100% woah woah woah!!

we absolutely LOVE dr. stewart...it's always SO fun when we see him at our appointments. today was no different...first on the agenda was a routine beta strep test. i find out the results next week. it's no big deal...if you have it they just give you an antibiotic while in labor. nurse candance said you can have it for one pregnancy and not for the next.

then dr. stewart checked my cervix...as he was checking he said, "what did i say it was the last time? - wow...it's 100% thinned!" so then it was a series of questions and answers. basically he said it's a good thing...this means my true labor could go fairly quickly. this means i could be at home and by the time i come in to the hospital i could be 4-5cm dilated and if i was planning on an epidural {YES PLEASE} i should get it done as soon as i get there. scott asked, "but it's not like it will happen so fast that she'd have the baby at home, right??" dr. stewart had a smile and told us that he couldn't rule that possibility out...hahaa THANK GOODNESS we live down the street from the hospital. and again, dr. stewart was so amazing and caring making sure we had his home number in the case we do go into labor. i feel like a ticking baby bomb...stay tuned.

here is some information i found out about my cervix being 100% thinned:
{Effacement is generally measured in percentages by doctors and midwives. When you have an exam your provider will tell you that it is anywhere from 0% to 100% which means not effaced at all to completely effaced and thin. When it is completely effaced it becomes a part of the uterine wall, allowing the baby to pass through.} so now scott and i just sit and wait. need to listen to my body and contractions...unless of course my water breaks.

*dr. stewart ~ we are so incredibly BLESSED to have you as our doctor!! thank you!!*

counting down the days...

our appointment with dr. pandipati went super! i was a little scared going in with my gd numbers...they have been all over the place even though my diet has consisted of mainly home cooked meals {again thank you everyone that has brought over a yummy hot meal!!} and i was afraid he would make me take insulin shots. however, he explained that with the progression of the pregnancy {we're one day shy of 35 weeks...wooohoo!!} my body is constantly changing and to keep in mind the margin of error the machine could have. SO, instead of feeling like i failed...i felt fantastic coming out of our appointment. dr. pandipati said i've been doing great and we scheduled another ultrasound appointment for next friday {december 17, 2010}. now, please know that i pretty much have the month of december memorized in my heart BECAUSE on the 16th {next thursday} baby will have reached week 36 and i will be COMPLETELY off of bed rest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! during the appointment i kindly reminded that that was said to me several weeks ago. a pregnant woman that has been on bed rest for the past 7 weeks doesn't forget something like that!! - and boy do i have plans! on the evening i get off bed rest i plan to go to scott's work's holiday party. on the 18th i plan to go to the carter's holiday party and socialize my little heart out with some good friends...then i'd like to do some holiday shopping.
so, another letter to my sweet little boy:

dear sweetheart...
these days...my heart is SO anxious and i am so ready to meet you!! i have a little tickle in my heart that says you might just come this weekend {ali from your daddy's work also thinks so too!!} but my dream also said the week of Christmas...and what an amazing gift you'd be to us!! however, if you decide to come in january...that'd be great too. you'd give me a chance to get everything ready and have some freedom away from the couch. whatever you decide, we are EXCITED beyond words. love you...

ps...last night when we went to labor and delivery, your daddy was SOOOO excited that it might be the day we meet you. me - i was shakin' like bacon.

whew. wasn't ready anyway...

{12. 7. 2010}

i was pretty darn sure my water didn't break but i did have some leaking of fluids. i know at this point in the pregnancy it's normal to leak some urine {eeew, i know} but because of the pre-term concern the advice nurse had me go into labor and delivery at st. vincent's. i REALLY didn't want to go in but we did.
we packed the car as if this were the real deal and checked in on the 3rd floor from the purple elevators. the lady showed us the doors in which to go through and wished us luck...i was not ready for this. at least not tonight...
they had me put on a hospital gown and hooked me up to the monitor...one to follow baby and one for contractions. baby was doing beautifully...i had two contractions and lot's of irritable ones. the nurse was SO incredibly nice...after being there for almost an hour i was sent home after being checked - it was fluid...not my water breaking {and thankfully not urine!!}.
now i'm back at home on the mattress watching the blazer game...enjoying my "normal" tuesday evening once again with scott and charlie. wonder if i'll be here next week...

we've got a stinker on our hands!!

{thursday, december 2, 2010 ~ 34 weeks}

he passed! he passed! the non-stress test of course...we went in for round two this morning and got hooked up to the monitor. our nurse, deb, was shocked at how low he was sitting...she said he's positioned more like a 36-37 week term baby...yikes! but we started to hear his sweet little heartbeat and halfway through the little bugger turned his back to the doppler and the nurse so we couldn't hear his heartbeat. then, we established the base of his heart rate which was right around 140...the acceleration number they wanted to see would have to be at 155 for at least thirty seconds. this stinker would get up to 152-153 and then stop - he sure was messing with us and making that nurse work!!

baby gave the nurse, scott and i a good laugh this morning...luckily, right towards the end of our 20 minutes he accelerated and the nurse came back in saying he had passed - BARELY.

way to go little stinker!! i love your little mischievous personality...