It is looking like a March baby...

As of today I am 38 weeks and 3 days. I was kinda hoping Laney would be early and be a February baby, because then we could share the same birth month. Unless I went into labor today, and had a very short labor it is looking like she will be a March baby for sure.

I had an appointment yesterday, and Laney is still growing healthy and strong. Her heart rate was a steady 136, and she is still head down. The most popular questions I get is how big is your baby now, so I asked my doctor if she could estimate. Well she felt around for a moment. Felt Laney's head and bottom, and then within seconds said, I would say about 7.5 pounds. She said that is just a very rough estimate though. Jordan and I were talking,  and we think it  is weird to think there is a 7.5 pound baby in my tummy!!! We still think of her looking like an alien, like when they are just a few weeks  old. It is just so hard to imagine such a beautiful creation is waiting in there to meet her mommy and daddy!

My doctor didn't check to see if I have made any progress, because I haven't been having very many contractions and I have an appointment on Tuesday. So next Tuesday, we will see if I am dilated at all. Progress wise, I can tell Laney is dropping. I feel a lot more pressure down there, and I am starting to get sore. I have had a wonderful pregnancy, I have been pretty comfortable the whole time, and even now I am still feeling pretty comfortable. I have not hit a miserable stage yet. Thank you Jesus!!! Also, I have been having contractions on and off, they mostly come when I am moving around, but they are not consistent at all. 

As for work I have everything done that needs to be done! My report cards are finished, the new teacher has all the notes I created for her, and I had parent conferences last week. So I still have one week of work left, my last day is next Friday the 6th. We will see if I make it that far!! As long as my water does not break at school I don't mind working :) It keeps me busy, because otherwise the time goes by SO SLOW! Also, I have a lot more contractions when I am working... so I will update you on Tuesday after my next appointment, unless something happens before then. 

Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we are so close to labor/delivery and entering the stage of parenthood!!!!

Slowly getting to the end :)

Well I had an appointment last week, and the doctor checked to see if I am making any progress. My cervix is still closed, but the baby is head down and ready to go. I was hoping to have made more progress, but I am thinking Laney is comfy in there and doesn't plan on leaving anytime soon. I don't have many Braxton Hicks contractions, just about one to two a day. I am going to start walking more to get this baby moving down and ready to come meet her mommy and daddy. 

I only have two weeks of work left, and I just finished my last task REPORT CARDS!!! I am so thankful to have those done, I would hate to be doing them with a newborn baby and sleep deprivation. :) 

As for my job, I have NO IDEA what I will be doing next year. It will either be part time or possibly substituting a few days each month. We are just trying to pray about it, and see where God leads us. Substituting means giving up my contract, and that means next time I want full time employment I will have to interview. Not something that I EVER look forward to. Our school district is having some major changes, and at this point I wouldn't count on anything. So please keep us in your prayers for a healthy baby girl, speedy and safe delivery, and my job for next year. I have a feeling it may be God's way of keeping me at home with the baby more often, but can we make it financially... hopefully!!! I guess that is it for now :)

9 months down... only a few weeks left!!!!

36 weeks... 9 months complete!! Laney will be here soon!!

Laney's Room with our Hospital Bags... all packed!!!

Laney's Dresser/Changing Table

Someone made these for Laney, aren't they beautiful!

Present Time

More Presents

My cousin painted the same tree on this cake that is on Laney's wall :)

Jordan at my work shower... they got us a travel system!! YAHOO!!

The pregnant ladies at my work... minus Angie! There are 5 of us total?!?

Wanna come drink the water :)

I loved all the cute outfits! I can't wait to see her in them.

Books... a teacher's best friend!

Adorable cake

Snacks at Jordan's family shower.

My mom and I changing a diaper one handed.. I WON :)

It has been a while since I have posted a blog. I have been getting more tired in the evenings after work. I just realized that if I post a blog every week until Laney arrives, I will only have to write three or four more times! 

This week I will be 37 weeks pregnant, which is considered FULL TERM! That means that Laney can be born now, and should be a healthy little baby girl! However, I still have a little more than three weeks until my due date. I am sure she will come late, but for some reason I have a feeling Laney is going to come before her due date. We have a website where you can vote on Laney's birthday and birth statistics. So far Friday the 13th (AHH)  of March seems to be the most popular day. Make sure you go and vote, because we are getting the winner something special!

CLICK HERE TO GO VOTE!!

As for the nursery it is finally complete, and it has our hospital bags all packed and waiting in there. I am hoping to go into labor at home so that Jordan and I can grab the bags and all the odds and ends that we are using and cannot pack yet, like the laptop and digital camera :) Also, we have to take the dogs to my parents and get the house all locked up. I find myself over thinking everything WAY too much. I want our house to be spotless at all times, because you never know when the time will come and I want Laney coming home to a nice clean house. Besides the fact, I won't have the energy to clean for a while once Laney arrives. As I am typing this blog, I just realized I should make sure the heat is on the entire time when we are gone, because I don't want to bring our baby home into a freezing cold house! As you can tell my brain is racing a million miles a minute, because I just want everything to be perfect. 

Throughout the pregnancy I have been dreaming A LOT more than normal, but the past week my dreams have increased! I didn't think it was possible, but each night I feel like I am dreaming the entire night long while waking every one to two hours to use the restroom. Remember Christmas Eve night as a child, that is how I feel every night lately!

I am now going to the doctor weekly, and everything is still looking great. My blood pressure is still down and I am still in the right range for weight gain, but man I sure am starting to gain the wait now.. AHHH :) I guess that is good, because that means Laney is growing. She is suppose to be gaining one ounce a day. I am still feeling really good, but I am starting to get swollen! It really doesn't hurt, but I had to take my wedding ring off. I really didn't want that to happen, but it is better than cutting the circulation off to my finger or getting my ring cut off. I am looking forward to putting that back on! My feet are also starting to become swollen, but my doctor said that is because I am on them all day long at work. I just need to keep my feet up as much as possible, drink plenty of fluids, and try to avoid salt as much as possible. At my appointment next week they will check to see if I am STREP B positive, and I am hoping she might be able to tell me that my cervix is making progress toward labor. :) They look at two things 1. How dilated you are and 2. how effaced or how soft your cervix is. I am hoping that I am slowly, but surely making some progress in at least one of those areas.

Well I think we are pretty much ready. We just have a few things to do here and there, but this week I washed all the sheets, blankets, and cute little outfits! It was so much fun doing her laundry, and I just LOVED when I would clean the lint trap out and it was all pink fuzz!! Jordan says at least once a week, what would we do if it is a boy. This question DRIVES ME NUTS when he asks, but I guess you never know 100% until they are born right. We have all heard stories about this.

I better go get ready... Jordan and I are going to enjoy our last Valentine's Day as a "single" couple by going out to a japanese steak house and a movie. I promise to blog more often as the time comes. We called the hospital and they have wireless internet, so we will have someone post updates as we arrive at the hospital and welcome little Laney into this world!!! We just can't wait to meet and snuggle our little bundle of joy. 

Quick Update

Well everything has been going great, and my belly keeps growing. My last doctor's appointment went very well, and I will be heading back there on Friday. After this appointment I have one week without an appointment and then I will start going every week. My blood pressure is still really low, and my doctor told me I should be very proud of how little weight I have gained :) I am starting to get a bit swollen in my hands, but I think that is pretty common. I think it is because they are always so warm. 

The nursery is coming along great! I plan on finishing that up in the next two weeks, and then I will post pictures. Jordan and I will also be packing our hospital bags in the next two weeks, can you believe we are close enough to be doing that!!! We are VERY excited! 

I am currently 35 weeks pregnant, ONLY 5 weeks to go!!! It is even more exciting to realize that in about 14 days I will be considered full term, and if Laney were born she would be perfectly healthy. Also, now that we are in February we can official say Laney will be born NEXT month!!!  I am thinking she will be a late baby, but I would LOVE it if you would make a guess!!! If you go to the website below you can make your guess for the weight, height, time of birth, and day of birth. It is a really cool website. It actually awards points based on how close your vote is, and determines the winner. Jordan and I plan on buying the winner a prize... so please go there and vote!!!

CLICK HERE TO GO VOTE!!!!!! 

Next week I plan on blogging about my baby showers, the nursery, and being 36 weeks (9 months) pregnant!!! So come back soon and expect to see a lot of pictures :)

Don't forget to take a moment to vote!!!

Busy Weekend!!!

Laney's room.. almost done.

Her beautiful crib.

JB + CB : Carved in Laney's Tree :)

The tree my cousin painted!!

32 weeks.. 8 months complete!!!

Well, we had a very busy weekend here in the Bailey home. Friday night my aunt and cousin came over to paint, and they ended up staying until 2am! It was worth the late night, because the tree is finally done. We spend most of Saturday shopping, and then came home to work on a lot of little things that needed to be done in Laney's room. After church on Sunday, we put together a bookshelf and cleaned up the nursery. 

I am now 32 weeks pregnant, which means I am in my ninth month! We only have 8 weeks until our due date, but we wouldn't mind meeting Laney anytime after 37 weeks! I am still feeling great, but I have found that when I get too active I have Braxton Hicks contractions. So I am taking it a little easier these days, and enjoying every moment of quiet down time and time spent alone with Jordan before our bundle of joy arrives. 

30 weeks

Laney's heartbeat... they said it looked "beautiful"

140's - 160's 

Our Christmas Ornament this year!

The blanket I made Laney, 

my first completed crocheting project ever!

Sneak Peak... one brown wall. 

This is where the mural will go!

Sneak Peak... three pink walls.

Jordan's favorite Christmas present.

An Ohio State PINK dress for Laney :)

Another week complete, and only TEN weeks left! I feel like every post I tell you how fast the time has gone by, but really it has!!! 

Yesterday we had our first little scare. Typically I feel Laney move throughout the day, but yesterday I felt only two very slight movements. I actually wasn't even quite sure if it was Laney moving or not. There are days she moves A LOT, and there are days when she is lazy. We have just never had a day where I didn't feel her move, and I couldn't do something to make her move.

I tried to eat candy, drink juice, lay in place quietly, play music, sing to her, talk to her, and nothing was working. I called in and they told me to come in and they will check me out just to be safe. So we headed to Tacoma General and they actually admitted me and made me put a gown on. It was a blessing in disguise, because we got to spend an hour listening to her beautiful perfect heartbeat! I even felt her move twice FINALLY while they were monitoring her. 

Every time that I would talk to Jordan Laney's heartbeat would increase. It was so precious to know that she is already excited by the sound of my voice. They said that everything looks great, and that she was probably just feeling the effects of the flu I had the day prior.  We headed home completely reassured and we thanked God for our little healthy girl! Today she is moving like crazy, and I will enjoy every moment of it. 

As for the nursery we have all the walls painted! My cousin and aunt will be painting a mural in the next few weeks, and then we will have it almost completely done! I will post pictures as soon as it is complete. 

Our Christmas Blessing

Profile picture, 29 weeks!!! 

Face picture, she is finally gaining some fat. 

She doesn't look as much like a skeleton!

29 Weeks.. you can see her little lips

Today I had my 7 month appointment, which is the appointment that I have been dreading from the very beginning. I had to do the diabetes test, which I have heard horrible stories about AND I had to get a HUGE shot in my hip, because I am Rh Negative. 

We woke up to snow and decided to leave 1 hour and 15 minutes early since the roads have been really bad lately. We arrived there in just one hour :), and I headed to the lab to drink the sugar soda. It actually wasn't bad at all. It just taste like flat sprite, but it was nice and cold. I drank it right down. Then we headed to my OB appointment. My doctor was not able to make it in today, because of the snow so I was able to see another doctor who we have seen in the past. 

The appointment went very well. Everything is still looking good! My blood pressure is still low, and I don't have any protein or sugars in my urine. Laney's heart rate was 142, and she even kicked the doppler which made us all giggle. I had to get the shot in my hip today, and it really didn't hurt. I asked Jordan NOT to say anything about how big the needle was while I was getting the shot, but after all was said and done he told me the needle was HUGE. He said it is one the biggest he has seen, and he use to be an EMT.  The nurse even told me she chose "the friendlier needle". 

Every appointment they measure your belly, and while my weight gain is still minimal my belly was measuring more growth than it should be at 29 weeks. The doctor said it could be because she measures differently than my actual doctor, and at our next appointment if our doctor found the same thing we might do an ultrasound. She said it is NOTHING to worry about, but that some women just make big babies and they like to keep an eye on them. She said do you guys want an ultrasound, and of course we said YES YES YES!!! We thought we wouldn't get to see Laney anymore, so she said well I have medical reason I can call one in for you. We were so excited. 

We then called a few places, and luckily there were a lot of openings for the same day, because of the everyone canceling due to the snow. Normally it takes a few weeks to get an appointment. We felt SO BLESSED. 

We got to our ultrasound and the technician was FABULOUS! We spent a lot of time just watching Laney, and all her measurements came out to be just the size they should be. She is measuring exactly with our due date. The technician also checked the gender again for us, and YES she is still a girl :) It is funny, because we have had a hard time finding the gender all three times we have looked. Laney always seems to have her legs together! We decided that we have a modest young girl in there, and we are proud of that! You could clearly see those three lines they look for to determine if it is a girl. 

Laney was so adorable. We spent a few minutes watching her play with her lips! She was sucking on her bottom lip and playing with her tongue. It was the most precious thing I have ever seen. It melted my heart, and it melted Jordan's as well!! We can't wait to meet our little girl, only 11 weeks left!!!