So what has happened to us and this little baby in the past few months? School started back up for me in late August and I went back to the computer lab at the local elementary school, which I love. It was a crazy busy time since I had to make sure everything was ready for my maternity leave as well as get everything started and ready for all of the staff and students for the start of the school year (lots of work to do). Prior to summer starting I put together a binder to help things run a little smoother while I am away but knew I would still have to train someone to officially take over my position during my absence and add additional information to the binder. I trained someone that is currently taking over the bulk of my classes that come into the computer lab and also partnered with another person who does my same position at another school so that she can assist my teachers with additional help. Being the control freak/ mothering person I am with my staff members, whom I love, I of course have been still checking my email periodically. But, I really have been hands off in the work department as of September 25th when my maternity leave officially began and try to only check it once a week and update the important things on our school website since I don't want anyone else to do it for fear that they will delete or ruin something and that was a lot of work to get going which I don't want to have to do again.
oops I almost forgot... In early September we made sure to get in some Maternity photos which I really wanted to get done before baby got here to record this amazing time!
Maternity leave for the first week was not all that relaxing for me. I filled my days with things I wanted to make sure I could get done before baby arrives and bugging Chris. I was so tired after all of the running around and prepping that for the past week I really focused on resting and as my grandma constantly says..."put your feet up, Mija." I was also fortunate enough to have my quarter of a century (25th) birthday during this time off and was able to have a great time with the hubby. We went up to Apple Hill and went to a few of the apple farms and had a relaxing day together and did dinner the day before my birthday. My actual birthday day the hubs made me breakfast in bed which was my requested homemade french toast... very yummy! The nice things about being prego is I can say the baby wanted it... truth be told, this mama to be wanted it and because it was my birthday I got it! Later that night we went to Bj's for dinner with the family and it was very delicious and we ended the night by browsing in Barnes & Noble. We had a very nice and relaxing time but I am one paranoid mama to be and had a difficult time getting in my kick counts that day so going to the book store allowed me to relax and focus and after Chris woke up the baby by tapping and talking loudly to it the baby finally started to move enough for me to get my kick counts in. ( I have to make sure I count 10 kicks from the baby for the duration of an hour once in the am and once in the pm)
That brings me to what been going on with the baby... the most important updates of course! As of Tuesday October 9th we will be 38 weeks pregnant. Last week marked 37 weeks which in the prego world means we are currently full term and baby could deliver and be healthy anytime now. Baby Bean has been low in the belly for 3-4 months and officially dropped for 6 weeks. The way the group of doctor's I see work is that I have a large group of doctors and I rotate through them. I like seeing all of the doctors instead of choosing one and visiting only that person in case I have a different doctor for delivery due to whoever is on call. The only problem we have run into is that we have to constantly tell the doc we don't want to know the gender of the baby so they don't let anything slip and since they don't always write new info/ observations on my chart we have to tell them what the last person said. Specifically they don't believe that the baby is that low when they look at me until both of us tell them and they check for themselves...down there. Not my favorite part of the appointment of course but I know its part of the drill. When they do check they are always surprised at how low baby is and we have been warned that when I start to feel contractions I need to go in rather than labor at home since the chance that baby will come FAST is a real big possibility. We have also been told that we are measuring a week earlier than we are and may deliver 1 week early or have a bigger baby. If we deliver on due date we are looking at an 8 lb baby. At my last appointment on October 2nd we were told that I was 80% effaced and went over the labor procedures. It was very real especially when she ended the appointment with..."well, I will either see you this weekend in the hospital to deliver your baby or at your next appointment."
So, we are obviously getting extremely close to welcoming our little one into this world and we are both very excited but scared of the unexpected at the same time. I have prepared as much as I can and read almost everything I can. My biggest fear is the actual labor & delivery part whereas the hubby's is what to do once the baby is here. I guess thats a valid fear for him since he doesn't have to push this little kiddo out! All Kidding aside, I know that the hubs will be a great daddy since he had such a great role model and we work very well as a team. We are currently on baby watch and counting contractions when they come and taking it easy until baby comes.
Hope this update has been something worth reading! We love to share what's going on with us with our friends & family. Look back here for pictures of the completed nursery and more importantly our BABY!!!
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