Week 29

We're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel!  Due to the amazing nesting stage that I am in, I've arranged and rearranged the house.  Hopefully I'll figure out where I want everything soon!  School is out today due to weather so it looks like I'll be working in both upstairs bathrooms and getting some of Kaylyn's clothes washed.  I think she has more outfits than Chris and I do and she hasn't been born yet!  I love it though!  This blog entry is going to be short and sweet.  Here's a picture at 29 weeks!  Until the next time...

Week 29

Ok, let's see where we left off.  I got the results for the glucose testing that I had done on Friday.  Everything is fine there...whew!  However, since I had to stop taking my prescription prenatal vitamins (because all of the calcium in them were causing kidney stones) I am now not getting enough iron and am therefore anemic.  So, now here is my daily dose of medicine each night before bed:  two childrens chewable vitamins (which are not as tasty as I remember), an iron pill, a fish oil pill (for the DHA which was originally in my prenatal vitamin), and a folic acid pill.  A bit much I think, but at this point, whatever gets the job done!

The second night of our birthing class was tonight.  Well if I had any issues seeing a child being born from a total stranger, that is long gone.  We are both learning a lot during the class, and at times some of it is review thankfully.  There are two other couples in our class so it's a very intimate setting. 

Kidney stone count since becoming pregnant:  14!  Yep, just passed another one today.  I'll be so thrilled when I deliver Kaylyn....she's way more worth the pain than a little pebble!

An updated picture of me is coming in the next day or two since I haven't posted one in quite awhile.  Until then...

And here we go...

So with birthing classes starting for us tomorrow, I am really beginning to feel that we are in the final stretch of this pregnancy.  That has brought on so many emotions.  I am so thrilled and excited to meet our little girl.  In the same breath, I am scared, nervous, anxious, and every other emotion a person can feel with the upcoming arrival of our first baby.  I remember thinking I had so much time to get ready for our baby five months ago and now I think, "Where did the time go?"  My growing to-do list is a bit overwhelming but I am trying to stay optimistic about getting it all done. 
Overall, I am beyond words at how excited I am to meet baby Kaylyn...whenever she finds the right time to come.  Although I obviously can't picture how everything will be once she is here, I can already say that I cannot imagine my life without her.
Ok, enough of the mushy stuff...Friday is the big glucose testing...gross!  Let's just hope the results are good so that I don't  have to have any other tests done.  After that, we should be going to the doctor about every other week.  Guess we'll find out more on Friday!

Welcome to 2010!

Wow, it is so hard to believe that I am entering my third and FINAL trimester of my pregnancy.  Looking back, everything has gone so quickly (although if you asked me right now if that's how I felt, I'm not sure I would say yes!) .  Now that we are in 2010, it seems like Kaylyn's arrival is just a short time away. 

Everything seems to be falling into place.  Chris and I start our preparation for childbirth classes next week.  It should be a learning experience to say the least!  By the time our classes end, we will only have a few weeks until baby girl arrives.  The nursery is finished...or at least I hope so!  We put the finishing touches on it over the weekend.  All that's missing is Kaylyn!

Our next appointment is next Friday, the 15th.  I get to do the wonderful glucose screening for gestational diabetes.  The stuff I have to drink looks absolutely amazing...or not so much!  Hopefully the test doesn't show that I have gestational diabetes...I've already started thinking of things that I'd have to cut from my current diet which does not make me too happy.

Kidney stone count since becoming pregnant: 12!  That's right!  If this is what I have to go through to get to my little girl, then it's a small price to pay. 

Pictures of the nursery: