I will begin with a TMI (”too much information”) warning first. There may be details included in this story that some find TMI. You have been warned.
This is also really long. I cherish details and wrote this more for myself, Chris, and Connor. I won’t feel bad if you don’t read it all. Pictures will [...]
Below you can find what I wrote earlier, before we got to the hospital and was subsequently sent home due to them having a sudden rush of women in active labor. Now I guess we just wait until they call us to let us know we can come in.
*sigh*
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It is official, the Innovis Birthing Center [...]
So the appointment: I was down two pounds, belly measured at 40.5cm (up 1.5cm from Thursday), cervix 1-2cm, effaced 70-80%, and I don’t remember where baby was in the pelvis, I don’t think she mentioned and I forgot to ask. After the most excruciating pain from her stripping membranes (thankfully it didn’t take nearly as [...]
We had an appointment on Thursday and I’ve been meaning to post an update but haven’t been able to get to it. Here it is:
Dr. Carver estimates the baby is between 8-8.5 pounds, we are dilated 1cm but also 70% effaced and baby is at -2. She “mixed things up down there” (stripped the membranes) [...]
Today was a good mail day! I received all of my cloth diapers and extras. To start my stash/add to what Laura has borrowed me/I ordered:
Two Bummis Super Snap Diaper Covers in Newborn size
One Thirsties Diaper Cover in Newborn size
Twelve Newborn Prefold Diapers
Three Snappis
Two Wahmies Diaper Pail Liners
One Bummis Tote Bag
From top to bottom: [...]
Sarah hosted a shower for me on October 6th in Dilworth (and her mom Nancy helped). It was a lot of fun and a lot of women showed up that I hadn’t seen in a while, some not since high school. We played some games, ate some food, and of course there were the present! [...]
Today officially marks 36 weeks, which means we are entering our ninth month of pregnancy. Woohoo! Our baby class ended last week, and I definitely feel more prepared for this whole *labor and delivery* thing, I think Chris does too. I found out that one couple from the class had their baby last Friday, she [...]
I hope Chris posts about his experience with our first baby class, because he can put it so much more eloquently than I. We had our first of five “Lamaze/birthing” classes last night. The woman who is teaching it (Jess) is entertaining and easy to understand. We did learn a bit, Chris more so than [...]
we are running out of time! As of today, there are 81days until baby is due, roughly 12 weeks, and we have nothing done, it seems anyway.
This weekend, Sarah and I spent some time getting my office cleaned so that transitioning it to a nursery goes a little more smoothly. We still need to get [...]
Here I am in all my 27 week 6 days glory:
Jaci, 27 weeks and 6 days
You’ll have to excuse the look on my face here, Christopher is very good about taking photos at the exact moment I open my mouth to say something.
Jaci, 27 weeks and 6 days
~Jaci