Fun Trip to Labor and Delivery...

So all through last weekend I was having weird feelings of pressure. It felt like the baby was trying to come out almost! It woke me up in the middle of the night a few times through the weekend, paired w/ contractions. Then on monday while walking around at work, it was doing it again, minus the contractions. So I called my OB and they said to go get checked at the hospital! I didn't think it was a big deal, but I figured I'd just go get checked in case.

So DJ and I went to the hospital where we'll be delivering, they hooked me up to some monitors, and did some tests to see if my water broke (which it hasn't..yay!) Then they did a cervix test that came back negative, meaning if anything were to happen, that we have at least 2 weeks (I'm sure he won't come that soon though!) The monitors were telling me I was having a bunch of contractions, it was crazy, because I could really only feel like 5 of them! The nurse just said a lot of women just contract more. Sooo there ya go! Everything is fine, and it was actually really fun to get to see where we go when it's the real deal. The nurse was really nice, and the rooms were really nice too since they just re-did the Labor and Delivery! It's crazy how close we're getting! I think it'll really hit home once Halloween comes around. I'm only a few weeks from being considered full term!

Maternity Pics/Dr. Appt. Update

Here are a few maternity pictures we had done! My lovely friend Valor has her own photography business, and is a fabulous photographer! She was nice enough to do a whole cd of pictures for us for free, and we'll be doing our newborn pictures with her as well--I'm so excited! I'll put some more maternity pics up once I upload them from the cd =-)

I had a quick dr. appointment yesterday just to check on the baby's heartbeat, and ask the doc any questions/concerns I have (which is none). And the heartbeat is normal! No more skipped heartbeat every 6 beats! (phew). He says it was just a fluke =-) That makes me so happy. He says everything's perfect, and that he's head down. We have our doctor visits every 2 weeks now (and will be going to weekly appointments once November hits). I can't believe how fast it's going...only 9 weeks left!

One last thing...We are almost done painting the baby's room! We took the green from the baby's bedding for an accent wall, and a cream color for the other 3 walls. It looks AWESOME! DJ did a great job painting, as I sat with a mask on in the other room w/ all the windows wide open in the apartment (haha I was very paranoid, only to find out from my doctor that it's unnecessary to be THAT paranoid)

Our first shower is next friday at DJ's grandma's house, being thrown by my mother-in-law Brooke, and I'm so excited to see everyone I love in the same room at the same time! (Minus some out of town fam of course-speaking of, I'm SOOOO excited to see Grandma Joyce, Grandpa Jim-hopefully, the CA Deans, and the WA Deans here in November!!!)

Love you all, and talk to you later!

Appointment today!

It was a big ultra sound appointment today! The next ultra sound won't be 'till 36 weeks. It was so fun getting to see our little boy again =-) He's doing well, moving all the time which is good. The doctor found that his heart beat skips every 6 beats =-(. He says not to worry because nothing else is wrong, but it still is a little scary to me. He says to just stay away from caffeine. I don't drink much caffeine to begin with (just a soda every now and then as a treat) so I can definitely stay away from it. The doctor says it's actually normal as long as there's no other symptoms or any other problems, and that most of the time the baby's heartbeat will be back to normal by birth! SO... I'm 29 weeks this week, but the baby is measuring 30 weeks (I'm hoping that means he'll come early!!) He's 3 lbs, which the doc says is bigger than average, but I'm not worried. As long as he's healthy, that's all I care about!! I've gained tons of weight which totally sucks, and freaks me out =-(. I don't understand, because I eat healthy and am pretty active for the most part...Hopefully I'll lose most of it on the table.

But all in all it was a good day. DJ and I loved seeing the baby on the screen again. And it was super cool seeing him move, and being able to feel it too! I can't wait to meet him...it's getting close!!

28 1/2 weeks and still going!

The past few weeks people have been asking how I've been feeling...At the time I told them I feel great! I'm past the sickness, but not big enough to be uncomfortable (yay!) Except, I must have spoken too soon, because this past week has SUCKED. My belly feels huge, I get tired to easily which really upsets me because I can't work out like I could pre pregnancy which is stressing me out, and most of all I can't sleep comfortably! Blah! Luckily I haven't been sick, but I can say now that I am no longer in the happy stage of pregnancy. At least I'm headed towards the end right? I just keep telling myself that:At least this only has to last 'till November, and I hear the reward is pretty awesome =-)

Things we've bought for the nursery

Here's the bedding we got! The background is more of a cream color than a white, and there's the dark brown and latte color circles in there that we're going to play up a lot. And there's some blue and orange we'll play up as well =-) The crib that we want is that espresso color of the crib in the picture, so it'll look really good once we get it painted!

I just ordered this bouncer a couple days ago! It's originally super expensive, but I found it for a really good deal, so I had to jump on it! I wanted a nice bouncer because I'll be moving it around the house with the baby in it while I shower, get ready, clean etc. So I want it to be comfy for him! It has an mp3 hook up! Haha, my mom makes fun of it, but I love it! It also has cute lullabies though, and nice vibration/bounce settings. I'm excited for this to get here!

This is the chair we got for the nursery...this picture looks cheap haha. The one we got is an espresso finish with a really nice pad that's a cream color and nice and cushy =-) The pillow is awesome because I can take it off the top and move it to my lower back if I want. And although it's not a glider/rocking chair, it's a bouncer chair and bounces really easily, so it's perfect and I love it!!



So, that's all we have so far! Right now our 2nd bedroom (soon to be nursery) is just storing the stuff we need to get rid of at a yard sale before the baby comes. We're excited to get it set up!

Registry!

We have our Target registry all done! We decided to go on a date and do that last night...we're really anxious for November to get here! You can look at it online under "Ashley and DJ Baby Registry". We also went out and picked out what we want to paint the nursery, since we've already bought the baby's bedding, so we pretty much know what colors we want to paint =-) I'm excited! We'll be registering at Baby's R Us also, and will be going there Sunday to register. Brooke (DJ's mom) is having a baby shower the last Saturday of September, so we just want to have everything ready. It's going to be so much fun to see everyone, I can't wait! I'm sure if anyone is considering traveling to UT (from my Dad's side of the fam) that they'll be more interested in coming to my Mom's shower in November, but if you can't make it please don't worry! Hopefully we'll be able to do some traveling with the baby to visit family members.

Can I just say, I had such a hard time picking out a stroller!! I literally lost sleep over it! But, I finally found the perfect one that I want (It's on the Target registry if you want to check it out) I'm really excited about it, because it's a jogging stroller w/ a swivel wheel, so we can also use it as a regular stroller, it'll fit the carseat we're getting, and it has an mp3 hookup for the baby! So cool =-) I can't wait to take him running across the street at the park!

Well, we have our next appointment next thursday, and it's a sonogram to see how the baby is measuring up! I'm so excited, because we haven't done an ultra sound for a few months now I think...It feels that long at least. But I'll be 29 weeks next week, which means that after than we can start counting down--We'll only have 10 weeks left! =-D Can't wait!