Crib is finally complete!

As of tonight, the crib has a mattress, sheets and all that good stuff. The crib itself was put together several weeks ago, but we just bought the mattress last night. I laundered all the bedding today, so finally everything is on there. The bumpers, toys and quilt won't be in there for very long because of the AAP's recommendations, but I thought that since I have them I would go ahead and put them in there for now.



Wish I had a better camera so you could see better details - The P&S really doesn't do a good job showing that. Oh well.

Before we had the mattress, we put the bedding on there just to get an idea of how it would look. The cats obviously wanted to check it out too because the next day we saw this:



Hopefully they had a bad experience and will stay far away from the crib from now on. (Jeremy and I had a good laugh out of this though. We could just imagine the cats hopping around trying to get out, but their little feet kept going through the holes! Poor kitties!)

Fetal Diagnostics

Today's visit went pretty well. I had a coffee in the morning and although my appointment wasn't until 3:30, I think I still had a bunch of caffeine in my system. Because of this, she was very active during the monitoring part of it. Which was actually good, because I didn't have to lay there for too long waiting for her to do her thing.

(As a side note - I normally drink only decaf coffee and rarely have any caffeine in general and today I remembered why. I will not be having regular coffee anytime in the near future - my head was spinning for hours from that coffee! Damn you, free McDonald's McCafe coupon!)

My fluid has come up slightly - up to a 9 from 8 on Monday. Small increase, but I'll take it. I will continue to rest and drink fluids and hopefully it will keep coming up. Hopefully it will be in double digits on Monday.

Bedrest....

is not all it's cracked up to be. Of course, I'm enjoying the many extra naps I am able to get in and goodness knows that I definitely need them. But to feel so restricted is not such a great thing. The doctor has said that I can take quick trips out here and there, but I find that even short, easy ones really do tire me out. As a matter of fact, that's been happening for over a month now. Each Saturday when we would try to go shopping for baby and run some errands, I wouldn't even make it half way through before I would make Jeremy take me home so that he could do the rest on his own. I guess I really was needing the doctor to finally tell me to take it easy.

Not sure what I'll be doing for the next 6-7 weeks, but I guess a trip to the library for a nice stack of books is in order. I think I will break down and start reading the Twilight books. I hope there isn't too much of a wait on them at the public library.

Yesterday I went by my work (albeit a temporary position) to let them know I wasn't going to be returning and to say my goodbyes. As much as I really didn't like that place, it was a little sad. I had been there about 8 months. The way I figure it, I probably started there right about the time I got pregnant.

Tomorrow is another trip to Fetal Diagnostics. I'll let you know how that goes.

Some ultrasound and doctor appointment updates

Last Thursday I had an ultrasound done. The purpose was to take a look at the fibroids that were discovered at my very first u/s and see if they had grown at all. The good news is that they weren't able to see them, so apparently they haven't grown much at all, if any. They also determined that the baby weighs 5 pounds, 5 ounces! They said that is right on target, but based on what I've read it seems a little big. But, I figure if for some reason we have to deliver early, that she is at least a pretty decent size.

The bad news is that my amniotic fluid level was a 5. This is very low. The doctor at the ultrasound office decided that I needed to go to Fetal Diagnostics on Monday or Tuesday to start the monitoring again. I made an appointment to be seen on Tuesday.

Today (Monday) I had a regular doctor appointment. When we discussed the amniotic fluid level with her and our concerns of decreased fetal movement, she decided that I should go straight over to Fetal Diagnostics for monitoring and not wait until tomorrow. She also decided that I need to be on bedrest until further notice.

My visit to Fetal Diagnostics went pretty well. Her movement and heartbeat were fine. The amniotic fluid was an 8 today. Still low, but much better than 5. I will take it easy the rest of the week (bedrest), and hopefully by Thursday it will be back up again. If it gets below 5, I will probably be admitted overnight and will be put on an IV with fluids to try to get it back up.

Cross your fingers that this number keeps going up! I don't want to be in the hospital so soon!

Childbirth class

Jeremy and I both agree that this class wasn't terribly helpful as we didn't get to practice the breathing and other relaxation techniques too much. However, we did realize that once I go into labor it won't be a panic to try to get to the hospital immediately. It sounds like we will have some time during early labor to relax before we have to head to the hospital. However, if this happens on a weekend day, we will probably get in the car and try to head over there immediately because the traffic is horrible during that time. The hospital is right by the PCH, so the beach traffic is horrendous!