides it's a party day and pushes really hard into me all over!
I guess it's good preparation for getting used to some pain...that's going to be so much worse than this!
On a good note, my Dr.'s appointment went well again yesterday. Still measuring normal, still gaining the same 1 1/2 pounds a week. I ended up seeing the Nurse Practitioner yesterday b/c the doctor was at the hospital and when she went to measure me, she said, "Wow...You are just all baby!" Pretty much...all the weight (27 pounds now!) is still right on my belly...which I'm sure is not helping the pains I'm feeling, but I'm hoping will make it go away easier after Addy comes!!
Monday, July 7, 2008
Full Term!
Today marks 36 weeks...which means I'm full term. At this point, Addy's lungs should be full developed and the rest of the time she's in me, she'll just be primarily gaining that adorable baby fat. :-)
This all means that from this point on, Addysen could come any time and she should be just fine...they would not stop or slow down labor now any time it started.
Another development is that I'm pretty sure she dropped a couple nights ago. Apparently with your first this can be normal to drop up to 4 weeks before they come (from what I read on the Internet). I'm guessing that based on the pain (much more of it and lower), how my stomach is contorting, etc. I'm also feeling more contractions so who knows. That still could mean nothing and she comes on time or late, but I'm definitely in the final stages which is exciting!
This all means that from this point on, Addysen could come any time and she should be just fine...they would not stop or slow down labor now any time it started.
Another development is that I'm pretty sure she dropped a couple nights ago. Apparently with your first this can be normal to drop up to 4 weeks before they come (from what I read on the Internet). I'm guessing that based on the pain (much more of it and lower), how my stomach is contorting, etc. I'm also feeling more contractions so who knows. That still could mean nothing and she comes on time or late, but I'm definitely in the final stages which is exciting!
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