Today we had our now-weekly check up at the doctors. Everything looks great! :) I'm still not quite 1 cm dialated yet, but I am about 80-85% effaced and my cervix is "perfectly soft". She could actually touch Emersyn's head too, so she said that I'm in a great position. It looks like we're on pace to actually deliver on our due date according to the doctors... My blood pressure is where it should be, despite my swelling still being ridiculous there's no toxins leaking out, so that's good. I actually somehow managed to only gain a whomping 1 lb since our last visit too!! They did say that our due date never changed, so (to us) it's back to being the 12th instead of the 10th of August. No big deal, but those 2 days make a huge difference to the whale that has a watermelon strapped to her! =P But, it is a relief to know that I've made good progress and Emersyn is in perfect position. Oh, and the crap on my belly isn't actually stretch marks --- it's a rash! Yeah, it's spread just a little, but we got the ok to use Benadryl (orally or spray, but I'm nervous about the pills so we're just going to do the spray) to help it. Our next appointment is the 6th, but it appears that the general feeling from family and friends is that we won't need it because I'll be in labor on the 6th due to the full moon coming into effect at 12:57 am on Thursday... Let's keep our fingers crossed!! :)
Friday, July 31, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
The Itchy and Scratchy Show
Literally, I am a one woman freak show right now... Overnight I have developed an amazing amount of stretch marks all over my belly and running down the fronts of my legs, which would be pleasant enough on it's own but I also get a horrible itching that burns whenever I try to touch it. You can imagine how much fun it is when I accidently brush up against something or Emersyn moves causing my belly to move against my shirt. Yeah, this is so one of those things that's on that Secret Mommy List but that makes new mommy-to-be's not so happy because they never knew this kind of crap could happen. Aaahhhh, the joys of pregnancy! =P
Friday, July 24, 2009
37 and Full Term
According to all the baby sites, we are officially full term now that we've reached the 37 week mark... which means everyone has to start wishing for Emersyn to come out... now... wish hard... it's ok if you poop yourself because you're wishing so hard...
Anyways, we had our weekly check up on Thursday (23rd - yesterday). Emersyn's heart beat is "great" and "like a little horse". My blood pressure is good, weight is good; my bump measured at 38 instead of just over 37, but it's too close to worry about. I had another internal exam, but this time the dr we had didn't try to pick my nose while checking to see if I've started to dialate so it wasn't so bad... My cervix is "good and soft" and "really seems to be progressing". Plus, I've officially started to dialate - still under 1 cm, but "a fingertip" is better than nothing and it's close enough to say "almost 1" so I'll take it!!
They also said that if I do hit 40 weeks, they'll schedule me to be induced at exactly 41 weeks... Depending on which date they're taking as our due date (the 10th or the 12th), that means that at the very latest we'll have our Emersyn on the 19th of August! If nothing else, it's a relief to know that there is a definite end date!!
Our next appointment is on Friday, 31 July. Hopefully there'll be even more progress made in the next week, but so far I'm not having that much luck getting the help I need to speed the progress along... And on that note, here's my ginormous belly pictures for the week. I swear it seems to have doubled in size and I'm starting to fear that I'll knock Emersyn in the head with knees when I walk one of these days because my belly's hanging so low!! Well, keep your fingers crossed that she comes soon...
Anyways, we had our weekly check up on Thursday (23rd - yesterday). Emersyn's heart beat is "great" and "like a little horse". My blood pressure is good, weight is good; my bump measured at 38 instead of just over 37, but it's too close to worry about. I had another internal exam, but this time the dr we had didn't try to pick my nose while checking to see if I've started to dialate so it wasn't so bad... My cervix is "good and soft" and "really seems to be progressing". Plus, I've officially started to dialate - still under 1 cm, but "a fingertip" is better than nothing and it's close enough to say "almost 1" so I'll take it!!
They also said that if I do hit 40 weeks, they'll schedule me to be induced at exactly 41 weeks... Depending on which date they're taking as our due date (the 10th or the 12th), that means that at the very latest we'll have our Emersyn on the 19th of August! If nothing else, it's a relief to know that there is a definite end date!!
Our next appointment is on Friday, 31 July. Hopefully there'll be even more progress made in the next week, but so far I'm not having that much luck getting the help I need to speed the progress along... And on that note, here's my ginormous belly pictures for the week. I swear it seems to have doubled in size and I'm starting to fear that I'll knock Emersyn in the head with knees when I walk one of these days because my belly's hanging so low!! Well, keep your fingers crossed that she comes soon...
Monday, July 20, 2009
The Price of Children
A friend of mine sent this too me and I just had to post it!!!
This is just too good not to pass on to all. Here is something absolutelypositive for a change. I have repeatedly seen the breakdown of the cost ofraising a child, but this is the first time I have seen the rewards listedthis way. It's nice.
The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to18 and came up with $160,140.00 for a middle income family. Talk about priceshock! That doesn't even touchcollege tuition.
But $160,140.00 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into:
* $8,896.66 a year,
* $741.38 a month,
* $171.08 a week.
* A mere $24.24 a day!
* Just over a dollar an hour.
Still, you might think the best financial advice is; don't have children ifyou want to be 'rich.' Actually, it is just the opposite.
What do you get for your $160,140.00?
* Naming rights . First, middle, and last!
* Glimpses of God every day.
* Giggles under the covers every night.
* More love than your heart can hold.
* Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.
* Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies..
* A hand to hold usually covered with jelly or chocolate.
* A partner for blowing bubbles and flying kites.
* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.
For $160,140.00, you never have to grow up. You get to:
* finger-paint,
* carve pumpkins,
* play hide-and-seek,
* catch lightning bugs,
* never stop believing in Santa Claus.
You have an excuse to:
* keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
* watch Saturday morning cartoons,
* go to Disney movies, and
* wish on stars.
You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets andcollect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clayfor Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.
For a mere $24.24 a day, there is no greater bang for your buck. You get tobe a hero just for:
* retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,
* taking the training wheels off a bike,
* removing a splinter,
* filling a wading pool,
* coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and
* coaching a baseball team that never wins,but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.
You get a front row seat in history to witness the:
* First step,
* First word,
* First bra,
* First date,
* First time behind the wheel.
You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree, andif you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildrenand great grandchildren. You get an education in psychology, nursing,criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match...
In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under God.. You have all thepower to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch abroken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love themwithout limits, so one day they will, like you, love without counting thecost. That is quite a deal for the price!
Love & enjoy your children & grandchildren & great-grandchildren!!!!!!! It'sthe best investment you'll ever make!!!!!!!!!
This is just too good not to pass on to all. Here is something absolutelypositive for a change. I have repeatedly seen the breakdown of the cost ofraising a child, but this is the first time I have seen the rewards listedthis way. It's nice.
The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to18 and came up with $160,140.00 for a middle income family. Talk about priceshock! That doesn't even touchcollege tuition.
But $160,140.00 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into:
* $8,896.66 a year,
* $741.38 a month,
* $171.08 a week.
* A mere $24.24 a day!
* Just over a dollar an hour.
Still, you might think the best financial advice is; don't have children ifyou want to be 'rich.' Actually, it is just the opposite.
What do you get for your $160,140.00?
* Naming rights . First, middle, and last!
* Glimpses of God every day.
* Giggles under the covers every night.
* More love than your heart can hold.
* Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.
* Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies..
* A hand to hold usually covered with jelly or chocolate.
* A partner for blowing bubbles and flying kites.
* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.
For $160,140.00, you never have to grow up. You get to:
* finger-paint,
* carve pumpkins,
* play hide-and-seek,
* catch lightning bugs,
* never stop believing in Santa Claus.
You have an excuse to:
* keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
* watch Saturday morning cartoons,
* go to Disney movies, and
* wish on stars.
You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets andcollect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clayfor Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.
For a mere $24.24 a day, there is no greater bang for your buck. You get tobe a hero just for:
* retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,
* taking the training wheels off a bike,
* removing a splinter,
* filling a wading pool,
* coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and
* coaching a baseball team that never wins,but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.
You get a front row seat in history to witness the:
* First step,
* First word,
* First bra,
* First date,
* First time behind the wheel.
You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree, andif you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildrenand great grandchildren. You get an education in psychology, nursing,criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match...
In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under God.. You have all thepower to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch abroken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love themwithout limits, so one day they will, like you, love without counting thecost. That is quite a deal for the price!
Love & enjoy your children & grandchildren & great-grandchildren!!!!!!! It'sthe best investment you'll ever make!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Bathroom's Done!!
Yeah so if you didn't know, or just didn't remember, our house was pretty bad off when we moved in almost 2 years ago. We spent a month just cleaning it after the last tennants... and that month included jacking the whole house up to replace the footers and headers of the foundation. So it's been a work in progress, to say the least. Well, we had planned on doing the downstairs bathroom before we moved in, but that whole jacking the house up thing and having just a hole to the basement where the kitchen should be kind of set that back a bit. Then it just kept getting pushed off for one reason or another, until we got pregnant. At that point, we pretty much told my dad (who we rent the house from) that it's time to get that bathroom into a usable state...
I am beyond happy to finally say that it's done!!! It is now usuable, clean, and looks like a bathroom that isn't part of an abonded, boarded up, crack house... I'll have to find the before pictures, but here's a couple of the finished product (complete with the guardian of the throne, Dobie), and the link for more pictures ::
http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=1490014009/a=77264276_77264276/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
I am beyond happy to finally say that it's done!!! It is now usuable, clean, and looks like a bathroom that isn't part of an abonded, boarded up, crack house... I'll have to find the before pictures, but here's a couple of the finished product (complete with the guardian of the throne, Dobie), and the link for more pictures ::
http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=1490014009/a=77264276_77264276/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
Saturday, July 18, 2009
36 Week Doctor's Appointment
Yesterday was our 36 Week check up... The doctor says that everything looks good - weight (surprisingly), blood pressure, swelling is ok, Emersyn is measuring perfectly. Depsite all hopes though, he did tell us that I am only 75% effaced and not even the littlest, teeniest, tiniest bit dialated. Nothing. Nada. Zero. Zilch. Zippo. Every other word you think of that means NONE!!
We go back on Thrusday for our next check up... I'm trying my best to just focus on counting down intead of wishing Emersyn to come out soon. So far, that mindset had me in tears but I'm hoping it gets better... And I'm looking for those ways to help the process, but Chris isn't being all that helpful aside from telling Emersyn that she should come out. So I'm already back to the new mindset.
Here's new belly pictures (not because I really want too, but because Chris thinks it will be nice to have the record and that I'll look back and laugh... highly unlikely, but I also promised family and friends that I'd keep them all updated --- b!tches =P). Oh, and keep in mind that these are after the doctor's appointment so I wasn't exactly thrilled.
We go back on Thrusday for our next check up... I'm trying my best to just focus on counting down intead of wishing Emersyn to come out soon. So far, that mindset had me in tears but I'm hoping it gets better... And I'm looking for those ways to help the process, but Chris isn't being all that helpful aside from telling Emersyn that she should come out. So I'm already back to the new mindset.
Here's new belly pictures (not because I really want too, but because Chris thinks it will be nice to have the record and that I'll look back and laugh... highly unlikely, but I also promised family and friends that I'd keep them all updated --- b!tches =P). Oh, and keep in mind that these are after the doctor's appointment so I wasn't exactly thrilled.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
36 Weeks
Yup, and Emersyn is still holding tight in there... not that I haven't been trying to coax her out every couple hours. She's just not having it though. I'm just so over being pregnant now. Chris even told me this morning that he's ready and over the anticipation excitement and just wants Emersyn here already. We go for our check up tomorrow afternoon, and it's an internal one (oh joy)... I really praying that if she doesn't come between now and 4 pm tomorrow, they poke something in there that triggers labor; or, at the very least, tell me that I'm dialated to like 8 so I should go to the hospital and get ready because she's coming that night... Fingers crossed!!
At least I know I'm getting close because all I want to do is get things in order... Chris won't actually let me do anything (I feel extremely worthless) but I'm even dreaming about cleaning things up and organizing everything. Of course, I'm dreaming about going into labor too. Chris is totally on top of everything though; if I even mention something being dirty, he's all over it. We're all ready now though. Emersyn's clothes are put away, diapers are out, the bassinette and play yard are up, the car seat is intalled, bottles and all the pieces are cleaned and ready to be sterlized for her... All we need now is her!!
(And seriously, she HAS to come soon... really...)
At least I know I'm getting close because all I want to do is get things in order... Chris won't actually let me do anything (I feel extremely worthless) but I'm even dreaming about cleaning things up and organizing everything. Of course, I'm dreaming about going into labor too. Chris is totally on top of everything though; if I even mention something being dirty, he's all over it. We're all ready now though. Emersyn's clothes are put away, diapers are out, the bassinette and play yard are up, the car seat is intalled, bottles and all the pieces are cleaned and ready to be sterlized for her... All we need now is her!!
(And seriously, she HAS to come soon... really...)
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Harry Potter
Um, so let's just say that I am really (really, really, really) glad that I decided not to re-read this book before the movie... Not that it was bad, but even compared to the other movies it was just off. I understand that for the whole effect of a movie, things have to be changed and sometimes things are added (like the dragon chase scene in the Goblet of Fire) for drama or whatever; but when entire things are made up changing aspects of the last book, I have to kind of draw the line. Plus there were even things changed from the set of the last movie to this one, and I mean pretty major changes. And Harry's actual character was actually altered with some of the changes they made for the movie... I mean seriously, Harry Potter wouldn't stand by, perfectly able and capable of doing something about it, just watching Dumbledore being threatened or murdered. Nor would he "be careless" during his summer holiday and hit on Muggle girls regularly while reading his Daily Prophet in the middle of a Muggle subway! But I guess I'm just a Harry Potter purest or something... It wasn't bad though, but you really have to go in with the mindset that this is a movie all on it's on and not care about the characters, plot, story line, or books at all... It was still a better interpertation than Twilight though!!!!
Monday, July 13, 2009
2 More Days
Harry Potter (and the Half Blood Prince) is only 2 days away!! I've been explaining this addiction to Emersyn and really think that we have an understanding... Since we're so close to the movie and I've been waiting for so long for it, she can't come out until about 3-ish on the Wednesday. I'm really hoping that the movie scares her out or excites her out or something... I've already explained that her grandmother's home from the beach so she doesn't have to wait for that any more, but Emersyn's still in there. I know she's just baking a little more and all that, but seriously, even Chris is ready for her to be here already! Anyways, I'm super stoked about the new movie. I got smart this time and I decided to stop my re-reading at the 5th book so that all the details from The Half Blood Prince aren't fresh in my mind going into the movie. Hopefully it'll be easier to appreciate the movie for the movie instead of comparing it to the book... We'll see.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
35 Weeks
Well, it's finally happened... I have a couple short, ugly stretch marks on each side of my belly just by my hips. As if doubling my size wasn't enough of a pregnancy battle wound, now I get to have these lovely things. I am so over this whole pregnancy thing and am seriously ready for Emersyn to be here... like now... she's not listening very well and seems insistant that she's staying in for now, despite my constant attempts at persuading her to come out. Our next appointment isn't until the 17th and at least I get to look forward to Harry Potter on the 15th... But to say that I'm tired or swollen would be an understatement. I'm actually sacking out hard at night, but still don't feel rested at all and by the time I get to work I'm ready for a nap; granted the drive in is anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour, without an accident or cop on the side of the road or any other traffic stopper... Still, I'm barely getting 8 hours because I'm so tired. My toes pretty much look like fat, little sausages and are increasingly uncomfortable. I have to ask next week about the swelling again, but our last appointment we were told that it's nothing to worry about. Just another wonderful pregnancy thing. Since Emersyn has done everything about 3-4 weeks early, I desparately hoping the same applies to being born!!! Keep your fingers crossed for me... seriously, I will find you if you don't! =P
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Fireworks
The puppies hate them. Like, to the point of shaking and cowering, hate them... Emersyn has never been so insanely active as she was during and for a while after them. I seriously thought that I was going to go into labor because she was going to break herself out... Apparently, home fireworks aren't the best thing to do when you're 8 months pregnant or if you have puppies. But, Emersyn is still in the belly and I'm still hoping that we're really a month off so she can be full term next week.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
4th of July
Happy 4th of July!!!
A huge thank you to all the men and women who get up every morning to defend our country, who put their lives on the line to keep us free, to those who sacrafice so that most of don't have too. Thank you to the families who support them, the loved ones who stay home while those brave men and women do their duties, to the parents and spouses and siblings who worry endlessly and proudly. Thank you to those who came before us to give us the freedoms we enjoy today. Thank you to those who support the incredibly brave heroes!!
We hope you all have a wonderful and safe Independence Day... May you all remember why we're celebrating and take a moment to thank those who made it possible!
And to my hero, my husband... Thank you for all you did, all you do, all you stand for, and all you'll pass onto our daughter!
A huge thank you to all the men and women who get up every morning to defend our country, who put their lives on the line to keep us free, to those who sacrafice so that most of don't have too. Thank you to the families who support them, the loved ones who stay home while those brave men and women do their duties, to the parents and spouses and siblings who worry endlessly and proudly. Thank you to those who came before us to give us the freedoms we enjoy today. Thank you to those who support the incredibly brave heroes!!
We hope you all have a wonderful and safe Independence Day... May you all remember why we're celebrating and take a moment to thank those who made it possible!
And to my hero, my husband... Thank you for all you did, all you do, all you stand for, and all you'll pass onto our daughter!
Friday, July 03, 2009
Registries are Fun!!
We are so wonderfully blessed and beyond lucky, first off... After Emersyn's shower last weekend, there was so few things that we actually left on our registry to get - all but one of which were things that we could survive without too. So today, a bonus day to our weekend, we decided to make the trek down to Rockville and finish our Buy Buy Baby registry; depending on how that went (Chris' patience and my body permitting) we would go over to Babies R Us and finish up there...
I have to, again, commend Buy Buy Baby on how truely amzing it is there! Besides the extreme organization that makes everything beyond easy to find - a curse and a blessing since you can find everything you aren't there to get - the staff is so helpful and nice. Even picking up our special order (Emersyn's play yard) and placing another one (Emersyn's high chair) was fast and simple. Seriously, my only complaint with them is that they're so far away so it's a huge event to go there...
Then it was on to Babies R Us where we once again relized how much we love Buy Buy Baby... but none the less, got a good bit of our stuff. Of course, the one store didn't have half of the things so we had to argue with the cashier that the completion coupon says "one day only" and not "one time only" so that we could take it to another Babies R Us to try and get the stuff that we couldn't get at that store. Thank goodness Emersyn apparently likes to shop and was so well behaved, because I was able to make it through the stores without feeling like I was going to collapse at any moment!!
Chris is, of course, happy to have gotten it all done in one sweep (pretty quickly if you ask me!) and I'm happy to have so many bottles, extra nipples in varying flows, extra sheets, and other such things... I have no doubt that my dreams of Emersyn screaming out of hunger and us not having a single bottle to feed her with, will no longer be happening! LOL!
I have to, again, commend Buy Buy Baby on how truely amzing it is there! Besides the extreme organization that makes everything beyond easy to find - a curse and a blessing since you can find everything you aren't there to get - the staff is so helpful and nice. Even picking up our special order (Emersyn's play yard) and placing another one (Emersyn's high chair) was fast and simple. Seriously, my only complaint with them is that they're so far away so it's a huge event to go there...
Then it was on to Babies R Us where we once again relized how much we love Buy Buy Baby... but none the less, got a good bit of our stuff. Of course, the one store didn't have half of the things so we had to argue with the cashier that the completion coupon says "one day only" and not "one time only" so that we could take it to another Babies R Us to try and get the stuff that we couldn't get at that store. Thank goodness Emersyn apparently likes to shop and was so well behaved, because I was able to make it through the stores without feeling like I was going to collapse at any moment!!
Chris is, of course, happy to have gotten it all done in one sweep (pretty quickly if you ask me!) and I'm happy to have so many bottles, extra nipples in varying flows, extra sheets, and other such things... I have no doubt that my dreams of Emersyn screaming out of hunger and us not having a single bottle to feed her with, will no longer be happening! LOL!
Thursday, July 02, 2009
More Shower Pictures!!
Yup, here's some more pictures from Emersyn's Shower...
http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=1223400009/a=77264276_77264276/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
A very, very HUGE thank you to Denise for taking pictures and sending them to me! (Seriously, if not for Denise, we really would've had a repeat of the bridal shower where there's no pictures at all because we all forgot!!)
Here's a few ::
http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=1223400009/a=77264276_77264276/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
A very, very HUGE thank you to Denise for taking pictures and sending them to me! (Seriously, if not for Denise, we really would've had a repeat of the bridal shower where there's no pictures at all because we all forgot!!)
Here's a few ::
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