Well, only a few weeks left... I'm starting to get into the "miserable" stage, part of it is just the anticipation of holding him and the other is the down hill 'pains' to deal with. We have our next appointment on the 21st and then another on the 5th. On the 5th we get to have another ultrasound to see Keaton -- because I'm measuring big they want to see if it's just him that's big or if I have a lot of amniotic fluid surrounding him. Since my mom had two big babies, I'm going to safely assume he's a big boy too! Fortunately we're prepared if he comes early and Ryan and I actually want him to come early... c'mon May baby!
This past week we have gotten a ton of great gifts from our Amazon registry! Ryan's dad sent us our stroller, which we weren't even expecting (turns out he saw one in the park near his house and when he saw it on our registry he felt it a sign to buy us it! lol). We also got our car seat, it took us forever to find and luckily Ryan's brother Rob found it online for us. The color is on back order almost everywhere we looked!!! Who knew "Midori" (Green) would be so popular this season. We also got a huge box of new & used clothes from my friend Katie who got it from a friend whose kid out grew them. There has to be at least 30 outfits in that box!!! The next day we got a box from my cousin Suzy who sent us a bunch of goodies -- pacifier, blanket, bibs, coupons, clothes. Then (yes, there is more!) yesterday we got 8 items from Ryan's co-worker Karen who shopped our registry!!! We got things like a bottle starter set, anti-colic bottles, bowls & spoons, a stroller/car seat arch toy and this cute army camo layette set!!! Oh yes and ONE more... the cute beanie that I showed in a previous post.
So needless to say we are prepared if Keaton comes early. The only things I really need to get still are a breast pump (but I can go a few weeks post-birth for that) and diaper rash creme. I still want to buy him his crib mobile too, it's too cute... but again I can wait a few weeks after his birth. Ryan still has 1/2 the nursery to paint, we'll see if he can get that done today!!
I can't complain too much about my pains, I have a pinching feeling in my left pelvis today. I'm curious if he "dropped" further into the pelvic/birth canal area to prepare for labor in the coming weeks. He has always favored his head in my pelvis so it wouldn't surprise me! Yesterday I was having a hard stomach that loosened up later on and come to find out they could have been Braxton Hicks Contractions... harmless/false contractions that prepare the body for labor. They weren't painful but my stomach got ROCK hard, it was so bizarre. Oh and I've been very very thirsty lately... yesterday I had about 10 cups of 16oz of water! And I'm really into crushed ice lately, yum lol.
How exciting Stephenie, We are getting to the end now!!
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Yes I am very excited... the ice cravings are weird, right? I thought it was just because we're having such warm weather (75* and up) but it's even at night and I have a hard time drinking my water without their being crushed ice lol
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