32 Weeks!!!

That's right! Today is our 32nd week of being pregnant! I can't believe how long I have been pregnant for and how fast it has went by! Here is a little bit about what is going on this week with mommy and baby!

Photo from Baby Center

As you can tell its getting very cramped in there. I hope he doesn't have leg cramps like his daddy.  I have noticed Cole has been more cramped and is trying to make room for him self.. I feel bad and hate to tell him I don't know that he can have that much room left and no matter how hard he pushes and punches its not going to change. I wish I could change it but I can't. 

Whats going on with Cole?-

He is continuing to grow. His toenails and fingernails are fully formed and his lungs are continuing to mature but will not reach full maturity for several more weeks. His skeleton has completely formed, but his bones are still very soft and pliable. His Lanugo, the soft, downy hair that insulates your baby, continues to fall off this week. He is also swallowing the vernix caseosa and that will make up his first poopy diaper called Meconium. His skin is also not see threw anymore! :) Yay

Whats going on with Mommy?-
Well there is this gigantic belly that is getting more and more difficult to deal with. I am having more back pain now then before. 
I have been pretty lucky, I haven't had heartburn or Hemorrhoids yet. I am hoping that I can avoid that fun part of pregnancy. I do have stretch marks, but I am OK with them they are not bad. Don't expect to get a picture of the bare belly though! ;) My hips are also killing me, I am sure that's because they are moving to allow room for the baby when he makes his big duet! 

We only have 56 days to go!! I am so glad that we are down to the home stretch. The first thing I am going to do is sleep on my belly!!! 

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My Hospital Bags-

So as every first time mom wonders when is the right time to pack the Hospital bags and what all do I really need in them? Seeing as how I have never had to worry about packing a hospital bag or anything like that I had NO idea what I was going to pack. So I decided that at 35 weeks I would start buying the things I need to take to the hospital with us and I would start packing and I plan to have everything done and in them by 37ish weeks. As soon as they are complete I am going to put them in the car.

Everyone has different opinions on what to take to the hospital, So I made a list from a BUNCH of other lists and here is what is going in my bag.

• My insurance info & Photo ID
• My contacts & Solution
• Shampoo & Conditioner
• Tooth Brush & tooth paste
• Lotion
• Deodorant
• Flip Flops
• Comfortable Clothes (IE Sweat pants and lose shirt)
• Daddy's Pillow 
• My laptop & Charger
• Camera & Charger
• Chap-stick because the hospitals are so dry
• Gum
• My Special blanky
• Warm Socks
• Pads that are not 3000 inches thick
• Breast Cream & Breast Pads
• Cell Phone & Charger ( I am going to buy a new Charger to leave in the bag)
• Nursing Bra
• Yoga Ball ( If my hospital will let me)
• Snack Foods & Drinks
• Pony Tail Holders
• Towels
• Hair Brush
• Extra Undies

I am going to write down everything in my bag for my nurses with a check list spot next to the item, I know they are rushed and don't really have time to inventory everything I feel the need to bring.  I am also going to leave the bags in the car until we are admitted and everything is a "for sure going to happen tonight thing".

Cole's bag-

• 2 different outfits size NB and 0-3
• 4 onesies (to layer with)
• some of his burp cloths
• His Boppy Billow
• Several Swaddling Blankets
• A blanket for over him in his Car Seat

I think that is really all I am going to take for him.  Daddy will be coming home at night so if we need anything he can bring it back up to me.

I have however made my list of people who I am going to call when it is go time. I am not going to call everyone as I do not want everyone and their brother at the hospital waiting for Cole to make his entrance. It could be anywhere from a 1 hour to 36 hours for all we know and I just really want to be with my husband and very close family members. After the people I call get to the hospital I will then see how things are going and then give the go ahead to call others but It will be made clear that no one else will be allowed at the hospital. My list includes

• My Mom and Step Dad
• Johnathon's Parent's and Sister
• My Aunt Jamie
• My Nana
• Aunt Sam

I feel like everyone can wait until we all get settled and everything is made sure is OK and things are going fine. As soon as we know whats going on other phone calls can be made and it be made clear not to come up to the hospital until the baby is born. This may be a bitch move but I am the one in labor and I don't handle stress all the best and I am sure everyone will be getting heads snapped, especially Johnathon, I am going to apologize before. :P I just don't want to deal with a lot of people in and out. Then I will post a Facebook update and then I will be updating my Due Date Buddy who will then also update the other Due Date Girls. 
Well I think that's it for this post.

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I love this Fall Weather!

So Fall has seemed to hit the Ozarks and boy am I thankful for it!! Yesterday was our first nice day of cooler weather and today has been even nicer. With the temperature being lower and all the Halloween decorations and Pumpkins came my craving for Pumpkin Cookies!! They are so good!! Ill type the recipe and post a pic of them later on tonight. The bad thing about these cookies is they make you eat and eat and eat until you are sick! Boy oh Boy are they yummy tho! Last night for dinner we even had Chilli Cheese Wraps! Like I said this momma is very excited about fall! That also means that our little turkey will be here before we know it! I am so excited about getting to spend the holidays this year as a family. Its going to be completely new for all of us. 

Today we are taking Penny and Harley to the park to play. They have been inside this whole summer because its been way to hot for this momma to get out side and walk. So we are going to start making up for that. ;) Plus on the bright side it gets this momma walking, and that should help with labor and delivery! 

With in the next few weeks I am going to start my lists for stuff to make sure I pack in the hospital bags. What were a few things that you forgot but you needed?

31 Weeks!!!

Cole's Profile Shot

Mommy's 31 Week Belly

I can not believe that we are already in our 31st week of pregnancy.  We started our 8th month of pregnancy. I never thought that it would come honestly. It seemed like it was going to take forever from 6 weeks and 3 days it seemed so far away but it really has went by very fast. This week Cole weighs 4 pounds and is at least 16+ inches long! Crazy to think that we are exactly 2 months from our Due Date! This week Cole is about the size of a pineapple and he's going through major brain and nerve development. Eye development, too. His irises now react to light! All five of his senses are in working order. Cole has started this new game of shoving his feet to the very top of my belly and stretching out as far as he can.  When I try to push him back down he gets mad at me and will take both feet and kick the crud out of my hand. When he does this it feels very weird. LOL I love every part of pregnancy no matter how bad it is. The end result is such a blessing I can not wait until we are to that point in the road.

I am so glad that my all day sickness is gone. It feels great to be able to go out in public again with out worrying about getting sick. I decided that I would start packing the Hospital Bag and Cole's Diaper Bag when we hit 36 weeks. I also am going to write everything down for my nurses that way when they go to inventory everything we have brought they can go threw check what we have on our list off and then use that. 

I did get asked about my "birth plan" the other day in Wal-mart. It took me off guard but when I told the lady that I was going to try to have the baby with out the Epidural she had this seer panic look on her face and said "oh Hunny you will want that Epidural." I looked at her and said "Yea I am sure its painful but women did it for years with out the Epidural why is such a odd thing that there are still some women who want to have the baby with out the Epidural?" That ended the conversation pretty quickly. My birth plan goes as follows. I am only going to allow the people who support me in the room before the baby is born. I am not going to listen to "Oh just get the Epi". If my doctor thinks that it is a good decision to get the Epi then fine I will give in and get it. If he says i am doing fine without it great. I am paying him to be my doctor and I trust what he tells me. If something changes I am not going to be this head strong person and demand that it is done my way or no way. By the time we get to this point this baby is going to be coming out one way or another and I want him here safest way possible. The Dr. does this every day I however do not. I am going to trust his judgement. So I guess you can say my plan is to go in with a flexible back bone and let them know my preferences but at the same time trust their judgements.

I had my breastfeeding class on Thursday. It was very boring as it was everything that I had already known and researched. I think the only thing that's really going to help me is when Cole is born a Lactation Consultant. I have never breastfed. I have no idea what great latch is but I am not to worried about it. I am sure it will come naturally to Cole and I. 

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My pregnancy

Well, I started this blog two years ago for our everyday life after the wedding and life got super super busy and forgot that I even had one until I logged into blogger with my email to follow another blog. I will fill you in on our back story and how we have found our self's to were we are today, expecting parents. :)

Our Back Story-

I am Bobbi and I am 20 years old. I am currently 31 weeks pregnant and ready for this emotional roller coaster to be over. I have had a very very rough pregnancy.  My husband is Johnathon he is 23 years old. We got married in July of 2010. We knew that we were going to be married one day so we got married very quickly. It felt right and we both agreed that we wouldn't have it any other way. It was our way and it was special to us. I remember on our wedding day that I wasn't stressed or nervous I was just ready to see my husband after spending the day away from him. When we finally got to be together again I don't think I stopped smiling. We had a smaller wedding but the church was packed with people. I can say that I married my soul mate. :) We have two fur babys. One is a pit mix and her name is Penny and then we have a Cocker Spaniel named Harley.  Well fast forward a bit. On February 28th we found out that we were going to be having a baby. I called Johnathon at work and told him while he was at Wal-mart. He was still working the 4 pm to 1 am shift. He was so excited. I then called my mom and told her that I was for sure pregnant. I had been telling her for two weeks that I was pregnant but all of my tests were coming up negative. She said i was too stressed and that it was throwing my period off. I couldn't help but rub it in that I in fact was pregnant! LOL. Based on my last period they said I was going to be due some time around October 26th. At our first Ultrasound they told me that I was due around November 8th. I was bummed that it was pushed back about two weeks but I was still so excited that we were going to be having our very own special bundle of joy I didn't really care. We told his family and it went better then what we thought it would. His sister was upset and we figured that she would be but things have completely changed from the beginning and I think she is now getting really really excited. We are very thankful for the family we have and that our baby is going to grow up in a loving healthy environment. 

  

About my pregnancy-

Around ten weeks pregnant my all day sickness set in. It was so bad all day I couldn't eat or drink anything. I was trying to drink coke because when my tummy is upset it always seemed to help, Nah it didn't pregnancy won that battle. I finally bucked up and called my OB-GYN. I asked them if there was something I could do to help with it. I had tried all the natural cures to it and NOTHING helped. Most of it made me even sicker. They put me on one type of medication and it didn't touch it. I still had the all day sickness. I had seen were several ladies on my Due Date Club had mentioned that they took Zofran and it was the best stuff you could get your hands on for Morning/All day sickness. So I called back to my OB-GYN and they gave me Zofran. When I got my first pill it was like instant relief from the sickness. Then at around 20 weeks I passed out. We still have no clue as to why I did but I stood up to answer my front door turned around and fell right threw my coffee table and I woke up on my belly. I don't know if I landed on the tummy or what but the baby was ok we went to the ER and they did a Ultrasound and there was our little monkey all big and looked like a baby instead of a gummy bear! Then I had my Gestational Diabetes test done around 26 weeks That was August 2nd. I failed the test and it was also the last day that I took my Zofran! So all day sickness from 10 weeks until 26 weeks and a failed 1 hour Glucose test. The next week I went and took the 3 hour test and it was the hardest thing I had been through. The drink wasn't all that bad. I found out that I would rather drink it warm then cold. What was bad was the sugar overload in your empty system. I was so tired and I slept through the hour intervals in the waiting room. :O But the stuff made me feel so yucky. I finally got the call 3 days later that I had passed the 3 hour. I had completely changed my diet and what I was drinking until I knew I passed the 3 hour test. We had just had our 30 week appointment on August 30th and we had Ultra Sound that day because the appointment before that I was measuring bigger then what I was suppose to. We found out that the baby was measuring a little big but also right on track. They didn't change my due date they said that he had a big Buddha belly and big solders and head. I am glad that he is measuring right on track but also big at the same time. That means that I am doing my job! I have only gained 4 pounds from start to to now. I know I should gain some more by the end of the pregnancy but I am pretty happy with were my weight is at being pregnant. We also found out at the ultrasound that Monkey's left Kidney was measuring bigger then the right one. My doctor said that he is pretty sure that everything will be ok and its pretty normal with little boys. YUP! We found out on or around June 21st we found out that our little monkey that my body hated me for making was going to be a BOY. Everyone just knew that he was a she! 

It took us almost a month and a half to come up with this baby's name! After long nights of searching thousands and thousands of names and listening to people say oh name him this or that. We finally came up with Johnathan Cole. We will call him Cole so he is named after his daddy and daddy's family tradition with the "J" name but he also has his own name to go by. If he wants to go by Johnathan when he gets into school we are ok with that. :) 

This is just a little bit about us. I will post a update later on this evening with my 31 week update and some pictures. :)