Well, this is it...my last pregnancy post before the big day!! As you can see I have gotten really big and I LOVE it when people come up to me and say "are you sure your aren't having twins?" what kind of question is that???? I try to just let those things roll!! Well tomorrow is our big day and I am excited but BUSY trying to get things done! I'm off to bed early tonight so I get some good rest hopefully!!!
Well this is it! My final 2 weeks have arrived! I am soo ready as always but I have accepted the fact that i won't go early so it is just a waiting game at this point. I went to the OB on Wednesday and she said everything is perfect. She weighs 6-6 1/2 pounds so by the time we deliver she will be around 7 pounds or a little more. PERFECT! And I did score a free H1N1 vaccine while I was there so that is good...now if I could only get the rest of the crew vaccinated I will sleep a little easier. Who knows if or when that will happen though. My pinched nerve in my stomach is just AWFUL, as usual and she said the only remedy for it is delivery...which will bring on a whole new array of aches and pains but she will be so worth it! It is really sinking in that the end is in sight so that gives me much joy to think about that rather than that fact that I have been pregnant since JANUARY!! That is a long time! Well, Heath-o is ready for me to check out his paint job in the nursery so I am off. Week 39 here we come!!! 
Well here I am this week in all of my glory!! I am feeling rather huge these days and when I walk I have to remind myself not to do the pregnancy waddle!! No contractions so far and I am not expecting a whole lot in that area b/c I probably won't go into labor before my delivery date. I am just one of those lucky gals who gets to stay pregnant until the doctor decides it is time to take the baby. It must be really warm and comfy in there---my girls just don't want to come out!! On an exciting note...tomorrow is my last day of teaching. YIPEE!! I will be so glad when that alarm has not gone off at 6am and I can take an afternoon nap!! Each day seems longer and harder as I expected it would. By the end of the day, I am so tired and sore that all I can do is go home and put my feet up. Heath has been AWESOME the last couple of weeks doing all of the housework and laundry. Thank goodness b/c I can't even think about chores after work. I did fix dinner, pick up Crosby, and get milk and oj last night! that is a HUGE amount accomplished for me in an evening!! Heath did say last night that he is missing the "old Danelle" and is ready to have me back. I have been feeling that way for about a month now! We did have some good laughs last night...we set up a Facebook page for Heath and he and Adler and I were just rolling!! We put a random picture of my cousin Jared as his profile pic and we were putting random things on his status and friend requests. We were being sooo goofy but no one said anything!! I can't believe no one noticed that picture of Jared yet!!! TOO FUNNY! If you haven't already jump on and friend Heath and check it out!!!
Heath said that this outfit made my tummy look really big and I tried to convince him that it wasn't just the outfit....that I am BIG!!! I had an OB appt. today that went very well. Today the baby had the hiccups (she does at least once a day or more!!) during the Doppler and then she would kick at the noise of it. The nurse was laughing so hard and I was just looking at her like "welcome to my everyday!!" Hiccups and big time movement are just normal for her!! I know this is the ONE this I will miss about being pregnant---not feeling her move inside of me, it is just the coolest thing! So the Dr. said that we are doing great and doesn't even need to see me next week!! She said unless I start contracting or swelling than I will go back in 2 weeks! So I scheduled a two week appt and then one for the next week and we realized that was it!! After that the baby will be here!! I have no doubt that I will carry her all of the way to my delivery date even though she pushed it back a week. I am not planning or even holding out hope that I will go early. My body just doesn't work that way... even being almost 2 weeks overdue with Adler I NEVER dilated even to a finger tip. The only reason I went into labor was b/c she was so big the pressure forced my water to break sending me into contractions that led to... nada---hence the c-section. I am told the opening of my uterus is 180 degrees from where it should be (in line with the opening of my cervix) so there is no way for a baby to be born naturally!! Awesome!! She also said she felt like the baby was back to being breech. I'm telling you...these girls do things their own way!!! I am dealing with tons of heartburn, fatigue, back pain, and nausea these days and just overly ready to no longer be pregnant but I am hanging on and trying to remain positive!!! Not long now!
I recruited Crosby to take my picture this week!! No one else was around and I hadn't gotten it done yet!! Well, here I am at 35 weeks and I told myself that by this point I should feel really close but ...nope not yet. Still anxious as ever, ready to be non-pregnant again, and ready to see this little girl. I did get some news today that didn't thrill me but I knew it was coming... my doctor pushed my c-section date back one week. So our official delivery date is 7:30am on Monday November 2nd. YEP NOVEMBER!! All of my sonograms had read differently (from Oct. 31st to Nov. 9th) and of course she is going with the last one!! She says that she wants the baby to grow and develop her lungs as long as possible so we shall wait ANOTHER week for her. Don't get me wrong I am all for her being as healthy as possible but I am not JUICED about having another whole month to go!! I am only working for 2 more weeks (until Friday Oct 16th) so that will help once I am at home. Days at work are getting longer and harder for me to stay on my feet and upbeat all day long. Once I get home I am so exhausted to the point of feeling physically sick. I ended up staying home today (thurs.) b/c I felt so crappy and I am glad I did cause I was good to go for a hectic homecoming Friday. I am beginning to get all of the random twinges and sharp pains so I am wondering if I will even make it to my due date.... we shall see I guess!!
This week I feel like she is laying in my stomach lower than the other girls cause I don't feel her up in my ribs and chest like I have before (toward the end) but we still have a month to go so I guess a lot could change. I am hoping this FINAL month of my pregnancy FLIES!!! We have a lot of fun things to do (baby showers, nursery, baby shopping!!) to get ready for this sweet baby's arrival so I am hoping that will help. I am still feeling relatively well, no signs of swelling yet! YIPEE! But by the end of the week I am a gonner!! After working all last week, by Friday I was just sick. Now I think I now know what TRUE exhaustion feels like. Much different than the tired and drowsiness of the first trimester. I see my OB today at 3pm so I will talk to her about how much longer I should work. If she tells me anything new I will be sure to post it...otherwise it should just be a normal OB check up!!!
Since we are bluegrassing this week, we thought it would only be fitting to take our weekly pic at camp!! As the weeks have progressed I have become increasingly anxious and just READY for the baby to get here!! Not physically ready (she needs to incubate a little longer and we haven't even started on her nursery!!) but mentally ready for sure!!! I am taking it one day at a time at this point. I am so exhausted but still trying to get as much done as I can while keeping my chin up... trying my best to enjoy these last 5 weeks of pregnancy!
Here we are...another week down!!! I guess I forgot to post that I passed the dreadful 3 hour blood sugar test. It took a week for my doctor's office to call me with the results (even though the lab had sent over my numbers that same day!). By that time I had assumed I had passed since I hadn't heard. 
Here we are again!!! Another week and a bigger belly! Still no results yet on Friday's blood test but I will keep everyone posted!! Nothing much has changed from last week. I have noticed that her movements are bigger...like she is rolling and turning over in there!!! She also still has the hiccups a few times a day!! Feeling her movement inside me is the most wonderful part of being pregnant, I think!!! I just LOVE knowing that she is there and each time I feel her it makes it all so real like I can envision her already!
What a milestone in my pregnancy!! We are well into the third trimester and have finally made it to week 30! All along I have kept telling myself..."once you get to week 30 it will be all down hill from there!!!" I continue to tell myself that but can't resist the urge to think that "I am TIRED of being pregnant" or my other favorite "I am sooo ready for the baby to get here!!" It has started to feel like I have been pregnant for a couple of years... not just 7 months!!! On a POSITIVE note my body has been handling long days on my feet at school really well!!! So far still no swelling and at the end of the day there is still a little energy left to do a few things around the house and spend time with my sweeties!!! So that is good news!!! Wish me luck... tomorrow I am off to the baby doctor for my 8 month check up. I will be re-taking the glucose test in the hopes that my blood sugar will be under 140 this time!!! 
Here we are another week down!! Next week we will be in the 30 weeks and I am really excited about that! It just seems like it is getting so much closer! I was wearing this outfit at 25 weeks so click on baby bump on the right and you can see how I have grown!! Right now my back is my main issue (as it has been for awhile now). It didn't help that we had to sit through 5 hours of school in-service today and again tomorrow... I barely made it...my back was KILLING me and toward the end I just stood in the back of the room. I can't wait to do it again tomorrow!!! YIPEE!! On another note Kara girl and I are taking a 7 week spin class that started last night. I felt GREAT and wished the class was more than one night a week--it is nice to not have to teach for a change! I had to stay up out of the seat almost the whole time because if not it put WAY to much pressure on my pelvis. I got a great workout and almost felt non-pregnant for a little while!!! 
So this is what a photo shoot with Adler looks like. She takes her 2 good pictures and then just snaps away catching me in some pretty unflattering positions!!! She does a great job!
We are off to my 7 month appointment today!! I will be having an ultrasound to check to see if my placenta has moved. Keep your fingers crossed! I have a good feeling that everything will be "A-OKAY!" I am most excited about seeing her again and to see how much she has changed and grown in 2 months...that part just amazes me!! I will be back on tonight or in the morning to post updates and new sono pics.
Being out of town almost threw off the routine but Adler and I managed to remember our weekly update!! Wow, I feel like I have really started to grow lately and my skin feels pretty tight like it is saying "I really don't want to stretch any farther!!!" Other than the back aches and the fact that I miss patches of hair when I shave my legs cause I can't hardly see around my tummy, I am feeling super. This summer has flown and being pregnant hasn't bothered me a bit. I am SUPER thankful to have this time off work so I can sleep in and take all of the naps I want too!! It will be interesting to see how I do once school starts!!! I predict I will be one tired momma!!!
Well, here we are at 26 weeks... another week down already...I am just keeping my fingers crossed that the weeks continue to go this quickly once school starts!! As far as any preggo symptoms go, mostly the same as last week... back ache if I sit too long, heart burn getting worse... and the main thing I have noticed lately... I feel like a am getting FAT! All of this time I have felt, and everyone always says that I am "All Baby." but in the last week I feel my face chubbing out and just fatter everywhere. I was hoping not to gain tons of weight with this baby but I am pretty limited to low impact exercise ie walking and I am still teaching spin once a week, but I haven't been too good food wise. Now I am not going to McDonald's for extra value meals like I have in my past pregnancies but I am craving and EATING sweets way too much! Oh well...I will lose it. I have to cause I am a bridesmaid in Lindsay's wedding in July and I WILL be back down to a weight I am happy with by then. 
Here we are another weekly update! It is fun to click on the baby bump link on the right side of the page and see the changes in my tummy in the last month!! We are headed to the doctor in 45 minutes for my 6 month appointment. It should be fairly routine... this will be my first time to see Dr. Miller (the male OB in my doctor's practice) so I will post later to let you all know about that. As far as a pregnancy update goes this is how I am feeling this week:
Another week! YAY! This week I think my face looks puffier-EEEKS!!! Maybe it is just the angle of the picture! 
Well I have made it to 22 weeks and what is up with me this week...well.... the first thing that comes to mind is that I am soo exhausted. Not so much tired but WIPED OUT!! I have very little desire to leave my house and air conditioning!! That is the big one right now... her kicks are getting bigger and can easily be felt from the outside now but anything else like backaches and heartburn are so mild that they aren't worth talking about yet cause I know they will get a lot worse!!!! 
another week has passed already??? Summer just goes too fast! I have said all along that it is OKAY if this summer flies by cause that means we are that much closer to our baby girl!! So here is this week's tummy shot---prolly not much different than last week's but i think i will love looking back on them down the road. We all have dentist appointments today and then I need to go up to my OBs office and have some blood work done. Chelo's little sister Clover has 5th's disease, we just found out yesterday. It is a virus that isn't super harmful, EXCEPT to pregnant ladies!! So I need to go up and get stabbed to make sure baby pumpkin wasn't exposed! GOOD TIMES!
Today was the day we have been waiting for for 5 WHOLE months!! Sonogram day finally arrived. I think we were all nervous and excited. I had trouble sleeping and was glad I made my appointment for first thing in the morning so we didn't have to wait ANY longer!!! All 5 of us (plus the sono tech) crowded into the little sono room to hear the big news. We weren't in there very long at all when the sono tech nonchalantly announced that.....
IT'S A GIRL!!!!!
...and a closeup of her little profile. I can't wait to see what she looks like--I am envisioning a little Crosby with curly blonde hair!!!
She was doing flips the whole time we were watching her. The tech said she is going to be our little gymnast!!! YEA!! I also found out that I have placenta previa so they will be monitoring us pretty closely. No aerobics, picking up Cros or NOOKIE!! Poor Heath---today just wasn't his day!! No purchasing of lottery tickets for him!!
