Home Sweet Home, Ready for Baby!

We are all moved into the house now. Everything is unpacked (except the office), the dogs are like puppies again (digging in the yard but happy), and the nursery is all set and ready (but no baby yet- I'm hoping today).

We love the house and are so excited to have the space again. It is so nice not to always have everyone in the same room. Patrick even asked the other day, "Where are you?" and started laughing at the fact that he hasn't had to wonder that in a long time. We are still very close to the city. Only a 30 min drive or train ride away. Patrick's commute to the office every day is only 15 more minutes than what it was in the city believe it or not and he enjoys the down time on the train ride home- where he actually gets a seat unlike the subway.

I will post pictures as soon as I can. In the midst of all the chaos our computer broke so until we can get a new one I can not upload pics. I can use my work computer but it will not allow me to install the program to add my pics.

Now we are just waiting for the baby. I am ready. I have been 80% effaced for two weeks and am now dialated to almost 2 cm. I am having contractions all the time- but apparently not the good ones that eject a baby. My fingers look like plumped ball park franks and my feet only fit into my loosened tennis shoes. Oh yeah and I never thought I would see the day but I only fit into large and extra large maternity shirts- the belly is really out there. Like I said, I am ready.

It's official!

Well it is now official, we own a home or should I say have a large mortgage for one :) We closed on the house today and are so excited to be moving in on Thursday. I can not wait to take the dogs to the house and see their reaction to having a yard again. I am going there tomorrow to get things ready and cleaned and give the girls a chance to run around the empty house before the chaos of moving day. I also can not wait to set up the nursery for the little guy. Patrick is in Washington D.C. until Wednesday night so I told the little guy he has to wait until at least Friday so that his father is home and we are all moved in. Hopefully he is not like his mother and will be obedient.

Please feel free to come visit us, we are still only a short distance to the city and now have extra room for visitors. I like to think it's the best of both worlds.

No More Bedrest

We had another appointment today with the doctor. The good news is I no longer have to be on any form of bedrest! (That was short-lived) We are past the questionable point of lung development with the baby so we are free to deliver at any time. The baby looks and sounds great. They estimate his weight to be just under six pounds. He is head down and out of room! The only concern they now have is that the amniotic fluid levels looked a little low at the office so we had the "non stress test" (I think that is what they called it) done at the hospital. They monitored the baby and measured the fluid levels. Currently we are on the low end of where they would like them to be but are not in the "bad" range yet. We will just have to go in weekly at this point until the baby is born to get rechecked.

Other than that, things are great! I am trying to get everything in the apartment packed up before next week, just in case. Next week is crazy though! I told the baby today that he needs to wait until at least next Friday to come out. Monday we close on the house, Patrick is out of town Monday night to Wednesday night, and we move on Thursday! Yes, we are crazy.

Wish us luck...

"Modified Bedrest"

Well, yesterday after spending four hours at the hospital I was put on "modified bedrest" until the little guy arrives.

I never planned to call the doctor, and probably never would have, but when I saw my physical therapist yesterday morning she called the doctor herself. Needless to say I was sent to labor and delivery for "a half hour of monitoring" which was a lie. Like I said, four hours later they let me go home. I am having active and consistent contractions but am not dialating yet so in an attempt to slow or stop the contractions I am supposed to stop all exercise, walk only small distances and relax (feet up) the entire remainder of the time. This is very difficult for me. I just want to move around! I can't even walk the dogs anymore! Hopefully this will all keep the little guy inside for as long as possible though.

The good news is that the baby has already settled into the pelvis head down- no breech baby here thank the Lord! He looks great and had a great heartrate. They said that at this point (34 weeks 3 days) if labor starts they will not try to stop it because he is fully developed. Obviously we hope he stays put as long as possible to keep growing and fatten up!

Please say a prayer that he hangs in there until April.

Good news, we have officially sublet our apartment as of April 1 so we will not have a mortgage and a rent payment! We are so blessed that everything is falling into place with this move.