We found a changing table! Yay! We went to a garage sale on Saturday morning and found this ancient changing table (that is still very sturdy and adorable) for $25. Seeing as the changing table that would match our crib retails for about $250, we figured this was a nice deal. It doesn't match the crib at all, but oh well. We'll have a hodge podge of furniture in there. Once I get stuff a little more organized, I'll take some pictures of the room.
We also went to Target and picked up some necessary baby stuff (maybe not necessary, but stuff I've been wanting to buy): some soothie pacifiers, newborn size diapers, wipes, bedtime baby bath, and a curtain rod to hang a valence we found at a garage sale a while back.
We had a dr. appt on Friday. We waited for about an hour in the lobby before going in for a five minute appointment. How fun for us. Nothing new, nothing exciting. The new hospital opens in three weeks, so I am psyched about that. No way would I be happy to deliver in the icky old hospital.
This weekend, Bri and I watched the documentary, "The Business of Being Born." It was produced by Ricki Lake and it is all about home births and midwives. Very cool flick. Although I was already a very crunchy granola person when it came to my opinions about childbirth, I think this movie may have shown Brian why I have those opinions. We're also getting into some reading about natural childbirth (Bri's actually ahead of me and stole my borrowed copy of "Husband Coached Childbirth" before I could read it!) I'm waiting for another book to be available at the library, "Ina May's Guide to Childbirth." For those who haven't heard my rantings and ravings, this does not mean that I want to go out into the woods and have a baby in the river. We're not even talking about a home birth here (not this time at least!). Right now our main focus is just to try and avoid any interventions - things like pitocin, epidurals, other IV pain meds, and definitely C-sections. We'll see how things go. I am definitely not going to refuse some pain assistance if things get to be too much, but I would really love to be able to avoid all that artificial yuckiness. I'm really glad that Brian sees my side of the whole deal and he is supporting me 110%. He even commented last night that we might agree about this issue more than anything we've ever agreed on before!
Brian has also now taken to using baking analogies when referring to the growth of Snowp. I believe at this point, he is "done rising and ready to go into the oven to become nicely toasted and golden brown." The bread comparison doesn't quite work for me because I'm pretty sure loaves of bread don't have pointy elbows and knees, and stinking strong arms and legs to beat me up from the inside out. He has found his favorite place to kick me (my right side) and boy is that the strangest sensation ever! Snowp and I also volunteered at our first triathlon yesterday. We got people registered, helped out elsewhere, and then drove the sag wagon behind the bikes. Fun fun. At least we got to listen to Beatles-o-rama on the classic hits radio station for the whole drive.
Well, that's all for now seeing as I'm at work.....and obviously not working.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Oooo....pretty! [30w3d]
Nothing at all baby-related, I just wanted to say look at my pretty new blog background! It looks like a scrapbook! :) Speaking of scrapbooks, that has been one thing on my mind (one of many many). I can't find the perfect baby book anywhere! It's frustrating. Brian has said that I should just make my own scrapbook for snowpea and then it will have everything I want in it, but I kind of don't want to do that much work. Of course, I'll probably have a scrapbook too, but that's beside the point!
I slept okay last night until Brian told me I was wiggling too much. Then I couldn't sleep well anymore and tossed and turned (apparently in a more conscious state because I was obviously doing so before then) for the rest of the night. I am so tired when I get home from work but I don't want to take a nap for fear I won't sleep at bedtime. No chance for a nap today either as I have to take Liv to the vet for some shots. Actually, I just tell her we're taking her to get shot and I swear she sometimes understands English because whenever I say it, she turns to look at me with big scared eyes! Oh that cat makes me laugh so much.
Anyways! We have a dr. appt on Friday, so I'll update later about that.
I slept okay last night until Brian told me I was wiggling too much. Then I couldn't sleep well anymore and tossed and turned (apparently in a more conscious state because I was obviously doing so before then) for the rest of the night. I am so tired when I get home from work but I don't want to take a nap for fear I won't sleep at bedtime. No chance for a nap today either as I have to take Liv to the vet for some shots. Actually, I just tell her we're taking her to get shot and I swear she sometimes understands English because whenever I say it, she turns to look at me with big scared eyes! Oh that cat makes me laugh so much.
Anyways! We have a dr. appt on Friday, so I'll update later about that.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Sleeping? Ugh. [30w]
Sleeping now officially stinks. I'm tired, but I toss and turn (make that heave myself over to either side) all night. Friday night's childbirth class went fine, except that we showed up 15 minutes late (Brian went biking.)...
The nutjob couple did not show up and neither did crazy talk-a-lot high schooler and mom. It was kind of nice having just the four normal-ish couples there. We had a tour of the hospital and it made me glad that we're not due until November. I'm so excited to get to go to the new hospital! Mainly just because I am not keen on sharing a postpartum room, but also because everything will be new and nice and calm colors and yay! We're going to try and get a tour of the new hospital sometime in the next month or so. Along with meeting a pediatrician, getting Olivia a vet appointment, finding a dresser, etc. oy!
Here's the newest belly pic. I didn't like my face in it, so you don't get to see. Ha ha.
I can now see body parts moving around, which is about the weirdest thing in the entire world. He will also poke me in the bladder, which I have told him is not a nice thing to do, but he doesn't listen very well. :)
I'll try to write again soon.
The nutjob couple did not show up and neither did crazy talk-a-lot high schooler and mom. It was kind of nice having just the four normal-ish couples there. We had a tour of the hospital and it made me glad that we're not due until November. I'm so excited to get to go to the new hospital! Mainly just because I am not keen on sharing a postpartum room, but also because everything will be new and nice and calm colors and yay! We're going to try and get a tour of the new hospital sometime in the next month or so. Along with meeting a pediatrician, getting Olivia a vet appointment, finding a dresser, etc. oy!
Here's the newest belly pic. I didn't like my face in it, so you don't get to see. Ha ha.
I can now see body parts moving around, which is about the weirdest thing in the entire world. He will also poke me in the bladder, which I have told him is not a nice thing to do, but he doesn't listen very well. :)I'll try to write again soon.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Childbirth class nutjobs [28w6d]
We're all still alive down here, just been busy lately. We had the first of our "every two weeks" appointments on Thursday. The news from the ultrasound is that the placenta has definitely moved out of the way and everything is looking good. Snowpea was 2lbs, 14oz and that was over a week ago now! He's getting big! (Actually that puts him in the 36th percentile for growth, but still!) Blood pressure and all are still doing well, but I did convince the dr. that I had a lovely little infection, so I'm now on antibiotics for a week. Apparently not treating with antibiotics could lead to preterm labor, so there wasn't really a choice there. This baby isn't fat enough to be born yet! :)
Last night we had our first of two childbirth class sessions. With my experience working in the OB department in high school, living with my mother, and just being so smart, I didn't really learn that much. But it was reassuring to hear all the information again and know that Brian was forced to hear it too! He was an excellent "coach" (lamest name ever) and made sure I was stocked up on hot chocolate, orange juice, and graham crackers for the full three hours. Apparently the center realizes that a bunch of pregnant ladies don't want to sit in a hard chair for three hours, so they also had these little wrestling mats that you could sit on. No one else really used one, but I was all over that idea! I even had our two pillows propped up behind me and leaned on Bri's legs. Now, for the nutjobs. Of course, we had the obligatory high schooler there, which wouldn't have been so bad if she hadn't brought along her know-it-all, white-trash mom who talked waaaaay too much. Her boyfriend also showed up later, so their little group of three was just a spectacle to behold. The best/weirdest/OMG situation though, was this very normal-seeming couple. The woman did seem very anxious about the whole idea of giving birth and stated her "biggest fear/concern" during the icebreaker as the "genital mutilation" that would occur. Then, we watched a 9 minute video about the stages of labor and lo and behold, they took 3 seconds to show a baby crowning. At this point, the girl turned away from the t.v. screen and apparently told her husband, "we need to leave now!" They got up, walked out, and never returned. What the heck?!? You are obviously the person most in need of this class (even more so than high school girl) and you get up and leave because you saw a glimpse of what's going to happen to you next month??? WOW! There's $45 down the drain. Nutjob.
Anyway!
Today Brian went for a run and then had to go down to the lab. I decided to take this opportunity to browse Borders and picked up Snowpea's first book! It was hard to decide because they had an awesome fabric version of "Are you my mother?" with a little stuffie bird that could sit in his nest and in the snort, but I ultimately decided that he would enjoy this book more:
It's a touch/feel book about kittens! Since Snowpea will be born into a family of two merrows, he needs a book about them!
I also had to mosey myself on down to starbucks and pick up a tall decaf pumpkin spice latte. Seriously, this is one of the reasons I like the fall. :)
Last night we had our first of two childbirth class sessions. With my experience working in the OB department in high school, living with my mother, and just being so smart, I didn't really learn that much. But it was reassuring to hear all the information again and know that Brian was forced to hear it too! He was an excellent "coach" (lamest name ever) and made sure I was stocked up on hot chocolate, orange juice, and graham crackers for the full three hours. Apparently the center realizes that a bunch of pregnant ladies don't want to sit in a hard chair for three hours, so they also had these little wrestling mats that you could sit on. No one else really used one, but I was all over that idea! I even had our two pillows propped up behind me and leaned on Bri's legs. Now, for the nutjobs. Of course, we had the obligatory high schooler there, which wouldn't have been so bad if she hadn't brought along her know-it-all, white-trash mom who talked waaaaay too much. Her boyfriend also showed up later, so their little group of three was just a spectacle to behold. The best/weirdest/OMG situation though, was this very normal-seeming couple. The woman did seem very anxious about the whole idea of giving birth and stated her "biggest fear/concern" during the icebreaker as the "genital mutilation" that would occur. Then, we watched a 9 minute video about the stages of labor and lo and behold, they took 3 seconds to show a baby crowning. At this point, the girl turned away from the t.v. screen and apparently told her husband, "we need to leave now!" They got up, walked out, and never returned. What the heck?!? You are obviously the person most in need of this class (even more so than high school girl) and you get up and leave because you saw a glimpse of what's going to happen to you next month??? WOW! There's $45 down the drain. Nutjob.
Anyway!
Today Brian went for a run and then had to go down to the lab. I decided to take this opportunity to browse Borders and picked up Snowpea's first book! It was hard to decide because they had an awesome fabric version of "Are you my mother?" with a little stuffie bird that could sit in his nest and in the snort, but I ultimately decided that he would enjoy this book more:
It's a touch/feel book about kittens! Since Snowpea will be born into a family of two merrows, he needs a book about them!I also had to mosey myself on down to starbucks and pick up a tall decaf pumpkin spice latte. Seriously, this is one of the reasons I like the fall. :)
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Baby Shower, labor day, and week 27 [28w]
Well, I am finally getting around to posting again. We've just had piles and piles of errands to run this week and I haven't really sat down and made time to post. Oops.
Our labor day weekend trip was excellent (minus the sitting in a car for two days but hey). Here's the run-down.
Friday, we left Indiana in the morning and made it to LaCrosse by the early afternoon. We got to check out little sister Janelle's new dorm room and walk her down to band practice. She's taking all kinds of crazy smart people classes. :) Then we continued on to Apple Valley. We stayed with Nancy and Bettina and went out to dinner in Mpls at the Town Hall Brewery. I had a very tasty walleye sandwich that was bigger than my head.
Saturday was the baby shower! Mel, Nancy, and Britt put on an excellent party full of yummy brunch foods, the craziest fun games I've ever played, and wonderful decorations. Here's a picture of me with the hostesses.
We got all kinds of excellent gifts too. The list includes: a tub, bath kit, baby mozart cd, nursing pads, diapers, onesies, shoes, a handmade blanket, a towel, lots of bibs, a drop-in bottle set, burp cloths, nipple cream, a health care kit, a baby carrier, that cool fisher price aquarium, and even some stress relief hand soap for me!
Others took lots of pictures but I haven't gathered them together in one place yet, so maybe I'll post more later.
Saturday afternoon, we headed up to Ashland to see the fam. We tried out the new mexican restaurant in town and approved of it thoroughly. Christy had two friends in town with her, so the house actually seemed normally full. We then headed over to my parents' to see that whole gang and let Benj open his birthday present. I wish we had the camera out because he made the greatest face when he realized that there was a super cool monsters inc. stuffed car in the bag. I still laugh about it when I remember his expression.
Sunday Brian went for a run with Nora (both were thrilled to see each other) and I took a walk down to the lake. Boy did I miss that lake. I just sat down on a picnic table for a while and watched the water. Then we went to church with my fam and had a yummy sunday lunch with all the kiddos. Mom got this cool picture of me and Bri outside by the tree before we left for the afternoon:
We then went out on the boat to Long Island with Brian's fam. It was a windy day and there were icky waves on the lake that made the boat ride bumpier than a toad! I pouted.
Then, for dinner, my family treked over to Brian's family's house for a backyard picnic. It was a fun time with good food. Christy (and friends) and I also took Amy upstairs to look at Christy's hand-me-downs to get her ready for school on Tuesday! We dressed her up, made her turn in circles, and Christy even cut Amy's hair for her.
Monday, we drove back to Indiana, which took FOREVER! We got back late but still brought up everything from the car before we fell fast asleep.
Phew! Now this week! Work was long and boring. I'm always amazed at how long four day weeks seem to take and how I think I would criminally harm someone if I had to work for five days. Wednesday, I had another ultrasound to check on that low-lying placenta. It was really cool to see snowpea again, even though Brian couldn't make it to the appointment (class! geesh!). His cheeks look chubbier and he was moving his mouth open and closed. (For a while, he was also sitting with his mouth hanging open, which the u/s tech thought was just the funniest thing. I said, hmm....that sounds like someone I know....) Good news is, the placenta has moved and the u/s tech said everything looks good for a vag. delivery. I got a profile pic but haven't scanned it yet. I also had to get my blood drawn again because they forgot to do a full blood count when they did my glucose test. Turns out, I'm anemic. Poo. This means more red meat, leafy greens, and an iron supplement every other day. Silly baby, stealing my iron!
Friday we went out to Boiler Market with the Tri club for some pizza and headed home at the late late hour of 8:30. Yeah....we're old and boring. :) Last night we managed to stay out until 10!!!! We went to a hawaiian themed party at Erin's house (a la Kevin and Erin, our friends from last fall!). Now we're up to today. Church this morning, Brian's on a bike ride now, I wrote out my thank you notes, and phew!!!! No belly pics yet, sorry.
Snowpea has been moving around like crazy lately and he's getting bigger so it's feeling stranger. He's about 2.5 lbs now(!!!) and it looked from the u/s that he's running out of room. You can see my belly move around when he readjusts his position and it kind of looks like there is an alien in my abdomen! :)
Anyway! That's all I can spew out for now. I'll try to update soon with more pictures.
Our labor day weekend trip was excellent (minus the sitting in a car for two days but hey). Here's the run-down.
Friday, we left Indiana in the morning and made it to LaCrosse by the early afternoon. We got to check out little sister Janelle's new dorm room and walk her down to band practice. She's taking all kinds of crazy smart people classes. :) Then we continued on to Apple Valley. We stayed with Nancy and Bettina and went out to dinner in Mpls at the Town Hall Brewery. I had a very tasty walleye sandwich that was bigger than my head.
Saturday was the baby shower! Mel, Nancy, and Britt put on an excellent party full of yummy brunch foods, the craziest fun games I've ever played, and wonderful decorations. Here's a picture of me with the hostesses.
We got all kinds of excellent gifts too. The list includes: a tub, bath kit, baby mozart cd, nursing pads, diapers, onesies, shoes, a handmade blanket, a towel, lots of bibs, a drop-in bottle set, burp cloths, nipple cream, a health care kit, a baby carrier, that cool fisher price aquarium, and even some stress relief hand soap for me!Others took lots of pictures but I haven't gathered them together in one place yet, so maybe I'll post more later.
Saturday afternoon, we headed up to Ashland to see the fam. We tried out the new mexican restaurant in town and approved of it thoroughly. Christy had two friends in town with her, so the house actually seemed normally full. We then headed over to my parents' to see that whole gang and let Benj open his birthday present. I wish we had the camera out because he made the greatest face when he realized that there was a super cool monsters inc. stuffed car in the bag. I still laugh about it when I remember his expression.
Sunday Brian went for a run with Nora (both were thrilled to see each other) and I took a walk down to the lake. Boy did I miss that lake. I just sat down on a picnic table for a while and watched the water. Then we went to church with my fam and had a yummy sunday lunch with all the kiddos. Mom got this cool picture of me and Bri outside by the tree before we left for the afternoon:
We then went out on the boat to Long Island with Brian's fam. It was a windy day and there were icky waves on the lake that made the boat ride bumpier than a toad! I pouted.
Then, for dinner, my family treked over to Brian's family's house for a backyard picnic. It was a fun time with good food. Christy (and friends) and I also took Amy upstairs to look at Christy's hand-me-downs to get her ready for school on Tuesday! We dressed her up, made her turn in circles, and Christy even cut Amy's hair for her.Monday, we drove back to Indiana, which took FOREVER! We got back late but still brought up everything from the car before we fell fast asleep.
Phew! Now this week! Work was long and boring. I'm always amazed at how long four day weeks seem to take and how I think I would criminally harm someone if I had to work for five days. Wednesday, I had another ultrasound to check on that low-lying placenta. It was really cool to see snowpea again, even though Brian couldn't make it to the appointment (class! geesh!). His cheeks look chubbier and he was moving his mouth open and closed. (For a while, he was also sitting with his mouth hanging open, which the u/s tech thought was just the funniest thing. I said, hmm....that sounds like someone I know....) Good news is, the placenta has moved and the u/s tech said everything looks good for a vag. delivery. I got a profile pic but haven't scanned it yet. I also had to get my blood drawn again because they forgot to do a full blood count when they did my glucose test. Turns out, I'm anemic. Poo. This means more red meat, leafy greens, and an iron supplement every other day. Silly baby, stealing my iron!
Friday we went out to Boiler Market with the Tri club for some pizza and headed home at the late late hour of 8:30. Yeah....we're old and boring. :) Last night we managed to stay out until 10!!!! We went to a hawaiian themed party at Erin's house (a la Kevin and Erin, our friends from last fall!). Now we're up to today. Church this morning, Brian's on a bike ride now, I wrote out my thank you notes, and phew!!!! No belly pics yet, sorry.
Snowpea has been moving around like crazy lately and he's getting bigger so it's feeling stranger. He's about 2.5 lbs now(!!!) and it looked from the u/s that he's running out of room. You can see my belly move around when he readjusts his position and it kind of looks like there is an alien in my abdomen! :)
Anyway! That's all I can spew out for now. I'll try to update soon with more pictures.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
We're back [27w2d]
Just a quick note to say that we are now back in Indiana. The baby shower was a ton of fun and I have to get pictures together to upload. There were games, gifts, and gorgeous girls galore! Thanks to all my wonderful Ole girls for attending - I had a wonderful time!
Ashland was beautiful (as usual) and we got to go on the lake....more about that later....
We'll see how long it takes us to get unpacked, do laundry, go grocery shopping, etc. and then maybe I'll get a big ol' update on here.
Oh yeah, and we're having an ultrasound tomorrow (just me and snowpea - Brian has class) to check on that darn placenta. More updates to come this week!
Ashland was beautiful (as usual) and we got to go on the lake....more about that later....
We'll see how long it takes us to get unpacked, do laundry, go grocery shopping, etc. and then maybe I'll get a big ol' update on here.
Oh yeah, and we're having an ultrasound tomorrow (just me and snowpea - Brian has class) to check on that darn placenta. More updates to come this week!
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