Products that I love (for the momma's out there)

Here are 2 things that I just love and have been the best purchases!  I have a friend who recommended these to me and actually got me a set of the bibs for my shower gift.  Love them!!!  So, I just had to spread the word!!! =)

You can find them at Buy Buy Baby or at Amazaon.com/mom (can get free 2 day shipping!!!)

http://www.adenandanais.com/shop/classic.aspx


These swaddle blankets are the best!  They are super big and thin and make the best nursing covers as well!  With going into warmer months, these blankets are nice and thin to keep baby cool when swaddling and you both don't sweat to death when you use one to cover you as you nurse!

  
These burpy bibs are great!  They are big enough to cover your entire shoulder and have a little snap that when the baby is bigger, you can snap it around their neck to collect drool and spit up!

Iris is here!!!

After a 14 hr labor and an emergency c-section, we welcomed Iris Grace to the world!!!!
At 7:15pm she was born! 6.4 lbs and 19 1/4 inches long!!! We're doing great and will post pictures soon!!! She is the best baby! So sweet and precious!!!

More 39 week pictures and our Date night!

On Friday, despite the pain, we decided to go out one last time!  We figured that Friday was our last night free to spend together before Iris arrives since I had to work the whole weekend!  

Look at my little basketball =)

For dinner we went to Dirty Franks downtown.  It's a hot dog palace and was super yummy!

Pictures from google =)

I ate mine too fast to take a picture haha

I got the Chicago (tomatoes, onions, relish, mustard) with onion rings and cole slaw and Doug got a coney dog with some very yummy fries!!

Afterwards, we headed to Baby R Us to buy the car seat base for my car!

While walking around, I started to get some contractions and I swear I was going into labor!  So we quickly bought what we needed and headed to Target.  I figured we better get milk and last minute things since I figured I was heading to the hospital that night!  Then our last thing on our list was "sleepy Kittens" book for Iris.  So, we headed to Barnes and Nobles to get it.  This book is in the movie Despicable Me and it's so cute!  We just had to have it for Iris.

So, we bought it and headed home!  The contractions were still irregular and far apart but I was so hoping they would come strong!

THEY DID NOT!

Eventually by the morning, no more contractions and still none!

So, it looks like I'm working the weekend haha

Each day, I think it's going to be "the day" but sadly it is not.  We are getting so anxious and every time I feel a "pain" I get excited only to have it go away *lol*

But it's been nice to have a few more days of quietness and freedom!!!  

Today, we are 4 days away from our due date!!!!

39 weeks

Boy have the past few days been difficult!  I have started to feel very uncomfortable and having lower back pain and a lot of pressure and burning pain in my pelvis.  It was so bad yesterday at work that I only lasted 4 1/2 hrs. I was lucky to be able to leave quickly to get home and relax.  My patients (who I have had the past 3 days) were noticing that I wasn't doing so well so I ended up taking the rest of the day off!  I was curious to see if I would be going into labor but have not yet!

We had our 39 week OB appointment this morning!  I told our OB about the pain and discomfort so we were all anxious to see if I had progressed and I had!  My cervix is FINALLY thinning and I'm 50% effaced!  I'm still only 1 cm dilated but she said she's more concerned about my pelvis thinning than me actually dilating!  The head is still down and has dropped more so that is great as well!  We talked what the next step is.  She is hopeful that I will go any day now but she said she wanted to wait until I'm past my due date to do any induction.  She is scheduling us for around the 13th if I haven't had Iris yet.  She doesn't want me going way past my due date.  We'll find out the exact date at our next appointment (April 8th).  But we are all hoping that I go on my own way before then!  I left the appointment feeling a little deflated!  I was hoping for better news (more dilation) and was hoping she would induce me a lot sooner but I have to be patient and know that she's doing what is best for Iris at the moment!

I gained 3 lbs this past week (must be from all the cake I have been eating this week haha) and that gives me a grand total of 19 lbs!!!  Not bad!  She also measured Iris with her hands and think she's 6 lbs now and will probably be about 6.5 or 6.6 come delivery!!!!  She's doing great and measuring well!!!!  We're so thankful for a healthy baby girl and pregnancy!

Tonight, despite me feeling so painful, we are going to hit up Baby R Us to buy the car seat base for my car and try to WALK WALK WALK to see if we can induce labor!  I'm making Doug take me Jeni's for some ice cream and just enjoy our potentially last date night out before Iris arrives!!!

Here's a 39 week picture that Doug took yesterday from my phone!  

Mom wanted me to send her one to see if I have dropped!  

I hope to get a better one tonight!

Ok Iris, the sun is shinning and there is no longer snow on the ground!

You can come out now!

You have some very impatient nana's that want to meet you along with your ever so anxious mom and dad!

38 weeks

I'm a little late on the picture for 38 weeks so here we go!

These were taken yesterday before work!

We are 8 days away from our due date today!  

We will be 39 weeks tomorrow and have our 39 week OB appointment on Friday!  We will see if I have progressed more than 1 cm and then figure out our game plan!  I would love to have great news that I'm dilated more but we'll have to wait and see!

I have been feeling good!  Aches and pains are to be expected and some days are better than others!  No more contractions since last tuesday but I do have a lot of braxton hicks!  Yesterday at work, I was getting some "pains" that were sending me cold chills so I'm hoping that means she's dropping!  On Sunday, after coming back from visiting the in-laws for birthday celebrations, my feet swelled up like 2 stuffed pigs!  The last few times we went home, I noticed my feet would swell but this time was the worst!  They were so huge and hurt.  I could actually feel them swelling in the car.  I think it's from sitting for so long with my feet dangling  (dependent edema)!  I propped them up on pillows the rest of the night and Doug massaged them for me.  I drank a lot of decaf sweet tea when I got home to "pull" the fluid off (diuretic help from tea).  So, I peed the whole night and woke up with  normal feet in the morning!  haha  So, probably no more long car rides until she's here!

We're just so anxious to meet her!  I'm running out of things to do with my free time.  I cleaned the house already this week, all her laundry is washed, the bags are packed as much as they can be at this point.  We have just a few more small things to buy and will do that on Friday after Doug gets off!

So, we're left with waiting for Iris to arrive =)

Nursery Wall Art

Doug surprised me on Saturday with the cutest little idea!  

He took my cricut and made me the cutest pictures to hang over Iris's crib!  

Don't you just love it?!?

Thanks lover =)

Baby Shower #4

Work threw me a baby shower yesterday and it was so nice!!!  They had signs all over the floor for the past few weeks so it was funny when my patients would ask if the baby shower was for me!  Everyone brought in food and it was a great time!

cute decorations!

some of the RNs and staff coming in 

My yummy cake!

They showered with me with such wonderful gifts!  

The staff went in to get us our pack'n play!!

Plus, lots of cute clothes, flowers, and other baby supplies!

Thanks so much everyone!!!!

We are so thankful! =)

38 week OB appointment

Doug and I had our 38 week OB appointment yesterday!  It went...ok!  haha I was hoping for more news but was sad that she didn't tell me what I wanted!  We met with the other OB, Dr. Turner, since Dr. Pool is on vacation.  She is super nice and she was very helpful on Tuesday when I called with the contractions.  We were both very optimistic with hoping that the contractions had changed my cervix or dilated me more but sadly, I'm still 1 cm dilated but the contractions DID soften my cervix some but still not effaced at all!  boo!!!

Dr. Turner was very excited for us and thought that what I did experience on Tuesday was actual contractions (no duh lady! hehe) and she thinks that is a great sign that I might go into labor on my own and not need help with induction, etc.  So, I was pleased with that!!!!  She does think we have another week or so to go but I could go early...time will tell!

She said that at our next appointment (next Friday), we should make a plan to see if we should wait a little longer until I go on my own or think about inducing.  I'll be 39 weeks next Friday at our appointment so I hope I'm dilated more (or maybe already have the baby) and we can get this party started =)  As much as I love being pregnant and feeling her move and knowing she's safe inside of me, I'm so gosh darn eager to meet her!  We have just about everything we can think of for her so we're just waiting!

I worked yesterday and woke up with braxton hicks (tightening and burning feeling) in the middle of the night but no actual contractions.  I work today and tomorrow so hopefully being on my feet so much will bring on some contractions!  We'll see!

I also have my baby shower (#4) at work tomorrow night so I'm pretty excited for that!

Contractions ?!?

Yesterday was an eventful day to say the least =)

I started experiencing contractions and boy were they not nice to me!!!!  They started at 5:03am and after 2 contractions, I woke Doug up.  They were not super intense but were uncomfortable so I decided to wake him so he could help me relax!  He snuggled close and grabbed my hand and held it through them =)  His alarm went off and he began to get ready for work.  About that time, they were coming very strong and in clusters of 3 (each about a minute apart) and the third would be so intense that I started vomiting afterwards.  I would have another then they would subside for about 15-20 minutes and a new round would begin!

At 8am I finally called the doctor to see what we should do.  They were not very "regular" and were not the 5 minutes apart like they said they should be to go to the hospital.  The clusters would be every minute but then they would stop for 15-20 minutes so I felt they were still pretty irregular.  The OB said to relax and drink lots of fluids (since I was puking) and try to eat something to see if they subside.  I figured, that was a good plan!

Finally, it was time for Doug to leave for work.  I figured I would be fine so I let him leave only to call him back when he was almost there.  They started back up again and I called him crying and he came rushing back *lol*

I had about 2 more rounds of horrible contractions and then they finally started to slow down to every hour and we were both finally able to relax and get a nap in.  

Finally, around noon, they were pretty calm so I let him go back to work!  And they pretty much came and went every hour or so but nothing as bad as the morning!  

Dang it!

We were hoping this was it and the baby would be here but apparently, she was just testing the waters!

After Doug got home from work, we took a nice long walk to hopefully help "induce" more contractions but it didn't work!  I had 2 in the middle of the night and a slight one this morning but nothing to stop me in my tracks!

We have our weekly OB appointment tomorrow morning so we'll see if I'm dilated more or if my cervix has thinned!

We're getting closer =)  

38 weeks tomorrow!

Belly Growth!

I have reached the 37 weeks and we're now FULL TERM!!! =)  

Watch how much my belly and baby has grown!!

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Iris can officially come out any day now =) 

We can't wait to meet you!!!