Induction Day!

Well, the day has finally come... it's induction day! It's been a long road for Tommy and I to finally get to this point, but I am so excited, and so ready.

We are heading to the hospital in about 3 hours to get checked in, get a room, and get the Cervadil started. I hope that is enough to send me into labor, and not have to do Pitocin. That kinda scares me... I hear the contractions come on very fast and very strong and they suck. But only my body and time will tell!

I am just finishing up some last minute laundry, cleaning up the house, etc. I am so nesting right now! :) Tommy is at work with his dad cleaning so he won't have to do it tomorrow (for obvious reasons!) When he gets home, we are just gonna pack our last minute stuff, load up the car and the new carseat, and head out!

It's so surreal that this has finally come. After 2 long and painful years of trying without any results, this is finally the cherry on top. I have been very emotional about it all, but it's all been good. It's just amazing how our lives will be changing forever in just a few hours. We are not going to be a couple anymore, but a FAMILY. I've waited 35 years for this moment. It will be so awesome, and I can't wait.

I will try and post from the hospital if we can to let you know what is happening. I just want to thank you ALL for being such wonderful friends and supporters during this whole thing... I don't think I could have stayed sane without the love from you all. Tommy and I are very thankful for each of you! God bless you all!

And now, I will leave you with my final statistics:

How Far Along? 39 weeks

Total Weight Gained/Loss? +28 lbs.

Maternity Clothes: Wow, not much left that fits me... I'm big!

Sleep? Horrible... always up to pee at least 2 times a night, then can't fall back asleep!

Best Moment of the Week? When Tommy and I went on our last "date" last night as a couple. It was so nice to spend that time with him.

Movement- Good Lord, all the time... it's cool to see and feel parts of her under my skin moving around!

Food Craving- Anything sweet!!

Food aversions- Still the smell of Tommy's Totino's Party Pizzas... yuk!

Morning sickness?- Nope, but still have heartburn!

Gender- Still a girl!

Labor Signs- I'm feeling a lot of stuff, but no contractions yet. Back aches and pressure "down there".

Belly Button- Finally an outie!

What I miss- Being able to get up from furniture and not look like an old woman!

What I'm looking forward to- Giving birth to this beautiful baby girl!

Weekly Wisdom- Be thankful for every ache, pain and feeling of pregnancy... it truly is a miracle!

Milestones- Made it to 39 weeks and heading to the hospital in a few hours to deliver!



The day I found out I was pregnant... oh, how small I was!!



Me at 39 weeks today... yikes!

I'm officially done!

With work, that is!

I had my last OB appt this morning, we did the NST, and everything looked great. She is moving well and keeping me up at night! What didn't go so well was that I'm still spilling protein in my urine, and the numbers were way up. I knew something was up when my legs and feet started to swell pretty bad again this week. So my dr. told me I was done working as of that moment! I am now on bedrest until Sat. night when we head to the hospital for induction. I did run back to the office to tell my boss and get all my work organized and transitioned to my coworkers. I left about noon and headed home to rest, and that's all I've done today. My swelling has already gone down, so that's good. I unfortunatly was planning on doing some last minute errands before Sat., but now my wonderful husband has the list of things to do! Grocery shop, get my car cleaned out, the car seat installed, etc. He's been great. He made dinner for me tonight, cleaned up everything afterwards, even emptied the dishwasher of the clean dishes and put all the dirty ones away! He is awesome!

So more laying around tomorrow and most of Saturday. Which is so hard for me to do... but I have to. Oh, when the Dr. checked me, I still wasn't dilated, but she did ask if I had any procedures done on my cervix and I told her yes, about 13 years ago I had a LEEP, which is when they freeze part of your cervix to kill pre-cancerous cells. She thinks what she is feeling is possible scar tissue from that procedure, and that is what might be preventing dilation. She said it's not a problem, she will "get through it" when we get to the hospital... yikes!

More updates to come!

No Baby... Yet...

Well, obviously, I didn't get induced yesterday! Had my NST yesterday, they drew blood, and I turned in my jug-o-pee from my 24 hour urine test, and my numbers came back under 300, so no pre-eclampsia!! Yay!

We are now scheduled to head to Labor & Delivery on Sat. night (the 16th) at 6pm to get checked in, get a room, then they will start me on cervadil (to help ripen the cervix). When I was checked yesterday by my OB, I was still only 50% effaced (same as a week ago) and still not dilated at all!! So, Elizabeth is gonna be difficult and take her time... but hopefully Sunday she will come out!

I'm so ready.... I'm mentally done with work and can't wait until Friday. My last day!!! Plus, I still have some last minute things to get and do to get ready for her, so this extra few days will be nice. Plus I will get another full paycheck this Friday because I stayed all week, so all in all, it's a good thing!

Now hopefully she will not come on her own before Sat. Although, I would be OK with that too. We are waiting until Saturday to go buy the travel system we want (has a car seat, stroller, and carrier all in one) because I have a coupon for 20% off starting on Friday... I know, I'm thrifty!!

Stay tuned...

Not so great news from the OB...

I had another NST today with my OB, and everything looked great on the tape!! Heartbeat looked good, movement was good, and had a few minor contractions! I have been feeling lots more "stuff" going on down there, didn't know if they were the real deal or braxton hicks, but either way, something is starting to happen down there. That's all the good news.

Bad news, I'm becoming pre-eclamptic :( I have to do ANOTHER 24 hour urine test on Sunday, turning it in on Monday when I go see her again for another NST. Apparently, my first urine test revealed a score of 168, the one I did last Monday was 244, and they look at 300 as being pre-eclamsia. So it's slowly starting to creep up. She said depending on what my score in on this coming Monday's test, we might induce as early at Tuesday!

She gave me strict orders to work today and tomorrow, jsut don't do a lot of running around, and then this weekend, lay around and do NOTHING! I told her I will try, and she told me I have to... it's hard for me not to want to do stuff! I still need to clean the house and get a few last minute things for the baby! But I will obey her and not do anything. Tommy will understand and I know will be a big help. It's just hard for me to reliquish that "power" to someone else! :)

We're getting close!!

Happy New Year and other news!

Sorry this is a few days late, but HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I can't believe it, it's another year in our lives, and I am totally looking forward to 2010. So many new changes to come! We had an awesome year in 2009, business is good, Tommy and I are great, and we are growing our family by 1, so things are looking up!

Since now I am 37 weeks pregnant, my Dr. wants me to come back 2 times a week for monitoring. We are doing non-stress tests (NST's). They strap 2 belts to my belly, one to listen to the baby's heart, the other to measure any contractions. Then a tape readout of the activity comes out of this machine. It's fascinating to watch! I have to push this button when ever I feel movement too, so it's interesting to see when she moves in relation to her heartbeat. Everyting looked good today on my tape. We have a healthy, active baby!

We have good news and bad news from this morning's appt! Bad news... blood pressure is all over again (148/88 when I got there, later was 138/82), and I'm spilling protein in my urine.... again. So lucky me, get's to do another 24hr. urine test. Ugh. Have to turn in my jug-o-pee tomorrow.

Good news is, we talked about induction! I told her I am done, my back hurts, I can't sleep, I'm sore, etc (trying to use the emotional pull... lol!). She just laughed at me and said, "ya think?!" So we looked at the calendar, and decided on Sunday, Jan. 17th! 13 days! I am soooo ready! Of course, then she checked me, I'm not dilated yet, but my cervix is half way thinned out, so things are starting! She said I might go on my own, but we will see. I go back again on Thursday for another NST.

So I told my boss about this news, so we are going to get things transitioned over this week to my other team members so they know what is going on. Then I just wait... I got all the things I need for my hospital bag over the weekend, so that's good. Still need to clean the house, I got all the Christmas decorations put away yesterday, so the house is back to normal. Got grocery shopping done, laundry, etc. Just in case, ya know! ;)

I'll keep ya posted!