39 weeks & 2 days

We went to a family reunion on Saturday for Shayne's side of the family. It was at a nice park in Olympia. Here are some pictures! Sarah tagged along with us. :)

38 weeks!

I can't believe I only have 2 weeks left!!!

birthing class @ 37 weeks

Shayne and I finally took a birthing class on Saturday. We did a 1 day cram session. We should have done this over a month ago but, I am a procrastinator!! Oh well, at least we got it done! :) It was very interesting and I learned a lot. Shayne said it was boring but, I think he got a lot out of it too. He at least got to spend about a half hour in my shoes!! Check out the great pics!!

Pregnancy Photographs

We had these photos taken on my birthday. My friend JuLee took them for us. What a wonderful birthday present she gave me!!

I am 36 weeks in these photos!! Almost there!!

35 weeks.

5 weeks to go!! This picture was taken at Kensington Gardens for Sarah's CIP graduations. What a beautiful place!!

6/2 midwife appointment

I had another appointment yesterday. It went pretty well. It started out just like any other appointment but, when then midwife went to listen to the heartbeat at first she said it sounded a little low. But, then she was able to hear it again and it was normal. She said that when I laid down the baby probably just pressed up against the umbilical cord for a second which could cause the irregular heartbeat. Just to be on the safe side though when they were all done they hooked me up to the fetal heartbeat monitor so they could monitor Ellee's heartbeat for an extended amount of time. They monitored her for about 20 minutes and everything was normal! It was kind of cool to be able to hear her heartbeat for so long. She was constantly moving the whole time! They said I have a very active little girl on my hands. :)

results.

I finally got the results back from the 2nd glucose test I had to take.
They came back normal!! So, no gestational diabetes for me!! :)

I had figured they had come back okay because I didn't hear anything right away..still made me nervous though!

32 & 33 weeks.

day 201

This is what my nuturedfamily.com ticker says for today:

Day 201:
The baby's movement may slow down now due to the cramped space.

This had to make me laugh because Ellee's movement has not slowed down at all..if anything she is more active...and getting a lot stronger!! I will wake up in the middle of the night and wonder why..then I feel her doing her somersaults or high kicks and know exactly why! I think we might have a gymnast on our hands. :)

It still amazes me that we are going to have a little girl in about 2 months. This whole experience has been indescribable!

10 to go!

BLAH!

So, turns out when you go in for the 3 hour glucose test they don't give you the same orange drink. They give you a different one. This one is really, really nasty. It is really thick like syrup. The gal told me it has 2x the amount of sugar. The only thing it had going for it was it sorta tasted like Sprite...but, 1000 times sweeter. Talk about sugar overload. Not to mention they had me fast before I went in there so I drank the whole thing (I think about 12oz) as fast as I could on an empty stomach. That first hour was torture...I felt so sick to my stomach from all the sugar trying to settle. Hopefully I will never ever have to do that again!!

They said they will call me if my test comes back positive that I have gestational diabetes. I will keep you all posted.

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glucose test take 2

the results to my glucose test came back yesterday and they were a tiny bit high. the normal range is between 75 and 175. my number was 176. go figure! so, they want me to come in for their 3 hour test. i was a little alarmed at first because i thought i would ace the 1st test and that i didn't have anything to worry about. but, i am still not to worried..i feel great and i am generally pretty healthy. but, we will see after this test if i have gestational diabetes.

for the test i took last friday i had to drink the orange drink and get my blood drawn a hour later. this time i have to eat a high carb diet for the next 3 days and then fast after midnight on the third day. i then have to go in on friday (5/8) and drink the orange drink again. but, this time i will drink the orange drink and a hour later get my blood drawn... only to wait another hour to get more blood drawn and then 1 more hour after that to get my blood drawn a 3rd time. sounds like fun huh?! :) not really but, i guess that is just how it goes.

if 2 out of the 3 tests still come back high then i am diagnosed with gestational diabetes. they said it is easily controlled though with diet and that it will go away after ellee is born. so that is nice to know. i'm trying not to think about it because i am sure i am just fine. i will let you all know what the results are.

♥love yas!!!

glucose test

yesterday we had another appointment with our midwife. before the appointment i had to go in and drink that orange glucose drink to determine whether i have gestational diabetes. it isn't something they were worried about but, just a normal test they do just to be on the safe side. everyone kept telling me that the drink was really gross. but, it actually wasn't that bad! it tasted like orange soda with out the carbonation. i'm not a huge fan of orange soda but, at least it wasn't something worse! the only hard part was trying to down it as fast as i could because i was running late for my actual appointment. i should get the results in a few days. i'm not worried though because i feel great!
at my appointment with the midwife she said that everything looks really good. when she measured my stomach she said that ellee had grown a lot since our last appointment four weeks ago. when she listened for her heartbeat it was stronger on the left side. the midwife had a hard time counting her beats per minute because ellee kept moving around. :) she definitely moves a lot! the midwife said we are right where we need to be. that was really good to hear. all in all it was a really good appointment.

28 weeks!

This is me at 28 weeks and Zen...he is a 250 pound Mastiff that my friend Julie is dog sitting. I have never in my life seen a dog this big!! He is the size of a small pony. We though Charlie was big!! Good thing Zen is a friendly dog..or we could have been in big trouble! :)

totally uncomfortable!

So all day has been torture!! I hope it is better tomorrow! I have just been very uncomfortable. Not only that every time I try to bend over or sit down it is just painful. It is like I've done 500 sit ups or something.

On the bright side...Ellee is a mover! She is constantly doing flips in my stomach. It is so cool to see and feel her moving around. I want to try and post a video but, it is hard to catch her doing it when I have my camera near by. It is the most amazing thing ever...and I never imagined it to be so awesome!

26 weeks down.....14 to go!!

braxton hicks

Can I just say that braxton hicks are really annoying!

Yesterday, I started having them at about noon and they didn't go away completely until about 10pm last night. At first I figured they were just braxton hicks but, when they lasted for so long I kinda got a little nervous. They were mostly in my lower back, and from what I have read and have been told braxton hicks are usually in your lower abdomen not in your back. I had no idea what braxton hicks were supposed to feel like or even what labor is supposed to feel like...this is a whole new experience for me! I thought maybe I was going into early labor..which made me just a tad bit more nervous because I am only 24 weeks!!

Thank goodness for the Group Health Nurse line you can call. I called them and the RN asked me a bunch of questions. I thought she would just give me an answer on what I should do but, she said she had to call the midwifes and then call me back. That made me even more nervous! When she finally called me back (It seemed like forever but, really probably only about 10 minutes.) She said that the midwifes doubted it was actual labor. They told me to just take it easy and get lots of rest, drink lots of fluids, take some tylenol and put a heating pad on my lower back. And if it did continue then to call back.

They finally went away at about 10 last night. They got a whole lot better after I had taken the tylenol. And I feel completely fine this morning. I'm hoping that I don't continue to get them that bad through out the rest of my pregnancy but, I guess we will see. But, in the end it will be worth it when we finally get to hold little miss Ellee in our arms!! :)

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24 weeks & counting!

baby ellee bump!

20 week pic

She is growing fast!!!

I can't believe in 20 short weeks she will be here!!