She is here!

We have a baby!! Aria Locklyn born 12/19 @ 6:54pm 6lbs 5oz 17.5 inches long!! 

I will share my birth story and some awesome pics soon! I am very behind but we love her to pieces

Almost 34 Weeks! Its been a while!!

Its been a while since I updated my blog! So here goes.....Follow up ultrasound to check on babies placenta went great! The cord is far enough from the edge of the placenta that we wont have any issues. My placenta does have an extra little "lobe" on it that they will need to be sure gets delivered  but otherwise she is good to go!

I don't even think I announced her name to the blog world, But its Aria Locklyn. I think it goes well with Akadia and Alea and I didn't want her to be the odd ball out without an A name :-)

Here is a pic of her..isn't she cute?!?!?! (appox 30 weeks)

We got tons of Maternity Pics taken, I did a little mini session with the birth photographer and then Jason and I did some together with Jen @ Ruby Photographer and then I did more with Jen alone. Here are 2 that I got back so far. I will share more once I get them!

Here are my 32 week Belly pics. 

We went back to the ultrasound place in town to see if we could get a better look at Aria, but now instead of being in a ball she has a face full of placenta!! 

I will be 34 weeks tomorrow (thurs) I have an apt then as well. I am excited to be getting closer!!!

26+ Week Update

Moving right along.... Just over 26 weeks now. I had a little trip to the birthing center Thurs to check for leaking amniotic fluid, but thankfully I wasn't. Baby was good, bouncing all around in there.

Tues I am going to go meet a birth photographer and Friday I have an OB apt, I will have my glucose test then as well. So a busy baby week ahead.

26 weeks

I don't think they could strap me in any tighter! And I cant wait to put my belly ring back in! LOL

Quick update

Seems like forever since I have been to the doctor!! I like Dr. Bell's hands off , keep your pants on approach to pregnancy. LOL I finally go back on the 26th :-) I will be 26 weeks on Thursday! Only 94 days to go!!! :-)

I started my Placenta Encapsulation training. Its so interesting. I am super excited to get my first placenta!!! LOL Ahhh the things that excite me!

Anyways, is was my 24 week pic...I will take another on Thursday @ 26 weeks (She has certainly grew since this picture!!!)   :-)

22 Week Apt

Had my 22 week apt. last week. I am now almost 23 weeks.  Things went good, babies heart rate was 150+, my blood pressure was good. I have gained 9 lbs so far. We talked about my Ultrasound, everything was good except for the fact that her cord connects to the placenta very close to a venous lake. Which is essentially a blood clot or pool of blood on the placenta. Its not abnormal to have venous lakes but it can be a issue if you have a low lying placenta (I don't, mine is up at the top of my uterus) or if the cord is close to one....Well that's our current issue. I will have a follow up ultrasound @ 29 weeks to check on the placenta and cord and depending the results of that ultrasound we might have to see a MFM doctor.  Dr. Bell told me not to worry and that its usually not an issue but that's easier said than done. Thankfully we have a Doppler and I can hear her h/b whenever I want and she moves like crazy so that's always a good feeling :-)

I went to the premiere peek place downtown and got some pics of baby A. :-) She is just too damn cute! She was face down for her and she had her hands up by her face most of the time but we still got a few pics. My belly is growing, we have most of the essentials bought, and I started a diaper stash. I have been in touch with some blood cord banking companies, we will decide if this is something we do in the next few weeks.

I go back 9/26 for my glucose test and a shot of RhoGAM.

Induction booked for 12/19!!

Here are a few pics

Ultrasound 19 weeks (left)    21 weeks (right)

 

 

Ultrasound

We had our Ultrasound today! I am 19w4d. It went Great. I was honestly a little scared because you never know what you will see. I kept telling Jason how scared I was LOL. We could have gone to Aspirus Rhinelander or Wausau. Dr. Bell recommended Wausau since they have a 3D ultrasound machine so thats where we went. (Rhinelander is suppose to get one one the near future) Baby looked good, all the body parts were there inside and out.  Her measurements were pretty close to what we were given initially. The doctor will call us in about 3 days to go over everything but she looked good. When the tech was trying to see between her legs she couldn't see since she had her legs closed tight but she finally got a good view and was able to confirm she is a she :-) So the blood test was correct, which makes me super happy since I love her name but we are going to keep it a secret form the FB world....Sorry guys we have to keep something a surprise.  Here are a few more pics, they printed some and we got a disk with some pics too.

Hands in front of her face, you can see the cord in this one

Profile

She looks so comfy in there! 

Almost a full body

2D Profile

I am so excited for her to come! Next Apt is in a few weeks, where I will have to work my magic on Dr. Bell to induce me before Christmas :-) 

18+ weeks!

Sorry for Slacking! Here is my update :-D

Time is flying! I am 18w 4 days. This pic was taken @ 18 weeks.

 All is well. Had an OB Apt on Friday. Heart rate was 154. I had the UTI from freakin hell. I told Dr Bell I was counting down the hours to see him so I could get some drugs. He gave me some funky bladder numbing medication and an antibiotic. Bless his heart, it was so bad I could hardly walk!

I am beyond excited for 8/4! We have our Ultrasound apt. We will get to confirm she is a she and that everything is A-Ok. Then I have her co sleeper to put together and some clothes shopping to do. But I am going to wait until Monday just to be sure :-)

I am feeling her move more and more which is nice. Usually in the morning she is all balled up to one side which is weird. :-)

I am going to try to talk Dr Bell into inducing me on 12/19...I think he will (He better! LOL) Hospital policy is not before 39 weeks so I will just make the cut off at 39w2d

Thats about all for now.