Birthing Center

So Caesar and I wanted to share with you the place our little mircle will be coming into the world so I have attached the website you can go to. www.thebirthinginn.org

Glucose Test

hello everyone just wanted to drop a quick line to give you all an update on our baby girl. So i went yesterday Monday Feb. 23rd for my glucose test which they have all pregnant women take at around 28-29 weeks to make sure you don't have Gestational Diabetes so they make you chug this orange drink filled with sugar exactly an hour before they draw blood I suggest doing this first thing in the morning as you can't eat or drink anything but this stuff and it taste like a mix between tang and flat orange soda. So anyway I made it through and should have my results bake by the end of the week. The baby's heart rate was 155 yesterday which is great and the doctor said everything thinks perfect she is growing and he suggest she is around 14 1/2 inches long and between 2-3 lbs. I'm sitting down with my boss next week to talk about my maternity leave and when and for how long I will be gone so I asked the doctor if my due date is May 17th when is the latest you will let me carry her and he said the 22nd and they would induce. So my boss was hoping that i would leave early but I told him no way I'm working until i go into labor, I'm not giving up precious time before she arrives that I could have once she is here. So for my bosses sak it would be great if I do go into labor on my due date cause it's a Sunday. Well other then that I will be taking my monthly pictures and will post them for all to see. Oh yeah starting yesterday I go to the doctor every 2 weeks now, how exciting that means she will be here sooner then we know it, we can't wait. Love to all

The Start of 28 Weeks

Oh my can you believe only 12 more weeks until our little girls arrives, well hopefully it's only 12 weeks:) So as of this week our little one weighs in at about 2.5 lbs and about 14.5 inches long, that's what baby center tells me anyway. I would believe the weight but the length is a little hard for me to come to terms with as i don't know where 14.5 inches would go. Since the last blog we haven't back back to the doctors but our next appointment is on Monday the 23rd, however i did go see a Chiropractor yesterday for my back and neck problems I've been having and boy did I learn a lot, i thought i would just go in and he would snap, crackle, and pop me but he didn't, well he did but that was after he did some deep tissue massage and some kind of pressure thing but it was great I felt like a hundred bucks walking out of there and last night for the first time in a long time I actually didn't wake up 5 times because of my back pain, i just woke because my bladder told me to. So I set up another appointment with him so he can follow up with me and after that he said I should really be OK with just some stretches and husband back rubs. So last week it finally happened i can officially no longer fit into any of my regular pants so I was working with 2 pairs of maternity pants for 7 days, this was difficult so I actually wore my black PJ bottoms one day, no one even noticed. So I was online looking for sales all last week but I still cannot justify paying over $30 for a pair of pants that I will only wear for the next couple of months and shirts also you can't find any for under $20 so I went to craigslist and found a number of women selling what they call Lots of Maternity Clothes but of course the only ones I could find were either x-small, petite, or large and x-large. So on Friday I went on around 3:30 to check again and there she was 45 articles of Small & Medium clothing in great condition and some still with tags, so i call and set up a meeting with her for Sunday now don't get me wrong I was a little hesitant on doing this as i really don't like sharing things with other people but since I've been pregnant the only thing I don't like to share is my FOOD. So I went over and the women Jesse was great just my size and her little girl was born in December so majority of the clothes were just bought and stylish well to get to my point I walked away with 5 dress pants, 2 jeans, 1 yoga pant, and about 22 maternity tops for $100 so I'm set I don't think I will have to buy anymore clothes. Sorry for the long story but i thought it was a good one to share especially for my family who knows what a bargain shopper i am. On another note little baby girl has been doing some great acrobatics in my belly all morning no hiccups yet people keep asking me if she's gotten them yet and I can say no i don't think so. Well just wanted to share a little with you and let you know that we are doing great and I'll post more next week. love you all

26 Weeks Down and 14 To Go

Hello everyone so we had our 26 week checkup yesterday and was surprised to find out that our due date is May 17th so almost a week earlier then we expected. So if you don't know when we originally went the 17th was the day and then after our 12 week sonogram they said May 24th so that's what Caesar I believed was our due date until yesterday when the doctor said everything looks great and on schedule for a May 17th due date was asked her why it changed and she said the doctor goes by what they tell us not the sonogram techs as they can be off by up to 10 days. So seeing Caesar and I were convinced that she would join us a least a week late she may actually come on the 24th. Her heart rate yesterday was a healthy 150 and she is becoming more active as the days go on. I'm healthy and gaining weight at the right pace but have come to the conclusion that I need to get some regular exercise other then my once a week yoga which I love so I have signed up for a swim class called " Mothers in Motion" which is 2 days a week and yes I' found a bathing suit to fit my belly. The nice thing is everyone in the class will be pregnant so I can meet some other expecting moms and hear about there experiences. So my next appointment is on the 23rd of this month and I have a Glucose Test done, they gave me this orange sugar drink that i will have to down exactly and hour before my appointment so they can test me for diabetes. After this visit I will start my every 2 weeks, I have a feeling once that happens time is just going to start flying by and May will be here before we know it. We sold my car over the weekend and will start looking for a more suitable vehicle for me to drive I have a feeling it will be difficult for Caesar and I to agree on something but what ever we do decide it will be safe and dependable. We are hoping to start working on her room real soon but first we need to get Tanisha's room done, we are making some changes to her room to give her more space so we have gotten a new bed and a dresser that I hope will suit the shape of the room better then what she currently has and then we will tackle or should I say Caesar will clean up our room on the main level which will become the TV room and then we can start on the nursery this is a work in progress but I will take pictures to document all of our hard work. So that's it for now if you want to know anything else please just ask. We love you all