39 week check up

Well...I am sad to say...there was no change since last week! I am so frustrated! I know I'm not due till Monday...but seriously, I figured I'd at least be SOMEWHERE by now! But each woman is different...each pregnancy is different. I know I know. I just really am ready to be done with this stage and into the next chapter! That being having Kaydon in my arms! My doctor won't consider inducing until I'm 42 weeks pregnant (you know - that's 10 1/2 months!). Unless of course the baby needs to come out due to whatever. So if I don't go "bingo" (as my mother-n-law says) by Monday, I have scheduled another doctor appointment on Tuesday the 3rd with an ultrasound and a non-stress test. I guess to check to make sure everything is still OK for the baby to continue to be in my belly. Why can't we just have the right to say, get it out NOW...it's time...I'm paying you...so do as I say! UGH.

Please pray for me and pray that I go BINGO by Monday! I am seriously losing my patience :-) I was a basket case this morning...I am just ready to be done!! Time for the next thing!!!

5 days and counting...Kaydon has 5 days!! I hope and pray and hope he comes soon!

1 week left!!

Well...7 days from today is my official due date. And at this point, I'm not sure he's gonna be on time. I could be very wrong...and I hope I am! I am so ready to meet my son...I am so ready to not have this big bump and to be able to sleep on my tummy (when I get sleep that is!). The time with Kaydon in my belly has been amazing and a once in a lifetime experience...but now I'm anxious and ready to have him in the outside world!

My next doctor's appointment is Wednesday morning. I get another one of those friendly exams and I hope something will have changed in the past week! I have a few more days to make something happen! haha. What to do....hmmmmm

Well anywho...I'll post another update after my doctor's appointment on Wednesday!

In the mean time, take a look at some "preggo" pics Karsten and I had done by a friend of ours at church, Adrian Gutierrez. They are amazing!

http://picasaweb.google.com/CareeseV/PreggoPictures?feat=directlink

Talk to you soon!

38 weeks

Well...I'm not dilated one bit...well she said "oh about a fingertip". Which is essentially nothing! I was so upset and frustrated. She did say she thinks I'll be somewhere next week, so I plan on doing everything I can in my power in the next week to get dilated! I don't want to go past my due date and I don't want to have a big baby!

Anywho...I'm just anxious and ready to meet this little guy. Soon I hope...soon.

37 weeks

Well...we are now considered FULL TERM! Which means...all he's doing in there is gaining weight (well both of us are!) and that also means that he could, in reality, come at any time and it'd be OK :-)
Doctor's appointment today was routine and of course everything was A O K :-) Next week I'll start getting checked to see if I am dilating any and if my cervix is starting to thin out. FUN...I hear only good things about those checks...(rolling my eyes!).

All I can say right now is that I'm exhausted. For the past two nights I have not been able to fall asleep. I am extremely tired, but I can't doze off...nothing helps. I'm tossing and turning all night, so uncomfortable no matter how I am laying down...And I've been having major hot flashes since Sunday! I'm hoping that it's a sign of my hormones changing and getting my body ready for labor...wishful thinking I'm sure.

Only 2 1/2 weeks to go till my due date and I'm still praying he'll come early! Lord, hear my cries!

WHEW!

Well today was my 36 week check-up and when my doc asked me if there was anything I'd like to find out today (other than how much weight I gained...how big my gut got...etc.) I said "CAN WE PLEASE GET A GUESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH HE WEIGHS!!" She said...sure! She felt around for his head...down there where it should be...then found his bum...which I have no problem finding myself since that is usually what give me the aches and pains when he stretches...and then she said, "I am guessing this baby is around 5 1/2 pounds, which at full term would put him at 7 or 7 1/2 pounds, which is a good size for you. Anything bigger would be tough." Can you say...RELIEVED! I swear he feels HUGE in there, and I know he's crammed, which is probably why I feel like he's huge. Hee hee. Anywho. Everything else is, of course, right on track! Right now we are just playing the "weighting game"...I mean the waiting game! All that both of us are doing in these last 3 1/2 weeks are gaining weight! Continue to pray with me that he will come at least one week early...but no later than March 2nd! I'm believing it!

9 months!!

Hello friends and family!

So tomorrow (Monday 2/2/09), I will be 36 weeks...starting my 9th month! I can't believe I'm already to this part in my pregnancy...but I am SO HAPPY that I am :-) I'm ready for this little man to get here already! I think today was my first really uncomfortable day. Today Karsten and I went to church and lunch with my parents (it's their 25th wedding anniversary) and my gut looked HUGE this morning. Kaydon is usually all up on my right side, but he was smack dab in the middle this morning. I was very uncomfortable...my gut was hard off and on...not sure if I was experiencing braxton hicks contractions or something...it wasn't the greatest feeling. Then during church he got back to his normal spot on the right side of my belly and chilled out for a bit. We went to lunch and I could barely fit my gut in a booth! WOW...that was the first time that has happened! So sad, haha.

Karsten and I also went to IKEA to get a couple of dressers to use in Kaydon's room. Rather than buying a changing table and a dresser of some sort, I decided it'd be smart, cheaper and well smart (ha) to just get a couple of dressers that he can grow up using. Thanks to my n-laws we were able to get 2 dressers and they look great in Kaydon's room. Karsten and I put them together in under 2 hours...Karsten did get a booboo though - he smashed his finger with the hammer :-( Hard enough to bleed.

Throughout the whole day, I on and off again felt uncomfortable. Kaydon must have had a growth spurt today or he just felt like stretching all day long :-) No break whatsoever! Wednesday is my next dr. appointment and I am PRAYING the doc will be able to tell me how big he is. I swear the poor thing is really out of room in there! With my short torso, it's got to be tight.

Anywho...here are a few pictures.