Week 29

On Monday December 7, 2009 I received a phone call from Alliance. The nurse said that I passed my 3 hour Glucose test with flying colors. She said I didnt even come close to failing. And she said that goes for the very first draw and on. So yeah!!! I told her my game plan was to overload on sugar until they called me. She thought I was joking, but I wasnt. haha

Tuesday December 8, 2009

I am 29 weeks pregnant. You dont have any idea how great this makes me feel. Eric and I just say it almost every day I swear, that we can not believe we made it this far. In fact its unbelievable to think how close we are to the 30's. I mean who would have thought. Every day that goes by lifts another cloud. You just feel a little more secure and a little better. I know that even full term babies have issues. But the fact that we can remove one more reason for concern, is just amazing.

December 9, 2009.

Had my apt with Dr. Halvorson. She is so awesome. Eric and I pretty much love all of them at Alliance. She was pretty cool though. The night before I had a hard time going to sleep due to some contractions. Eric timed them and they were too sporadic for me to think they were true labor. So I finally was ble to sleep. I woke up at about 3:30am as I normally do, and I still had a little pain. So I got up to take a shower in the morning and I could barely stand. I had the pelvic pressure and I just had to get to a place to sit down. So I got ready for my 8:20am apt. My parents drove me and Eric met us there.

When I told Dr. Halvorson about my night and morning, she was concerned. So we had an unscheduled pelvic exam. She saw my stitch was in place. And she said my cervix was closed. All good things. And we laughed about how many times I had to have a an exam. And she said she would see what she could do about getting me to have a permanent clamp in place. They laughed so hard. And I told her I was going to request that I never see her again. All in all we joked a lot. She talked to me about doing another FFN test. And I told her why bother. It came back positive once. I am here 2 weeks later, I have not had my baby. The only thing that test caused me was worry. It doesnt change my course of treatment, so no need for it. She agreed totally. Then her and Eric pretty much conspired to get me hooked up to a contraction monitor. This morning we had the first snow/ice storm of the season. And she said she didnt want to send me home, only to have me go in to labor and risk driving in the storm they anticipated for that night. So we got ready and headed over to Sparrow OB triage.

They hooked me up. And of course my contractions were tiny little blips, nothing really. And the baby was super fine and doing great. So after a couple hours they released me. All was good for another day.

After being monitored, it can provide you with a little sense of relief. However what scared me was that the pain I felt was pretty intense, yet it was not a true contraction.....what is a real one going to feel like. OMG!!! haha

December 12, 2009.

Today Angel graduated from Northwood with her MBA. So the fam took off to Midland to help Angel celebrate her big achievement. I would have been there for sure, but you know how it goes. I was alone most of the day as Eric was at the house working. I received some phone calls from people who had tried to come over and saw the door was locked and cars were gone. So then they called my cell thinking I was in labor. When I told Eric that, he couldnt stop laughing. He said so why did they call you if you were in labor. haha I never thought about that.

Marc stopped by to say hi. He had spent the day with Eric helping out. Then he had to go and meet up with Sarah and her parents for dinner. Apparently she had gone dress shopping that day. That part is so much fun. I remember how much fun I had looking for wedding stuff. Its all so exciting.

Rick came over and had dinner with Eric and I. And Julie stopped by later after she got home from shopping with Stefanie. So I laid on the couch and we all chatted a while.

December 13, 2009

Today Uncle Kevin came over to put the final touches on the bathroom. All along Eric has been taking pictures and showing me. My Aunt Sue came over and picked me up. We went over to my house to start ditching boxes of crap to make room for Logan.

The bathroom is so so pretty. I love it. It looks more amazing than I imagined. We didnt do so bad. I would send Eric to the store to pick out things, he would text me the pics and we would choose that way. And it all turned out so nice. I ended up throwing out tons of clothes that we no longer need. And Sue ended up leaving with a brand new work wardrobe. So it was all good. It was so weird to be sitting in the house we have not been in for months. And there were cobwebs everywhere. UGH....but it will get done before our little guy comes home. No worries.

Oh and I have a bassinet for Logan. I went back and forth on what to spend on him for this item. And I let logic take over my desires. I got a very inexpensive bassinet. And it is so not my style. But all I kept thinking was, they are only in them for 3 months max. So why spend a fortune. I want to put my money in to the crib. So I think I made the right choice. And now he has a place to sleep. And of course he has the car seat, and clothes, and diapers. We are going to register at Babies R Us this week. And we plan to pick up some bottles for him to come home. Everything else can happen in due time.

Today was Kamerons birthday. They had an ice cream social at my brothers house. They brought us over some sundaes. It was super nice. And Kameron and Little Louie got us spoons so we could dig in. Kameron said he had a great time. And they seemed pretty excited. So all was good.

Its funny because we know so many people with December birthdays. Its like a landmine on a calendar. I keep thinking could this be the day? And tomorrow is Erics 33rd birthday. At one time he didnt want to share a birthday with the baby. But now we can hear that tomorrow I will be 30 weeks, he is okay if it happens. In fact his last exam(math) is today. He tells me that I can not go in to labor until after noon. Then he is free to come. He has been stressing big time about the timing of this all. and he just wanted to make it past exam week. It is 11:14am, and I think it is safe to say, all is good for now.

I believe this makes me all caught up. I will try to do a better job from here on out. Eric took pictures of my fat belly last night. But I just look fat. In the pictures you really can not tell how round the belly is. And I am not going to lift up my shirt. So maybe another day, and another outfit. We will try. I just hate taking pictures when I look like crap from laying down all day. Bed rest is not as glamorous as it sounds. I am no sleeping beauty.