July has been a good but crazy month! I finished my summer job with the school district in the computer lab. I enjoyed that job which only lasted a month and when that was finished I thought I would have a week off to relax. This was not the case as my other summer job with the city started up early. I am still doing that job now which is a summer camp at one of the elementary schools. I feel blessed to be able to have a job in a time when most people are struggling and do not have a job. I had thought about taking the summer off but Chris and I talked about it and since I will be taking time off for the baby we decided I should work now when I can and enjoy my time off later once Bean arrives. Chris is preparing the office to become Bean's room and moving around other furniture so we have room upstairs and downstairs for the baby and all things for the baby.
Baby Bean is still growing and getting bigger and stronger everyday! We are currently 28 weeks prego and excited about Beans arrival. We have been through a few hurdles but are glad to be were we are now. Since the last post we went to a specialist and got an additional ultrasound which still had a bright spot on baby Bean's heart but no other indicators of down syndrome or any other defects. I also had an additional glucose test to see if I had gestational diabetes and the results came back negative which I am very excited about. I love hearing good results but the waiting process is crazy.
Recently I believe I have felt my first few Braxton Hicks contractions which woke me up in the middle of the night out of a dead sleep. I was able to go back to sleep but experienced another one the following morning and then moderate pain for the rest of the day. I got worried and called the Doctor who informed me that I should be ok but to go in if i experienced 6 contractions in one hour since I am still too have 12 weeks to go. Crazy news from my doctor a few weeks ago... "At this point in your pregnancy you could deliver today and your baby would survive!" The scary part about all of this was that he said this right after he told us that Bean is now in the proper birthing position for a normal delivery. We also went on our hospital tour and were able to get all the hospital details we needed plus were able to see the labor and delivery floor. Eek... delivery is just around the corner! It's scary but we are both excited to see our baby :)
