Had an appt today!

Oops I did it again. I haven't updated! Shame on me. I have just been busy with the holiday and all. So here is the update.

We had a very nice holiday. Ashton got so many presents from our family! My mother kept asking Carl what he wanted and all he said was Ashton. My mother took it as stuff for Ashton. So on Christmas Day Carl had his shower! He was so happy.

He is still very nervous about whether or not we will be holding this baby in our arms. I will admit it, I am nervous too. After 12 years of trying to have a baby, the dream is almost here. We are scared that something will take it away from us. I guess that is what happens when you have been through all that we have been through during those years just trying to get to this point.
We are ready for him. We have his room done. My bags are packed. We are just counting down the days and waiting........ Hoping....... Praying........ That is what we have been up to I swear!

I had an appointment today. Everything looks great. Well, maybe not my weight!! LOL I have now gained 37 pounds. OUCH! I had it with the nurse practioner today. My Dr is out of town. I am measuring just fine. My urine looked good. No ketones, protein or sugar or whatever else they test if for. Everything was negative. I am starting to have non stress tests done. My next appt is Jan. 4, just a measly 8 days away and then I go back to the Dr every 3-4 days for the stress tests. They will measure the amount of amniotic fluid every now and again to make sure I am not losing any and that I am still producing fluid. I hope this makes time fly by. At least now you know I will be updating just to let everyone know how things are going.

I haven't been complaining about all my aches and pains! I am happy to have them. The only complaint that I am making is - "Is it FEB yet?" LOL

First trip to L&D!

Last night, one hour after dinner, my sugar was just a mere 38. It should be 70-140. Needless to say I wasn't feeling well at all. Well, Ashton decides he is going to sleep or hide from mommy and daddy. Carl was starting to panic so I used the doppler to let him feel better. Well, the heartbeat was there but it was slow. It was only 116. I still was calm about it. Carl wanted to go the Labor and delivery! I started to cry because I could see just how much in a panic he was in. I was crying because I didn't want to go and was thinking if I didn't go and things weren't ok then if we lost him everything would be my fault cause of this one decision. So needless to say off we went. Carl did apologize for making me feel so bad.

They did a stress test at the hospital. As soon as I was hooked to the machine, Ashton moved. I didn't give you a time frame so it was almost 3 hours total before I felt him move. Yes it was nerve wracking because Carl was so upset. After being hooked to the monitors and still seeing a hb of 120, Carl was still nervous about the heart rate. The dr came in and told us that as the baby gets older the base line heart rate does drop. She said it could go down to 110 and then they would want to see me. She said they will panic at 100! I still don't think Carl feels good about the 120. It has been true though. We started off with Ashton's heart rate in the 160's and we have slowly watched it as it dropped. HMMMM maybe we should send the doppler back now?? This morning he is back into the 130's. Carl wanted to know if we could stay at the hospital with the monitor on for the next 7 weeks!! I don't think this will be the last time we go to the hospital for us being just nervous. That is also what I told them when I checked.

Belly picture

This is a little late but here is me at Thanksgiving so I would have been 29weeks and 6 days.

Had an appt Monday!

I have been a very bad blogger lately. Really there isn't much to report on. I went to my appt. on Monday and everything still seems to be good. I am still on a 2 week schedule so I am still taking that as a good sign that everything is going good. I have my next appt. with the NP on the 26th. I will then start stress testing every 2 weeks after that. 7 weeks and 2 days left until my due date still seems so far away! I know that these last weeks are going to take longer than the 12 years it took to get here. I am anxiously awaiting Ashton's arrival but not to early!

Ashton's New Wheels!

This is what Lisa brought for my shower! What a wonderful gift!

Lisa and I

I had to edit out the star on top of my head! The photo looked so funny then. It isn't the best photo but I hope I get better from my mother. My batteries went dead in my camara so I have to wait for her to get her fil developed.

My Shower!

I never thought this day would be here. I never thought I would ever have a shower. I was so excited. Lisa a friend from the internet was coming to my shower! She lives in Oh about 7 hours away! We had never met just talked on the phone. We met because both of us experienced great tragedy. She brought her family with her. She has a wonderful husband and 3 beautiful children. I was so happy to finally meet her. She came a day early and went to DC with the family to go site seeing. I was not able to go but I am glad that she had a great time.

I was so excited about the shower that Friday night I couldn't sleep! It was like a christmas holiday when I was a child! I just truely never thought I would get this far into a pregnancy. We got home from the shower and Carl went out with some friends so he didn't look at all the stuff we got! I didn't sleep last night just waiting for this morning so he could look! We got everything put together and put away!!. My sister through this shower for me and I love her dearly for it! I couldn't have asked for anything more.

Opening the pile!

My mother said that I never stopped smiling!

The 5 year daily planner!

This is Alana (grandmommy) My mother (Gramie) and my sister Dina. Dina has already said that she will not allow anyone any time with Ashton unless approved by her first! LOL So she gave the grannies a calandar at the shower!