Perfect Pregancy and Cheerleading Splits!

Let's start with the good news. I had a check-up yesterday and everything looks "perfect". My weight gain, baby's measurements, everything up until now. So instead of going to every other week my doctor is going to let me go another 4 weeks before starting the every other week appointments. I also got to see my doctor one last time! She thought she had started labor, but no - so they booked her patients with other doctors - but no - so got to see her yesterday and discuss labor & delivery a bit. She will return to work the last week in April and will see me for my last check-ups and delivery.
Now to the stupid thing I did - I pulled a muscle in my groin while standing on the first (carpeted) step of our stairs and trying to reach to check that a door was locked. It was further than I thought so I put my foot down on the hardwood - where it went sliding. I caught myself with the wall so I didn't fall, but I did pull a muscle in my cheerleading spit position! I could tell Monday night that it hurt - but the real hurt did not set in until Tuesday morning. I got up and was in such pain! It felt like when I had a kidney stone. The left side of my belly, back and groin was in such pain. I was trembling and pacing and not getting relief. On top of all this my stomach went rock hard - protecting the baby from whatever had my heart rate and pain levels up! The baby also moved to the side that wasn't hurting me. So after some panic we called the OB emergency line and explained what happened. I was instructed to take Tylenol, warm baths and to take it easy. Tuesday brought no relief, but the baths helped. Wednesday as I walked around the muscle loosened up and everyday it has been better. I guess there will be no more cheerleading splits for me during this pregnancy. I found out the hard way that a pulled muscle during pregnancy is very different than when you are not pregnant!
Besides that things are going great. Keep us in your prayers that things will remain great for the next few months!

7 months!

Picture in green is last week at 26 weeks; picture in white is this week at 7 months.

I am now at 7 months with 12 weeks left until my due date. We have signed up for our Childbirth Preparation Classes that will run for 5 weeks and then I will attend a breastfeeding class in April (all offered through our hospital). We will also get a tour of the birthing center and will be allowed to pre-register. It's time to get serious about figuring out what we are suppose to be doing!

Last week I saw my pulmonary specialist and I will now be put on over the counter Zyntac thru my OB to help with any aggrevation that heartburn may cause my cough. As the baby gets bigger and bigger and takes up more space he's making breathing more difficult. My breathing test results came back great, but I sound and truly am winded most of the time! I will see this doctor again in April and then after the birth.

Wednesday I go for my monthly check-up. My OB has had her baby boy so I will be seeing someone else in the practice until the end of April. My OB was confident that she would be back to deliver our baby in May.

So now that we have completed our nursery, have our shower dates set, and classes scheduled - we are just waiting!

Nursery!

And now we wait.....

We have completed the nursery project now! We had to wait for some prints to come in, but they finally arrived.

The walls are a light yellow (Pecan Cream) and the accent color is navy. Our crib set is "Champ Snoopy" with several sports represented. The prints we choose are assorted Peanuts that will grow with him for a few years and are not so babyish. The furniture is cherry and the crib will convert to a toddler bed and then to a full-sized bed.

We will move our Lazy-boy recliner into the room when baby boy actually arrives so that Mommy will have a nice comfy chair for those late night naps - I mean feedings!

I'm sure as the showers begin we will have more items to add to this room to make it uniquely his own!

26 weeks!

So here I am at 25 weeks and 3 days. I am getting bigger and bigger, but Saturday I was reminded of just how big I would get!

Saturday, Jason and I attended our first pre-natal class - Infant Care and Early Childhood. We were in a room full of pregnant women and their spouses. This class covered from right after you have the baby in the hospital to a year old. There was so much that we didn't know! We both felt that we got our money worth from the class. We learned about swaddling, diapering, cleaning, feeding, sleeping, and everything in between. Going through this class has really made us more willing to sign up for additional classes like labor & delivery, baby safety /first aid and breastfeeding. We will attempt to be as educated as we can...in hopes that it will help us be somewhat prepared for this little baby boy!