Full Term

Okay, so I am writing this a day early, but tomorrow I will officially be 37 weeks - Full Term!! Dan and I are as ready as we are going to be and really just can't wait to meet and hold our son! Now we just have to wait for the little guy to accept his eviction notice! :) We will see....sometime in the next three weeks. It is amazing to think that in less than a month our lives will completely be changed forever! We know that it won't always be easy, but we look forward to the changes and feel very blessed to be parents soon!

I am a little late on posting this, but here is a picture from 36 weeks.

Slight Progress

Today was our weekly doctor's appointment. The baby's heart beat sounded great and my blood pressure is still looking good. However, I did lose a pound and a half. The doctor did not seem to be too worried about this because my belly did still grew a centimeter and the baby's heart rate sounded good. Yet chances are if I lost more weight next week they would start to think something is up, but I doubt that will happen. Dan and I went to Philly this past weekend for my birthday and did LOTS of walking, so I am thinking that might have been the cause of the weight loss. Although I did eat a lot this weekend and week, including tons of yummy desserts!!! But we will see what next week brings. I can't believe how quickly the weeks are still flying by, yet at the same time thinking about possibly waiting four more weeks to see, hold, and meet our little guys for the first time seems like an eternity!!

Okay, so we also found out that the baby is definitely head down, has dropped some, and is in good position for delivery. Now he just needs to decide when he wants to arrive! As my good friend at work told me, the best advice that her and her husband received before their baby boy was born in Feb, was that you are on a bus and are no longer the bus driver, so sit back and enjoy the ride. The anticipation of the baby's arrival is what I am having a tough time with right now. I feel great and really have enjoyed being pregnant. Feeling the baby move is one of the most amazing experiences ever! But, I just want to know when he is going to arrive, because we can't wait to meet him, hold him, and see what he looks like. As I keep joking with Dan, maybe he will be a red head?! Both my Grandmother and Dan's Grandmother were red heads, and Dan has a good bit of red in his side burns and facial hair, haha...only time will tell I guess. On a side note, we are still working on names, but hope to have one picked out soon!

Here is one picture from my bday weekend in Philly. It rained for a few hours the first day that we were there, but we had such a fun and relaxing (well minus all the walking, but we enjoyed it) time together!!!

Quick Update

Our 35 week check up went well this week. From what the doctor's can tell everything looks great thus far! My blood pressure, weight gain, and measurements were good and the baby's heart beat sounded good as well. So we are now down to weekly appointments....that means we are getting close to meeting out little guy, right??!! With each passing day, we get more and more anxious to meet him and hold him for the first time! However, I have not hit the point where I can't stand being pregnant yet. Of course there are plenty of things that I could complain about, but all in all I am enjoying my pregnancy. One thing that is getting tough though, besides getting worn out very quickly, is my sleep. I have been having a tough time getting comfortable and have also been waking up a lot in the middle of the night with hip pain. The doctor said that it must be how the baby is positioned in there..possibly his head pressing on my hip when I lay on my side. It is worth it though...only a few short weeks left and we will finally have our son here with us to hold!! On a side note, three different doctor's the last three times that I have gone have told me that they "think" the baby is head down. However, "think" isn't good enough for me....I really want to know for sure that we are good to go. I have my first examine next week, so we will find out what position the baby is in and see if he has started to descend or make any progress toward entering this world! :) Alright stayed tuned for that update next week!!

Picture from 34 Weeks