6 weeks to go!

So this week I am 34 weeks along, the end feels near! Our birthing classes finished this past Friday. They were OK, nothing terribly surprising or anything, but I'm still glad we did them. I had actually watched so many videos online that I had already seen some of the ones they showed in class, but they were all new to Chris. The overview of medication options and when to go to the hospital were the most useful pieces of information.

The week before last I went to the doctor's, and I'll go again this week because now it is every two weeks. At the last appointment, she was a little concerned about the amount of water weight I had gained in the previous two weeks, because I had also complained of a headache. She did bloodwork and everything was fine. I guess the concern was about preeclampsia which has to do with blood pressure, which was fine. So she ended up saying I haven't been resting enough and need to rest more laying down with my feet up. That hasn't been too easy though as last week and this week are the final weeks of school, and I have exams and presentations. So needless to say I haven't rested enough and as of yesterday came down with an awful sore throat and cough. It'll all be done in a couple days though and I'll be able to take it easy until the baby comes.

Oh one more thing about the doctor's appointment. She felt my belly and said Christopher is still upright, I guess most babies turn by 35 weeks and if they haven't by 37, the doctors will manually turn him around. The other day I felt him doing a weird waving motion side to side though that I haven't felt him do before, and Chris and I could even watch my stomach going side to side, so maybe that was him trying to turn!

Finally, last week was my shower and I'd like to say thanks SO much to everyone who came and for everyone who helped put it together. You did a great job! Below are just a few pictures from it, there are many more I will email out soon.



This cake from my mother was really cute - and good.



Chris' mom highly overestimated the circumference of my belly, more than anyone else!



My sisters and I



Zach, my mom and Sophia



My friends Angela, Tracy & Liz



My friend Jessica (also a big overestimator!)



Jessica's son, Sergio



Me & Chris' friend Christine, Chris' aunt & grandma

So thanks again and I hope everyone has a great week!

Andrea

8 weeks to go...

I thought I'd post some pictures of the nursery. Its pretty much all set as far as the basic furniture and bedding. We finished hanging up his letters yesterday, that was not easy! Trying to get 11 letters straight and centered took several tries, it is close enough though. The border wasn't nearly as hard to do!

A big thank you to Chris' parents who got this crib for us!



Chris did a great job assembling the crib and the changing table...



and apparently just watching Chris do all that work tired Molly out.



We started our birthing classes last week which were pretty good. It was very basic stuff, probably because it was the first class. There are two more, and tomorrow I also have a breastfeeding class (that Chris gets out of going to because he's working :0). In this class they just covered the stages of labor, what the partner can do to help (they said a lot of "don't take what she says personally when she's in pain") and just basic stuff like that.

Hope you enjoyed the weather today! Chris and I took Molly for a walk on the beach which was nice. It was a nice slow walk, as I don't move too quickly nowadays!

Talk to you soon!
Andrea

31 weeks (9 to go)...

Hi everyone,

Thought I'd post a picture of Chris and I this week. We've done a lot of work on the nursery, but its not all arranged yet, so I'll wait until we do that to post pictures of it.

I went to the doctors and the glucose test was normal so there's no need for the follow-up test for gestational diabetes. I'll be going again at the end of the month, then every two weeks, then every week.

This week also starts our birthing classes, will let you know how it goes next week!

Have a good weekend despite the bad weather we'll be getting!

Andrea

30 weeks along! (that means only 10 to go!)

So only ten weeks to go as of today, can you believe that. I started realizing the other day that fairly soon I won't be pregnant anymore, and how much I will miss it. I really love having Christopher with me all the time. Whenever I'm sitting in a meeting or class, or doing work, he moves around and reminds me he's right there and I will miss that. It's been very precious to me being pregnant, I've been lucky that things are going smoothly and I'm feeling great.

As far as the semester with school, there's three more weeks of class and then some exams and that's it. I have a lot of work to do on my master's thesis before he arrives, realizing I won't do anything with it this summer. I've been very busy and will keep it up as long as I can before he comes.

My sister Lorie who will be Christopher's godmother came up with an idea to start a poll guessing the baby's weight and birthday. I figured since I already have this website set up we might as well do it from here - so feel free to click on here and enter your guesses. I already put mine in!

http://www.expectnet.com/games/GuessDateWeight

I also thought I'd upload a couple of pictures that Chris' mom gave me yesterday on Easter. I like the one taken the day he was born!

On his birthday


At 15 months old

I'll have to get some pictures of me as a baby too at some point! Hope you have a nice week and had a great Easter yesterday.

Andrea

11 weeks to go...

Hi everyone,

So there's only 11 weeks left to go. I've been in the third trimester for a few weeks now, and up until the past few days I continued to feel great. The last few days though I've been pretty exhausted again, I feel a little like I did in the first trimester. I know its common to feel like that towards the end, but its a little too early for that now so I think it might just be that I've been too busy with school and work. Hopefully I get more energy soon!

Last week I had my doctor's appointment and everything is great. I don't know the results of my glucose test yet. After the next visit, I go to every other week. It's funny to think that Christopher would survive if he were born now, it makes it seem like he could come any day now or something!

The nursery furniture arrived at Babies R Us and some friends with a truck helped us get it this weekend. Chris set up the crib yesterday and the furniture looks great. When we set up the room I'll post some pictures of it.

Below are a few pictures from dinner at my family's house this weekend I thought I'd share. My nephew Jacob, Chris, and my sisters Trisha and Jenn all managed to avoid getting their picture taken...



me and Lorie


My brother-in-law Peter. We're due around the same time.


My nephew Zach


Mom & Sophia


Cameron

Have a wonderful week,
love, Andrea