Molly Jane

Here she is, Miss Molly. She was born on Thursday 07/23/09 at 5:24pm. She weighed 7lbs 13 oz and was 20.5 inches long. Labor and delivery were quite intense and dramatic, but all is well now and we are settling in at home. I'll post more pictures and updates soon. Thanks so much for all of your thoughts and prayers!

37 weeks

I seem to start out each of my blog posts that I am aorry for the long delay and promise to post pictures soon...and being a creature of habit I'll just say the same thing now.

It's been an emotionally exhausting last couple of weeks with the anniversary of William's first birthday last Friday (the 17th). I have also stopped the Lovenox injections as of last week and am nervous about that. My way of coping with this anxiety (since wine isn't an option) has been to withdraw a little and I apologize for those of you whose e-mail/phone calls/text messages I have not replied to and for neglecting the blog.

The good news is that everything with the baby looks great. I am having twice weekly non-stress tests and visits with the Dr. and things continue to look great. Physically I have feel wonderful. I have some back pain at the end of the day, but other than that I am doing great. I haven't even had swollen feet yet and I am still able to sleep at night.

Now we just wait and I try to be patient. We are scheduled to be induced on Monday, August 3rd unless she decides to make her appearance earlier than that (which would be fine by me!).

I'll make it a goal to post some nursery pics and maybe a belly picture in the next few days. Thanks for checking in!

Quick 34 week update

I'm tempted to say things have been really busy and that's why I haven't updated by blog, but the truth is I have been so tired and worn out lately that I mostly lay around during the free time I could be doing it. So...sorry. I do have some nursery pics and some pics of my lovely shower last weekend to share, I'll work on that. As for a baby update...things are looking good. I had another impromptu visit to the hospital last week due to a stomach virus that I mistakenly thought was labor. After getting rehydrated the contractions stopped and I was back home. We had a growth scan while I was there and this little chunker is weighing in at 5 lbs. 8oz. already, which is a little bit ahead of schedule, but I mean really I'm not surprised she's advanced for her age. :-) I also lost my mucus plug (which is disgusting and I can't believe I am blogging about it). Anyway, I remain nervous most of the time, but really, really excited too. We are headed to Grandview this weekend for a 4th of July extravaganza. My in-laws are the Grand Marshalls of the parade which makes me feel like I am related to celebrities, (I hope the paparazzi gets me from my skinny side). More soon...

If you can't say anything nice...

Actual things people have said to me in the last two days:

1. I just don't see how you can be more than a month from your due date, how much bigger can you get!?!

2. You must be in one of those rapid growth phases of your pregnancy because everytime I see you, you are noticeably bigger!

Really, is it necessary to tell me those things?

Oh yeah and the heat index is 105 degrees today. Super!

p.s. both comments came from women in my office, women who have children. Aren't we supposed to stick together or something?

32 week update

Our internet at home isn't working so I can't post any pictures right now, it should be fixed later this week and I'll get some nursery pictures up then. Haven't had any more contractions since last weekend, I think baby girl got the message that it isn't quite time yet. I am now having weekly appointments and last week's went well. I'm 32 weeks now, so at the most it will only be 7 weeks until we get to meet our girl, can't wait!

Baby gets confused...

So we spent all day Saturday getting baby's room ready. We put togther the crib, moved around furniture, washed her clothes, etc. It was a fun day. That night as I was laying around (I mean accomplishing a lot of important tasks) I started having contractions. They never got to be too painful, but they were pretty regular and consistent. I really hesitated calling the doctor because of my fear of sounding crazy or being annoying to them, but eventually I did and he suggested that I come in and get checked, just to be safe. On the way to the hospital I convinced myself that I was imagining the contractions and was just worried. You see, we lost William the same week we got the room ready for him so there were all sorts of weird thoughts occurring in my head, like "I jinxed this healthy baby by preparing her room!" Anyway, we got to the hospital and I got hooked up to the monitor and guess what? I was actually having contractions, I'm not nuts! They checked my cervix and it is still closed tight and there was no leaking of fluid so after about an hour on the monitor they decided to give me an injection of something (I forget the name but it starts with a T) and that stopped the contractions. I got to go home with instructions to rest on Sunday. No big deal. Dr. Bedia said this is normal for being 31 weeks pregnant and might happen again. After much thinking about it and wondering if I did something to cause the contractions, I realized that baby just got confused. I mean we spent the whole day getting ready for her, so logically she thought it must be time to come out. We've had a nice long talk about how she needs a few more weeks in the cooker and I think things will be fine from here on out.

isn't she cute?

Here are some new ultrasound pictures from our appointment today. I thought I would be freaked out by the 4-D pictures, but they are really cute. Dr. Drake thinks she looks like Mike, which thrilled him! Everything looks good, the little chunker is weighing about 3 lbs. 11 oz. and all other development looks great. We continue to be a mixture of excited/nervous/impatient to meet this little girl.