39 Weeks!

Did you see my countdown? 4 DAYS! Did you hear that Emma Clare, YOU HAVE 4 DAYS!

I had my doctor's appointment yesterday. Emma Clare is still doing very well. Heart rate is in the 140s and the doctor THINKS she flipped back the correct way...we'll see. My BP was good, and I didn't gain any weight this week (so I celebrated with a vanilla milkshake, woot!). I'm still about the same in terms of dilation, but now I'm 50% effaced and she has dropped a bit more. So a little bit of progress has been made. But, our little girl does have an eviction date-April 2nd I'll be going in to get induced. I've continued to measure a week ahead, pretty much the whole pregnancy (there was a point of 2 weeks ahead) so Dr. Hull is ready for her to come...oh wait and so are we! So, I go into the hospital on Sunday night to being the process of induction, and we should have a wonderful, healthy, baby girl by Monday. Prayers are welcomed! I'm still hoping she'll come on her own before then, but if not at least we know in a WEEK our baby girl will be here! YAY!

I also asked the doctor if Emma Clare was going to be 10 pounds...she looked at me, laughed and said we'd be having a very different conversation if she was going to be that big. She is guessing a "healthy" 7.5-8 pounds. We'll see!

So, now we are just in the final stretches of a waiting game! Happy Tuesday! :)

Baby Shower!

Sorry that this post is a little late! I finally got some pictures off of Chris' phone. My wonderful co-workers threw me this beautiful baby shower at work. It stated out by going out to lunch, and ended with yummy cupcakes and beautiful decorations! Do you see all of the attention to detail! Crazy! It was a book themed shower, so we got lots and lots of books, which was prefect because Chris was getting very sick of reading the same three over and over again! We also got our cloth diapers, cute clothes and lots of other lovely things for Emma Clare! I am so blessed to work with such caring people!

As you can see, I'm still pregnant. We've hit 39 weeks this weekend, and needless to say I am ready for Emma Clare to arrive. The good news is that I'm still not horribly uncomfortable, just super hungry and I think I am officially waddling! This weekend we tried to stay really busy to keep our minds off of the fact I am still pregnant, and get the ball rolling. We went on LOTS of walks, ate spicy food (I had ghost pepper salt on my pizza-if that didn't work, nothing will!), went and saw The Hunger Games, had friends over for dinner, cleaned the house, washed all of the cloth diapers, built a raised bed for our garden, went grocery and Target shopping...I think I might be leaving stuff out. Even with all of this, no sign of baby! haha oh well!

I have a doctor's appointment later today, so I'm sure I'll be updating tomorrow! Happy Monday!

38 Weeks!

Sorry for no 37 week post! I was feeling a little bad all week-had a false alarm on Wednesday (thought I was in labor...since there is no baby, I was wrong) and just generally felt crappy all week. It may be due to the fact I had a bad bladder infection, because I'm feeling back to my old self! In happier news, I had an AMAZING shower at work on Monday. I have pictures, so I'm going to save the details of this post for later on...stay tuned!

So, fast forward, we are not at 38 weeks! YAY!! Just went to the doctor and besides having to wait FOREVER things are looking good! I'm still about the same when it comes to dilation, but she said this is very normal for first time moms. She has started to move down a little further, so that is good news! Emma Clare has now turned her head facing my belly button (they call this sunny side up) which could make labor difficult, but the doctor is optimistic that she'll turn back as most babies do. She told me I could encourage this by doing downward dog. So, if you are up for a laugh, stop at our house...I will not be allowing pictures to be taken!

Other than that, we are just trucking along!

Baby Picture!

We had our 36 week appointment. Emma Clare is doing great! She weighs 5lbs 15 oz, heart rate is 155 and everything looks right on track. And look at that picture, can we make a cute kid or what!? Look at those chubby cheeks! Needless to say, we are totally in love!

Looks like she is going to keep cooking for a little while. I'm one cm dilated and 25% effaced. I'm still doing well, bp right where it needs to be and up 26 pounds overall (guess I can't blame those all on her since she is right around 6 pounds...).

We are so happy and excited!

36 Weeks and Counting!

I have my 36 week doctor's appointment later today, so I'm sure I'll have more updates tomorrow about that. I start having weekly appointments now until the lovely Emma Clare decides to make her grand entrance. Who ever thought I'd be this excited about going to the doctor?

We had a great weekend, and actually got some of the things checked off our to do list! I sanitized and washed all of the bottles, Chris bought and hung blinds in the nursery and we deep cleaned the house. Things I didn't do...pack my hospital bag. I know, I know, it'll get done, I promise...

So above you have lots of fun pictures! Our awesome under the sea mural that our friend Dan painted for us! How great is that?!! I'm so excited! And there is a picture of my HUGE belly! If you look back at the 30 week and compare, you'll see I've grown...just a bit...

I'm still feeling pretty good! I'm ready for Emma Clare to come, but ok if she needs to cook a little longer (oh, and I say a little longer...this girl better come by 40 weeks! I know, I'm a first time mom and chances are low, but a girl can dream...). I just don't know how much longer I can take being so hungry!