Michael and I had a doctors appointment on Monday with Dr. Wrennick. Her heart beat is good, all my vitals are chuggin' right along. I finished my 39th week, moving into my final week, and I haven't dialated or made any progress. She is, however, still head down - which is a plus. I had my first set of contractions on Sunday night. They were about 10 minutes apart for about an hour, but then just fizzled off. I've had a few sporatic ones here and there since then, but nothing to get excited over.
I have another doctors appointment with Nadine Thomas on Monday to see if I've made any progress - and another that following Friday morning. If I haven't made any progress or gone into labor, I have to go into the hospital on Monday, the 26th at 3pm. They will put a pill in my cervix to start the softening. I will spend the night, and then they will start me on pitocin the following morning. Its nice to see that there is an ending in sight until we meet our little girl. It would be much more ideal if she came earlier, but I'm ok with having to wait less than just 2 more weeks!!!!
Not to mention, we close on our house on Friday morning. We are still waiting on closing costs and our HUD. This weekend is also Michael's birthday, but he doesn't seem too interested to do anything for it. I'm going to try and sneak him away to at least dinner to celebrate. He is all about working on the house this weekend and getting things moved in. I can't wait until we are all moved in!!
My last day of work is this Friday, so I'll be able to work on the house next week - possibly painting the baby's room and getting things unpacked here and there. We have a lot of people that'll need to come out and do things too - so it'll be good that I'll be off work to take care of everything, while Michael is at work prior to her arrival.
So...lots going on. We are very excited anticipating her big debut. She moves here and there still, but is definitely running out of room. I will miss all her little movements, but look forward to holding her...
Baby Ticker
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Guesses on date, time, weight?
Any one want to guess when her birth date will be? What she will weigh and at what time???? :)
Answered prayers...
Lots to catch up on...
Ok, so last week, I had an appointment with Dr Desmarais and found that baby M was breech - so we had to schedule a C-Section for July 13th. It was a really hard pill for me to swallow, because as crazy as it sounds, I really wanted to experience the whole 'laboring' process and didn't want surgery either! But oh well...I got over it and had convinced myself it was going to be ok. I was still very scared, as this is SURGERY, but it was what it was...and I didn't have a choice at that point.
I had a quick follow up visit yesterday with Dr Rodriguez, who was scheduled to do my surgery next Tuesday. Michael came with me, so he could meet the doctor. My blood pressure was much higher than normal, but still in the 'safe' zone and the dr didn't seem concerned. I was a nervous wreck! Just kept thinking...this is it...last time I'll be here, and I"ll be in the Operating room in a few days. Dr R immediately brought in the sonogram cart to see if she was still breech - thinking a pelvic exam wasn't necessary if she wasn't head down. She measured my belly, listened to the heart beat, and everything looked fine. She turned on the machine, and felt my belly in my lower pelvic area and hummed... I didn't know what she was going on. She immediately put the sonogram right on my lower pelvis and there she was...her pretty little FACE!!! Doctor said she has a "really nice round head" and is in the right position. WOHOO!!!!! I couldn't believe it and felt like a ton of bricks were taken off my chest - such a relief!!! Soo...needless to say, we cancelled the C-Section and I am just taking it day by day at this point. My cervix is still high and tight, so my best guess is that I'll have to be induced. They usually wait about a week - so they should induce me around the 27th or so...if I make it that far. We are soo excited!! I have another dr appointment on Monday, so hopefully she will stop being an acrobat, and will stay head down!! Fingers crossed!!!!!!
I think at this point, Michael and I have decided on a name...we've changed it ump-teen times, but finally are stuck on a name. We haven't told a single person...not even my USAA insurance agent who begged me to tell her yesterday! haha. I think it'll be a special moment when she arrives, and we can formally introduce her to everyone.
The bank on the house came back and agreed to drop the price to what we requested - SOO...we close on July 16th!! We have gotten all the paperwork to them, so now its just a sit and wait until the day comes. They should be letting us know the closing costs sooner than later, so we can take care of that, but other than that...we are good to go! I signed a POA yesterday too, so if I am unable to be there, Michael can sign all the paperwork with no problems. We absolutely love the house!! We are going to take our time moving in - since we are in no rush to move out of my parents place, and we have the storage unit until the end of August anyways. We'll clean real good, and paint some prior to moving furniture and getting movers. We purchased our appliances and got a great deal on them last weekend, which is nice to have done too! I can't wait to get it all decorated and set up!
We are taking things day by day at this point anticipating her arrival - she could come at a moments notice, and we are ecstatic!! Thank you so much for all your prayers and support...we couldn't have done any of this without you!
Ok, so last week, I had an appointment with Dr Desmarais and found that baby M was breech - so we had to schedule a C-Section for July 13th. It was a really hard pill for me to swallow, because as crazy as it sounds, I really wanted to experience the whole 'laboring' process and didn't want surgery either! But oh well...I got over it and had convinced myself it was going to be ok. I was still very scared, as this is SURGERY, but it was what it was...and I didn't have a choice at that point.
I had a quick follow up visit yesterday with Dr Rodriguez, who was scheduled to do my surgery next Tuesday. Michael came with me, so he could meet the doctor. My blood pressure was much higher than normal, but still in the 'safe' zone and the dr didn't seem concerned. I was a nervous wreck! Just kept thinking...this is it...last time I'll be here, and I"ll be in the Operating room in a few days. Dr R immediately brought in the sonogram cart to see if she was still breech - thinking a pelvic exam wasn't necessary if she wasn't head down. She measured my belly, listened to the heart beat, and everything looked fine. She turned on the machine, and felt my belly in my lower pelvic area and hummed... I didn't know what she was going on. She immediately put the sonogram right on my lower pelvis and there she was...her pretty little FACE!!! Doctor said she has a "really nice round head" and is in the right position. WOHOO!!!!! I couldn't believe it and felt like a ton of bricks were taken off my chest - such a relief!!! Soo...needless to say, we cancelled the C-Section and I am just taking it day by day at this point. My cervix is still high and tight, so my best guess is that I'll have to be induced. They usually wait about a week - so they should induce me around the 27th or so...if I make it that far. We are soo excited!! I have another dr appointment on Monday, so hopefully she will stop being an acrobat, and will stay head down!! Fingers crossed!!!!!!
I think at this point, Michael and I have decided on a name...we've changed it ump-teen times, but finally are stuck on a name. We haven't told a single person...not even my USAA insurance agent who begged me to tell her yesterday! haha. I think it'll be a special moment when she arrives, and we can formally introduce her to everyone.
The bank on the house came back and agreed to drop the price to what we requested - SOO...we close on July 16th!! We have gotten all the paperwork to them, so now its just a sit and wait until the day comes. They should be letting us know the closing costs sooner than later, so we can take care of that, but other than that...we are good to go! I signed a POA yesterday too, so if I am unable to be there, Michael can sign all the paperwork with no problems. We absolutely love the house!! We are going to take our time moving in - since we are in no rush to move out of my parents place, and we have the storage unit until the end of August anyways. We'll clean real good, and paint some prior to moving furniture and getting movers. We purchased our appliances and got a great deal on them last weekend, which is nice to have done too! I can't wait to get it all decorated and set up!
We are taking things day by day at this point anticipating her arrival - she could come at a moments notice, and we are ecstatic!! Thank you so much for all your prayers and support...we couldn't have done any of this without you!
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