38 Weeks - No baby yet!

With only 14 days until my due date I am getting awfully impatient. I am feeling much better this week compared to last week. My feet are still huge and my back has been constantly hurting so hopefully this little one decides to come soon! I am getting nervous that this baby is going to be huge!

I went to the doctor on Tuesday, my blood pressure is back to pretty much normal. I am dilated to a 3 and 70% effaced. So pretty much I am not ready yet and I will go back to the doctor on Tuesday again.

My Mom informed me last night I have to have the baby by this weekend because she has to be gone for work next week. I would love to have a baby before the weekend, but I don't think that is going to happen!

37 Weeks

Big Belly and Swollen Feet!

36 Weeks

Well it has been awhile since I last posted. We have had a lot going on. So I will try to do a quick catch up for now.

My Grandma passed away on September 16th, so we have been busy with her funeral and cleaning out her house and things like that.

Tanya and Keir got married on September 20th - Congratulations!!!!! Chad and I did not stay very long. It was hot and I did not feel very well. It was a nice wedding and Tanya looked beautiful.

I had my first baby shower on September 21st - Thanks to Mikayla and Melissa. It was fun and I got all kinds of things I will need very soon.

We are in the process of putting up the crib - or at least Chad is. Those things come in a million pieces! Once he is finished I will try to post a picture of the baby's room. It is pretty boring at this point because I don't want to pick out bedding and stuff until after so it is gender specific.

We had our 36 week appointment yesterday. It went good, but it sounds like I will be having this baby in about 2 1/2 weeks. My doctor thinks he/she is getting a little big. I am also very uncomfortable with my massively swollen feet and the baby is sitting right on my sciatic nerve so I have a pain shooting down my right side and my leg likes to go numb. I also had my first "exam" and this is what I found out:
-Dialated a little over 1 cm-60% Effaced
-Belly measures 37 cm
-The baby weighs around 6 pounds
-The heartbeat was in the 120's
So the heartbeat theory must not work - the heartbeat has always been in the 140-150's and now this time it is in the 120's. So what do they say....140's is a girl and 120's is a boy? So I guess that means I still have a 50/50 chance.

I will try to post some pictures later.....

Childbirth Preparation Classes

We had our first Childbirth Preparation class last night. Actually my Mom attended with me, since Chad was "busy". It was pretty interesting, they talked about the last trimester emotions, aches and pains. I realized that I am not crazy, I can be this tired and not be able to sleep! That will only get worse before it gets better!

I have the baby's room pretty much ready to go, well as much as I can without being able to decorate anything. My Mom and I picked up the crib mattress last night and will be getting the crib in a couple of weeks. We have a bassinet all set up and ready to go to use right away.

We have an appointment on Wednesday to tour the hospital and get pre-registered and I also have my 34 week appointment on Wednesday. It will be interesting to see what my blood pressure will be this time. I don't think my hands and feet can get any bigger! It is a good thing I can wear flip flops because that is all I can fit into!

Belly Pics - 31 Weeks

31 Weeks - 9 To Go!!!!

I think we finally have the daycare issue solved! We have a appointment with an infants only daycare center in Mankato. We toured it once already a while back, so we are going to take a look again and get registered. Thankfully they have an opening for January.

Update on Grandma: She is in a nursing home in Blooming Prairie now and seems to be doing better. She still has not gotten her speech back from the stroke, but she is able to move her arms and legs again and eat semi-solid food. The doctors say it can take months for her speech to come back - if it does, so we are still hoping she will improve in that area too.
I am going to try and have Kandi take some belly pictures for me tonight - so those will be posted today or tomorrow.

Also, Congratulations to Steph & Chris on their first baby due in March and Janet & Arik on their third baby due in April! Baby Luscomb will have lots of new playmates!

30 Weeks, 1 Day

I had my 30 week doctor's appointment today. Nothing too exciting, we listened to the heartbeat and it is in the 150's. I was told I had to cut down on the amount of glucose I take in. My glucose level from the gestational diabetes screening was 137 and 140 is abnormal, so I am pretty high. But it is nothing to get too worried about. This was also my last 4 week appointment, now I am on the 2 week appointments.

We are having a daycare delimma, we still haven't found a for sure place yet. We thought we had it all settled, but it turns out the place we were planning on is not going to work out. We looked at another place today that I thought for sure would be the one, but now after seeing it I am not sure. I think my expectations are just a little too high for these daycare centers. So I am not sure what we are going to do. We may just have a spot held at the center we looked at today and then in January check out some home daycares that have openings. It is a good thing Chad is able to stay home until we find something - that way we can be a little more picky. Hopefully at that point we will be settled in a new house in Mankato too!

I will have to try and remember to put some belly pics on tonight. It is getting pretty big! I am already worrying about getting rid of it as fast as I can once the baby is born. I think I am going to have a lot of work to do!