28 1/2 weeks!

I really should just delete my "baby bump" pictures because I'm a huge slacker at getting them done and posting.  I promise one updated soon!

Right now our baby is weighing about 2 1/4 pounds and measures about 14.8 inches from top of her head to her heels.  She can blink her eyes which now sports eye lashes.  With her eyesight developing, she may be able to see the light that filters in through my womb.  She is also developing billions of neurons in her brain and adding more body fat in preparation for her life outside the womb.  Pretty exciting right?

We had a dr appointment yesterday and I had Craig go with me since last time Dr. Stein visited with us and told us we had to get u/s every 4 weeks.  Dr. Bradfield was our dr who signed off on the report we got done in Bangor so we wanted to talk to him before we got anything done.  I had to go in 30 min early to do my glucose testing.  I was a little nervous because I've heard it's really disgusting and makes you wanna puke.  At Circle of Life they just have you drink a soda and eat a candy bar.  That sounds way more fun.  It wasn't bad though.  I had to drink a little bottle (about the size of a "bug juice" drink) and they gave me lemon-lime.  The first sip I thought it wasn't bad and tasted like flat Sprite.  The second sip I wanted to puke it up, so I continued by plugging my nose and gulping the whole thing in about 2 minutes.  Yuck!  We then got called back to get my weight, bp, and my flu shot done.  I've never had a flu shot but they recommend one especially with the baby coming in Dec.  Dr. Bradfield came in about 5 min later.  He's such a good doctor.  He had his crocks on and sat on the garbage can with his feet kicked up on the counter.  That's my kind of doctor!  I don't like when they are so formal.  He read over the report from our u/s in Bangor, in which they found that everything looked normal.  At the end for suggestions it did say my amniotic fluid was a little low, and I had a bulky placenta.  He says the placenta could be just fine, but it could "crap out" as he put it, near the end.  So because of those 2 reasons he said to get one more u/s again in Bangor and then we'll see what happens from there.  He said it should be just fine and thinks it's silly to have to get one every 4 weeks.  I agree.  It was nice to have him actually read the report findings and discuss it all with us.  He then measured my stomach, looked at the position of my uterus, and found the heartbeat.  Our little girl had a steady 150 bpm just like most baby girls in the womb.  We talked for a bit more about just simple things like Oregon (Craig had just got back from his trip) and family life.  Learned that he had 3 girls of his own.  Why do I see this in my future?  :)   So overall, it was a great visit!  We got scheduled for another 4 week visit then every 2 weeks after that.  I made sure when they scheduled that it was with Dr. Bradfield only!  I'm going to talk to him about him delivering the baby even if he's not on-call.  I just feel so much better with him as our dr and we both feel we can trust him.  My apt ended with more blood taken for glucose testing.  I was so glad to walk out of that office with a pleasant experience. 

So I do have another U/S visit on Oct 4 in Bangor at the specialized section of the hospital up there.  I'm looking forward to more pics and seeing the baby again.  I just barely got the bill for the last one we did up there...$1600!  Tell me that's not insane!  After the ins paid we only had to pay $462 so that makes only $150 left to pay.  Yahoo.  It's gonna be fun to see all the bills come in with a $0 balance we have to pay because of hitting my deductible.  I'm so grateful for a good insurance plan....thank you Kleinschmidt! 

Everything with me is fine and dandy.  I think I'm getting into a sluggish time right now.  I usually wake up at 8 with Jaycee and around 2 I'm ready for a good nap.  That 2nd trimester was nice feeling energized and ready to do things.  I'm still keeping up with my walks although I may have to shorted them to 1.5 miles and just add another day because near the end my feet start aching.  Lately with cravings I've been liking cup of noodles, carrots with ranch, and plain Lays crinkle potato chips.  Mmmm...that sounds good.  We also added the name "Andie" to the list of names to pick from although I'd like to not to a boy/unisex name with this baby.  Can't wait for the rest of the year!

27 Weeks!

Technically babies born over 37 weeks is considered full term...you know what that means....A potential of only 10 weeks until I hold our sweet baby girl. "Holy Moly" as Jaycee would say! 

26 Weeks!

Well things are still progressing and feeling good! 

Our little baby girl is such an active one.  My dr said if there's a day I don't feel her and I get nervous to just drink something really sugary and sit down for an hour after.  Well that's not the case.  She's always reminding me she's in there.  I love it!  One of the best things about being pregnant.  There's only been one time I wished she wasn't kicking when it was early in the morning and I couldn't fall back asleep because she kept kicking my side towards the bed.  Finally I had to readjust to a new position, which helped for a bit.  I'll never complain about it though because I love it. 

I officially start my 3rd trimester on Saturday when I turn 27 weeks.  It's so crazy that some days it seems like forever, but overall it's gone so fast.  I'm not looking forward to some things about the 3rd trimester that I remember with Jaycee.  It's already getting to the point where I drop things it takes me a minute to get down to pick it up.  Also I almost dread having to climb up and down the stairs.  I always love the exercise, but I get so winded now.  I just have to go a little slower I guess.  Also it's started that I have to get up and go pee every single night!  It annoys me!  I can't wait for the day that we can have a bathroom close to our bedroom if not in our bedroom.  I make it a goal everyday to drink at least 8 cups of water, and in result I'm always peeing.  I even took a tally the other day....10 times in one day!  Crazy right?!  I still get heartburn/indigestion but doesn't seem as bad anymore.  Cravings?  I think most the time they are always sweet things.  I've been craving choc chip cookies, but I feel bad making them because Craig is trying to be good.  So I'll just have to wait til he goes out of town. 

I feel very prepared for "her" to come to us :)  There's just a couple things I feel she needs, but overall having another girl has been great because of having Jaycee first.  I'm still working on a few things for her room which I'll post when I finish them.  Although most won't be done until after she comes...including her name.  Speaking of names: you should be very proud.  We had a list of 8 names and I wanted to add more, but it came opposite.  We've actually narrowed it down to 4 names.  Avery, Hadley, Makall or Raegen.  I just hope when she's born I'll feel good about one of them.  I've heard many stories of people having an idea of the name and totally changing it after the babe is born.  I guess in Dec it'll just be a surprise to us all.  I still need to make a baby poll if anyone wants to take guesses. 

26-27 week pic is soon to come!