Baby madness

Now that I'm out of work, my days are spent in what I like to refer to as "Baby Hell". Seriously, I do nothing other than work on baby stuff. How can one spend day after day of folding baby clothes, taking tags off of miniature socks, setting up diaper caddies and sanitzing pacis?

Well, if you have nothing else to do...and you know if it doesn't get done now, it never will, I suppose that would give you some motivation. I feel like I'm getting nothing done. As much as I am miserable and want this kid out of my body, I panic about her coming now, and her room not being ready.

Which I think is really code for ME not being ready. Sigh.

Troy's pretty oblivious to everything, I think. He's been working so much lately because I'm out of work...so I really think he could care less about what I do around here all day--as long as there's some progress when I get home. However, I get in trouble when he thinks I've done too much...as evidenced by me not being able to sleep at night due to my back killing me. I figure it's just my body preparing me for the lack of sleep coming my way soon.

I really do think she'll be here this month. Well, let's put it this way: I have NO intention of making it til June. We'll just see if this little one and my body will cooperate.

I really need to clean the kitchen today...it's getting really foul. We had to move everything in there last week to have the carpet installed, and I just have a hard time spending a length of time doing anything. I have to break up everything in little 10 minute sessions. Plus, which would you rather do--clean a kitchen or put away cute baby things? Exactly.

I bought that movie '27 Dresses' yesterday, but I haven't had a chance to watch it yet. The DVD player is still sitting in the kitchen, obviously not hooked up to the TV. I also got Mario Kart for the Wii, and I did manage to hook the Wii up to the TV. It's a fun game...but I think it'd be a lot more fun if you play it with someone else. I got bored.

The tornado here the other day was insane. I finally got over to the shopping center yesterday to do some returns at Target, and it was amazing the amount of people there taking pictures of the blown out store fronts. I think they said the damage was in the 2million dollar price range. Nothing compared to what happened in Suffolk, but still. Crazy that it happened only a mile from our house. Crazy that I had been out at that shopping center a few hours before it happened. Lucky, I guess.

Troy's parents are coming Sunday to help with the baby's room. Put together the crib and hang curtains while Troy starts to empty the Pod. We've had our house in that stupid Pod since last summer when we were trying to sell the house. If I could take an Ambien and sleep through Sunday, I would, and that's all I'm going to say about that.

Well, I either need to get back to work, or take a nap, so I'll sign off.

Can't believe it's been this long!

Wow...I haven't posted since November?!?!?

So much has happened since then!

We found out in late December that we're having a girl, Parker. We had the big ultrasound in January, which showed that she had some fluid in her kidneys. Not that big of a deal, but enough to warrant follow up ultrasounds.

Troy and I went to Florida for vacation in March, and the day we came back, I came down with a nasty case of the stomach flu, which landed me in the hospital for a few days. That was ohhhh so much fun! After that, I had a follow up ultrasound, which showed that Miss Parker not only still had some fluid on her kidneys, but that she's small for her gestational age. I was ordered to start taking protein supplements(yay for Boost shakes) and to rest as much as possible while still working. At that time(mid-March) she was weighing only 2 pounds, 8 ounces.

On March 27th, after working a bit too hard at work that week, I started having contractions. I was sent home to rest...and was told that I was about 50% effaced! Already! Very scary and shocking!

The next day, the contractions had not stopped, so I was sent to labor and delivery to be monitored. I was given some nubain(a narcotic pain reliever mostly used during labor) to see if that would stop the contractions, and it did for the most part. I was told that I had an "irritable uterus" and was put on modified bed rest. Meaning, I could get up and sit on the couch and do projects and such, but mostly to stay down.

I was allowed to go to my baby shower hosted by my mom and family on April 5th, and it was SO much fun! Troy and I traveled down to Roanoke for it, and stayed the night at the Hotel Roanoke. We had a blast.

I had a doctor's appt this week, and we talked about me going back to work. The contractions had gotten much more sporadic, and I was feeling better. We decided to wait until after my next follow up ultrasound, but my plan was to return to work next Wednesday, the 16th.

Troy and I ran around a TON on Thursday before lamaze class, and right before we went in, I started having painful contractions. They lasted all evening, and I was really starting to get worried, so I put in a call to my doctor.

Yay for another trip to labor and delivery! NOT! I spent the night there Thursday night as they tried to get the contractions to stop. They thought maybe I was dehydrated, so I got some IV fluids. Then I got some more Nubain, and even that didn't make the contractions stop!

I finally got a nice cocktail of Demoral and Phenergan to make me pass out around 4 am, and I stayed drugged for the day. That combination was able to stop the contractions, and we left the hospital around 7am.

So...long story short, I'm back on bed rest for at least another 2 weeks. Doctor's plan is to get me to 34 weeks(I'm 32 right now) and then let me do as I please. If I were to have Parker now, she would spend a considerable amount of time in the NICU. At 34 weeks, she'd probably still stay in the NICU, but not as long. If I can make it to 36 weeks, we think she'll be just fine.

So...hopefully I'll be better about updating this here for the next few weeks! I certainly don't have much else to do!

We have another baby shower next weekend, as long as I get the go-ahead for that one.

Baby bedding!

Troy and I finally(well, not really finally...I'm only almost 3 months along) picked out some bedding for the baby's crib...and well, a theme for the nursery. Being our first, I'm fully determined to go all out for this baby. Might as well while we can!

It's Wendy Bellissimo's "Bee Happy" from Babies R Us...

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2266594

Just a quick post...

With some pictures of the baby!

Here's the big picture. The baby is upside down, and you can even see a little arm sticking out!!!

In this picture, the baby is upside down. The head is at the bottom, and the butt is at the top. You can faintly see the amniotic sac, almost like a halo around the baby.

Holy Heartburn, Batman!

Well...I finally found out what a killer case of heartburn can do to somebody.

I made a delicious pot roast last night. About 8:30, I decided I would go to bed early, I was tired and wanted to get a good start to the week. As soon as I laid down, I had the most horrid pain between my shoulder blades. I knew what it was--heartburn--and I also knew if I didn't get up and go to the store, I wouldn't ever sleep.

So I went and got some Zantac and TUMS(while my husband was blissfully snoring away), and took those. NOTHING helped. It was horrible. I finally made myself go to bed around 11. I just propped some pillows up, and found that if I didn't swallow, it wouldn't hurt so bad.

I've still got it just a tad this morning...but I've learned my lesson! No more big heavy meal! And ALWAYS have Zantac on hand!

In exciting news, I got to have an ultrasound on Friday, to check to makes sure the little alien is in the right place! It was so exciting! You can't really see much, it looks like a little UFO. But it's definitely there! Woo-hoo!!!!