Baby Update: Week 37 Full Term!

So I'm now Full Term! A full 37 weeks pregnant. When did this happen? How did I manage to hit the 9th month of pregnancy?!?! There are 19 days left until my little one's due date but we're not sure if she's going to hold out that long. But then again, she may decide to hang out longer.

I was in the hospital again Saturday night with contractions 3-4 minutes apart. Still no progress with cervical changes so I'm not in "labor" but it sure feels like it. I'm still having contractions about 15 minutes apart sometimes less, sometimes more. It sucks, but what can you do. I'm still hanging out and just waiting. Basically, unless they get so unbearable that I can't walk/stand or my water breaks, I'm just going to go about my daily business. I'm not going to lie, it SUCKS. I'm tired because I'm waking up every hour or less with them or Peanut kicking me (even last night, I was laying on one side and she woke me up because I must have been squishing her, so I explained to her that she'd have a whole heck of a lot more room if she just sucked it up and came out!), the contractions hurt, but the worst part is I can't think when having them. My brain pretty much just shuts up and I can't form coherent sentences... Which is why I'd rather email or text than talk on the phone. It's hard to have a conversation when you have to stop every 3 minutes. Oh, and yes, I'm still working.

I was at the doctor's yesterday, still no progress. I'll be having an ultrasound to see exactly how big Peanut's measuring (weight and length) and to check the fluid around her next Wednesday, April 7th, if she doesn't come out sooner. I ended up losing a couple pounds this past week too. The doctor's not worried but he did say that when you start losing is when they say you're in labor... Unfortunately they cannot induce me until 39 weeks at least unless it's medically necessary, if she's big enough. Peanut's doing great and I'm doing alright so there's no medical reason to induce at this point. So I'm just holding my breath until either my water breaks or next Wednesday. At least now, I'm considered Full Term, even though I'm about 3 weeks from my due date.

I keep telling Peanut how popular she already is and how many people cannot wait to meet her. Daddy is getting extremely ansty to meet her as well. I'm still getting blamed for "keeping the Peanut hostage", but honestly, I'd love to meet her. I know she'll come out when she's good and ready, and I certainly don't want her coming out if her lungs aren't fully developed. I'm not that selfish. I want her to come out soon, but only if she's healthy and ready. Though trying to push her to come out sooner would be good. And hey, if she wants to be here by Easter, I'd be okay with that too. Guess we're just going to play the waiting game for now.

Baby Update: Week 36

Just wanted to let you all know I'm now 36 weeks!!! I can't believe she's due in 27 days. Now when she actually arrives is a mystery to me!!! I have another doctor appointment this afternoon to check up on her. I think she's dropped actually, but the doctor will be able to tell me that today. I'm still having contractions, but they're more sporatic over the weekend. I was told to stay off my feet, so that's what I did. I did make the curtains and bumper this weekend though. They're super cute. I'll post the photos soon!

Rob actually got the dresser from Sue's (SHOCK). We need to take it to his uncle's to have one of the drawer's glued back together but aside from putting a few nails in the bottom of the rest of the drawers and scraping off a bit of mold from the inside of the door, it's ready to go! Now all we need to do is put up the teddy bear stickers!!! Rob's going to take a bunch of photos with the good camera when it's all set up and ready to go! I can't wait. He also put together the swing.

Honestly, now we have everything set up for Peanut, so we're ready for her whenever she comes! I'm so excited to meet her at this point!!! Rob yells at me everyday to "share the Peanut" and "it's not fair that you hog all the Peanut time. I'm the daddy, and I want to play with her!!!". I can't wait to see who she ends up looking like, what color her hair and eyes are, and how small her little feet will be!!!! I'm going nuts with cleaning though. I have my excel spreadsheet and it's in order by room and priority! Rob laughs at me and I've been limited to doing only an hour of work a night on weekdays and I can do up to 4 on the weekends, as long as I only work for an hour at a time, then rest for 2. Is it sad that I need to be rationed on my cleaning and organizing?!?! I'm way too organized for my own good. The house is clean, I'm just going nuts!

Another Update at 35 Weeks

Yea, I know I did one earlier this week, but guess what... when I'm getting contractions every 10 or so minutes for about 15-20 hours, you guys get regular updates!!!! Have you seen the Office episode with the baby delivery? Yea, that's how I feel right now. It seems all the girls are interested in how often my contractions are and how intense. It's great... I'm waiting for Steve Catrell to jump out and say he's got the car ready to go... lol.

I was in L&D on Tuesday to monitor me and the Peanut. I thought my water broke (but turns out it wasn't...). Even though I was having contractions regularly (though not intensely), I wasn't "progressing" enough. They gave me some medicine to slow down the contractions from 2-3 minutes to only 8-10 minutes apart. I'm 1-2 cm dialated but not effaced at all and she was really high earlier this week, but now she's dropped a bit. I really hope she holds off for another week since I'm only 36 weeks on Sunday. They won't try to stop me again, though if I go in now. I also hope she holds off because Dad is going to be in Arizona this week on vacation!

Rob is definitely ready, he says. He keeps telling/asking her if she's coming out yet. He put the stroller and carseat together yesterday and is fascinated with how little the room is in the carseat, especially with the infant items in there. The only thing we haven't set up yet is the swing and we're waiting for Rob to get rid of the old TV still sitting in the Living Room... I've been waiting on that one for over a year. Oh, and we're picking up the dresser from Sue's house on Saturday. Other than that, I've just about finished the curtains and then I'll need to do the bumper and we're actually ready to go.

Watch, with all these contractions, she'll still wait until she's a week late.

March Missions and Update

It’s been quite a long time since I’ve updated my knitting blog, long in googleweb time at least. I actually got a lot of things accomplished in the past month. We had the Ravelympics, which is the online group, Ravely, knitting competition while the Olympics are on. So my BSG group was a team and we put different missions on hold for the month of February. We did pretty well, I think as a group in general!

Before the start, I was able to complete two hats. One was a hat that I had started over the summer and needed to seam the sides up. I ended up gifting that to one of my online birth buddies. It looked so cute all stitched up!

The next project I did was for my Sister-In-Law (SIL) boyfriend’s mom. She wanted a hat to give to her granddaughter in Florida. I didn’t know at the time that she was going down on February 10, 2010. I was sewing slowly until she told me that one. Whoops. So I moved on that and was able to sell it to her before she left. Her granddaughter LOVED the hat! Purple with a bright pink flower on it. Awesome!

So February 12 was the beginning of the Ravelympics. Little did I know that my hubby was flying in my BFF in from California for my baby shower weekend! So Laura, Rob, and I ended up going out both Friday and Saturday nights. Boy was I exhausted. I hadn’t gone out so much or so late since getting pregnant. I felt so bad too on Saturday night, they were both drinking and having a great time and I was so miserably tired that I went to bed before they were even ready! Check out my loot below!

That being said, I was able to complete SIX whole hats in two weeks. Yes, they’re baby hats, but STILL six hats that were the same pattern gets old after a while. But I did it! And I got all but two in the mail to the girls on my birth board. I’m waiting on one to get me her address and another, I’m meeting sometime soon in person since we live close.

After all these baby knits, Rob asked me what I made for Peanut. Well, nothing yet, so I found this awesome patterned Baby Beret hat to make. I was able to make it for one of the BSG March Missions!!! It took me all of five days to make, and would’ve been quicker, but we ended up getting the carpet done in the baby room halfway through the week. I got distracted by organizing the room for the baby! Oops again! But the hat turned out so nice.

The room turned out pretty cool too! The walls were painted weeks ago, and the carpet looked so spiffy. Rob had the crib AND changing table together before I even got home from work. I was definitely impressed. So I sorted my old boxes out of the closets and reorganized baby items and my yarn stash in the two. Awesome.

My second mission for BSG, I decided to finally try my hand in Fair Isle knitting. At The Knitter’s Edge, they were doing a group knit of a cute Tam hat by Patton’s Yarn, I believe, but I could be wrong. I’ll have to see when I get home. I had a few questions but was able to knit it up in a WEEK!!! Sweet, I couldn’t believe it.

I stayed up knitting to avoid thinking about things. I finished it late on Saturday night, and on Sunday, my darling kitties of almost seven years were being adopted by a friend’s Brother-In-Law (BIL). It was extremely sad for me to do, but they left me little choice. They had been going after the baby items recently and I didn’t want to chance them actually attacking Peanut when she came home. Plus, we did convert my craft/kitty room to the baby’s room. I also felt so badly because I haven’t had any time to give them love or affection that they needed. They weren’t allowed in the bedrooms upstairs or on any furniture because hubby’s allergic... so I finally broke down and found a new home for them. I was not a happy person on Sunday evening or even since then. I miss them tremendously.

Rhoddo

Dar

So back to knitting, I’ve been working on Peanut’s blanket more and more, since I’ve realized that I’m 36 days away from her due date!! I can’t believe that one! She’s due 4/18/2010. Time’s flown by. I also still need to make the curtains for her room and the crib bumper. Hopefully tonight, I’ll be able to focus on one or both of those items. I have everything; I just need to MAKE it!

My third mission for BSG this month will be Trever’s birthday present. I just hope I can get it done in the next few weeks. I don’t see why I couldn’t, but I’m nesting horribly now and even have a spreadsheet list organized of things I want to get done around the house!!! Oh lordy!

Baby Update: Week 35

Not too new to report, just getting bigger! Thursday will be an official MONTH away! I've had a few bouts of nervousness, but mostly, I'm just excited to meet her. I can't wait to see who she looks like (though I know at first she'll look like a weird alien thing) and what her personality will be like. And in case you didn't hear, I found the kitties a new home. They had been going after all the baby items recently, and we started fearing that they would attempt some serious damage with Peanut if I turn my back. Besides, they haven't been getting the attention recently that they needed. So my animal lover coworker said her brother-in-law was looking for a cat and decided to take both. He's got a 5 bedroom home with plenty of hiding spaces and windows to bird watch about an hour north of here in the Pocono's. It was pretty heartbreaking to see them off, but I honestly think it was the best thing for them. They left me with loads of scratches all over my hands and arms to remember them by, wasn't that sweet of them?

Baby Update: Week 34

Wow, okay, so when I looked at my newest belly photo th other day, it was a "wow, where the heck did that belly come from?!?!?" Just had my 34 week check up yesterday and the doctor was saying we're measuring right on schedule and he's happy with my weight gain. He's not too worried about my hip pain or my dizziness. He says it's from Peanut sitting on my sciatic nerve (oh joy), but we don't really want her to move because she's in a great birth position. I have 2 weeks until my next appointment, then I start going weekly!!! It's getting close. I'm just getting so excited to meet her!!!!