Without warning, we have a new due date!

March 28 2013

Things just got real!  I went to the doctor yesterday and despite my heartfelt pleas and weird spinning baby moves Lily has insisted on not flipping :(  There is still a 10-15% chance that she could flip when she decides to drop (if she ever decides to drop) but my doctor doesn't see it as likely and now that she is getting so big flipping will be a pretty uncomfortable experience for me (imagine taking a 16 inch ruler from horizontal to vertical to horizontal inside of your tummy...OUCH!)

So I talked with my doctor about options and we decided we aren't even going to try for a ECV...seems too risky and no guarantee it will work...and go straight for a c-section.  My doc is calling the hospital and getting me set up for either April 15 or 16 depending on availability. AH! that just eliminated an extra week I thought i had to prepare myself.

Wow, I can not believe how quickly this is all coming to an end...I am so so so nervous about the c-section and the recovery, but I know Lily has to get out somehow and this is the safest way for both of us.  And the good news is unless I go into labor before the 15th, the whole delivery process should be pretty short and sweet.  The recovery on the other hand might take a little longer but I heard the key to a good recovery to get moving as soon as I can, so that's my plan!

Nothing else is really happening...I got Lily set up with a pediatrician.  Reston Town Center Pediatrics, they were recommended by my doctor.  We were just going to have Lily go to the same doctor office Matt and I go to but after thinking about it I wanted her to be seen by the same doctors from the start and RTCP has doctors that do rounds at the hospital so they would meet her when she is born and they would keep with her through out her childhood.  Also this place has two lactation consultants on staff which might come in very handy if I struggle with breastfeeding.

I have my next doctors appointment on April 4, just a checkup...I hope I will find out before then when my c-section is scheduled but if not I will find out at that appointment.

Lauren Walker's bridal shower is this weekend!!!!  Even though I am the size of a whale, I am very excited to make the trip to Richmond to see the bride to be!!!

I think that is all I have going on, I will update when I find out the date and time of my c-section, I know all my readers are clearing their schedules to come and see Lily so I don't want to keep you waiting :)

How far along? 36 weeks, 6 days!!!
Weight gain/loss? Up, Up and away! I am pretty sure the doctors scale is broken....I just keep telling myself that
Maternity clothes? Motherhood Maternity has been a life saver!  
Stretch marks?  Still holding strong with none...Man I am so lucky ::knock on wood:: come on skin hold out for just two more weeks...I believe in you!
Sleep? Eh....sore subject...literally, I wake up sore every morning!  Still have a master spot stealer to deal with....but he is so darn cute when he does it!  
Best moment this week?  Since yesterdays doctors appointment I have just felt relief, like okay its real and I can do it.
Movement? Lots of it!  Still lots of uncomfortable burning sensations in my upper abdomen from Lily's head...I don't see this going away anytime soon, maybe when she drops
Food Cravings? Bananas....granola bars
Food Aversions? Nothing
Gender? GIRL GIRL GIRL GIRL!
Belly button in or out? Flat....that should be an option....flat
What I am looking forward to? Lauren Walker's bridal shower!  Easter!
Milestones?  Only 17 or 18 days to go!  AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

As promised: The Nursery!

March 22 2013

Two blog posts in one week....I know I know I am overachieving! Before i forgot I wanted to make sure I got these pictures out so everyone can see what the nursery is looking like...enjoy!

TADA!  the finished product...Max insisted on being in the pic as it is his old room and those are my feet in the chair...I was so close to getting out of the pic haha

Our baby changing station...those are stickers on the wall (in case you thought we were talented enough to paint that...thank you for the compliment haha) and a BIG thank you for Jaime who came over and helped me put the stickers up!

Our feeding/reading and rocking station....Thank you Mom and Dad Simonetti for donating the rocker and of course Betty Arneson for the A-M-A-Z-I-N-G quilt!  I also have a boppy which is currently being stored in the crib so it doesn't get too much max hair on it.  Also behind the owl is an ipod docking station and our ipod has nursery rhymes that I am going to play whilst feeding Lily :)

Lily's sleeping area!  Look at all those books, she is going to be able to read them all by age 2 haha, thank you everyone for the books! On the bookshelf, there is my grandma's praying bear which I have kept just for such an occasion :) as well as Lily's first piggy bank (WVU of course) which she will hopefully use the funds to pay her way to her first WVU football game this fall!

So there you have it!  What do you think?  We have the swing out in the living room by the tv so she can hang with the fam and get her swing on.  The highchair is by the dining room table, makes sense haha. In our bedroom is where we are going to set up the pack-n-play for the time being as Lily will likely sleep with us for the first few weeks, especially if I have to get a c-section.

Have a great week, blog you all next week!  Keep praying Lily flips for us!

I am ready!

March 21 2013

I am back!  Sorry for the delay in these blog entries, life has gotten in my way!  A few things have happened since last time you heard from me.

1.  Meg Mack had her beautiful little girl!  Madison Belle Mack born March 19 2013, Lily doesn't know it but she will probably spend many a playdate with Maddie :) Maddie was an impressive 9 lbs 12 oz,  born vaginally!  WAY TO GO MEG, make sure you let Maddie knows what she put you through to get her here!

I can't figure out how to flip the picture....also don't mind my tired  after work no makeup look

2.  Matt and I are officially, officially ready for Lily to arrive!  I went out and bought a couple of nursing bras and those milk screening strips which were the last two items on my must purchase before birth list.  In case you don't know what the milk screening strips are, they are strips you can use to test your breast milk to see if you have had one too many glasses of wine!  I don't think I am going to be drinking tons of wine but I just want to make sure if I have a glass or two at night time I am not sharing with Lily, I know I don't even know what type of wine she likes yet it would be rude for me to assume she likes the same as me :)
We also have one car seat in matts car, not installed yet but hopefully we can get that done this weekend and hopefully get the car seat into my car as well.

3.  I went to the doctor, I am on weekly visits now, and found out Lily is back in her breech position :(  I have been googling to see if there is anything i can do to get here to flip.  I found this website:  www.spinningbabies.com which supposedly if you do some of the moves it encourages the baby to flip from being breech.   
Lily has two weeks to flip before my doctor wants to discuss what options i have....one is trying ECV, that is short for a long confusing medical term, which would involve me getting admitted to the hospital and having a team of doctors try to manually (from the outside) lift lilys butt and flip her head and butt in my uterus.  The success rate of this is a little over 50%, but if it works then I can have a normal birth....some complications can happen, like Lily can get distressed and if her heart rate drops I will have to have an emergency c-section  or there is a slight chance that a placenta abruption can occur (the placenta ripping from the uterine wall) which would require an emergency c-section as well.  The other option is just having a scheduled c-section.
I haven't decided which option I will take yet if Lily doesn't flip....I really was hoping to try and give birth naturally, but I am a little nervous about the complications with the ECV.  I still have two weeks to think about it.

4.  The nursery is still done, but i keep forgetting to take pictures of it.  I know people keep asking me for them so I solemnly swear within the next week I will get pictures and will add them!!

5.  I found out getting sick while pregnant really is the WORST!  I somehow caught the cold of death last week and I was out of commission Wednesday through Sunday.  I am sure if I had just been a regular human, it would have just been a cold but since i was pregnant and I already am so uncomfortable most of the time it was torture.   I ended up having to take off work Wednesday afternoon and all day Friday.  I didn't get more than 4 hours of sleep at night so on Friday I took 3 benadryls and slept alllll day!!  Luckily, by Monday morning I was recovered but boy that was the most uncomfortable I have been in a LOOOONNNNGGG TIME!


Okay I think that updates you on most everything that has happened in life since my last post.  In the next week, nothing terribly exciting is happening...I go back to the doctor next Wednesday for a check up and I think that is it.  We are mostly just playing a waiting game right now.

Prayers for Lily to flip in the next two weeks are greatly appreciate!


How far along? 35 weeks, 6 days!!!
Weight gain/loss? Up, Up and away! But good news is I have gone down in the last week according to the doctors scale....yessss, I am moving towards the healthy eating habits i need for post pregnancy like switching from sugary cereals to multigrain cheerios and packing my lunch full of high fiber foods and cooking in for dinners.
Maternity clothes? Motherhood Maternity has been a life saver!  
Stretch marks?  Still holding strong with none...Man I am so lucky ::knock on wood::
Sleep? I have learned to stop drinking fluids at 730pm which has helped to curb my need to pee in the middle of the night....Max is still stealing my spot in bed, grrrrrrrr!  Matt got up to pee last night and max just stayed on the floor, 5 minutes later I get up to pee and come back spot filled with a dog WHAT-A-JERK!
Best moment this week?  Finding out Maddie arrived safe and sound and meeting her!  She is the cutest little thing!!!
Movement? Lots of it!  Because Lily's head is in the wrong place, I have been getting terrible like burning pain in my upper right abdomen...doc says it is just growing pains but it is killer!
Food Cravings? Nothing really right now...sweet potatoes are very delicious to me right now.....I have decided after getting Dairy Queen on Saturday night I am not allowing myself anymore ice cream, can I hold out?
Food Aversions? Nothing
Gender? GIRL GIRL GIRL GIRL!
Belly button in or out? Flat....that should be an option....flat
What I am looking forward to? Lily flipping (fingers crossed) and arriving safe and sound
Milestones?  Less than a month to go!  29 days to be exact, not that I am counting!!!!!

I am a terrible blogger....

March 8 2013

I am sorry blog friends, I have been slacking on this blog.  I keep telling myself I will wait until I take pictures of the nursery to share but I keep forgetting to take pictures.  I decided I better update now or I was going to lose my whole audience!  To start, I believe I promised some pictures of my shower last post so below are a couple and also a link to some more...on PINTEREST!  My shower is famous on Pinterest!!!!

The theme :) I have this sign and I am going to hang it up in the  nursery somewhere!

The way to my heart, cookies :) This was the cookie/candy bar, everything was so delicious!

Pinterest link:  MY SHOWER ON PINTEREST!

So other things that have happened in the last two weeks....the nursery is done, Jaime came over and we put up the stickers on the walls (they look classier than they sound I promise).  I have washed all but one last load of Lily's clothes so she will be fully closeted upon her arrival. Other than that, just a lot of thumb twiddling waiting for her to make her appearance.

Health wise, I am still doing well...getting huge.  Like literally I feel like i have doubled in size in the last two days!  Matt even noticed. I can not imagine 5 more weeks of growth, my poor skin...I am so lucky I have no stretch marks please o please let my luck last for 5 more weeks. My blood pressure is slightly higher but nothing extreme, it was 122/72 last night.  I can only sit in one position for like 20 minutes before I get uncomfortable and have to stretch and move. In general, I am trying to stay positive and light hearted but everyday I am just a little bit closer to throwing in the towel...GET THIS BABY OUT OF ME! Only 5 weeks, only 5 weeks...I can do this, I can do this!!!!!!



How far along? 34 weeks!!!
Weight gain/loss? Up, Up and away! I am so excited to be going down soon!
Maternity clothes? Motherhood Maternity has been a life saver!  
Stretch marks?  Still none and I know how lucky I am...please o please 5 more weeks!
Sleep? I am always tired but I can't sleep because my hips hurt....its a lose lose situation.
Best moment this week?  Snow day :) Although it was a crappy snow storm, it was nice to do nothing all day and Lily was very active so Matt got to experience what I deal with everyday.
Movement? Lots of it!  
Food Cravings? Still loving bananas, nothing else.
Food Aversions? Nothing
Gender? GIRL GIRL GIRL GIRL!
Belly button in or out? Flat....that should be an option....flat
What I am looking forward to? Lily arriving
Milestones?  Nothing big in the last two weeks....according to some blog readings if I were to go into labor today the doctors would not try and stop it!  yikes, Lily can come anytime!