Last pregnant belly pictures

Birthday

On New Year's Eve (12/31/07), Alex will be delivered by c-section. It is scheduled for 7:30am. I suspect it will be about 2 hours from that time that I will be in a room. I will be in the hospital at least 3 days so people will have plenty of time to visit. Right now, Patrick and I are trying to get loose ends tied up and enjoy our last 3 days together. If we need anything we'll call you.

Dr. Appt.

Everything went fine. I'm not dilated and his head is still under my ribs. I'm waiting for a secretary to call me about scheduling the c-section. She's off of work today and tomorrow and Patrick and I wanted the birthday to be before the new year. So, we'll see what happens.

Christmas Thanks

Thanks to all who gave us cash for Christmas. Patrick's radiator in his car broke and last night our dishwasher broke. We would have liked to have done something fun with the money, but a dependable car and a dishwasher are necessities. So, thanks for the $$$.

37 week belly slideshow

Dr. appointment

So I had another appointment yesterday and nothing major happened. Actually nothing happened at all. I weighed the same as last week, so yay!

Next week's appointment I'm going to ask about a due date/c-section date. It's getting so close and although we're ready, it's going to be crazy that it won't just be me and Patrick.

36 weeks belly pics

The ones in the blue shorts were sitting down.

Dr. appointment

So, this doctor (different than the one I saw 2 weeks ago) said that it doesn't look like the baby will turn. Alex is hanging in there like he's in a hammock with his head under my right ribs and his feet under my left. He's going to be breech and I should prepare myself for a c-section.

I like this doctor the best because he's older and has experience with patients with bicornuate uteri (lol).

The earliest they'll schedule a c-section is a week before my due date. Since my due date is Jan. 6, I could still have a 2007 baby!! The doctor did keep stressing...unless you go into labor first. So if I don't go into labor, they'll schedule a c-section.

35 week picture

Christmas Lights

Patrick put up lights because he's such a good "daddy"!

34 week belly

Doctor's appointment

We had an ultrasound today. Alex weighs 4lb 15oz. He looked so cute!

As far as delivery goes, they won't tell me anything until I get to 37-38 weeks. They say they can't tell if the baby will or won't turn until that time. At that point I guess they'll talk about what kind of birth to expect.

33 weeks

Alex's Room is done

for the most part the room is done. We need shelves for books and toys. We already need a bigger room and he's not even here yet.

32 weeks

Every week I get bigger and bigger. It's crazy that you don't notice it until you take a picture.

Cake and Belly

This is the view I see all the time. Alex makes my belly so lopsided. His head is on the left and his butt is on the right and it always pokes out. I took this at 32 weeks, but I'll put up the typical picture on Sunday.



Here's the awesome cake Shannon's mom made. It was sooo good!

Shower #3

The girls at work threw me a shower yesterday! I got more cute outfits, some bath stuff, gift cards and cash. The cake was soooo adorable. I took a picture of it on my phone, I'll have to get that to the computer so you can see it!!

Diapers and Clothes

Aunt Stephanie's Diaper cake has stocked 2 drawers and the diapers are stacked 2 rows high. That should last us a few days.

Here's a really full closet!!

baby shower stuff

Baby shower #2

Dr. appointment update

I had a doctor appointment today. He said everything looks great, I have a perfect pregnancy...except I'm heavier than he'd like, but I haven't gained much lately, so I'm fine.

I asked about an ultrasound and they'll do one on the 27th. There's been no mention of delivering early. Hopefully after the ultrasound we'll see if Alex is breech, then we may have a clearer picture of the future.

30 weeks belly

Final room layout

Patrick helped (reluctantly) move the furniture along with my friend's husband...thanks Kenny!

29 weeks belly picture

Swollen feet and ankles

Here are my swollen ankles. The first picture is an indentation my finger made in my ankle.

Baby shower pictures

Here are some that I took...click the link
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Today is my 1st shower

I'm so excited! I'll take some pictures...if I remember and post them. I'm sure others will take pics, but I'll get the good stuff like the cake and presents!

Updates

At this stage in my pregnancy, they test for gestational diabetes. They do a 1 hour glucose tolerance test where you drink sugar and they draw your blood. My levels came back high 156, so they called me back for the 3 hr. test. There they drew a vial of blood, then had me drink 100mg of sugar, then every hour after that for 3 hours they draw blood. Today I found out that I passed the test and I don't have gestational diabetes. Yay! But, I am anemic, so I have to take prescription iron pills now until I deliver.

I also asked the doctor about another ultrasound to see if Alex has enough room and fluid in there. He said they'd see about that in another month. Other than that, the doctor said it looks like the pregnancy is going well with the bicornuate uterus.

28 weeks belly picture

Alex's room sans crib

New Glider and Ottoman

27 week belly

Getting Big

25 week belly pictures