Baby mop!

Ok, so as I sit here and watch Ellen on TV she is talking about interesting inventions. How great is this one:
Baby Mop

I can continue to sit on the couch, watch TV, and eat bon bons once the baby is born. He/she will just clean up for me! Is that considered a form of child abuse possibly?!

Leap Year Baby?

Well, apparently I'm in this bedrest for the long haul. We had my appt. this morning and for the first time in a while my blood pressure was decent on the first check (which is great). Then when they checked me, nothing was happening again. So I asked if that means I'll go closer to my due date and she said "probably". Since my blood pressure is able to be managed by bedrest there is no need to induce at this point as it would increase my chances of needing a c-section. I have been joking for a while that we are having a leap year baby, but now I'm thinking it may not be too far from the truth. It's 3 days after my due date (not too horrible....but still 2 weeks to go). The baby is still doing really well and all bloodwork and such have come back good too.

Oh, by the way you know you have been on bedrest too long when you think watching a bullriding competition in HD is awesome! I only saw it once, but would definitely watch it again :-).

The price of keeping a pregnant woman on bedrest sane.....

Laser Pointer = $15
Rachael Ray Magazine = $3.99
Internet = $20/month
Text messaging = $5 (unlimited)
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Price of keeping a pregnant woman sane = Priceless


I am now 38 weeks pregnant and have been on full bedrest for 2 weeks! I was supposed to have a doctor's appt. this afternoon but they closed the office due to inclement weather. So now I wait patiently (or something like that) for my rescheduled appt. in the morning. I didn't sleep well last night as I was having contractions and couldn't get comfortable. I kept thinking that maybe the contractions would get worse and I would go into labor, but obviously nothing happened. In fact, Jason decided to sternly tell the baby this morning "I'd appreciate it if you would come out today" as he gets woken up by my tossing and turning. So far we can say that the baby has inherited one personality characteristic that both Jason and I have: The gift of being STUBBORN!

The price of keeping me sane has been relatively inexpensive...I'm easy to amuse. My newly discovered time passing device is the laser pointer. Jason ordered it for himself to tease the cat with, but it arrived yesterday while he was at work. It has been quite amusing and I think Buddy is enjoying the exercise. I have also had wonderful family and friends stop by to see me, which has been awesome. My mom is back for a second week here after returning to MD for the weekend. Today she made homemade meatballs and chocolate chip cookies. Surprisingly enough I'm not gaining any weight.

We'll post tomorrow after the appt.!!!

The baby's already messing with me

Heather and I spent the late afternoon, and early evening at labor and delivery last night. We went to the OB's office to have Heather all checked out again. Heather's blood pressure was little high so she laid on her side for a few minutes. After a few more minutes they checked her blood pressure again and it had gone up a little bit. So, the baby decided to raise Heather's blood pressure and so we were sent us to the hospital.

We met a wonderful nurse at the hospital who took wonderful care of Heather. So we sat there for a couple hours while they did a non-stress test on Heather and the baby. Every once in a while her blood pressure cuff would go off. It was nice just spending some time together.
That LB decided to get me all excited about meeting us, and then our little blessing allowed Heather's blood pressure to go back down, so the doctor sent us home. No baby for us, yet. We did get some nice Braxton Hicks contractions to watch on the monitor, so that was exciting. Suffice it to say, I'm really really excited about the baby coming and can not wait to meet the baby.

So Heather and I are resting peacefully in the bedroom watching season 3 of the office. It's a lot of fun just getting to hang out.

Note: LB is a term of endearment & respect in my family.

37 weeks

I had a doctor's appointment this morning and I am exactly 37 weeks today! I was somewhat excited before going because I started having contractions two hours before my appointment and they were regular. But, when the doctor checked me he said that I am not dialated and today is probably not the day....which I was kind of thinking. My blood pressure is still elevated and they sent me for more bloodwork. Apparently they need to keep checking how my liver functioning is due to the elevated blood pressure and will most likely do bloodwork every week until I deliver. Although I am somewhat dissapointed that seeing the baby isn't as close as I would like, I am happy that I can rest a little more as I'm feeling pretty tired today.

Bedrest continues....

I had a follow-up doctor's appt. today from the one on Tuesday. The doctor just wanted to check my blood-pressure again and make sure everything is a-ok. After checking it initially it was elevated and they had me lay on my left side (the usual procedure at this point) for a few minutes and they checked again. At that point it had gone down a bit. She said that I am responding well to bedrest, but I am to continue until the baby makes his/her appearance. The doctor also did a non-stress test and I was able to hear the baby's heartbeat for a good 15-20 minutes or so....that was great! The little one is doing just fine and my bloodwork came back good too. Overall, we are doing well! I am hoping and praying that I deliver next week for many reasons including:

-my mom will be up from MD
-my doctor is on-call
-I don't want to "waste" my leave time from work on time without my baby..I rather spend it getting to know our little one


That's it for the update! Thanks for all your emails, calls, thoughts, prayers, etc.

36 weeks

This first picture can be seen earlier in our blog! But, we wanted to show you a comparison of then and now. The second picture was taken last week (35 weeks).


We had our 36 week appt. today and I am now on full bedrest. I can no longer work and I am allowed to either be on the couch or in bed. I was also told I can do the stairs twice in one day. Not fun! I have now been on bedrest for a few hours and am wondering what else I can watch on TV (especially with the writer's strike....why now?). I do have books to read and thank-you notes to write, so at least I have some options. Also, my sister is coming up from MD for two days and my mom will come up next week. Those visits should help pass the time. As of today, the baby's head is still down but nothing is happening (no dilation). I have another appointment on Thursday in order to check my blood pressure again. We'll see what happens...I now have plenty of time to update you...don't worry :-).


This picture is my happy place :-)! It was taken on our cruise back in May and I love how it captures just how happy Jason and I are together. This is probably what our faces will look like once we meet our little one too (add some exhaustion to that I'm sure).