Preggo Update

Since it has been a good few weeks since I've blogged about anything, let me do a little pregnancy update. 

*I am currently 30 weeks pregnant!  The countdown is really on since we are down to single digit weeks left!!

*I had my 28 week testing done (glucose, STDs, AIDS, iron, blood work, etc.) and everything came back normal!  That was great to hear so I knew that Caroline and I were doing well!!

*At my last doctors appointment (29 weeks), I had high blood pressure.  It was the Monday after Christmas and I had spent the past 5 days eating anything and everything I wanted.  It was all DELICIOUS, but I don't think all the sodium did me any good!  I go back next week and I'm praying it's back down because as much as I would love to be at home right now, I want to have all the time I can with Caroline when she gets here!

*At this point I would LOVE to have another ultrasound.  It's been so long since we've seen our little girl and I would love to know that everything really is going well in there.

*She is growing and growing...and I have a belly to prove it!  There is certainly no denying that I am pregnant.  I need to post some more pictures!  At the last visit my fundal height was right on and her heart beat was good, so sounds like things are moving right along!

*She moves around a lot, but I can also tell that she is sleeping a lot.  PLEASE let that be the case once she gets out here!

*She LOVES a basketball game!  Anytime I go to one of Jason's basketball games she is wil'n out the whole time!!  I thought it was just the loud noises, but Jason and I recently spent New Year's with some of my best friends from college and poor Patrick kept trying to feel her move and she didn't move a lick when he was around and the music was pretty bumping.  Guess she only performs for her daddy!!

*We started our Birth and Beginnings class last night.  It was quite the interesting evening with a video on the different stages of labor, visuals for the sizes of dilation, and different relaxation techniques that we can use during labor.  The instructor would say something and Jason would turn to me and say, 'Write that down.'  We have some good notes for him to review once the day gets here!  To sum up the first night of class, all I can say is, 'Give me an epidural right now!'  I have no need to prove to anyone how much of a woman I am!  We have four more classes to attend and I'm pretty sure by the end we will be faced with realization that she is close to being here!

*After the Birth and Beginnings class we are going to take a breastfeeding class.  A friend of one of my good friends said she took one and it did wonders for her.  Maybe it will make me a little more confident about the whole breastfeeding idea.  I have all intentions of breastfeeding for the first good few months.  I am also aware of the fact that breastfeeding is not easy and I'm not going to put any unnecessary pressure on myself.  I am going to do the very best that I can, but formula feeding a baby is not the end of the world!

*We have our Pac 'N Play and our travel system!  Our parents have been so great and we already have a couple of big ticket items that are ready to go.  Showers start in the next couple of weeks.  I can't wait to see and get to spend time with everyone and begin to get things ready!  I'm sure the nesting instinct will kick in pretty soon after we start getting stuff!!

I feel like I have been pregnant for forever.  Between the miscarriage and any pregnancy being 10 months long, I am ready for her to get here.  I'm sure these next few weeks are going to fly.  Between school, birthing classes, showers, softball, and Leslie's Jack being on the way, we'll get to March in no time!