25 weeks... no wait, that was last week...
26 weeks down, 14 (ish) more to go!
...or is it 27 weeks, 13 (ish) to go...
The 27th week starts tomorrow... geez!
Wow, they weren’t kidding when they said time would speed up on the second half of pregnancy! It feels like time’s flying by and soon we’ll have our baby girl in our arms. I apologize for being a total delinquent. I’ll blame it on the holidays… You want some updates? Sure!
On Thursday, December 15th, we had another ultrasound. At our last appointment, Dr. M. (the high risk pregnancy specialist) said we’d be doing ultrasounds every 6 weeks or so to keep track of Lil Pea’s growth and weight gain. At this appointment, however, she decided that we don’t need to do another ultrasound for 10 weeks – this is good news!! We got a fair amount of good news at this appointment, actually.
I still have not gained any weight and continue to linger in a five pound circle I’ve been in since January of last year. Lil Pea is now 2 pounds, which is a bit bigger than average and actually means my weight is doing well. However, she’s growing ahead of schedule in things like her humerus (the long bone in your upper arm) and her head size. She’s about 12 days ahead of schedule in both of those areas. Dr. M. explained that gestational diabetes can cause your baby to be larger (heavier, fatter) than average, not cause your baby to have “a big head” (“That,” she said “is genetics.”). So she doesn’t think that Lil Pea’s growth is being effected by my blood sugars (at this point). Yay!! So our daughter’s probably going to have the Boyd family long arms and Richard’s big head. Hahaha!! Everything else seems to be right on target, give or take a few days growth here and there (everything measuring in the “perfectly normal” range).
At the moment, she says she’s leaning more toward a c-section. Which, as I’ve mentioned before, I definitely do not want to do unless it’s a matter of health for our baby. I expressed my displeasure at the idea and Dr. M. said she hasn’t ruled out a natural delivery yet, but if Lil Pea keeps growing at the rate she’s growing I might not have a choice in the matter. Our next ultrasound will determine what kind of delivery we’ll shoot for (because, of course, everything can change at the drop of a hat). She assured us that IF we have to induce, we won’t do so until I’m a week from my due date. She said from what she could tell, Lil Pea seems healthy and right on track. While she’s not actually going to change my due date, based on her measurements, my due date was theoretically moved up to March 17, 2012.
Either way, my goal is to be ready for her as of March 1st. I don’t wanna have anything to worry about those last few weeks but her. Think that will actually happen? Haha!
The ultrasound tech was great! Lil Pea is quiet the active little thing. She was squirming all over the place. But I thought to ask if they did any 3D imaging and she said they did! So, we tried to get a 3D image of her pretty little face. Miss Pea did not cooperate. But here are the pictures we did get.
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| 2D picture of her little feets |
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| 3D picture of her foot and leg |
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2D picture of her face (still a little scary)
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| 3D picture of her face! Her hand was covering most of her face, but you can see her lips and maybe the tip of her nose... |
On to the Nursery! |
Richard decided to extend his weekend and Friday (the 16th) we headed up to Great Beginnings in Gaithersburg, Maryland. We’ve both been a little frustrated with hunting for nursery furniture. The stores that we’ve been to have not had many cribs on display, if any at all. So after extensive Google searching, I found this store's website. Unfortunately, we couldn’t afford much of anything in the store, haha! Wow, can furniture get expensive quickly. As it turned out, my tastes in nursery décor is pretty simple. They had over 100 different cribs and staged nurseries to look at; some were super ornate while others were glorified boxes. One looked suspiciously like a coffin – no thanks, man! All in all, it was an AWESOME experience.
They gave us some tips on how to shop, what to think about when building a nursery, and even what furniture was most important (and versatile). Nearly all the sales associates we bumped into were male, which we thought was interesting. They gave us a frank analysis of any item we asked about and were extremely friendly. No one pushed us to buy or followed us around the store. They even gave us some bottled water, haha. They were great and if we had $2,000 to drop on Lil Pea’s crib and dresser, we’d totally buy from them! I wish I could get the $900 glider I sat in at the store, but that’s waaaaaaaay outside of our price range. I’ll stick with my Target special, thanks.
Richard and I discussed our options on the way home and we both were feeling pretty good about the crib and changing table that we’d previously picked out. I think I’ve mentioned before that my mother-in-law has offered to buy Lil Pea’s crib and the glider we picked out. She gave us the green light to do so, so I purchased them that very weekend!
One of my favorite things about ordering close to Christmas is how fast everything ships. Our confirmation said we probably wouldn’t get our items until after Christmas. I ordered on a Sunday, they showed up on Wednesday. AWESOME!! I nearly hugged the UPS man, lol. Richard stayed up until nearly 1:00am putting everything together. The crib wouldn’t fit through the door, so he had to take it apart and put it back together in her room, lol!
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| Crib |
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| Changing Table and Dresser |
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| Glider |
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| From the doorway... |
So… I finally feel some peace about Lil Pea’s room and arrival. It makes me feel worlds better knowing that we have the furniture in place. I know it’s a little irrational, but I felt like if I could just get this ready it would symbolize our ability to provide for her, keep her safe. I freely admit a few obsessive compulsive tendencies from time to time, and this was definitely one of those times. Now, though, I can sit in the glider and just relax. I know everything else will work out just fine…
