Yeah, that's Us in the upper left and the daycare in the lower right. In other words, it couldn't be any farther away and still be in the same AREA CODE! I did find one daycare that wouldn't be a horrible drive, it's actually in Josh's old house on Seattle Slew, and it has an opening for an infant. I wasn't blown away by her conversation skills on the phone, but we're meeting anyway next Week, so I'll reserve final judgment until then. It's just so hard because we're talking about my daughter here, and I don't want to leave her with just anyone. So, I'm counting on God to show us the right place. Everything else has worked well on His time through this pregancy, so why not this, too?! So, if anyone knows of someone who does daycare for infants I'd love some names!Friday, August 31, 2007
The Search
Well, one of the not -SO- exciting things about having a baby is finding a daycare to send that sweet six week old to when I have to go to work. I had several ideas early on and thought this would be taken care of and I would get to leave our baby with someone I at least knew. Unfortunately, both of the options I had fell through. So Josh and I are at square one with only 2 months or so until we HAVE to have a daycare. We got one recommendation, but when we went to meet her, the house smelled like cat, so she was a no. So I've spent several days searching a database of daycares in Columbia. Most of them are in neighborhoods I wouldn't feel comfortable with. the one that was actually in our neighborhood doesn't have any openings (bummer). And the ones that aren't in ugly neighborhoods usually come out looking like this on mapauest...
Yeah, that's Us in the upper left and the daycare in the lower right. In other words, it couldn't be any farther away and still be in the same AREA CODE! I did find one daycare that wouldn't be a horrible drive, it's actually in Josh's old house on Seattle Slew, and it has an opening for an infant. I wasn't blown away by her conversation skills on the phone, but we're meeting anyway next Week, so I'll reserve final judgment until then. It's just so hard because we're talking about my daughter here, and I don't want to leave her with just anyone. So, I'm counting on God to show us the right place. Everything else has worked well on His time through this pregancy, so why not this, too?! So, if anyone knows of someone who does daycare for infants I'd love some names!
Yeah, that's Us in the upper left and the daycare in the lower right. In other words, it couldn't be any farther away and still be in the same AREA CODE! I did find one daycare that wouldn't be a horrible drive, it's actually in Josh's old house on Seattle Slew, and it has an opening for an infant. I wasn't blown away by her conversation skills on the phone, but we're meeting anyway next Week, so I'll reserve final judgment until then. It's just so hard because we're talking about my daughter here, and I don't want to leave her with just anyone. So, I'm counting on God to show us the right place. Everything else has worked well on His time through this pregancy, so why not this, too?! So, if anyone knows of someone who does daycare for infants I'd love some names!
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
9 Days
I had my weekly appointments again yesterday, and Dr. Grant (ultrasound guru) said something rather disturbing... he said "We need you to stay pregnant for at least 9 more days." I was like, "9 DAYS?! Shouldn't it be a little longer then that?!" I don't know if I'm ready to start counting days! Anyway, that's really just typical Dr. Grant, and he wasn't saying he thought I wouldn't stay pregnant for 9 more days, or even that I would go into labor then. He was just letting me know that in 9 more days I would be "term" and the baby would be ok if I went into laboor anytime after that. It was just a little disturbing to hear it talked about in days, rather than weeks... and single digit days on top of that!
Otherwise my appointments went just fine. Dr. Boulicault said I am 1 cm dialated all the way through now, but not effaced at all. She said I would probably be pregnant for awhile still, which was nice to hear after the 9 days comment! I do have Group B Strep, but that's no big deal, just some antibiotics during labor. So everything (and everyone) looks healthy and ready to go! :) And I got this really cute picture... it's a profile, and you can see her lips and tongue sticking out. She kept doing that during the ultrasound, it was so cute! Enjoy! :)
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Least Favorite
**Warning... unedited pregnancy content ahead**
Today I made a decision... my new, least favorite words in the English language are "waist down." See, every time someone says those words, something unpleasant happens to me. Last week when I went to the doctor, they said "It'll be waist down today" and I had to have a vaginal ultrasound.
I was half expecting that, so it wasn't a huge deal. But I thought I was safe this week... then again, maybe not! I was heading into the exam room, and the nurse said "Today's your day to have the Strep B test, so it'll be waist down." So I had to have a strep swab, and let's just say they weren't swabbing my throat... Not so pleasant... Then, to make matters worse, I guess since I was already sitting there in nothing but a tank top and a sheet, my doctor decided she wanted to check my cervix. THAT was less than pleasant as well. So, my new least favorite words in the English language are "waist down."
Anyway, other then the general unpleasantness, my appointments both went well today. I gained a couple of pounds, which is not surprising. Elena scored a 10/10 on her biophysical profile (that means she moved, she did her practice breathing, there's enough fluid, and she extended her arm or leg). She is (still) laying head down, which at this point is great. I'm having a few little contractions, but the doctor wasn't worried about them. And I got one more cute picture.
So all is well in baby world, and if I never hear "waist down" again, I'll be happier for it. Although, I get the feeling there won't be any shortage of "waist down" experiences in the next few weeks!
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Doctor's Appointments
Well, I've had 3 doctors' appointments since Friday, so I thought it would be good to update everyone.
Friday I had two appointments. The first was with the dietician, which was not one I was looking forward to. My blood sugar had been pretty controlled, but after the last round with the dietician, I wasn't too excited to go again! But this time I met with just the assistant, who was a lot more polite. And, since my blood sugar was so controlled, she said that I didn't have to come back! So that was a major YAY! :)
My second appointment on Friday was with Dr. Boulicault, my regular OB. I'm seeing her every two weeks, although I think that might be increased to every week fairly quickly. Everything went pretty well there, she took a look at my blood sugar record, too, and said it looked good. I had a few high readings, but they were pretty easy to track (one was because I ate a piece of cake at my baby shower, the other because I didn't realize a Panera sourdough roll had 38 grams of carbs) so she wasn't worried. And I actually lost 4 pounds since my last appointment. Not that my stomach is getting any smaller, that's FOR SURE! But I guess I lost weight from everywhere else. Anyway, overall it was a positive appointment.
My last appointment was today, it was my weekly ultrasound/non-stress test. Today they checked my cervix, too, to see if the placenta had moved. Anyway, the ultrasound was fun... seeing Elena on the screen, moving around, doesn't really ever get old. Although, she was not really moving too much today, apparently we caught her during naptime, because she was not cooperating. They had to use the buzzer on her twice, and the technician did a lot of poking with the ultrasound thing, but she still didn't want to move around. The picture I got only shows half of her face because she was holding her hands in front of it. It's pretty cute... Anyway, then I did the non-stress test, and she moved a little, but not nearly as much as last week (they couldn't keep her heartbeat monitor on her because she moved too much). Then I got to talk to Dr. Grant. He is the ultrasound/high risk pregnancy guru. Anyway, he said that my non-stress test looked good, but that I was having small contractions. I guess it's pretty normal after 34 weeks, and since I'm 33 weeks and 5/7 days, he wasn't too worried about it. But the big news of the day was that, although the placenta hasn't moved (it's still like 1/2 a centimeter from my cervix) he didn't think that it was so close that I would have to have a c-section. So that made my day, because, although I know a c-section wouldn't be the end of the world, I'd like to have a regular birth.
So there's my update from the last few appointments... it's actually refreshing that today's appointment was the only one for me this week! And next week I have two, but on the same afternoon. I guess that's just what I get for being a high risk pregnancy! Here's hoping the birth is smoother than the pregnancy! :)
Friday I had two appointments. The first was with the dietician, which was not one I was looking forward to. My blood sugar had been pretty controlled, but after the last round with the dietician, I wasn't too excited to go again! But this time I met with just the assistant, who was a lot more polite. And, since my blood sugar was so controlled, she said that I didn't have to come back! So that was a major YAY! :)
My second appointment on Friday was with Dr. Boulicault, my regular OB. I'm seeing her every two weeks, although I think that might be increased to every week fairly quickly. Everything went pretty well there, she took a look at my blood sugar record, too, and said it looked good. I had a few high readings, but they were pretty easy to track (one was because I ate a piece of cake at my baby shower, the other because I didn't realize a Panera sourdough roll had 38 grams of carbs) so she wasn't worried. And I actually lost 4 pounds since my last appointment. Not that my stomach is getting any smaller, that's FOR SURE! But I guess I lost weight from everywhere else. Anyway, overall it was a positive appointment.
My last appointment was today, it was my weekly ultrasound/non-stress test. Today they checked my cervix, too, to see if the placenta had moved. Anyway, the ultrasound was fun... seeing Elena on the screen, moving around, doesn't really ever get old. Although, she was not really moving too much today, apparently we caught her during naptime, because she was not cooperating. They had to use the buzzer on her twice, and the technician did a lot of poking with the ultrasound thing, but she still didn't want to move around. The picture I got only shows half of her face because she was holding her hands in front of it. It's pretty cute... Anyway, then I did the non-stress test, and she moved a little, but not nearly as much as last week (they couldn't keep her heartbeat monitor on her because she moved too much). Then I got to talk to Dr. Grant. He is the ultrasound/high risk pregnancy guru. Anyway, he said that my non-stress test looked good, but that I was having small contractions. I guess it's pretty normal after 34 weeks, and since I'm 33 weeks and 5/7 days, he wasn't too worried about it. But the big news of the day was that, although the placenta hasn't moved (it's still like 1/2 a centimeter from my cervix) he didn't think that it was so close that I would have to have a c-section. So that made my day, because, although I know a c-section wouldn't be the end of the world, I'd like to have a regular birth.
So there's my update from the last few appointments... it's actually refreshing that today's appointment was the only one for me this week! And next week I have two, but on the same afternoon. I guess that's just what I get for being a high risk pregnancy! Here's hoping the birth is smoother than the pregnancy! :)
Saturday, August 4, 2007
What a Difference a Day Makes!
Well, it was a little more than a day, but let's just say that the nursery looks TOTALLY DIFFERENT now! :) See, Ellen threw me a baby shower with the ladies from church, and it was a lot of fun! I was surprised by how many people came, it was so nice of them. And Ellen (and Mom, who had it at her house) did such a great job with everything. The food was great (not that I was able to eat much of it, which was frustrating) and it was a nice, relaxed shower. I'm not a big fru-fru person (I know, a shock), so it was mostly just hanging out, talking, eating, and telling stories. And, of course, opening presents! Which is not my favorite thing to do in a huge group of people, but I felt pretty comfortable this time. Anyway, it was awesome, especially seeing how many people came, and how excited they are for me and Josh. So here are some pictures from the big event...
The cake... isn't it cute?! Ellen and Ruth helping me unwrap
Josh's favorite present- a Daddy's diaper changing kit, complete with tongs, masks, gloves, and (of course) diapers.
The previously clean nursery...
And, since our nursery looked like the Target baby department exploded in it, Josh and I spent Thursday night organizing, hanging, building, and playing with all of the fun baby stuff we got! So now we have a nursery that might actually be close to ready for a baby... except for the missing changing table. Our daughter has more clothes than I do, I think... I hung stuff up all evening, and ran out of hangers (even though we had 40 of them) before I got everything hung up. Then we filled the dresser, too! Josh built a bouncy seat, a swing and the high chair. We had a lot of fun doing it, and seeing the nursery so put together makes me so excited about having a baby! I can't believe, only 7 (or so) more weeks to go...
The already full closet, the swing, and the new bouncy seat, complete with waterfall! :)
The crib... we had the hardest time deciding which blankets to put on the edges, because Ellen made us a quilt, Danette made us a quilt, Susie did some beautiful crochet on a blanket, and Libby (from Midway school) knitted us this neat blanket. So they're all four hanging on there for now! :)
Truman helped, as usual! :)
The cake... isn't it cute?! Ellen and Ruth helping me unwrap
Josh's favorite present- a Daddy's diaper changing kit, complete with tongs, masks, gloves, and (of course) diapers.
The previously clean nursery...
And, since our nursery looked like the Target baby department exploded in it, Josh and I spent Thursday night organizing, hanging, building, and playing with all of the fun baby stuff we got! So now we have a nursery that might actually be close to ready for a baby... except for the missing changing table. Our daughter has more clothes than I do, I think... I hung stuff up all evening, and ran out of hangers (even though we had 40 of them) before I got everything hung up. Then we filled the dresser, too! Josh built a bouncy seat, a swing and the high chair. We had a lot of fun doing it, and seeing the nursery so put together makes me so excited about having a baby! I can't believe, only 7 (or so) more weeks to go...
The already full closet, the swing, and the new bouncy seat, complete with waterfall! :)
The crib... we had the hardest time deciding which blankets to put on the edges, because Ellen made us a quilt, Danette made us a quilt, Susie did some beautiful crochet on a blanket, and Libby (from Midway school) knitted us this neat blanket. So they're all four hanging on there for now! :)
Truman helped, as usual! :)
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