I haven't been posting a lot this week because I've just been sitting around bored on maternity leave waiting on this baby. Also, I've reached the point in pregnancy where I'm annoyed at everything, so I figured it was better to not be grumpy on the Internet.
Anyway, I had my weekly appointment with Dr. Labban this morning. Blood pressure, urine, everything still looked good. He did actually check my cervix today. And holy crap that was a terrible experience and now I'm really glad he didn't do it last week. No one told me it was going to hurt so bad. Anyway, there is some progress going on at least. I'm 1-2 cm dilated, 70% effaced, and the baby's head is at a -1 station. Dr. Labban said he could feel the head and he's hopeful we'll be having a baby this weekend. But just in case he doesn't come this weekend, we did schedule a non-stress test for Tuesday and an ultrasound for Wednesday.
But here's to hoping he'll come right on time on his due date, tomorrow.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Doctor
Weekly doctor's appointment this morning. Everything still looking good. For some reason I thought they were going to check my cervix, but I was wrong so I got half naked for nothing. Apparently Dr. Labban doesn't check until your due date (although I still think that he said 39 weeks last week and that he'd check it today). He would have checked it if I asked, but I don't really care because it doesn't really mean anything.
In other news, this baby is so low my maternity shirts don't really keep him covered anymore. So I'm super sexy walking around with the bottom pointy part of my stretch-marked belly hanging out. Oh, yeah.
Also, for weeks I have been saying I thought our little one would come early and I thought he would be born on January 23rd. I guess my mother's intuition was wrong on that one. Still right about him being a boy though! Although the odds may have been in my favor on that "guess."
Anyway, for now we're sitting tight trying to convince the baby that birthdays are fun and he wants to have one. So far, no takers...
In other news, this baby is so low my maternity shirts don't really keep him covered anymore. So I'm super sexy walking around with the bottom pointy part of my stretch-marked belly hanging out. Oh, yeah.
Also, for weeks I have been saying I thought our little one would come early and I thought he would be born on January 23rd. I guess my mother's intuition was wrong on that one. Still right about him being a boy though! Although the odds may have been in my favor on that "guess."
Anyway, for now we're sitting tight trying to convince the baby that birthdays are fun and he wants to have one. So far, no takers...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Leave
Maternity Leave Day 2
I'm so thankful I'm in a position to take maternity leave. Especially a generous 18-week one that started two weeks before my due date.
But....
I am so bored. Normally I'm happy for days off, but I feel restless and ready to have a baby. So sitting around waiting for him to pop out is... frustrating? I'm not sure what the right word is. All I know is I've already cleaned everything, packed the bag, tweezed my eyebrows, almost completed another pair of baby pants, and there's only so much Netflix one can take.
I might have to take myself to the movies tomorrow or something. Here's to hoping Baby Madren comes sooner rather than later before I drive myself nuts.
I'm so thankful I'm in a position to take maternity leave. Especially a generous 18-week one that started two weeks before my due date.
But....
I am so bored. Normally I'm happy for days off, but I feel restless and ready to have a baby. So sitting around waiting for him to pop out is... frustrating? I'm not sure what the right word is. All I know is I've already cleaned everything, packed the bag, tweezed my eyebrows, almost completed another pair of baby pants, and there's only so much Netflix one can take.
I might have to take myself to the movies tomorrow or something. Here's to hoping Baby Madren comes sooner rather than later before I drive myself nuts.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Bump Watch 38 weeks
Baby is the size of a:
News: I'm now on maternity leave!
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Cup
I can't believe I forgot to mention this in my earlier post!
So every OB visit starts with peeing in a cup. I hate peeing in cups. Always have. And pretty much until I became pregnant, I think my body was incapable of doing it.
So I went in today and headed to the restroom to leave my sample. Which I've gotten used to, even though I don't like doing it, but now that I'm extremely pregnant it has become quite difficult as I can't see what I'm doing down there. So I'm peeing (mostly) in the cup this morning and then all of a sudden... I drop the cup in the toilet! Argh! I managed to stop midstream, grab another cup, and manage to get enough in there for them to test, but I'm sure the lab worker was wondering what was going on since I was laughing at the whole ordeal and I'm positive she could hear it on the other side of the little window. And then I had to fish the cup I dropped out of the bowl because I'm pretty sure those aren't flushable. So, yeah... That was pretty awesome.
So every OB visit starts with peeing in a cup. I hate peeing in cups. Always have. And pretty much until I became pregnant, I think my body was incapable of doing it.
So I went in today and headed to the restroom to leave my sample. Which I've gotten used to, even though I don't like doing it, but now that I'm extremely pregnant it has become quite difficult as I can't see what I'm doing down there. So I'm peeing (mostly) in the cup this morning and then all of a sudden... I drop the cup in the toilet! Argh! I managed to stop midstream, grab another cup, and manage to get enough in there for them to test, but I'm sure the lab worker was wondering what was going on since I was laughing at the whole ordeal and I'm positive she could hear it on the other side of the little window. And then I had to fish the cup I dropped out of the bowl because I'm pretty sure those aren't flushable. So, yeah... That was pretty awesome.
Doctor and Doula
We had our weekly visit to Dr. Labban this morning. Everything is still looking good. Apparently our little one is so far down that Mark could only feel shoulders and not his head. I'm hopeful that means he's coming next week. Because I think I'm reaching the "Get this baby out of me" threshold. I still maintain that I will endure whatever he thinks is necessary, but I'm hoping he chooses to make his arrival sooner rather than later.
We also had our prenatal appointment with our doula, Barbara Lehr, last night. That went well. I'm actually feeling fairly prepared for this whole labor thing and I've not really been scared or anxious about it at all. I just have this weird confidence that everything will be fine. I feel like that's probably not normal, but whatever. I'm glad I'm not scared or worried. And I'm glad we've enlisted some experienced help. Because as awesome as Seth is (seriously I owe a post on this topic, but it's hard for me to think about without getting overwhelmed with love and gratitude and tearing up... he's been that amazing), I'm really glad to have someone who gets it and can help in ways he, by no fault of his own, can't. Especially if there comes a point when I may not be able to articulate what I need.
We also had our prenatal appointment with our doula, Barbara Lehr, last night. That went well. I'm actually feeling fairly prepared for this whole labor thing and I've not really been scared or anxious about it at all. I just have this weird confidence that everything will be fine. I feel like that's probably not normal, but whatever. I'm glad I'm not scared or worried. And I'm glad we've enlisted some experienced help. Because as awesome as Seth is (seriously I owe a post on this topic, but it's hard for me to think about without getting overwhelmed with love and gratitude and tearing up... he's been that amazing), I'm really glad to have someone who gets it and can help in ways he, by no fault of his own, can't. Especially if there comes a point when I may not be able to articulate what I need.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Dedication and Godparent
Seth and I have attended First United Church here in Bloomington our entire marriage. We decided we wanted to have the baby dedicated or baptized there before we move back to North Carolina.
After talking to our pastors and each other about our beliefs regarding baptism, we decided to dedicate the baby instead of having him actually baptized with water.
We didn't really have a specific time frame in mind originally, but my parents indicated that they'd like to be there for it, as did Seth's parents, so now the plan is to do it rather quickly after he is born! Mostly for the travel convenience for grandparents.
So, our little one will be dedicated at First United on the second Sunday of his life (hopefully). For example, if he arrives next Wednesday, January 23rd, his dedication with be Sunday, February 3rd.
We're posting this so that friends and family who would like to witness this event can somewhat plan accordingly once he actually arrives. We want everyone to know they are more than welcome to attend, but also to not feel obligated to do so. We don't want to exclude anyone or worry about official invitations and just didn't realize there would be so much interest in going.
Also, we hadn't announced it on the blog yet, but we did choose to designate a godparent for Baby Madren. While we were home in October, we asked Seth's cousin Suzanne to be his godparent and she was happy to say yes. We're really happy as well, as we think Suzanne will be an excellent godparent (clearly).
After talking to our pastors and each other about our beliefs regarding baptism, we decided to dedicate the baby instead of having him actually baptized with water.
We didn't really have a specific time frame in mind originally, but my parents indicated that they'd like to be there for it, as did Seth's parents, so now the plan is to do it rather quickly after he is born! Mostly for the travel convenience for grandparents.
So, our little one will be dedicated at First United on the second Sunday of his life (hopefully). For example, if he arrives next Wednesday, January 23rd, his dedication with be Sunday, February 3rd.
We're posting this so that friends and family who would like to witness this event can somewhat plan accordingly once he actually arrives. We want everyone to know they are more than welcome to attend, but also to not feel obligated to do so. We don't want to exclude anyone or worry about official invitations and just didn't realize there would be so much interest in going.
Also, we hadn't announced it on the blog yet, but we did choose to designate a godparent for Baby Madren. While we were home in October, we asked Seth's cousin Suzanne to be his godparent and she was happy to say yes. We're really happy as well, as we think Suzanne will be an excellent godparent (clearly).
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