tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64024262011251691802024-03-12T21:54:57.962-07:00immeasurably moreover the next 9 months, i'll be getting a lot MORE than i ever thought possible...seannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18379653475555274290noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402426201125169180.post-1002877684786481242012-09-06T08:04:00.000-07:002012-09-06T08:04:15.260-07:00Switching back...Once upon a time I had a pretty little blog that was sorely neglected by me, and when I became pregnant and decided to do a separate blog (I'm a compartmentalizer, sorry) to record the journey it became completely neglected. However, now that baby Hadley is here, I'm planning to switch back over to it...so from here on out you can find me at --<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm sitting here pumping right now with Hadley in her little Fisher Price Rock N Play Bouncer at my feet. I think all I've managed to accomplish today was getting dressed, putting on some makeup, loading the dishwasher and running to WalMart for a few necessities. And that's a REALLY productive day for me, FYI! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our new normal is something like this....wake up around 6-7am and Brad does a feeding with her while I try to get in a little bit of uninterrupted sleep. Once he leaves I "do a naughty" and put her in bed with me and we sleep for a few more hours - sometimes it's til 9, the other day I woke up at 9, did a feeding and a pump and we went back to bed til noon! We wake up and make our way to the living room, AKA Baby Land, and usually settle in for another feeding, which usually leads me to another pumping session (at the time we're doing breastmilk and formula, it's a long story that can be condensed to say that my milk took quite a while to come in and by the time it did her latch sucked and she was used to bottles. Makes me sad to not nurse her but she's getting about 3 breastmilk bottles from me a day and hopefully that will increase soon but I'm happy with it for now). Then I sit on the couch, watch some TV, hold her, catch up on FB/emails, go wash all the bottle and pumping paraphernalia and get ready for another feeding round. Do another feeding, and start the cycle all over again. Usually towards the end of the day (4-5pm, before Brad gets home) I'll straighten the house up a little and catch up on dishes, make the bed, laundry, etc. But that's not everyday and definitely didn't start happening until the last couple days! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So basically my day is consumed with Hadley, and I love it. I told Brad today that by the end of this week I'd like to get us onto a bit more of a schedule so we're not waking up at any hour and going to bed at any hour, but for now, it's been so great just getting to know my girl and even though most of my time is spent watching her sleep and feeding her, I literally love nothing more than just sitting with her and holding her and staring at her. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It almost breaks my heart to look at this picture for two reasons, one being that she was jaundiced in this picture :( She never had it bad enough to go under the bili blanket, but you could definitely see it in her skin. Secondly, she already seems so much bigger now than she was in this picture...</span></td></tr>
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<br />seannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18379653475555274290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402426201125169180.post-35153299006028157512012-08-25T16:03:00.002-07:002012-08-25T20:20:00.463-07:00The Big Arrival<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hard to believe my peanut's big arrival was a week ago now! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As with any story this could get long winded, and I actually had already written it and got halfway through and deleted it all because it just got boring...full of details that only I care about got bored re-reading, ha! So here's the condensed version -</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had written on here last Friday that I just hadn't felt well all day - my back hurt, I just felt icky, but figured it was the way I had slept or that maybe I was even coming down with a little bug. I had taken a couple baths that day to ease the pain in my back, took Tylenol, rested a lot, and nothing really seemed to help much. On Friday evening Brad and I headed over to his parents house because he had some family in town, and I was glad for the distraction from my discomfort. But once we got there I started feeling increasingly worse, and no matter how I sat, I couldn't get comfortable. Around 11pm I told Brad I was definitely ready to go, and walking to the car I noticed how the pain I was feeling seemed to be coming in waves. I mentioned it to him and he got the "deer in headlights" look and asked if I thought I was in labor. I was certain I wasn't and that what I was feeling was just your typical end-of-pregnancy discomfort. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">However, once we got home and sat down on the couch, I couldn't deny that I was feeling contractions. I decided to take my 3rd bath of the day and start timing them, and I was slightly alarmed to see that they were coming at 3 minutes apart and lasting for 55 seconds to a minute. I called L&D at our hospital and asked them if I should come in, and the nurse asked me how much water I had drank that day. I said 2 glasses (yeah, I suck) and she quickly told me that I was just having dehydration contractions and to drink 2 or 3 liters of water, and that should clear it up (afterwards I wondered what planet she was on, hello, I was 39 weeks pregnant!) But she said if they didn't clear up then to call back. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I drank and drank water until I couldn't drink anymore, and yet the contractions continued. Around 12:30 I woke Brad up and made him sit up with me - even though they weren't going away and were so close together, I was pretty certain that they were going to fade off and all would be fine. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But then they didn't go away, and finally around 1:30am I called L&D back and said we were coming in. At that point I still wasn't convinced this was it (still not sure why) but I figured that if it WAS labor, that I didn't want to wait until it was too late and then have to do this crazy emergency C-Section. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So we get to the hospital - and sit through registering, which really ticked me off cause I asked numerous times if I would have to go through it if I was in labor and they said no - and the nurse hooks me up to the monitor. Hadley's heart rate was around 180, which freaked me out, but the nurse said that it was common when women were in labor for the baby's heart rate to be high. She let me sit on the monitor for about 30 minutes and then did my internal exam.....which brought the HUGE surprise that after having contractions for about 3 hours, I was dilated to 5 centimeters. At that point she announced we would be having a baby that morning! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Funny side note - because I didn't think I was really in labor, all I took to the hospital was my wallet. And then once we got there and found out that we were having the baby and wouldn't be leaving, BOTH of our cell phones were dead and we had one - ONE - family member's number memorized and her phone was off. Figures! So while I was getting prepped for surgery Brad was out sitting in the car trying to get a phone to charge to let people know we were in labor. Note to anyone who reads this - it's probably common sense but definitely take EVERYTHING you need with you if you go to the hospital for suspected labor! We actually don't live far from home so for Brad to come back it wasn't an issue, but still. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So after that they did the surgery and we got to meet our baby girl and honestly, the first day felt like an eternity to me, yet seemed to be a bit of a blur. I guess that's cause I had labored through the night and they did the surgery around 4am, and during the day I didn't get any sleep cause, hello, I had a new baby girl to stare at all day long. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The recovery from the surgery has honestly been far easier than I ever thought it would be. I read so many articles online about having a C Section because I always want to know what I'm going into, and seriously, the things people had to say had me freaked out to the point that I had to quit reading. But having a C Section truly could not have been easier. Obviously it's still a major surgery and even today - a week later - I have pain from my incision. But after the first couple days I was up moving around easily and being home has been pretty easy, as well. It's a pain to not drive, but honestly, where would I go?? So it hasn't been that difficult. Brad and I also went out to dinner last night (we sat outside to keep Hadley from any inside germies and curious hands) and so overall, while I do hope that my next delivery can be vaginal, I would definitely not be torn up about having to have another C Section. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This week I've just enjoyed being a momma. There's literally no words to express the incredible, deep, consuming, fierce love that you feel for your baby. It's scary to me at times how much love I feel for her. She's a super content, sweet baby that rarely cries and when she does she's easy to calm down. Her little breech legs might be one of my favorite things about her - they're so long and delicate and she'll get herself into these positions that Brad and I just laugh at because they're so sweet. She loves to stretch them out straight, and when we swaddle her sometimes her little feet will poke out the top of the blanket cause that's where she likes them :) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So needless to say, this new chapter of life is such a sweet blessing and I am loving every single minute of it!</span>seannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18379653475555274290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402426201125169180.post-77259241739290629482012-08-18T20:27:00.000-07:002012-08-18T20:30:58.990-07:00Introducing....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />seannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18379653475555274290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402426201125169180.post-22402927030642879952012-08-17T09:24:00.002-07:002012-08-17T09:24:14.082-07:00Nursery sneak peek <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just 3 days until Baby Girl makes her big debut! And believe me when I say, if there were ever a day that I anticipated her arrival, it would be today. I've been SO fortunate to feel so good during this pregnancy, and I honestly haven't had any issues with sleeping at all....until last night. It was just one of those nights that I couldn't get comfortable to save my life, so my sweet husband had to do some major back rubbing this morning before he ran out the door for work. I took a bath this morning and popped 2 Extra Strength Tylenol, which I don't think I've taken any of that since the early 2nd trimester for those ridiculous headaches. But I'm feeling better now, thankfully. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The changing table was built by Brad, as was the crib, but I'm still waiting on the crib skirt so I'm not sharing that photo yet :) And on the opposite wall is a gold glitter letter with the first initial of her name...which we'll share when she's born! [But if I showed it all my friends that read my blog would know since we've discussed our two options!] </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I tear up every single time I read it! That was a gift from my mother in law. The crates in the changing table are from Target and are called their Farm Crates. The little squares over the rocker are just bulletin boards that I covered with a linen fabric and used nail head trim for accents. I figure we can use these little boards to put pictures or cards on. The rocker is from WalMart and I'm pretty sure I've decided I'm not too impressed with it (I have spent a good 2 hours trying to steam the wrinkles out of that dang slipcover and they are NOT coming out), but I'm not a fan of the traditional gliders and I definitely wasn't spending more than a couple hundred on an armchair. </span></div>
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seannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18379653475555274290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402426201125169180.post-20503575488151807352012-08-10T16:00:00.000-07:002012-08-10T16:00:02.964-07:00Stubborn Girl<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stubborn meaning that her little head is still snugly lodged right up under my ribs and her butt still hanging out by my cervix. So that's that. I had the ultrasound yesterday to confirm and while that was a bummer to hear, I wasn't completely surprised by it. At this point it would be incredibly obvious if she were to turn her entire body upside down, and I never felt any crazy movements. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I don't think I posted it on here, but Brad and I decided to take a more "hands off" approach. I had made an appointment with a chiropractor that specialized in the Webster technique (helps babies to turn), had spent a couple days doing nutty Spinning Babies positions, sat with a bag of frozen fruit on the top of my belly (which funnily enough did cause her head to move to the side of my belly). But after having a talk with Brad about it, he suggested that we just leave it up to her to decide if she wanted to turn, and to trust God to turn her if that was the right thing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I honestly felt SO much peace in that. Yes, it meant that very likely I would be stuck with having a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">C-Section. But on the other hand, when I was doing all these goofy things to get her to turn I always had a nagging feeling in the back of my mind, <i>what if she's in that position for a reason? What are you messing with by trying to get her to turn? </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So I left it alone and yesterday found out that she was still in the same position, so this coming Monday I'll be meeting with my doctor to schedule the C-Section and go over the million questions I have. <br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm not excited about having a C-Section, not at all. But I don't feel afraid, either, and I'm thankful for that. Part of me LOVES, LOVES, LOVES that there's no surprises involved here and that I get to choose her birthday! And then the other part of me obviously worries for how it will all go. Mainly, will I be too put out from the surgery to take care of her once we get her home? That's probably my biggest fear right now. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've had the thought cross my mind, <i>if I can't hold her right away is that going to affect our bond forever?</i> I've heard a number of women tell me that. But if I let myself be fearful of that then I start becoming fearful and upset about having to birth her this way, and I don't get a choice in the matter - she HAS to come out this way if she's breech. And I'm also choosing to trust that God knows that I already love this baby more than anything and that a bond can't be made or broken by who gets to hold her first. I have absolutely every intention of being selfish and begging my doctor to let me hold her right after the delivery but if Brad gets to hold her first, then I will just be thankful that we've got this healthy baby here that I got the privilege of carrying for 10 months, and it's okay that he gets to have her in his arms first! I just don't believe that you can literally support a baby's life inside of you for almost a year and then not be bonded to that baby cause you didn't hold it right away. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've learned that pregnancy really comes down to your attitude. I'm not saying that I've had the perfect attitude about things because God knows I have complained a TON about this or that. But I can truly say that I never took a thing for granted with this pregnancy because I've always remembered the women that try for years and years and years to get pregnant and they can't. Those women would deliver upside down in a tree with someone cutting their belly with a butter knife if it meant they could have a baby! And so for whatever reason, even though I never struggled with infertility, I always was able to keep the thought at the front of my mind that the END GOAL was always this baby girl. Just her. It was never the perfect pregnancy, or gaining only 35lbs (which I'm well above that, ha), or having any kind of delivery a certain way. It's always been to bring this baby home safe and healthy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So on that note, I found out yesterday that she's a healthy and robust 6lbs, 12oz, give or take a pound. Who knows how true that is but I'm excited to see what she comes out weighing! She's measuring perfectly and her growth was perfect across the board. Breech or head-down...that was all I needed to hear!</span>seannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18379653475555274290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402426201125169180.post-19408292193995393162012-08-08T10:05:00.005-07:002012-08-08T10:05:55.720-07:0037 Weeks<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div>seannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18379653475555274290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402426201125169180.post-17946205813527728022012-08-05T12:11:00.003-07:002012-08-05T13:04:38.239-07:00drama in the belly<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This past Thursday I was 36 weeks, 6 days and had my very first cervical exam - exciting! I had been taking Evening Primrose Oil, walking every night and sitting on an exercise ball to help "open things up" down there. My doctor first did the Strep B test, no big deal, and then she did my exam. She told me I was 1.5cm dilated (1.5 cause she said I had "wiggle room") and 50% effaced. Very nice, I will take it! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After she got done she was pressing on my belly and I think I was too excited to really pay much attention to what she was saying. We listened to the heartbeat (144, perfect) and as she was pulling me up I asked if the baby was head down. She said something like, she thought she was but she didn't get to feel the baby's suture lines (which evidently are the bones on the top of their skull) when she was doing the external exam, so why don't I go for an ultrasound to make sure she's head down? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ultrasounds always freak me out, for some reason, so I left the appointment thinking that there was something wrong and my baby obviously didn't have suture lines on its head. Didn't even entertain the thought that she didn't feel them because there wasn't a head down there....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So the following day Brad and I go to the ultrasound, and I kid you not, I was SO SHOCKED when the second the girl put the wand on my belly and said, "Yep, she's head up." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So I have a breech baby. At 37 weeks. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My doctor called me about an hour later and discussed my options. She said I could go up to Duluth and have an ECV done, which is where doctors try to turn the baby from the outside. I would have to get a shot to relax my uterus, they would have me all hooked up to fetal monitors because it can be stressful on the baby, and there's only a 58% chance that it would be effective. Not to mention that the baby could still turn back around to the breech position. So I declined that and told her I would explore other options, and to go ahead and schedule me for an ultrasound for next Thursday (Aug 9) to check on the baby's position then. If she's still not head down, then we will go from there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I spent some time doing some research on getting a breech baby to turn, and thanks to the direction of a friend I was able to find a chiropractor about an hour away that specializes in something called the Webster Technique, which is a non-invasive, gentle procedure that has an 85% success rate on getting a baby to turn. Basically the chiropractor adjusts your pelvis while you're on your belly to open it up and give the baby more room to turn. That's definitely my big "plan of attack" right now. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've also been doing Inversions, found on the Spinning Babies website, along with the Breech Tilt. Both of these positions basically get your head down and your belly up in the air to encourage the baby to turn. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If she still hasn't turned by next week, when I'm 38 weeks, I was planning to go ahead and do the C-Section at 39 weeks. However, I've decided now to wait another week - until 39 weeks - to see if she will turn on her own. If she hasn't turned by then I will hopefully be able to get in soon for a C-Section. (For some reason I would really like to have her at 39 weeks! Actually, I'd prefer to have her at 38 weeks but I know that's not the best thing for her). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Crossing our fingers she gets the memo and flips around ASAP!! (And stays that way, haha)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh - and here's a picture of her face that the tech was able to pull. We couldn't see hardly anything cause there's just no room in there anymore. As you can see, I used my great editing skills to label where things were cause otherwise it just looks like a gray and white blob :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By the way - I'm so puzzled over her fat little nose! I'm assuming her nose is not really that fat. Or maybe it is and she's just all swollen from being cramped up in there? Or its the sound waves creating weird lines? Or...maybe she just has a fat little nose :)</span><br />
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</div>seannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18379653475555274290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402426201125169180.post-32854795576325895842012-07-29T15:16:00.002-07:002012-07-29T15:17:11.464-07:00Checking in + labor signs??<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have 5 days left before I am officially considered full term (37 weeks)!!! SO exciting and yet so crazy to think about. We've been busy getting all the "big stuff" done for the nursery, like getting her changing table and crib built/set up, the dresser put together, clothes and things washed up. There's still lots to do, though - we're not yet done with the crib, which is alright since she'll probably just be sleeping in her little Rock N Play Sleeper for the first month. I also need to look for a glider - I wasn't going to do one, but the more I think about it, the more I really think I want a chair that I can rock her in. I'm not going to do too much with decorating the room since we're most likely moving in a few months, but that should be alright because the room is already pretty decorated with neutral things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We have all the baby supplies we need for the most part, the only thing I can think of that we still need to buy is the Angel Care Movement Monitor. But that's another thing that can wait until the crib is done. And I still am not sure what I'm going to bring her home from the hospital in, I honestly doubt I'll do anything fancy. Probably a sweet white sleeper with a big 'ol bow...speaking of which, I've got to get on Etsy and start buying some of the bows and headbands I've bookmarked! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As for labor signs...while I'm sure there's some people that are interested, this is honestly more for me to look back on one day and see how things happened. Here's what I've been doing lately to encourage "dropping":</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyway, today was the first day that I felt like maybe things were happening? I'm curious to know if she's dropped or not - I don't necessarily feel an increase in pressure, I only say it because the last few days I've been watching my belly and taking pictures. Today I felt like I had the "shelf belly", where the top is basically creating a small shelf under my chest. And then - in TMI and also why I don't advertise this blog - I'm thinking I've started to lose part of my mucous plug. I also felt a little crampy today, which is strange to feel after so many months of not feeling that way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We will see! 26 days to go!</span></div>seannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18379653475555274290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402426201125169180.post-1457869077971867212012-07-24T12:23:00.001-07:002012-07-24T12:23:08.525-07:0035 Weeks<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I basically feel like anywhere from 31 weeks - 35 weeks is the "calm before the storm". Obviously there's a huge urgency on my part to get things done cause even though I hear time and again from people, "Oh, you still have two months!" (which really annoys me - yes, it's true, but when you're 9 weeks from having a baby and you work full time you suddenly realize how little amount of time 9 weeks actually is) I am starting to get in major nesting mode. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As far as what we have right now, we've got the car seat, stroller, changing table that Brad built - and I cried when I saw it, ha (still needs to be painted) - I need to paint the cabinet we'll use for her clothes and we have some clothes and odds and ends that I've been stocking up on here and there. My shower is next weekend so I'm hesitant to buy anything that's not a big purchase cause you never know what you'll get. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We still need to build the crib (Brad's building it as well) and get a chair for the nursery, but that's it as far as big pieces of furniture for in there. I've started to turn the wheels in my head on a decorating scheme for her room and I think we're going to go with shades of cream, soft pink and gold. But who knows, it could all change at the very last minute :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm feeling pretty good these days. Definitely am a lot more tired by the end of the day and have taken a few post-work naps. My swelling hasn't been too bad, although it's about noon before I can get my replacement wedding ring on :( My heartburn has been better this week, which is nice. I've felt a little bit more of tenderness in my wrists, almost like I have a bit of carpal tunnel syndrome. I can feel fairly sore after a long walk or sitting all day, which is an odd feeling cause I basically get tired and achy if I walk a lot or tired and achy if I sit a lot. But overall I can't complain. Baby girl is still moving all the time and I'm starting to learn her sleeping/wake times - she is usually awake and moving between 8-10 and it seems like every day around 10:30 I notice very little movement. She has another period like that in the afternoon, and beyond that I don't notice cause I'm off work by then. Night time is her most favorite time to move, and move she does! I can watch my belly shake and twitch, it's the funniest thing. Last night I was doing some "belly mapping" to try to figure out where she was and I'm pretty sure I could feel her little butt above my belly button. I love it when I can feel small little pokes cause I know those have to be a little limb of some sort. I truly am SO excited to meet her and just am so amazed at how much you can love someone that you have never met!</span>seannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18379653475555274290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402426201125169180.post-32050499403311244892012-06-19T09:37:00.003-07:002012-06-19T09:37:24.970-07:0030 Weeks<br />
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</div>seannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18379653475555274290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402426201125169180.post-47598649274421629882012-06-16T19:52:00.003-07:002012-06-16T19:53:46.905-07:00Thank you, but you can stop now<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Today I went up to Madeline Island with Brad and some of our family, and while we had a fun time, I feel like I'm paying for all the walking we did earlier today! Now that I'm back home I'm sitting on the couch and my tailbone/sciatic nerve is seriously aching. But I think the most painful thing I experienced all day is the pain of the baby moving over what I assume is my cervical area, while I'm walking. That sounds strange, but probably every 10 or 15 minutes I would feel her slowly start to move and I would get this sharp, pinching pain way down low. It felt especially uncomfortable when I had to use the restroom (which I've officially reached the "Okay, I'm peeing every 15 minutes now" stage). There were a couple times that it almost made me stop walking because it was so uncomfortable! Hence my blog post title :) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is the crib mattress, it's the Safety 1st Heavenly Dreams in White. Great reviews and a great price <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004044LD4/ref=ox_ya_os_product">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004044LD4/ref=ox_ya_os_product</a> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And the changing pad cover - Carter's Super Soft Dot Changing Pad Cover in Ecru (I have plans to get another change-out pad cover, just will probably wait til after my shower to see if I'll need one)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Movement? </span><span style="color: #ff5d12;"> </span><span style="color: #e06666;">Yep. In fact, she's moving right now so much that it almost gets a little painful on my bladder/cervix area. And the hiccups that I wasn't certain I was experiencing but thought I was? Yes...she has them almost every day now :) I'm not going to say that I love the feeling, especially when I'm trying to fall asleep, but there's nothing more reassuring than knowing your baby is healthy (which I read somewhere that hiccups are a sign of being healthy cause it means their nervous system is developing well. However, I also read that frequent hiccups are a sign that the baby could have reflux after being born. So...)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This is my vanity for you...I took this picture about a full 5 days before I normally post these updates just because I had done my hair today and it was still early morning enough for it to show :) Speaking of hair, I always rolled my eyes at those people that made the "unintentionally ombre hair" jokes, but seriously, I am rocking that look right now. And it is bad. Hence why my hair will be pulled back every day until this Friday when I get a little fixin' done to it. </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I bought our car seat and stroller tonight! <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Britax-B-Agile-B-Safe-Travel-System/dp/B005JCPKVI/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1YOG8TT327QL2&colid=31VMLWV1RF8HA">This</a> is the one I bought, it's the Britax B-Agile System. I basically bought it cause I liked the way it looked the best and I knew that it had good safety reviews. I actually didn't buy it from Amazon cause they wouldn't ship it for 2 months, which would've been fine, but I was afraid that date would get delayed further and I really didn't want to be one month out from my due date trying to track down a car seat that I liked. By the way, who knew that baby items were so hard to get exactly when you want them?? Most cribs and other baby items that I've looked at - save for small things - have these long ship dates. PS - I bought it on hayneedle.com, which I had never heard of but it basically seems like another Amazon. I got free shipping on it and it was only $5 more there. </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I seriously can't get over the movement I've been experiencing! This baby is a little mover. The neatest thing is that they've gone less from being kick-like movements or little thuds, which is what I would expect to occur when there's lots of room for them to bounce around, to being these inward, long, rolling movements. I'll feel pressure suddenly on one side and if I put my hand there then, it's always really hard and I'll almost always get a little nudge back. I'm hoping she's rolling herself into the head-down position, although I wonder if she isn't transverse? I don't know. I literally feel movements on every part of my belly. </span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The last week or two I've been struggling more with the way I perceive my body while being pregnant. I know that, overall, I'm doing really well with my weight and general size, but I can't help but feel insecure about certain things I'm going through, such as my ankles swelling, or the fact that I just cannot get my wedding rings on anymore, or feeling like I'm noticing my face being fuller. I know that these things are so normal in pregnancy, but maybe what bothers me is that I feel like I'm experiencing things sooner than I ever thought I would. But as I was driving to work this morning and looking at my "substitution ring" I just knew that these little insecurities are so unimportant in the grand scheme of thing. For some reason, I have always had such a heart for women that deal with infertility (maybe because I was convinced I would be one of them) and I have been SO determined to be thankful for every little thing in this pregnancy. I know that if you would've asked me 20 weeks ago when I was going through my bleeding scare if I would just be able to keep this baby, would I care about my nose and ankles and fingers swelling, I would've said NO WAY, give me this baby and I will not complain about gaining a million pounds! So it does offer me some perspective on what is truly important. I can't look at my friends and the way they may have carried their babies and wonder why I don't look that way. I know that I just need to thank the sweet Lord for blessing me with the chance to carry this active, healthy baby girl in me! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">What do I miss? </span><span style="color: #ff5d12;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">My non-pregnancy body (although I LOVE my belly), working out hard, being able to buy non-pregnancy clothes, sashimi...and of course, booze of any kind :) I would love a cold mojito these days! However, as I'm nearing what I consider the home stretch of pregnancy, I just feel SO incredibly blessed and thankful to be going through this. Except for the first trimester drama, this pregnancy has been a breeze and I can't complain about anything. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Movement? </span><span style="color: #ff5d12;"> </span><span style="color: #e06666;">Yep. I'm beginning to ease into the days that I don't feel a lot of movement - she really does have some days that she moves a ton, and usually a couple days after that she's a little more quiet. I think she wipes herself out :) My new favorite thing is when I can actually feel her move across my belly from the outside. I have only felt it a couple times, but it's just so neat. </span></span></div>
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