A Whole New Experience.....

Its official, the countdown has begun, only 10 more weeks of being pregnant if our little girl decides to arrive on time. I received my update for week 30 and this is what it says..

Your pregnancy: 30 weeks
Your baby's about 15.7 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. Her eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keen; even after she's born, she'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she'll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face.

We picked up the dresser on Friday night. Chuck was going to put it together last night but when he pulled everything out of the box he realized that they forgot to include directions. I managed to find directions online so hopefully he can get it put together tonight. I am anxious to see it.

I am feeling pretty good, I need to post some pics, over the past 2 weeks I feel like I have gotten HUGE!! I am wearing black today at work and that doesn't even do anything to hide it anymore!! Other then that, not to much is going on. Since there is only 10 weeks left I am just trying to get all my ducks in a row at work and at home so if she does come early we will be as prepared as you can be for a new human being in your life to take care of.

I know I have been a huge blogging slacker, just seems like there is always something more important to do.

Here is the update on the baby...although I am almost to week 30 so this update is a little off but..

Week 29 (compliments of babycenter.com)
Your baby now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (like a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. Her muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and his head is growing bigger to make room for his developing brain. To meet her increasing nutritional demands, you'll need plenty of protein, vitamins C, folic acid, and iron. And because her bones are soaking up lots of calcium, be sure to drink your milk (or find another good source of calcium, such as cheese, yogurt, or enriched orange juice). This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited in your baby's hardening skeleton each day.

As far as preparing for the baby...
This past weekend we moved all the furniture from the guest room to the basement. I actually think the guest room looks super cute in the basement and it was fun to see Chuck moving everything down there! The biggest set back was the queen bed box spring did not fit down our ghetto stairs so I am still working on that issue! Moving all that furniture out of our actual guest room left a big empty green room that will be perfect for the nursery! I am so excited! The dresser came in this week so Chuck and I will hopefully go pick it up Friday after work to hopefully be put together sometime this weekend or early next week. Since we live in a really old house we have plaster walls, hanging things on these plaster walls is never easy and who knows if it will actually stay so I found something to put on the walls that would actually be safe to hang above a crib, we ordered that last night and I cannot wait to see it.

Hard to believe that I have been pregnant for 28 almost 29 weeks!! Most of this pregnancy has just flown by, it is getting to the point where I am very anxious to meet our little girl but at the same time I am very scared of the responsibility of caring for another person.

The weekly update this week informed us that our little girl weighs about 2 1/4 pounds and is now the size of a chinese cabbage. (photo to the right) She can blink her eyes, has eye lashes and might be able to see light!!

I am doing good, love the cooler weather. Rudy and I are doing a lot of walking! This weekend we are moving everything out of what will soon be the nursery, and getting it ready for a crib and a dresser which will all hopefully be here shortly. I am also on the hunt for a dress, we are going to a wedding next weekend and I shockingly have nothing to wear, but I also don't want to spend lots of money on a dress I am going to wear once! This should be interesting considering trying on clothes is one of my least favorite things to do right now. Wish me luck...

So I had my 28 week check up this morning, everything looks great and is right on track which is fantastic to hear! I also got to do the fun glucose test, it really wasn't all that bad but I would be very happy if I passed it so I don't have to do it again! Also, if I didn't pass it that would mean I might have gestetional diabetes and would have to watch very carefully what I eat. I do that now but I don't have to limit myself to a south beach like diet. I just can't imagine being pregnant and not being able to eat a cookie if I wanted to!! We find out Tuesday.
So as I was leaving my doctor was telling me that I now need to come see her every two weeks and that its hard to believe that there are only 12 weeks left! My jaw about dropped, I have been counting the weeks but when you say it like she did it just seems crazy!
So this weekend, I am going to be doing a bunch of fun filled sober tailgaiting! We are heading to Notre Dame bright and early tomorrow morning then the Home Opener for the colts on Sunday!! The weather is supposed to be perfect for tailgaiting and I still (at least as of last week) fit into my Peyton jersey, so even though I will be completely sober I am really looking forward to it!

Chuck and I just got back from visiting my dad in California. Despite a few airline mishaps we were able to do a lot of much needed resting and relaxing!! Dad hadn't seen me since the news of me being pregnant so he was definitely in for a surprise. We were there for 3 full days and I am pretty sure it took him all of the 72 hours to get used to seeing me like this!!
Now that we are back from this mini vacation we have 89 days (give or take) to get ready for this baby! First thing on the list is to move everything out of her room and get a nice guest room set up in the basement. This is probably Chuck's least favorite thing on the list since it means a lot of heavy lifting that I cannot help with!
I am officially 27 weeks pregnant! This puts me in the third trimester. The baby now weighs about 2 pounds and is 14 1/2 inches long. Friday I go for my monthly doctors appointment which apparently after this one turns into twice a month and I have to take the gestetional diabetes test which apparently isn't bad but you have to drink something some people have told me isn't very good!! Hopefully all turns out well, I'll keep you posted...