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Belly Pics through the last Nine Months...

I thought I would create a post to journal the changes in my body during the last nine months! Here goes...

Here I am at 5 Weeks pregnant...

And 6 weeks...


And 13 and a Half Weeks, Finally starting to show a little...


At 18 Weeks, I remember starting to feel really big!


And at 19 weeks, this was right before we found out we were having a little girl!


I guess I slacked for the next 10 weeks on belly pics, but here I am at 29 weeks! What a change :)


Here one of the professional pics I had done at 31 weeks.



34 Weeks...


At 36 Weeks...


And finally today at 38 weeks. She could come any time now!!!! We are getting so excited :)

My Big Belly

Here is what I see when I look down now. I feel like Buddha ;)





Here is a pic of me at today at 34 weeks. I had a doctor appt today and I can go back to work Monday and also get another ultrasound in two weeks. I am excited to see her one more time before she is born! :)

First Scary Visit to Labor and Delivery!

We had quite a scare this week, on Thursday I was at work and my belly had been feeling quite heavy all day and I went to the bathroom and there was red blood when I wiped. I was really scared, because I know that is one of the warning signs that something may be wrong. I called the doctor immediately, and told my boss I was probably going to head out to get checked out. We had a big snowstorm that day, and I work an hour from the hospital. I finally got a call back from the doctor's office and they told me I should go in to the hospital to get checked out. I called Richard who was at home from work last week, and Savannah happened to be staying with my parents.

I drove home and picked up Richard and we drove to the hospital. They gave me an ultrasound right away and said that the baby looked fine (PHEW!) Then the doctor gave me a trans - vaginal ultrasound and found that I have a low - lying placenta (placenta previa)
The below pic shows the difference between a normal placenta and placenta previa.

Luckily, mine appears to be the marginal placenta previa. He couldn't explain exactly where the bleeding had come from, but that was his best guess. Luckily, there was only one occurrence of the bleeding. It never came back. After the ultrasound, I was hooked up to the fetal monitor and they found that I was having some contractions. They gave me some nifedipene which is a blood pressure medication to stop the contractions. My blood pressure was also very high which is extremely unusual for me. I think it was the stress!! The contractions stopped, but I had quite a reaction to the medication. My legs turned bright red and my pulse was racing. I felt like I was going to pass out when I would have to get up to walk to the bathroom!

They decided to admit me over night so they could give me two doses of celestone which is a steroid to help the baby's lungs mature in case of a preterm delivery. They needed to be 24 hours apart, and man did they hurt! They had to be injected right into the muscle. I was transferred to a private room which was very nice, Richard had a cot that he was able to (try) to sleep on. He was not feeling well, so it was a rough night for both of us. The next morning, I got to have another ultrasound to check her growth. We found that she is measuring pretty small, around the 25th percentile. The doctor told me that I should avoid commuting to work for the next 2 weeks to be safe. Once I am 35 weeks along, he said that it will be safer to deliver and I should be all set to be back at work.

We are home and resting now, both Savannah and Richard have some kind of flu, and are doing a lot of coughing. Luckily I haven't caught that yet.

Here is one of the ultrasound pics of Delaney that we had taken! She definitely has my lips :)



And Daddy's Feet! Check out how the second toe is bigger than the big toe :)

33 Weeks Along!!

Baby’s senses are continuing to improve -- when light peeks in through your (extremely) stretched belly, those tiny eyelids and irises blink and dilate. And, baby can now recognize and react to simple songs… time to start practicing your lullabies! Growth (at least inside your womb) is starting to slow, and you may notice baby descend into your pelvis at the end of this month.

We are 32 Weeks Pregnant!!
Baby’s energy is surging, thanks to the formation of white fat deposits beneath the skin. (Have those kicks and jabs to the ribs tipped you off yet?) Baby is also settling into sleep and waking cycles, though -- as you’ve also probably noticed -- they don’t necessarily coincide with your own. Also this month, all five senses are finally functional, and the brain and nervous system are going through major developments.