34 weeks

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOUR BABY

Your baby, weighing in at four pounds and 11 oz, and measuring 30cm crown to rump or 16 inches, urinates nearly a pint a day. In fact, the urine, along with sweat and other fluids from the baby, help to make up the amniotic fluid. This amniotic fluid completely replenishes itself every three hours.

Wow......if all goes as planned, Chase will be here in about 4 weeks! How is that possible?!? I SO can't wait to meet him, but i'm really enjoying this pregnancy....even with the bleeding scare last week! I love feeling his little rolls and kicks and when he has the hiccups........I love resting my hand on my tummy and feeling all of that from the outside........i'm going to miss all of it.

As for symptoms/issues, i've noticed i'm waddling alot more now....or so I was told! Ahh, I don't mind it one bit. The heartburn is still around, and the acid reflux at night is back. UGH!!! I've also noticed I have a TON of pressure super low, mainly because Chase is so low down. I've noticed I have some swelling going on with my feet, but I rest them at night and by morning the swelling is gone. It can really hurt some days, though!! I'm still getting out of breath really bad, and from barely doing anything but that is from my one blood pressure med, so I know that will go away once Chase is born and I go back on my regular meds. All in all, this pregnancy has been so great.

We see the regular OB tomorrow afternoon for our weekly ultrasound/check-up.

So I caved

I wasn't going to set up the bassinet playard my sister sent, but I just couldn't wait to see what it looked like set up!!! So, I caved last night......I just LOVE it!!!!


The little animals hanging are adorable lil' hippos....



Ty loved it, too!!

We got our gift today!!

Last month my sister Kathie said she had been talking with my other sister Debbie about getting things for Chase. I honestly didn't think to tell anyone we needed anything, since this is our second baby and it's another boy. Kathie said they wanted to know what we may need and they would get what they could. Well, about a week or so ago I talked with Kathie again and she said Debbie was telling her about a pack and play she had seen that is also a bassinet. I thought it sounded SO cute!! I got my nieces email address (Debbie's daughter) and we got to emailing back and forth and I told her the pack and play sounded really nice, and she said Debbie would go ahead and get it......well, we got it today!!! All I can say is.....WOW!!!! I can't get over how cute it is.....



I just LOVE the color!!! When I saw the box sitting on the porch and saw what it was, I seriously cried. (darn pregnancy hormones! LOL) But it was so sweet of them to even think of getting something for Chase, let alone get something SO nice like that. I can't wait to get it all set up!!!

Debbie, John and Erica.....Thank you all so very much!!!!

Scared :( *UPDATE*

This past weekend I noticed I was cramping pretty bad, plus I kept getting a really sharp pain on my left side. (I had also posted about it the other day) I had my weekly appointment yesterday with weekly ultrasound and everything looked great! I mentioned to the doctor about the cramping and she said since the ultrasound looked good she assumed, like I did, that the cramping was round ligament pains. Well, this afternoon I went pee and when I looked at the thin pantyliner I wear, there was blood. It wasn't a dark red, but then again it had been on the pad for a little while. (it had been awhile since I had peed) When I wiped it was on the toilet paper, and it wasn't red but it wasn't a brown color either. So, I called the OB office, and of course they were out to lunch. But the nurse that loves Tyler called me back and asked what was going on, so I told her and she said they will most likely want me to come in to the office. She said she would talk to the OB (the one we saw yesterday) and would call me back. I called Z at work and told him he should come home, since he has the car now. Once I hear back from the nurse i'll update..........

*So the nurse called me back and told us to go to the office to be checked. So the doctor did an internal exam and said the blood she saw was dark color/old, so that was *good*. They also did a vaginal ultrasound to check my cervix and it is thinning out a little but the baby's sac isn't coming down at all so that is good as well!! I'm supposed to take it easy for a few days and i'm on pelvic rest for two weeks. :( It's so weird, though. I didn't do anything different last night/today than any other day......I wonder what caused the bleed?!?!?

Today's appointment

3:00pm/Dr. Van Ness - Well, we had an ok appointment today. The ultrasound went great!! Chase now weighs 5lbs 2oz. He was moving around pretty good, but the tech still got good measurements. The only bad thing was my pressure was up. The nurse checked it and it was up slightly, and when the doctor came in, after we talked she checked it and it was REALLY high. :( I layed on my left side for 15 minutes and when the nurse came back in and rechecked it it was much better. (whew! If it didn't go down they were going to send me to L&D!! EEK!!)

BTW, we met with a different OB, Dr. Van Ness, and she was awesome!!! We've met all the OB's and every one of them is so great.

We go back next Monday at 2pm.

Such a great weekend!!!

We had such an exciting weekend as far as movement goes!! Saturday night I was laying in bed trying to dose off when I felt Chase start to do his normal thumps and kicks. I layed my hand on my belly and within a few seconds I felt a little thump.....I smiled and next thing I know I felt that little thump again......a few seconds later I felt it again......he had the hiccups!! I've felt the hiccups a few times now, but that was the first time I felt them on the outside like that! It was so neat!!

But the big excitement of the weekend was......TYLER FELT CHASE FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM THE OUTSIDE!!! It was SO amazing!!! I was laying across the bed yesterday afternoon trying to get the icky cramps to ease up. As usual, Chase was kicking/thumping up a storm. I asked Ty if he wanted to try and feel his brother and he said "OK!" Well, he layed his hand on my stomach and pressed lightly. I expected him to get antsy and just give up when all of the sudden I felt a kick near Ty's hand, and before I could ask Ty if he felt it he said "Mommy! I felt Chase move! I felt my brother!!!" His eyes were huge and the smile on his face was just as big. I got teary eyed and said "How cool was that, bud?!?" And he said "That was super cool!!"

33 weeks

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOUR BABY

Your baby weighs approximately four pounds, five ounces, and measures 20cm crown to rump, or 15 3/4 inches. You may notice rhythmic movements across your belly now. This could mean your baby has a case of the hiccups.

I know I keep saying this, but time is going by so fast! I can't believe Chase may be here in about 5 weeks!! As for symptoms, I still have the heartburn issue going on. I also have TONS of pressure in the hoohaa area, and sometimes it even feels bruised. Also, yesterday I noticed I had some nasty crampy feelings all afternoon. I ended up giving in and taking some Tylenol, but even then it didn't take all the crampy feeling away. I woke up at 2am with them and had to take more Tylenol. :( I know they're not contractions since my belly isn't tight at all.....it really feels like aunt flo is on her way, so i'm guessing things are still stretching in there. They really are painful, though. :(

We see the OB doctor tomorrow for another ultrasound. :)