Baby Update

I had another doctor's appointment yesterday.  I didn't post anything after my appointment last week because nothing had changed, so there wasn't much of an update.  Well, yesterday I was 1 cm dilated, although my cervix had not thinned out at all... but at least SOMETHING changed!  I've been feeling it a bit more lately, it's been harder to walk because my pelvis has been hurting pretty bad, so I knew something had to have changed, but I was told the baby was still pretty high (the doc could barely feel him).  They did a quick ultrasound check to make sure he really is head down, and he is... he just hasn't felt like coming down a whole lot yet.  Well, today I woke up with some pretty bad back pains and some very strong feet in my right ribs!  My ribs were hurting so bad if I moved AT ALL, so I had to push him away from there before I could move.  As you can probably tell, I'm not at work today... I'm in too much pain to think about work, even though I know I'll be in more pain later on, my threshold for pain at work has been maxed out! :)  So that's where things are at. 

Last night at birth class I was having contractions that were like 15-20 minutes apart the entire time, but when I went to bed, I was still able to sleep through most of them, so I don't know how consistent they stayed.  Now today they're more up to like 30-45 minutes apart, but still pretty consistently there.  We'll see how long this takes! ;) 

I'll post pictures a little later... I need to get dressed and look somewhat decent before I let anyone take a picture of me today!

Our newest addition

Haha... I bet you thought we had the baby... WRONG!!!  Today we got a dishwasher! :)  I know, it seems like such a small thing, but honestly, it sucks to not have a dishwasher.  Jason's aunt and uncle came down here (an hour drive) to put it in for us since we didn't have any hookups for it, or any clue how to do that on our own.  Paula and Roger do home improvement stuff for a living, so they knew what they were doing... yay!  Jason got the dishwasher at Lowe's for $268 after tax because it was last year's model, even though it's brand new.  I love good deals. :)  Roger also took some measurements and is planning to build a cabinet around it too, with a butcher block top (according to Jason).  I'm loving the idea.  Jason asked if we could dirty some dishes so we could use it, but I reminded him we still have to pay for the water!  (Yes, they did test it earlier to make sure it didn't leak or anything.)

So that's our news for now.  I no longer have to stand at the sink and have my back hurting while washing dishes... and now Jason can do the dishes too. :)

Tell me something good!!

I had another baby appointment yesterday, as well as our 3rd of 6 birth classes.  Nothing much happened at the doctor's appointment.  Everything's fine, but the doctor said we might need some dynamite lol.  I'm not dilated at all, not even thinned out really, and according to him the baby hasn't even dropped all that much (although I disagree because he's definitely hitting my hips a lot more and I can't get comfortable anymore)!!  So yeah, he said "start praying for some dilation"... and I agree because I'm ready to have this kid out here!!

Our birth class was... interesting, to say the least.  The guys got to put the pregnancy belly on, but it was only a 25 pound belly, which including the weight of the breasts, and the belly really wasn't all that big, so I don't think it did the real thing justice!  Sorry, no pictures... Jason didn't want to put the belly on unless I promised not to take pictures.  We also learned more breathing patterns and ways to relax during a contraction, which I'm hoping I'll be able to remember (at least a little bit) during the whole thing!

Anyway, half way through the birth classes... 3 to go, and 3 weeks and 2 days until the due date!  I still want him to come early though...