One week to go!

I went to the doctor yesterday and everything is still good! Surprisingly my blood pressure is wonderful. I thought is would be higher with the stress of moving and selling our house added with the high heat and humidity at work, but I was wrong. I am not dilating yet, so that is actually good news for now. I just wanted to make it through early next week when we close on our old house and our new house. I go back to the doctor next Wednesday for a check-up and then on Friday of next week for an ultrasound. They want to mainly check the fluid level and Matthew's position. So, once we get through the hurdle of moving this weekend and settling into our new house we can relax with our new son. Gosh that sounds so weird...cool, but weird. My last day at work is tomorrow! We all decided that is was a great idea to be off my feet and relax this last week or so. I just can't handle the heat at work anymore. I will only miss six and a half days of school, so that is basically nothing this time of year. Have a wonderful day!

"Moving" along

(Fitting title huh?!) I went to the doctor yesterday and everything is starting to move along as it should. Matthew is dropping into place and getting ready for the delivery. Without getting too graphic, I will say my body is also getting ready and some things are happening. As for moving day, that is still up in the air. The buyers of our house decided to go on vacation and their realtor was delayed in ordering the appraisal, so we can't close on June 1st. We will probably close on Monday, June 4th. If Matthew decided to come early, we will postpone our closing date until later in June. Who knows... Regardless I am looking forward to a new home and a new family. We are doing a great job of getting packed up here, a little bit each night. I am also starting to compile a list for my hospital bag, just in case. As for work, that is going great. The heat will be a challenge in the next few days, but other than that I feel wonderful while I am there. I am sleeping pretty good, with the exception of some acid reflux. My legs and feet are quite swollen, but my doctor said there really isn't more I can do to make that better. So I guess keep your fingers crossed that we can move before Matthew makes his grand entrance! More to come next week after I visit the doctor. Have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend! We are planning on taking a nice night to spend on the boat relaxing and enjoying the evening. Hopefully the rain will hold off one night.

Moving!

We bought a house this weekend! The offer was accepted last night! We are hoping to move the first weekend in June, just in time for Matthew to be born! Needless to say, we are very excited about everything that has happened this past week. For mother's day, my mom and I went and got everything else off my registry that we needed. Ryan put together the stroller/car seat for my car as well as his car seat. I had a doctor appointment yesterday and everything is moving along smoothly. My heart rate is still very good, within normal range, and Matthew's was about 156, which is also very strong and healthy! I go to the doctor weekly now as we wind down these last four weeks.

One month to go!

I am one month away from my due date! In that one month we will move out of our house, purchase a new house and move in there and have a new baby. I think we are a bit crazy! We sold our house on Wednesday and are now looking for a new one. Other than all that, I still feel very good. I am having some swelling at the end of the day, but when it is about 90 degrees in my classroom at work I would probably be swollen even if I weren't pregnant! I go to the doctor Monday to start my weekly appointments, so I will keep you posted when we hear what is happening. Wish us luck on finding a new house!

On track

I had another doctor appointment yesterday and everything is looking great! My blood pressure is great and Matthew's heartbeat is strong at about 145. He is head down and posterior, which is wonderful! I am measuring 35 cm, so that is on track as well. I start my weekly appointments on the 14th of May, so we will have more information then as well.

On another note, keep your fingers crossed, we might have an offer on the house. We will hopefully find out this weekend. Ryan and I are looking at some houses tomorrow with our realtor to narrow down our search as well. We will keep you posted!

A Beautiful Day for a Baby Shower

We had our first baby shower yesterday afternoon at my mom's house. It was the first beautiful day in about a week. It just couldn't have been better! Lindsay and Cara threw a beautiful shower for us and I can't thank them enough. It was so nice to see everyone and we received a lot of beautiful things for Matthew and his room. I want to thank all my friends and family that came yesterday! We have about six more weeks to go now, so we are winding down to the end. I am growing by the day and with my short frame I feel like a house. It was nice to compare my "bump" with Lindsay's (who by the way is much taller than me), we are carrying our boys completely different. We are very fortunate that we have such wonderful friends and family supporting us through our journey and we know that you all will be there after he is born! Thank you!

We finished our prenantal classes last night!

We finished our prenatal class last night. We talked more about breathing techniques to use in the different stages of labor. We also watched a movie about interventions and medications during labor. It discussed the pros and cons of each and the video showed how each procedure was done, with was very helpful. We also watched a short video on c-sections. We also got to tour the new section of the hospital for the babies. It officially opened to patients this past Monday (April 16th). The new wing at Bronson is the "old" part of the hospital, completely remodeled and redone.

The new wing is very nice. The labor and devliery rooms are well equipped with just about everything you would need both for me and Ryan. The delivery rooms are quite large allowing for space for all the nurses, doctors and Ryan to move around in. The recovery rooms are also very nice and spacious. There is also a larger hydrotherapy room to use if I wish. Each room comes with a tub though. The tub was not the biggest one, but I could easily fit, so I can use that if I wish too. Each delivery room has a DVD player and television. I reassured Ryan that the DVD player was for playing music to help us relax instead of watching a movie! Just kidding, he knew that. Each room is also equipped with thier own baby scale, measuring tools and warmer, so they don't have to hunt for things when you are ready to deliver.

They were very busy last night. Only one labor and delivery room was open and only a few recovery rooms with a few more moms waiting in triage to be admitted. While we were walking through the hospital we saw a lot of brand new babies with thier little button noses and loud cries! We walked past the nursery, but it is protected by security, so we couldn't see all the babies there. The new security is also nice. Every baby has an ankle bracelet and if the baby gets too close to a door, the wing goes into lock down and security is there in a heartbeat. I guess this has happened by accident a few times this week by accident while the nurses get aquanted with how close they can get to the doors with the babies. Matthew will also gets wrist bands that match me as well. Each nursing station has a large monitor with all the babies and mother's heartrates, so they can monitor us from thier stations too.

It is very exciting to think that we will be there very soon! I go to the doctor this afternoon for a bi-weekly appointment then I am off to Western for my LAST class of my grad program. We are very excited here, well except for the fact that I have to start paying back my loans next month, but that was expected. Take care!