Very Eventful Week

I thought I better blog to keep people updated on what has been happening. It has been a while since I posted anything.

Saturday the 23rd, I had my first baby shower! It was a lot of fun to see family that I haven't seen in a while. Brandon's family flew in from Oklahoma and my mom even surprised me and flew in from Arizona. We got lots of cute clothes and many other goodies for the little guy. Even got everything washed and ready to put away.

Sunday, Brandon felt ambitious and wanted to paint the nursery. We picked out a color and got one coat of paint on it. I have now decided that I do not like the color and we have to pick out a new shade of blue. Brandon is not very happy but he is not complaining about it too much.

We started our Childbirth Classes on Monday. It was pretty informative but I could have done without seeing some of the videos they showed us. They kind of made me more nervous.

(Now for the serious stuff). I felt pretty tired all week long but thought it was just because I am in my third trimester and getting bigger. I noticed on Wednesday that my stomach had changed shape and I wasn't feeling as much fetal movement. I called the doctor Thursday and told them what was going on. They wanted me to come in right away for a non-stress test. I really didn't think it was anything and was going to wait until after school to go but the nurse on the phone said I needed to get there right away. I got to the hospital around 12:00 and they hooked me up to the monitors. The little guy was just fine. His heart rate was great and they were picking up a ton of movements. The bad part was they were also picking up contractions. I was having one every 3 minutes. I didn't even feel them. They gave me a shot to slow down the contractions. It slowed them down to every 10 minutes. They also did an ultrasound and found that he was head down ready to go and my cervix was thinner and shorter than it should be. I was at the hospital from Thursday afternoon until yesterday morning. I am not feeling any contractions but have to take medication every 6 hours to keep the contractions from coming back. It is supposed to soften the muscles of the cervix so they can't contract. I am also on bed rest for 2 weeks. That will put me at 34 weeks when I go back to school. The doctor thinks that if the little guy comes at 34 weeks he will be fine. He weighed 4 pounds 10 ounces when they did the ultrasound and I was given steroid injections to help mature his lungs if he does come early. Now my goal is to keep him from coming for at least 2 more weeks. Hopefully I can carry him full term now. I have a feeling though that as soon as I start back at school and am on my feet all day he will come pretty quickly. While on bed rest I was told I can't do anything. Just sit or lay down and can only get up to go to the bathroom or shower. These next 2 weeks should be fun. I think I can deal with it though if it means the little guy will be healthy.

Here are pictures of my belly bump so far (not really a bump anymore). We started taking pictures at 8 weeks and have taken a new picture every 4 weeks. I am now 29 weeks along!

8 Weeks

12 Weeks

16 Weeks

20 Weeks

24 Weeks

28 Weeks

32 Weeks

36 Weeks

(I created this post awhile ago but I wanted to add the last two pictures in order so you could see how fast my belly grew at the end. Caleb was born 2 days after this last picture was taken.)

Welcome to Our Blog!

My sister talked me into setting up a blog. At first I didn't think I would because our lives are not that interesting. But she said that family may want to see pictures of my growing belly and our nursery. Everyone will also want to see pictures of our little guy when he comes. She had a good point. So here is our blog! Check for updates soon!