Appointment updates and such

This morning was my 36 week appointment.

Overall, it was great. After a brief stint being completely transverse yesterday which hurt like a &%$#^, baby is head down again. Thankfully, the midwife thinks that she is probably done experimenting with positions and will most likely stay put. If however, in the next couple of days I feel her flip again, I need to call and they will schedule an external version. Not something I want....

Her heart rate was a little faster than normal, but she was active and actually kicked the probe, so, no cause for concern. She was just getting in a little aerobic workout this morning. At least one of us is.... my weight? Um...yeah. 178.5ish

Other than that, I have all of my appointments for the rest of this pregnancy scheduled (assuming I'm not overdue, of course). It's kind of an odd feeling, but really exciting as well!

35/35

35 Weeks/35 days to go!

Kind of a cool little number thing going on there.

The hat

Remember the other day when I mentioned finding a super cute Christmas tree hat pattern. Well, I finished the hat. Here it is:



The problem is that the pattern came in 3 sizes: medium premie, large premie, and newborn. I made the newborn size figuring this baby would be 3 months old by the time Christmas rolls around. Well, this hat fits Mini Me. So....I guess I have to knit another much smaller one for the little one. At least they will have matching hats! Oh-I just had the best idea: they can wear their matching hats for a picture for this years Christmas cards! Nothing like planning ahead.

34 weeks

Here's the 34 weeks pictures:

Knitting and Not Sleeping

This morning was our morning to "sleep in". (Read: Not drive hubby to the train station at 6:15am). However, I couldn't sleep and was wide awake at 4am, and our darling little daughter was awake at 5:10. It's really nice to know we *could* have slept in until, say, 6:30. Oh, well!

I also have this intense urge to knit. (Yet again, knitting is no where on this list ---->)
But, I found an adorable pattern for a little hat that's like a Christmas tree with matching elf booties...so, I have to get started on it. Ya know, since Christmas is only 4 months away. Although, I have to say that I've already started making our Christmas shopping list and already have one present purchased. Never too early to start, right?

Flips and Flops

So, I think little one has turned yet again. Thank you very much for all of your finger crossing. She's certainly not in the same position she used to be...she's more centered than on my right side. But, I *think* she is head down since I felt hiccups pretty low last night, and am feeling lots of little bumps/kicks around and just above my belly button.

Anyway, we shall see. She's certainly running out of room.

Also, if you look waaaay over there ----------------------->
you will see the "to do" list I keep complaining about. (Notice that 'redesign the blog' is not anywhere on there...nor has it ever been. Yet, what is happening? Um, yeah.)
Anyway, just thought it would be fun (and maybe get me in gear) if I had some fun way to track my accomplishments. So, check back to see my progress as I cross things off the list!

Blog construction

If you have ventured over to this blogs "sister" site, The Mini Me Times, you may have noticed that we are undergoing some changes.

I am preparing The Mini Me Times for the new arrival. The plan is that this blog will remain active through the birth of Mini Me 2.0. After the birth, it will be inactive, but will remain available.

All blogging related to the kids (& anything else) will be posted on the Times site. There are many more changes still to come on the Times site.

And, yet, my to-do list still remains at 33 items. Why? Because I've spent all this time working on the blogs instead of knocking things off the list.

Loving this website

I'm loving this website right now.... I'm sure you will be seeing it again in a few weeks when I start to get the questions...

www.haveyouhadthatbabyyet.com

Did I show you the blanket?

Last week (or was it the week before? Time flies) I finished the baby's blanket.

It's a very simple, boring one color blanket, and I still managed to screw up half a row add some character.

So, here it is:

Cross your fingers

Everyone cross your fingers for me. Right now. Hey, you. I see you sitting there without your fingers crossed. Let's go..... I'll wait....

Still waiting....

OK, good. Now I can continue.

The other night, baby girl was doing some serious renovations gymnastics in my uterus, and now seems to be in a weird diagonal upside-down backwardsish curled up in a ball on my right side position. I'm not sure what she's doing in there, but it's uncomfortable and doesn't seem like a good thing for either of us. Hopefully, she is still somewhat facing in the right direction, but we're starting to run out of room, and time.

So, don't you dare uncross your fingers. Let's hope that this kid has inherited her daddy's sense of direction and is able to find her way out just fine, because we know mommy would get lost even with a GPS. :-)

Doula update

I met with our potential doula yesterday. She is a very sweet woman, and I completely got a good vibe from her.

I'm all about that. Generally, I find the answers to standard questions like, "what made you want to become a doula?" completely useless. So, I didn't even bother to ask them. Really, if you are trying to get someone to hire you, for any job, aren't you going to answer questions in a way that is going to portray you in the best light to make the person want to hire you, regardless of whether the answer is 100% accurate? (If you answer 'no' to that question, I'll be hooking you up to a polygraph at the end of the post.)

But, very rarely am I wrong about the vibes I get from people. I learned to trust that instinct when I was a manager (like, for real employed...not household management). I shook my head many a time and the staff that were hired, knowing that it would end badly. And, countless times, it did. I'm just good like that.

Luckily for me, I didn't get that at all with this woman. She seems like a genuinely nice person and I am looking forward to having this baby with her help and that of the midwives that have made this pregnancy so much more "normal", than medical. Yay!

32 week appt.

So, 32 week appt stats:

Weight: 172
BP: 110/70

Baby Girl's heartrate is in the high 140's, and she is still hanging out in her head down position. Nothing else new to report. Just waiting......

32 week pic

Here is 32 weeks: