Thursday, January 28, 2010

31 Week Appointment

Just got back from the doctor's office. We discussed the ultrasound that we had last week. My doctor says everything in terms of development, placenta, and amniotic fluid all look completely normal! Yay! She said in terms of weight, length, and body measurements, Emily is measuring a week ahead. This puts my co-worker, Jeanette's, estimation right on. She has "forseen" that Emily will be born on March 24th. :) We'll just have to wait and see! This is a short post, but there's really not much new to report. Her heartbeat was good and strong. She's still moving a lot. Everything is going well!
8 weeks, 5 days and counting down!

Friday, January 22, 2010

Emily's New Pictures!

We had an ultrasound at the hospital's imaging center yesterday evening. It was so neat to get to see her in all her beauty wiggling and smiling and sucking away. She looked very content in there! :) The ultrasound tech said I have a "very nice placenta for this stage of pregnancy"...whatever that means, but hey, I'll take it! Emily is head down and at an estimated weight of 3lbs., 13 oz.! An average baby at 30 weeks is around 3 lbs. She's in the 72nd percentile in size! She's got her momma's chubby cheeks and possibly her daddy's nose.
Take a look...you can click on the pictures to make them bigger!



I often sit and wonder what God has planned for our little one. Just like every mom, I hope it's great things! We are headed to San Antonio this evening for the 1st of 3 showers. We are extremely blessed by our friends, family, and church family!


We are so excited about meeting our little chunk! 9 weeks, 4 days and still counting down!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Tummy Tracker at 29 Weeks

Here are a few pictures of the ever growing belly at 29 weeks, 2 days pregnant.




My appointment today went well. Her heartbeat was going strong at 164bpm! There was a little miscommunication about the ultrasound. My doctor told me at my last visit that she would send me to the hospital today for an ultrasound. What she meant to say was that she would send me to to the hospital to register for an ultrasound. So, we didn't get to see Emily today. Our ultrasound is scheduled for next Thursday, the 21st. My next doctor visit is in 2 weeks, on the 28th. I've entered the third trimester! Home stretch, here we come!

Monday, January 11, 2010

Nursery Furniture

We received the dresser and glider last week! The crib is on backorder until January 29, so we'll have to wait a few weeks for the room to be complete, but that's ok. Here are pictures of the two pieces we have so far...as you can see, Duncan is rather curious! :)






I have my 29 week check up this coming Thursday. We will have an ultrasound done, so maybe I'll have new pictures of Emily to post! Even if we don't, I'll be posting updated belly pictures at the end of the week.

Ben and I braved our first session of a childbirth class this past Saturday. Yikes! It was rather intense. Let's just pray I can have an epidural!!! We have another and last session this coming Saturday. We'll get to tour the Family Birthing Center at the hospital, so we'll know exactly where to go once the time comes! 11 weeks, 1 day and counting down!