Pregnancy Hiccup

//Trust God from the bottom of your heart;
    don’t try to figure out everything on your own.
Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go;
    he’s the one who will keep you on track.
Don’t assume that you know it all//

proverbs 3:5-6

Thursday 11/29/12

It all began. I went in for an AFI and NST tests to measure amniotic fluid and baby's heart rate as well as a regular weekly midwife appointment. At the end of the 5 minute visit- due to no new questions for her, she checked Isaac's heart rate and it was around 100 bpm. She quickly hooked me to the NST monitor for 30 minutes and within 20 minutes she grabbed Margie another Midwife to read the monitor. They exclaimed "not to worry, but to be routine let's have you go to the "Birthing Inn" (labor and delivery) to be better monitored. I immediatly called Michael to come, and bring some entertainment due to being monitored for 2 hours. At 1 hours the RN Mary- who was not the peachiest, kept saying it didn't look good.

I was calm until the RN put me on oxygen and said lets see if this will help. To be honest I was scared for my baby, and me. The midwife on call was Courtney and she finally came to explain that they thought the baby's heartrate was dropping down too often. What was discussed was possible emergency C/S or to begin induction. In days prior I'd exclaim "yes we are ready to have this baby.." but in this very moment when it's not up to you...I was not ready. 

Luckily Courtney had had 3 c/s and was able to calm my nerves and really helped me understand the next step. 

We try to plan through our pregnancy a birth we would like...I wanted to attempt natural childbirth...Due to growing up, knowing pain during birth was normal, and something not to fear. 

They did a sonogram later in the evening, and he passed, measuring his tone, heart rate, placenta cord flow, amniotic fluid. They still continued to monitor over night, but the next day we were discharged to go home, and could continue to lead a normal life until baby was ready to come on his own.

I'm thankful for the wonderful care team that asked for assistance when looking at the heart rate monitor- a team of 4 Doctor's plus my midwife decided that it wasn't his heart rate that was dropping but the "drops" were actually his baseline. 

And I am thankful for this hiccup because it prepared me that birth isn't perfect, and can't always be planned. It's the unknown, it's up to the baby. But what we can do is educate ourselves in all different kinds of birthing, not just the one we would love to do.

Nursery

There is no true theme, just colors/ patterns...and we got a lot of elephant toys, clothes, quilt...which is fine because they are one of my favorite animals.
We have so much closet space we debated getting the dresser, but now after 2 showers, we needed the extra drawers. Plus it aids as our changing table.

We are sleeping a lot- in bed by 9, enjoying the peace and quiet.

Dear Isaac:

I'm ready for your arrival though, I feel these next couple of weeks will go by fast thanks to Thanksgiving, and my Mom arriving December 5th. We are very lucky my Dad is sharing her with us for a month!

Today is 36 weeks and 6 days. Within the last two weeks when you would kick we could feel the outline of your foot.

-on Monday you weighed 6lbs, Thursday we saw your fuzzy head of hair, and got to see your chubby cheeks

-the past two months you've been head down and facing posterior, Thursday though you were facing anterior, we'll have to work on enticing you to look back over his left shoulder

-I'm so in love with you and I love being pregnant, even though soon I'll have to share you with others, I believe I'll love being a mommy much more.

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6 months and counting

My sweet little man in 3D

Pregnancy update:
-Baby you are moving at specific times now, usually after meals, and between 10:30-11:30.
-sleeping is becoming more and more uncomfortable, usually I end up in the guest bed with 4-5 pillows, it will be a long time before I can sleep on my stomach again.
-I've had my fair share of ice cream and hot dogs
-I'm seeing a chiropractor for back an tail bone pain, but soon to switch to PT.
-I'm visiting your grandparents over labor day weekend, hopefully hurricane Isaac won't ruin our plans
-at the end of the day my ankles and fingers tend to swell
-we painted your room last weekend, more updates to come

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9 week review

We are into our 9th week of pregnancy. I've enjoyed my extra naps during the day and getting a chance to be lazy on my days off.  I've only had a little nausea here and there. Some headaches. Early on I had extreme cramps, so we did an early 7 week ultrasound, and everything looked great! We got to see the heart flutter. The only real lasting effect is heartburn...so I have Tums, papaya enzyme, and acidophilus laying around in random parts of the house and car for emergencies.  

Here's the babe, his head is to the right, and in the middle to the sides are her arms. I can't wait until our next, to finally see baby features!

This morning my Mom arrives from Texas, my parents are sadly moving to Fort Worth, for my Dad's transfer for his job (but it's only for 3 years!). We've redone our upstairs so that the guest bedroom is the 2nd largest. I've actually enjoyed sleepy here, since it's so much easier to get to sleep now with the more room I have. Plus how we've decorated is very calming (I will post a pic once I've surprised my Mom today).  I'm ready to go to baby's R us and get a maternity pillow...I've held off long enough...any suggestions?

Who's Expecting?

ME!  I'm almost 6 weeks along and we are thrilled! I can't wait to come back to my blog and have more exciting posts. So far I haven't felt sick. Just feeling cramps. We went to a friends wedding on Saturday, it was so difficult to keep quiet.