Thursday, November 17, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
37.5 Weeks!
Wow! I'm almost there. It seems so crazy that Marli is going to be here so soon. I'm really excited for her to be here, and luckily, I don't feel as nervous as I thought I would. It just seems kind of surreal that she will be here so soon. For the past 9 months, I have thought that my due date was sooo far away and now it's almost here! Lately, we've been working on setting up her room and I've been working on a few projects for her. Here are some pictures:
We bought this swing used for really cheap. It came with a boy-ish cover on it so I decided to make a cute little pink one for it.
This is a wall hanging I made for her room.
And this is her room:
And this is a dress that I sewed for her! It's been hard to find really small dresses for the first few months after she's born. So I made this dress and I've also been working on a little onsie dress for her. I found the tutorial for it on Pinterest. I'm not quite done with it yet, so pictures of that dress will come soon!
And here's a picture of my belly at 37 weeks and 4 days! It was hard to see my belly because my shirt was pretty baggy so please excuse me for lifting up my shirt and showing my undershirt haha.
I've been pretty uncomfortable lately. Marli has decided that the best position for her to hang out in is up super high, so that her head is putting constant pressure on my rib cage. It makes it really hard to breathe and it's really been hurting my back and ribs lately. And so yes, that does mean she is still breach. We've been talking with the doctors a lot about our options and thinking and praying about it a lot, and we've decided that in our case, the best decision is to have a scheduled C-section. When I met with the doctor last week, she said that they usually do planned C-sections at around 39 weeks! That really took me off guard. The whole time I've been pregnant, I've been thinking that there's a good possibility I'll come late since that's what happened with my mom and my pregnancy has been pretty similar to her's. So then to hear that she'll be here at 39 weeks surprised me. But now that I've had a week to get used to the idea of her coming a week early, I'm okay with it. I'm meeting with the doctor again tomorrow afternoon because they wanted to check one more time and see if she's flipped. But as of right now, she has not flipped yet and I am pretty sure she won't be flipped tomorrow afternoon when they check. Every time she flips down, she flips right back up within a few minutes. And I haven't even felt her flip down and flip back up since last Saturday. So tomorrow the doctor is going to talk to me about scheduling a date and time for the C-section. I'll have to post tomorrow after my doctor's appointment about when it will be.
-Tracey
Friday, November 11, 2011
I Don't Want Your Help Anymore
One day in preschool, one of the little boys came in and was trying to take off his coat. He said "Teacher, I need help! It's stuck!" A teacher came over to help him and she didn't think it was actually stuck so she pulled pretty hard to get his arm out of the sleeve, but it actually was stuck. So the force of her pulling on his sleeve knocked him down to the ground. Obviously, she felt really bad so she said "Oh my goodness I'm sorry!" He just looked up at her and said "I don't want your help anymore." Haha! What an honest little boy.
Later that day, we were walking outside to do an activity. This same little boy was holding hands with another little girl, and they were not getting along. They were pulling each other's arms and squeezing each other's hands and complaining about each other. So I said "Let's switch and have you come hold hands over here". The little boy looked up at me and said in a very matter-of-fact voice "I think that's a good idea". Haha I love when the preschoolers talk like they are way older than they actually are.
...I've been trying to remember to write down funny preschool stories more. I always come home and tell my husband about them and he always tells me I need to write them on our blog before I forget them. I always say "Oh I will". But I end up forgetting a lot of them, haha. I'm trying to remember them and be better about writing them down.
Later that day, we were walking outside to do an activity. This same little boy was holding hands with another little girl, and they were not getting along. They were pulling each other's arms and squeezing each other's hands and complaining about each other. So I said "Let's switch and have you come hold hands over here". The little boy looked up at me and said in a very matter-of-fact voice "I think that's a good idea". Haha I love when the preschoolers talk like they are way older than they actually are.
...I've been trying to remember to write down funny preschool stories more. I always come home and tell my husband about them and he always tells me I need to write them on our blog before I forget them. I always say "Oh I will". But I end up forgetting a lot of them, haha. I'm trying to remember them and be better about writing them down.
Does Anyone Have Any Questions?
In preschool lately, we've had several guest speakers come talk to the children. All of the guest speakers have been great. A lot of them make the same mistake though of asking the 3-5-year-old preschoolers if they have any questions. Haha anyone who has worked with this age group knows that you'll get a lot of interesting responses when you ask that. So the other day we had two firefighters come talk to the preschoolers. The firefighters were great with them. When they were done, they said, "Does anyone have any questions?" One of the little boys couldn't contain his excitement and had his hand up in the air before the firefighter could even finish his question. So the firefighter called on him and the little boy immediately had this look on his face like "Oh crap I didn't think this through". Haha so there was just an awkward pause as the little boy looked around trying to think of anything to say. Then finally he said in a quiet voice "Not right now". Haha poor little guy, he looked pretty embarrassed. So then his friend who was sitting next to him raised his hand and said "If there was a fire in my background, my dog would get all burnt up!" And the little boy who was at a loss for words just a minute ago said "Yeah, and he'd be toast!" Haha!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
34 Weeks!
As of today, I am 34 weeks and 5 days! I can't believe how close it is getting. I went to the doctor on Monday and they told me that my stomach was measuring small, so they wanted to do an ultrasound and check on her. They scheduled the ultrasound for two weeks from Monday. I asked the doctor what they wanted to check on and they said they want to make sure that she is getting enough nutrients to grow, and make sure that there isn't any placenta problems that's causing her to not get enough nutrients. That made me pretty worried. The main reason I felt worried is I thought maybe it was my fault she wasn't getting enough nutrients and that's why she was small. I thought maybe I wasn't eating enough or eating healthy enough. It was bothering me all day on Monday and Jacob was worried about it too so he suggested that maybe I could ask if I could reschedule the ultrasound for earlier so we wouldn't have to be worried for two weeks. So later that afternoon I had to go back into the doctor's office to pick up the papers the nurses were filling out for Jacob and I to take leaves of absences from work. While I was there, I asked the receptionist if I could reschedule the appointment for earlier. She checked with the doctor and he said that was fine. So we rescheduled the ultrasound for today, which is Thursday. I went in this afternoon and.......
her measurements look great!! It was a big relief to be able to see her and know that she is healthy. The reason my stomach is measuring small is because I'm holding her so high and inside. I knew this already; I can definitely feel her bothering my rib cage and making me short of breath all the time because she is up so high. It was just a relief to find out that is the reason why my stomach is measuring small, and not because Marli is un-healthy. She is breech right now though, so they're going to do another ultrasound in about a week and a half to see if she has flipped yet, and if not, we're going to talk about options.
It was so interesting to me though to find out that she is breech. Three times in the past two weeks, I have felt terrible pain in my stomach. Each time, it has felt like my whole stomach has tightened up and the pain has been so bad I have had to sit down. It's lasted only about 3 minutes each time it has happened. I thought maybe they were Braxton Hicks contractions, but I wasn't too worried about it. So today when I found out she was breech, I asked if you can feel when the baby flips from one position to the other. The doctor said that yes, a lot of times people say they can feel it and it is painful when the baby flips. And so I was like OOOHHH. It makes complete sense. The first time she flipped was 2 weeks ago. She flipped from head down to head up and that was when my rib cage started really feeling uncomfortable because her head was up by my ribs. And also, I stopped having to go to the bathroom so much. We just thought it was because she had moved up, but it was because her head wasn't down by my bladder anymore. And then I felt the second pain on Tuesday morning. And so on Tuesday and Wednesday, I was going to the bathroom a lot more frequently and had to wake up both nights to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. We thought it was just because she was moving back down, but it was because her head was back down by my bladder! And then I felt the third pain this morning, and now she's back to being breech! Mystery solved.
I told the doctor that whole story and he said it made sense and hopefully since she is so mobile, she'll turn back to head-down in time for me to deliver her. Hopefully this post wasn't too boring because it was so long haha.
-Tracey
her measurements look great!! It was a big relief to be able to see her and know that she is healthy. The reason my stomach is measuring small is because I'm holding her so high and inside. I knew this already; I can definitely feel her bothering my rib cage and making me short of breath all the time because she is up so high. It was just a relief to find out that is the reason why my stomach is measuring small, and not because Marli is un-healthy. She is breech right now though, so they're going to do another ultrasound in about a week and a half to see if she has flipped yet, and if not, we're going to talk about options.
It was so interesting to me though to find out that she is breech. Three times in the past two weeks, I have felt terrible pain in my stomach. Each time, it has felt like my whole stomach has tightened up and the pain has been so bad I have had to sit down. It's lasted only about 3 minutes each time it has happened. I thought maybe they were Braxton Hicks contractions, but I wasn't too worried about it. So today when I found out she was breech, I asked if you can feel when the baby flips from one position to the other. The doctor said that yes, a lot of times people say they can feel it and it is painful when the baby flips. And so I was like OOOHHH. It makes complete sense. The first time she flipped was 2 weeks ago. She flipped from head down to head up and that was when my rib cage started really feeling uncomfortable because her head was up by my ribs. And also, I stopped having to go to the bathroom so much. We just thought it was because she had moved up, but it was because her head wasn't down by my bladder anymore. And then I felt the second pain on Tuesday morning. And so on Tuesday and Wednesday, I was going to the bathroom a lot more frequently and had to wake up both nights to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. We thought it was just because she was moving back down, but it was because her head was back down by my bladder! And then I felt the third pain this morning, and now she's back to being breech! Mystery solved.
I told the doctor that whole story and he said it made sense and hopefully since she is so mobile, she'll turn back to head-down in time for me to deliver her. Hopefully this post wasn't too boring because it was so long haha.
-Tracey
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Why Do We Get Sick?
Preschool has started again. It's super fun for me. We have a really good class of children this semester. I think I will be posting a lot of funny stories on here! So here is funny story #1 from this fall:
The college students that I am in charge of have to "preassess" the children on a topic they want to teach on. For example, two of the girls decided to teach on doctors so they gave the rest of the teachers in the classroom questions about doctors to ask the children to help them decide how much the children already know about doctors. So I was eating snack next to one little boy and I asked him why we get sick. Without missing a beat, he responded with "You get sick when you eat poop!" Haha!! I was at a loss for words when he said that, that is definitely not what I expected him to say! Haha. So I said "Yes, eating poop would make you sick." He then told me about how his dog eats his own poop all the time and then he pukes it back up. I asked him what else makes you sick and he said "Um, I don't know." Haha!!
The college students that I am in charge of have to "preassess" the children on a topic they want to teach on. For example, two of the girls decided to teach on doctors so they gave the rest of the teachers in the classroom questions about doctors to ask the children to help them decide how much the children already know about doctors. So I was eating snack next to one little boy and I asked him why we get sick. Without missing a beat, he responded with "You get sick when you eat poop!" Haha!! I was at a loss for words when he said that, that is definitely not what I expected him to say! Haha. So I said "Yes, eating poop would make you sick." He then told me about how his dog eats his own poop all the time and then he pukes it back up. I asked him what else makes you sick and he said "Um, I don't know." Haha!!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Exciting News!
Exciting News #1: We moved into our new place and we finally got everything organized and set up. It took us about 3 weeks. I felt like it was taking foreverrrr. We're really happy with all the extra space we have. Our new apartment is 200 square feet bigger than our old place and we love it. Adding a baby to our old apartment was going to mean getting rid of some nice furniture that mine and Jacob's parents gave us and we didn't want to do that. We found this new place and it's only $25 more a month. And we don't have to pay gas anymore, so the cost comes out to about the same. Eventually I'll post pictures of our new place, but for right now I have lots of other pictures I wanted to post.
Exciting News #2: We decided on a name for our baby girl and we decided we're not going to keep it a secret so here it is: It is Marley Ann. We haven't settled for sure on the spelling yet, it's either going to be Marley or Marli. We have a couple of other names in mind just in case we decide another name fits her better when we see her.
Exciting News #3: I've had a break from my preschool job and I've just been working some hours at Melaleuca, but in my spare time I've been sewing for Marley! It's been really fun for me, I'm definitely not a great seamstress but I enjoy sewing and crafting a lot, I'm pretty sure it's something I got from my mom. Here's some pictures of some projects I've been working on:
Exciting News #2: We decided on a name for our baby girl and we decided we're not going to keep it a secret so here it is: It is Marley Ann. We haven't settled for sure on the spelling yet, it's either going to be Marley or Marli. We have a couple of other names in mind just in case we decide another name fits her better when we see her.
Exciting News #3: I've had a break from my preschool job and I've just been working some hours at Melaleuca, but in my spare time I've been sewing for Marley! It's been really fun for me, I'm definitely not a great seamstress but I enjoy sewing and crafting a lot, I'm pretty sure it's something I got from my mom. Here's some pictures of some projects I've been working on:
Burp Cloths!
Bibs
Baby Quilt
Pillowcase Dress...Hopefully it will fit her next summer! By the way, baby girl clothes are so fun. I'll have to post sometime with pictures of some of the cute clothes we have for her so far.
...And many more projects still to come!
At Melaleuca, we get points for the calls that we take. I got a super cute wall hanging with my points from work:
(I noticed just now that my feet are in a lot of these pictures...whoops!)
And....one last picture. A picture of my baby bump at 26 weeks!
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