1 week down

only 5.5 more weeks to go...

So far bed rest has been going okay so far. Still working on keeping comfortable on the couch, it is a fabulous squishy couch, but you just sink down too far when you are on your side, so my hips have been hurting from all the pressure that is put on them. I have started putting pillows at the areas where my hips are, but if you have to readjust at all you have to move EVERYTHING! yikes. I am trying not to do my bed rest actually IN BED so that way when I go to bed at night it's like a respite, and for sleeping only, and I try to not nap during the day so that I can actually sleep at night, and I have been sleeping really well at night! thank goodness!

A friend brought over a collection of Rogers and Hammerstein movies for me to borrow, those will keep me entertained for the next few afternoons. Watched the King and I yesterday and am watching Oklahoma today! Another friend who has an extensive DVD collection has offered to bring me a bunch of movies to borrow as well, plus I have been getting stuff on Netflix.

Kyle has set up the laptop out here in the living room on some boxes so it is at the right level next to the couch so I don't have to get up to use it.

I just wish that I could be a little more mobile so that I could do productive things while I am stuck here, like cutting out quilt pieces, or knitting (it's hard to knit when you are supposed to stay on your side, even in a reclining position), or working on the crib bumper and skirt, or sanding and painting the nursery furniture. *sigh* it's really hard to stay on bed rest when you are in full blown nesting mode and in your last month and half of pregnancy!

We are still waiting to hear if Kyle can work from home and how that will all work out. My mom has started a meals calendar for us, so there will be a little bit less for him to do when he gets home from work some days, because dinner will be waiting for him! yay! My mom has also been able to come over a couple of afternoons this week and just hang out so I am not completely alone and she has done a little bit of housework for us, which helps Kyle out a bunch too. Poor man, he is getting a whirlwind education in what it's like to be a wife and mother and housekeeper all at once, while still having to be husband and breadwinner.

We had another ultrasound on Monday just to make sure Baby Girl wasn't having any issues from my high BP before. She is looking really really healthy and already 5lbs 6oz! We got to see her full face, it looks like she has the Anderson/Svindal (my mom's side of the family) chin, and she has the cutest chubby looking cheeks! I want to squeeze and kiss them so much! We only have 2.5 more weeks until we are full term and then anything can happen... but if we can go 40 weeks full term that will be good.

Until next time... I will still be here.

the cutest little hangers!

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How could you tell me you wouldn't want one of those, even if you don't have a nursery to hang it in, you could put it in your laundry room with your last name on it, or get it for a bride with MRS on it, so cute!!

For The Best Part of My Day

This girl is amazing! I love her voice and can't wait for her to get a CD out! I would buy it in a heartbeat!

I love you Babe!

At least I will be well rested?

So I am now on bed rest... Full and complete, only a five minute shower a day, you really shouldn't be getting up for anything except to pee bed rest.

I am not really sick or anything but my blood pressure has just been higher than what the doc wants (but not that high) so it is preventive bed rest, but most likely until she is born :( but I feel fine... And!!! my blood pressure is fine when I am at home, it is just when I go into the doctors office that I get nervous and it goes up! grrr.

We
*get*
to go to
the doctor's twice a week
for check-ups

and

the hospital once a week
for monitoring for a couple hours!
exciting!
The labor and delivery nurses are going to know me real well before this little girl comes out!

Currently (if you look at my sidebar widget pregnancy counter thingy) we are at 33 weeks. The doctor warned us that we might have to get her out of there sooner than her due date if things don't clear up, so I am just hoping and praying that everything will be fine (it was for the monitoring at the hospital today, go me!) and that we can at least make it to 37 weeks (the end of Feb) so that she is considered full term and won't have to go to the NICU.

Pray that we can figure out a schedule, Kyle is going to try working from home so he can be here to help me. He is also going to have to take care of all the housework and errands since I am not allowed to do any of it. Also that I will be able to be "good" and stay in bed and let others do things for me. That baby and I will stay healthy and that I can carry her to full term. We are trying to figure out all that we will need, help-wise and baby preparedness-wise so we can get help from friends.

I know God has a reason behind all of this, and I am trying to look for that. I think I have found a few... I really need to learn to let go and let others take care of things, and not try to take it all on myself to do. I need to lean on God for my strength. I need to remember that he will never give me more than I can handle. That's what I have so far, and I am sure much more will come out of this as the weeks go by...

Appointment

Going to the Doctor's this morning to hear results...

Hopefully my BP is low enough that I get taken off of house arrest. It's been looking pretty good the last few days, at least in my untrained eyes.

Hopefully too, they have the results of my 3 hr(ugh!) glucose test from yesterday and all the results are normal so I don't have to see the dietitian.

I have this itching feeling in the back of my mind that all is not going to fall in place how I want, but maybe that is just my pessimist side trying to get me to not be so disappointed if everything falls to pieces...



...Update later today hopefully...

House arrest

That is what I am on this week. It kind of sucks.

At my last OB check I had gained 12lbs in the one month since I had been in (it really doesn't feel like it) but I was swollen too, so they think it might be some water weight too. I passed protein (or glucose? don't remember which) in my urine sample; I hate those! and my blood pressure was a little high.

So what do they do? Put me on house arrest...

I am not even allowed to go for a walk!!!!!!

and they really don't want me going out shopping or anything, so Kyle gets to do that when he isn't at work, poor man.

They are basically monitoring me to see if I am heading towards Pre-eclampsia (which is no bueno for me or the baby and I would rather they catch it early, but it is just such a pain!), so I get to take my blood pressure 4 times a day and will go to see the doctor again on Friday to assess where I am at.

I am really hoping and praying that they don't put me on bed rest!! I don't think I could handle 2 months of that! it's hard enough being stuck at home, but being stuck sitting/reclining allllllllllll day long?!?! ugh.

That and I feel like there is just so much to do still before she comes! I just got a bunch of supplies so that I could work on nursery stuff, and now I might not be able to do any of it. I know it doesn't matter if the nursery isn't all together, and baby doesn't care or notice, but I really wanted things together before she came so that I wouldn't have to think about it after... *sigh*

Oh yeah, I also "get" to take another 3 hour glucose test... blech!! The last one they had me do (right after Christmas) had one abnormal reading, so they wanted me to wait a month (because they thought the holidays might have affected it) and then do another one to see how it panned out. That is on Thursday. If there are any abnormal readings on it, then they send me to a gestational diabetes counselor/dietitian to see if I do have GD or if I just need to be monitoring what foods I eat. Pray for normal readings!

Sorry for the grumpy downer of a post. Just wanted to let you all know what was going on..

On a more positive note!

We went to have a very detailed ultrasound to scan for any clefts in Baby Girl since I have a family history; my sister had a cleft lip and I had a cleft lip and palate. Her scans were all clear and she looked very healthy!

Also, I have just started being able to see my belly move when she kicks! Really cool and really creepy all at the same time! I was telling Kyle last night that I feel like an alien is going to pop out of my stomach and grab at us!!!!

So that is what is going on in Haughey Baby land. Updates to follow, hopefully with good news!

Lisa Leonard giveaway!

Lisa is giving away another one of her gorgeous necklaces! This is the newest design that she has unveiled! Go check it out and enter to win!!

SLO bound!!!

Going to be in SLO next week!!!! Kyle has been asked to work the job fair at CP again for Apple and so we are headed down for a whirlwind trip! We will leave here Wednesday after work and be there until Thursday Afternoon sometime! I would love to see any and all of you if I can! I will be free all Thursday AM while Kyle is recruiting his heart out! I know a lot of you will probably be at Bible study at Grace, but maybe I can sit in the back or something, or you could ditch with me and we could go on a great adventure to Avila or somewhere! Don't worry, Jesus will still love you! ^_^ If you are free or want to hang out, let me know!!!! I am so stoked! eeee! I have missed you SLO-town!


PS. we had a scare there for a minute! I check the calendar after Kyle had agreed to everything, and I am all pumped to go, and lo and behold there is my OB appointment staring me in the face! On Thursday AM!!! NOOOOOOOO! one quick call later and we are rescheduled and set to go! yippee!

Vanity...

...Thy name is Carrie.


So, yesterday while getting ready for church I am blow-drying my hair and looking at myself straight on in the bathroom mirror and I realize...



...wait for it...







...



I STILL HAVE A WAIST LINE!!!!!!!

Yup, that's right folks! Despite my burgeoning baby belly, I still got my curves in the right spots! Just don't look at me from the side, or you will see all the junk I got in my trunk!

It made me feel so good about myself yesterday.

It really is the little things, right?




Now it is time for this curvy mama to do the laundry. yay?


PS. What do you all wash your baby's clothes in? Do you have a special detergent? I have received a bunch of (ADORABLE!!!!!) hand-me-down baby clothes from a friend and want to wash them before I put them away. I am sure they are already clean, but I like to have stuff washed in my soaps before I use them if they are given to me.... Mostly because I use unscented soaps, my mom always did and I like that my clothes don't smell like other stuff.

I used Trader Joes Plant based Laundry Detergent, unscented, and OxiClean... I know the OxiClean should be good, because the makers of the diapers I registered for (Fuzzi Bunz) recommends using it to clean the diapers thoroughly, but I am not sure about the TJ's soap... I think it will be okay because it is plant based and unscented. Thoughts? I know Dreft is really recommended for baby's sensitive skin, but if there are no scents or anything else, you should be okay, right?

So not ready!

30 weeks preggo this week...

10 weeks left to go (give or take, I still don't buy the OB's due date, but will continue to go by that for continuity's sake).

The nursery is nowhere near ready. At least all the random boxes are slowly being cleaned out of there!

We only just finished (and started) registering this week. I think we have registered for everything that we need. Only just decided on a crib today, after much deliberation, that was the hardest thing I think!!!

I think I am finally starting to really get a vision for what I want this nursery to look like, (Jeannett's girl's room was very helpful with that!) now I just need to hunker down and get going on it! I haven't liked any of the bedding sets that I have seen, so that means going to the fabric store and picking stuff for the bumper, bed/crib skirt and curtains! and then making them! For those of you who have made them, did you make the bumper and skirt from scratch or build on to/cover existing ones (specifically the bumper)? I think I can manage the skirt, and I KNOW I can do curtains! Does anyone know where I can get a cute smallish chandelier for cheap? I so want to hang one in the nursery!

Realizing that I need to paint the furniture that we already have, rocker, ottoman, dresser, nightstand... oh, just realized I should make a slip cover for the rocker and ottoman cushions... The cradle will be fine, as it will live in our room for the most part... Plus, I don't know how my parent's will feel about me painting it, since it is theirs and my dad and grandpa stained it...

I also haven't had any showers yet... my sister is planning one, but we are trying to figure out if my parent's church (the one I grew up in, seriously, since I was 3 months old and until I moved to SLO for school) will be throwing me one, and if the church we are attending now will be throwing me one, because if not, the guest list is HUGE!!!! and I have pared it down as much as I can! But at this rate it's not going to be thrown until the end of February and that is pushing it really close to D-Day... Makes me nervous. Don't people usually approach the expectant mom and offer and try to set these up early on? I don't know the protocol for baby showers... I had three bridal showers and they all just kind of happened.

Okay, that's enough of my ramblings for now... If you are still reading this, you are a saint!