Guess who is coming earlier than planned

My date for "project: save the baby" (or the induction as others like to call it) has been moved up. The induction will happen sometime during the week of the 14th - 18th. I just got two steroid shots (they are given to help mature the babies lungs) and then will have an amniocentesis the day before the "scheduled" induction to make sure the babies lungs are mature enough for delivery, if so project save the baby is put into action, if not, then we wait a couple more days or whatev!!

So I will keep everyone updated, let me know if you have any questions! And remember send all your energy to my cervix to soften and dilate on its own (I know that is asking a lot of you, but its reeeaallll important!!)

Update

We are now 34 weeks pregnant, and the doctor that we see for our "pregnancy induced condition" has said that if we have not gone in to spontaneous labor labor by week 38, we will be induced. So we are going to try to do everything we can to naturally want my body to go into labor!

SO EVERYONE SEND POSITIVE, EARLY LABOR, VIBES MY WAY!!

We have a meeting with the Certified nurse midwife who will be in charge of the hospital birth (if it happens) on Wednesday. She seemed awesome on the phone, so I expect everything to go great! I will feel bad for her when I don't have to birth at the hospital (wink, if you get what I am sayin').

Are you getting tired of my baby blogs? (tough)

Happy baby this week

I know it seems I talk about the baby a lot, but he is pretty special and I am sick and I want everyone to know that he is doing GREAT!! I have non-stress test every week, so this is basically what my life revolves around, and this weeks was awesome. Basically they make sure his heart is working good (it has to accelerate a certain amount for at least 15 sec in a certain period), and it was not only working good, it was working great.

On another note, I have not been at work all week (almost 2 weeks) cause I threw my back out, but I didn't want to go bragging about that cause this is supposed to be a happy blog. I am doing a bit better, thank you. I get to get a massage on Tuesday, so that will help too!

We are getting ready for Mariners opening day, I am super excited. Opening day is a lot of fun, there are a bit of giant sparklers (like fireworks) and people coming out on red carpets and like 6 opening pitches, you know the usual!

Since we are having a "baseball season" baby everyone is invited up to go to a game with us when ev, just let us know. (maybe you will see us on t.v., cause "baby no name" will be the newest and cutest mariners fan)

I love hippie stuff!

So we had our first "child birth preparation class" last night. I have to say that it was quite amazing. We got to ask a lot of questions and express how we feel about the whole havin a baby thing. It was really nice to hear what the other parents had to say about what they were feeling. It was comfortable and open and I just think that it is really nice to have a place where you can tell someone how you are feeling and not be judged.

The class is called Birthing from Within and it is taught by Carrie Kenner (with big belly services). She is this super cool laid back kinda hippie, who is super smart and worldly. It was just a lot of fun. Adam even had fun too!

As a little side note, baby is doing GREAT and my blood work is stable right now! So we just take every day one at a time, until Avery comes on his own, or things turn bad and we get that little guy out of there early. Thanks for thinking good things for us!

love ya - mean it!!

More testing

I just want to let everyone know I have some more testing today! So stay tuned for all the info on what is happening with Avery and Me!

Oh baby drama

I have a bit of an illness, don't worry right now the baby is doing fantastic! I have cholestasis, it is a condition that only happens in pregnancy where basically (you can research it if you need to know more) its a condition in which the normal flow of bile in the gallbladder is affected by the high amounts of pregnancy hormones, so that results in the stopping or slowing the flow of bile (which is what breaks down fats during digestion). Any ways I have to go to the doc everyweek for non stress test and blood work, but as long as I take my meds and keep going to my appointments everything will be fine. I am super itchy from it and have a little pain at the top of my tummy, and as long as i don't overheat I feel fine.

On a different note, it may mean the baby may be joining us a bit early. We won't know until that day actually comes, we just have to take it day by day. Just hoping that he stays healthy. So at the ultra sound yesterday they measured him and he is weighing in at about 3 3/4 lbs, which is huge for a baby in the 29th week!!



here is his cute chubby face



here is his gangster sign



His face is tilted to the side, you can see his cute pouty lip (Adam)

There are a couple other pix if anyone wants to see them email and let me know. I will keep everyone updated and think happy thoughts about Avery and me (don't forget about Adam and Rocco too)!!

Nesting, maybe?

So I understand the concept of nesting, you get ready for the baby, decorate clean, what have you. I don't know that I really feel that, but I know I feel something. I know some of it is shear annoyance that this house is a shit hole and completely messy and disorganized and it makes me feel very mad, could that be nesting? I don't know, but I am cleaning today cause I didn't end up having to work so I decided organization was in my cards (and of course a break to type this).

So any positive words of praise may help my on my cleaning journey, I would also love any handy tips you may have. The next time anyone comes over they may not even recognize our house! I am that confident in my skills to get this done! I am getting rather large these days so I am slower than normal, but rest assured I will succeed. Cause if I don't people will not have any place to stay when they come to visit after the baby is born.

So send lots of positive juju my way!