5cm and counting

We are at the hospital. Called the dr last night b/c I was really tight but no contractions. he said to get checked out. so went to the hospital and they said all is well but just early labor. as i stand up to get dressed water breaks all over. so they admitted me last night about 12:30. contractions all night but not bad till 7 or so. just got epidural so all is right with the world. 5cm and counting

"Could be tomorrow, could be 2 weeks"

"Could be tomorrow, could be 2 weeks". Love the scientific nature of labor! As of Friday I am 2cm dilated and 50% effaced so we will see. Baby Franzen has dropped (so I can breathe) but I am peeing all the time. More back/hip pain has set in so sleeping and most activities are a lot more uncomfortable...

We had another wonderful shower this weekend given by Aunt Karma and Aunt Mona! Last weekend we had a shower with dad's family on Saturday and one with Jeff's family on Sunday. Both were great and everyone has been overly generous with time and treasure! We are now officially overrun with baby stuff! The car seat has been professionally installed so we can bring her/him home so now we just wait.

24 day left (maybe...)

Down to the once a week visits which are a little more interesting than the pee in a cup, blood pressure, heartbeat and out the door visits. Love the paper gowns! Heartbeat was 135 this week and 155 last week so when I asked what that means the Dr said "that heart rate is no predictor of gender". He said that it is good if the heartbeat fluctuates because if it is too steady then the baby may need to come out. On 2/20 he said that the baby was about 5.5 pounds and if I go to term to expect about a 7-7.5 pound baby. We'll see...

The room is pretty much ready and I have done laundry so the child will have something to wear after birth. It will be green or yellow (I know, that's our fault for not finding out) but the clothes are too cute no matter the color. In fact I already lost a sock and a mitten thing in the dryer. They are just sooo little! So I bought a mesh bag to wash those things in from now on.

2 family showers this weekend so that will be fun! I need to finish reading about immunizations and get the bag packed :-)

33 weeks

33 weeks on Friday and all is well! Blood pressure was up a little (130/80) but they said not to worry. Measuring normally and all that jazz so back on 2/12 for next appointment. Still nauseous and throwing up but once a day is OK (at least I can handle it for a little while longer...) The Xavier-UMass game gave me some Braxton-Hicks (good thing we won) so it may be March Madness that puts me into labor!

We have some free time this weekend so really need to work on packing a bag and trying to get things in order. I still have a lot to read before this kid gets here :-) The rest of the furniture should be here in the next 2 weeks so that will help complete the room and give me a place to put the clean clothes/blankets that I washed on our snow day.

We had 2 great showers so far! "Game night" which thanks to pregnancy brain I didn't pick up on was a great surprise. Sunday was a shower/Superbowl party which was also a lot of fun! Friends in from out of town meant a lot and made for an overall weekend of nuggetness. I definitely need a nap :-)

29 Weeks...

Made it to the 3rd trimester! No gestational diabetes andI am measuring on schedule. I start going every 2 weeks (in 2 weeks) so I'm sure that appointments will be more "exciting" from here on out :-) Baby shower planning is beginning which is fun and makes things more real.

Spent most of New Years Day throwing up - almost like I was drinking the night before - but have been OK so far today. I'm averaging one bathroom trip a day so that is a lot better than before. Still not back to pre-pregnancy weight but that is OK with me (hope that I never am).

Off to Babies r us and Target tomorrow to make registry changes. I got some good advice and I need to make some additions/deletions. Fun stuff :-)

26 weeks and counting

Things are progressing well! Baby Franzen is moving around a lot which is very comforting that everything is OK. Back to the doctor tomorrow to get the results of of the one hour glucose test and we are hoping for no gestational diabetes.

Still throwing up but not as much as before. Eating small meals and avoiding certain foods help. Still not back to pre-pregnancy weight but I think that is God's way of helping me not have to lose much after the baby :-)

The holidaysare time consuming but I'm sure that time will really start to fly after the holidays especially with showers and preparing the room etc...

Let's see...

I am officially "pumpless" so we will see how this goes. It was great to take a shower this morning without any tubing :-) I am nauseated but that's the norm anyway. Hoping for no puking so I can keep this thing off and get this baby growing!