Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
32 weeks & 1 day :-)
Anyways, I'm 32 weeks now! 8 weeks or LESS until I meet this little girl. I am SOOOO excited. She has taken up most of the room in my small torso and I've been having trouble catching my breath lately but only when I'm sitting. When I am sitting down she is as high as she can possibly go but when I am standing I can see that she still has some room left. I'm not sure I'll be able to sit anymore by the end of it all. I'm sure it'll be pretty uncomfortable.
I am still so thankful that everything went well with her last fetal echo. The doctor said I might want to have her checked a month or two after she's born but until then everything looks to be right on track with her precious heart. Thank God!
We have FINALLY gotten the invitations out for her babyshower on the 9th of January...today actually :-). My only job was to collect all the addresses needed to get them out and that alone felt like a fulltime job. Thankfully I got them all to her lastnight and she was able to mail them out today. Yay for baby celebrations. NOW the hubby and I get to go finish registering for all necessary things we do not have as of right now...like diapers.
I go to the doctor tomorrow. I'm interested to see how much I weigh now. Although I will not be sharing the numbers with you I will tell you that as of two weeks ago I had gained about 8.5 pounds. I'm not disappointed with that number whatsoever! :-)
Sunday, December 13, 2009
the winner is...
Comment poster #4-Becca @ Made with Love http://madewithlove-becca.blogspot.com/
(for some reason my linky dude isn't working on this computer, I'll change it later today)
Congratulations girl! I think I already have your address so I'll get that going ASAP! I'm out of town today but I'll check as soon as I get home this afternoon.
Thanks to those who entered. We'll have to do this again :-). I just love giving stuff away.
Isabelle post coming later today.
(for some reason my linky dude isn't working on this computer, I'll change it later today)
Congratulations girl! I think I already have your address so I'll get that going ASAP! I'm out of town today but I'll check as soon as I get home this afternoon.
Thanks to those who entered. We'll have to do this again :-). I just love giving stuff away.
Isabelle post coming later today.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
3D ULTRASOUND!!!
Today I went for a visit with the fetal cardiologist. This time my mom and Anna-Kate came along. AK wasn't the least bit interested in what was going on. That's what I get for bringing the DVD player as a babysitter. She wouldn't take her eyes off of The Backyardigans even for a second. Even though she was so distracted I can't imagine what we would've done without it. By the end of the appointment she was climbing under and over the chairs and being a typical toddler.
Anyways, the tech did the ultrasound and echo. She said Isabelle weighs around 3 lbs. 10 oz. For some reason I think that's big considering she's almost 4 lbs. and I still have about 9 weeks to go BUT she says it's average so I'll take her word on it. I took a video of some of the ultrasound so I could come home and show the hubby. She showed off by yawning a small yawn followed by the biggest yawn ever and a nice stretch. It was sooo cute. I'll try to upload the video but I know it'll be a whole day process so I'm start after this post.
After she got all the necessary measurements and beats she said it looked like everything was fine. She left to get the doctor just in case she wanted to take a look for herself. She came in about 15 minutes later and DID want to take a look. She got a great look at the heart, way better than the tech had done because Is would not stop moving for ANYTHING! I guess that 15 minutes gave her some time to calm down. Anyways, the doctor said she had the perfect "textbook heart" and everything looked great. Then she said, "lets have some fun shall we!". I was like, "um sure". She grabbed a different ultrasound wand and proceeded to take 8 different 3D pictures of her face. EIGHT! It was sooo exciting. I had no idea she was going to do that. When I was pregnant with AK it was procedure to get a 3D ultrasound at the office I went to but here it costs like $100. I was convinced I'd have to settle on the normal alien looking one BUT NO! I even prayed last night that God would give me an awesome pic of her but He definitely went above and beyond what I considered to be awesome and gave me amazing, breathtaking, priceless!
Okay, enough jibber jabber. Here she is:
In this first picture she has her hand laying up on her forehead. How ADORABLE is that! See?? Her arm on the left side of her face (her right) and her little hand on her forehead?!
She for sure looks like her big sister!
Here is a 3D pic of AK at 22 weeks & 5 days
And here is AK the day after she was born.
What is your opinion? Do you see any resemblance in these two little girls?
And don't forget about the Christmas bow GIVEAWAY. Totally free...mailed right to your mailbox!
Anyways, the tech did the ultrasound and echo. She said Isabelle weighs around 3 lbs. 10 oz. For some reason I think that's big considering she's almost 4 lbs. and I still have about 9 weeks to go BUT she says it's average so I'll take her word on it. I took a video of some of the ultrasound so I could come home and show the hubby. She showed off by yawning a small yawn followed by the biggest yawn ever and a nice stretch. It was sooo cute. I'll try to upload the video but I know it'll be a whole day process so I'm start after this post.
After she got all the necessary measurements and beats she said it looked like everything was fine. She left to get the doctor just in case she wanted to take a look for herself. She came in about 15 minutes later and DID want to take a look. She got a great look at the heart, way better than the tech had done because Is would not stop moving for ANYTHING! I guess that 15 minutes gave her some time to calm down. Anyways, the doctor said she had the perfect "textbook heart" and everything looked great. Then she said, "lets have some fun shall we!". I was like, "um sure". She grabbed a different ultrasound wand and proceeded to take 8 different 3D pictures of her face. EIGHT! It was sooo exciting. I had no idea she was going to do that. When I was pregnant with AK it was procedure to get a 3D ultrasound at the office I went to but here it costs like $100. I was convinced I'd have to settle on the normal alien looking one BUT NO! I even prayed last night that God would give me an awesome pic of her but He definitely went above and beyond what I considered to be awesome and gave me amazing, breathtaking, priceless!
Okay, enough jibber jabber. Here she is:
In this first picture she has her hand laying up on her forehead. How ADORABLE is that! See?? Her arm on the left side of her face (her right) and her little hand on her forehead?!
She for sure looks like her big sister!
Here is a 3D pic of AK at 22 weeks & 5 days
And here is AK the day after she was born.What is your opinion? Do you see any resemblance in these two little girls?
And don't forget about the Christmas bow GIVEAWAY. Totally free...mailed right to your mailbox!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
31 weeks
Well I don't have a "cool" comparison pic for this week because I didn't feel like taking the time to go find it and save it and then upload it. Just imagine four navel oranges beside a quarter and there you have it, Isabelle :-).
I seriously JUST figured out that her "knotting" up and causing me great discomfort are actually braxton hicks contractions. It's actually NOT her balling up and causing me to have labored breathing. It all happens so fast. I feel my tummy harden, my heart starts racing and then I have trouble breathing. It lasts for a handful of (or two) seconds and then goes away. I seriously thought this whole time that it was her just pressing up against my lungs or ribs or something, LOL! I remember having this discomfort in the beginning (minus the rock hard tummy) and the doctor said it was braxton hicks but I didn't believe him because it was just a weird feeling. Now I know he was right and I shouldn't question his "diagnosis". I never had any of this with AK so it's all new to me. I must say, I do not like braxton hicks, not one bit! BUT, it reminds I'm getting closer everyday and I like that!
Other than that kind of major revelation (HAHA!) nothing new is going on. I go to the fetal cardiologist early Tuesday morning where I'll get to sit back and watch my girl for a good hour :-), AND get new pics. Yippee. Super exciting. My mom is driving down to go with me since hubby will have just gotten off of work and been asleep for maybe two hours when I go. We're bringing AK along. I'm hoping this will help her better understand what's going on. She's been good so far but probably wonders where the heck this baby is that we keep talking about. Haha.
Until then, I'll just keep growing. I WILL be back with some new pictures of my littlest girl.
Don't forget about the Christmas bow giveaway posted below.
I seriously JUST figured out that her "knotting" up and causing me great discomfort are actually braxton hicks contractions. It's actually NOT her balling up and causing me to have labored breathing. It all happens so fast. I feel my tummy harden, my heart starts racing and then I have trouble breathing. It lasts for a handful of (or two) seconds and then goes away. I seriously thought this whole time that it was her just pressing up against my lungs or ribs or something, LOL! I remember having this discomfort in the beginning (minus the rock hard tummy) and the doctor said it was braxton hicks but I didn't believe him because it was just a weird feeling. Now I know he was right and I shouldn't question his "diagnosis". I never had any of this with AK so it's all new to me. I must say, I do not like braxton hicks, not one bit! BUT, it reminds I'm getting closer everyday and I like that!
Other than that kind of major revelation (HAHA!) nothing new is going on. I go to the fetal cardiologist early Tuesday morning where I'll get to sit back and watch my girl for a good hour :-), AND get new pics. Yippee. Super exciting. My mom is driving down to go with me since hubby will have just gotten off of work and been asleep for maybe two hours when I go. We're bringing AK along. I'm hoping this will help her better understand what's going on. She's been good so far but probably wonders where the heck this baby is that we keep talking about. Haha.
Until then, I'll just keep growing. I WILL be back with some new pictures of my littlest girl.
Don't forget about the Christmas bow giveaway posted below.
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