Saturday, October 31, 2009
Happy Halloween 2009!
Jared and I went to his co-worker's annual Halloween party last night. We had a lot of fun! We were also told that if they handed out prizes, we would have won first place for our costumes! The other funny thing is people thought I had a fake belly on or was at least wearing makeup on my belly because apparently it looks too perfect to be real....that made me feel pretty good! ;-)
The Bun Maker and his little Bun in the Oven:
The Bun Maker and his little Bun in the Oven:
The Bun In the Oven and Guy Fiery:
The Bun In the Oven, Guy Fiery and The Bun Maker:
Cary and Carrie (the hippies):
Tammy and Chuck (white trash):
Jake and Heather (the pirates):
Bun In The Oven, Monica the French Maid and Carrie the Hippie:
The Bun In the Oven, Guy Fiery and The Bun Maker:
Cary and Carrie (the hippies):
Tammy and Chuck (white trash):
Jake and Heather (the pirates):
Bun In The Oven, Monica the French Maid and Carrie the Hippie:
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
33.5 Week Appointment
I had another appointment today which started out with fetal monitoring. I was hooked up to the baby heart rate monitor and the contraction monitor for half an hour. No contractions, just a very happy baby! His heart rate was fantastic as usual, so I am of course very pleased.
After the heart rate monitoring I met with my doctor who I might add is amazing!
After doing a quick ultrasound, we saw there was plenty of amniotic fluid, Baby Mo is still head down, and his little feet are digging into my ribs on the right side. All looks great and the doctor couldn't be more happy that I have made it this far. She also mentioned that I am still not very big considering how far along I am, but there were no concerns with that comment.
Otherwise, from here forward I will be doing weekly doctor's visits and weekly fetal monitoring.
At 34 weeks (which is Saturday) if I happen to go into labor the doctor's won't do anything to stop it as they consider that a healthy time for the baby to be delivered if he chooses to make an entrance then.
Otherwise, they still think I won't make it to full term because of my unicornuate uterus, but anything is still possible.
I am just getting more and more excited by the day! I did have maternity photos taken on Sunday and can hardly wait to see how they turned out. Plus my baby shower is this weekend and I am getting pretty antsy for that as well!!!
Stay tuned, more updates to come!
After the heart rate monitoring I met with my doctor who I might add is amazing!
After doing a quick ultrasound, we saw there was plenty of amniotic fluid, Baby Mo is still head down, and his little feet are digging into my ribs on the right side. All looks great and the doctor couldn't be more happy that I have made it this far. She also mentioned that I am still not very big considering how far along I am, but there were no concerns with that comment.
Otherwise, from here forward I will be doing weekly doctor's visits and weekly fetal monitoring.
At 34 weeks (which is Saturday) if I happen to go into labor the doctor's won't do anything to stop it as they consider that a healthy time for the baby to be delivered if he chooses to make an entrance then.
Otherwise, they still think I won't make it to full term because of my unicornuate uterus, but anything is still possible.
I am just getting more and more excited by the day! I did have maternity photos taken on Sunday and can hardly wait to see how they turned out. Plus my baby shower is this weekend and I am getting pretty antsy for that as well!!!
Stay tuned, more updates to come!
4th Annual Pumpkin Carving Party
Saturday October 24th was our 4th Annual Pumpkin Carving Party! We were expecting a lot more people than usual this year, but unfortunately with the flu season still looming, we had a few cancellations. We had a great time even though some of our favorite people couldn't make it.
Our three pumpkin categories and winners are below:
Ugliest: Casey Motherway (brother/in-law)
Scariest: Dylan Ackley (our nephew)
Most Creative: Kevin Hoffman (Jared's friend)
Usually I take a ton more photos, but this year my feet were swelling up faster than I expected and I was just exhausted from all the work....special thanks to my mom and sister for all their help in the kitchen....and many others for helping out! I am not sure I could have pulled the party together if it weren't for all my amazing friends/family.
Here is me posing with my fabulous pumpkin smuggler shirt (thanks Aunt B):
Jared and I: 
Sister in law's Shelly and Justine and Justine's little guy Gavin:
Mike and Jessica Lowry:
Shelly, Ryan and our nephew Thatcher:
Funny teeth ladies: Justine, Jessica, Jaynie, Me:
Jared hard at work with his carving/design:
My mom - so proud of herself for actually getting pumpkin guts on her hands:
My nephew Oliver with his funny eyes and teeth:
Another photo of my nephew with uncle Jared's gloves and funny teeth: 
Our three pumpkin categories and winners are below:
Ugliest: Casey Motherway (brother/in-law)
Scariest: Dylan Ackley (our nephew)
Most Creative: Kevin Hoffman (Jared's friend)
Usually I take a ton more photos, but this year my feet were swelling up faster than I expected and I was just exhausted from all the work....special thanks to my mom and sister for all their help in the kitchen....and many others for helping out! I am not sure I could have pulled the party together if it weren't for all my amazing friends/family.
Here is me posing with my fabulous pumpkin smuggler shirt (thanks Aunt B):
Jared and I: 
Sister in law's Shelly and Justine and Justine's little guy Gavin:
Mike and Jessica Lowry:
Shelly, Ryan and our nephew Thatcher:
Funny teeth ladies: Justine, Jessica, Jaynie, Me:
Jared hard at work with his carving/design:
My mom - so proud of herself for actually getting pumpkin guts on her hands:
My nephew Oliver with his funny eyes and teeth:
Another photo of my nephew with uncle Jared's gloves and funny teeth: 
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
31.5 Week Appointment
After spending Wednesday October 7th and Monday October 12th in the Labor & Delivery for some minor issues, and major worrying I was really looking forward to my appointment today "October 13th" to hopefully get some questions answered.
My appointment today was very reassuring. We had a pretty long ultrasound which showed the baby is happy and healthy, still has plenty of amniotic fluid, heart is great, growth is great, etc. He appears to be weighing in around 3.5 pounds and his growth is all on target.
Once we met with our doctor, she wasn't able to fully answer why I was having contractions last week or why I was dilated. The best she could guess is that I have been doing too much and need to slow myself down a bit. As for why I was having the cramping yesterday, I am told the baby's shoulder/elbow is right where my cramping was coming from and that it was putting too much pressure on my uterus which was causing the pain. Due to the nature of my uterus, the baby doesn't really have any room to flip around and move a ton. For the same reason I will probably start feeling more pain/stretching since there isn't a ton of room there, unlike women who have no complications with their uterus.
Either way, so far I am not being put on bedrest, just need to stay off my feet as much as possible. If I absolutely have to be on my feet, it is supposed to be only 30 minutes at a time.
I am now scheduled weekly for appointments to continue to closely monitor me. There is a test they can do to see if you might go into labor within the next few weeks, they did that last week and will do the test again next week. However, hopefully things continue to progress as normal.
Overall, very good news today. So let's just hope that Baby Mo continues to stay put for several more weeks!!!
My appointment today was very reassuring. We had a pretty long ultrasound which showed the baby is happy and healthy, still has plenty of amniotic fluid, heart is great, growth is great, etc. He appears to be weighing in around 3.5 pounds and his growth is all on target.
Once we met with our doctor, she wasn't able to fully answer why I was having contractions last week or why I was dilated. The best she could guess is that I have been doing too much and need to slow myself down a bit. As for why I was having the cramping yesterday, I am told the baby's shoulder/elbow is right where my cramping was coming from and that it was putting too much pressure on my uterus which was causing the pain. Due to the nature of my uterus, the baby doesn't really have any room to flip around and move a ton. For the same reason I will probably start feeling more pain/stretching since there isn't a ton of room there, unlike women who have no complications with their uterus.
Either way, so far I am not being put on bedrest, just need to stay off my feet as much as possible. If I absolutely have to be on my feet, it is supposed to be only 30 minutes at a time.
I am now scheduled weekly for appointments to continue to closely monitor me. There is a test they can do to see if you might go into labor within the next few weeks, they did that last week and will do the test again next week. However, hopefully things continue to progress as normal.
Overall, very good news today. So let's just hope that Baby Mo continues to stay put for several more weeks!!!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Pregnancy Scare #1 at 30.5 Weeks
On Wednesday October 7th I just arrived home from work around 5pm. I had changed into my "comfy" clothes and was starving, so Jared and I were working on dinner. I had planned on making burgers, however somehow managed to forget to stop at the store on the way home to grab buns (my mind was on "auto-pilot"). So we switched up the plan and made chicken and corn on the cob instead.
Anyway, I was having some major pressure on my bladder area and something just wasn't feeling right....I felt like I could have been leaking amniotic fluid. I called my sister in law Justine since she had recently gone through a pregnancy. After discussing some things with her, she suggested I call the doctor. I went ahead and called the on call doctor at the hospital and basically he told me to come in. It isn't always fun for us to make the trek into Portland (especially since I just came from there). Although the ultimate goal is to make sure the baby is healthy, so of course worth the 45 minute drive when needed.
Upon arrival it was a crazy night, so it took a while to be seen. However, they ran all kinds of tests as we patiently waited. As it turned out I was contracting every 3-4 minutes and I was dilated to 1 cm. already. (Not good at this stage of pregnancy). All the other tests they ran turned out to be negative, so overall good signs that we weren't going to deliver the baby tonight. My water hadn't broken, there is still plenty of room for the baby, and they ran a test that said if I would deliver within the next week or two that turned out negative. My cervical length was still nice and long, so that was great news as well. They ended up putting me on an IV to hydrate me enough hoping it would help stop the contractions. The contractions never stopped, but overall I felt fine.
I was sent home around midnight and just told to make an appointment for Friday with my perinatologist and continue to monitor my symptoms, etc.
I was/continue to be a bit nervous about what is going on, but have to trust that the baby will arrive when he is ready and that he will be in great hands with all the wonderful doctors I have been privileged enough to work with. This little momma just needs to slow herself down a bit and take time to rest. ;-)
Anyway, I was having some major pressure on my bladder area and something just wasn't feeling right....I felt like I could have been leaking amniotic fluid. I called my sister in law Justine since she had recently gone through a pregnancy. After discussing some things with her, she suggested I call the doctor. I went ahead and called the on call doctor at the hospital and basically he told me to come in. It isn't always fun for us to make the trek into Portland (especially since I just came from there). Although the ultimate goal is to make sure the baby is healthy, so of course worth the 45 minute drive when needed.
Upon arrival it was a crazy night, so it took a while to be seen. However, they ran all kinds of tests as we patiently waited. As it turned out I was contracting every 3-4 minutes and I was dilated to 1 cm. already. (Not good at this stage of pregnancy). All the other tests they ran turned out to be negative, so overall good signs that we weren't going to deliver the baby tonight. My water hadn't broken, there is still plenty of room for the baby, and they ran a test that said if I would deliver within the next week or two that turned out negative. My cervical length was still nice and long, so that was great news as well. They ended up putting me on an IV to hydrate me enough hoping it would help stop the contractions. The contractions never stopped, but overall I felt fine.
I was sent home around midnight and just told to make an appointment for Friday with my perinatologist and continue to monitor my symptoms, etc.
I was/continue to be a bit nervous about what is going on, but have to trust that the baby will arrive when he is ready and that he will be in great hands with all the wonderful doctors I have been privileged enough to work with. This little momma just needs to slow herself down a bit and take time to rest. ;-)
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Trailer Trash Party
Today was my third year attending the annual catering employee party. The first year's party was a luau theme and I dressed as a tiki drink and won 1st place for my costume. Last year the theme was "out of this world" and I dressed up as an alien type and again won 1st place for my costume. This year was a trailer trash theme and I figured I could use my pregnancy to my advantage. Low and behold, having a baby belly won me 1st place yet again. It was pretty exciting!!! I am pretty competitive in nature and absolutely love winning!!! I am sure there are more pictures floating around, but the ones below turned out pretty great!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Childbirth A-Z
Jared and I were told that OHSU offers childbirth and education classes but weren't given tons of information early on in our pregnancy so didn't do much research. It wasn't until my neighbor Shelly (who is expecting their second baby just weeks after us) started asking me about the classes we were going to take that I realized I should probably start looking into it. Once I started researching the available courses and what we could get into I realized, the childbirth classes that Jared and I could take (or fit into our busy schedule), were completely full. Tonight we made the decision even though on the wait list and hadn't heard back from the hospital that we would just show up for the first class and hope the instructor let us in. To our luck, the instructor tonight was amazing and totally made room for us in the class. So every Thursday night this month we will be in class from 6:30-9:30pm.....very excited about this learning experience.
Overall we both learned a lot tonight, but I think Jared is in for a bit of a shock (especially after the video we had to watch tonight). Definitely a great learning experience, and a bit of entertainment value as well!!!
Details for the course we are taking:
Childbirth A-Z:
This course is designed for first time parents. This series explores everything you need to know about having a baby at OHSU. Classes will prepare you and your birth partner for the physical and emotional aspects of late pregnancy, labor and birth, comfort measures, pain management and cesarean birth as well as the first hour of your baby’s life and you as a new mother.
Overall we both learned a lot tonight, but I think Jared is in for a bit of a shock (especially after the video we had to watch tonight). Definitely a great learning experience, and a bit of entertainment value as well!!!
Details for the course we are taking:
Childbirth A-Z:
This course is designed for first time parents. This series explores everything you need to know about having a baby at OHSU. Classes will prepare you and your birth partner for the physical and emotional aspects of late pregnancy, labor and birth, comfort measures, pain management and cesarean birth as well as the first hour of your baby’s life and you as a new mother.
Glucose Test
On Tuesday I went in for my glucose test. I had heard horror stories about how awful the test was, etc. Yet as it turned out the whole thing was nothing to flinch about at all. I had heard it would make you nauseated, sick, etc. etc. Luckily for me, I didn't experience anything from this less than painful glucose drama.
Basically, I went in and was given an orange drink that tasted like overly sugary orange soda...not bad tasting at all. Then I had to wait an hour for the doctor to draw my blood. I was told that I would get the results that day or the next morning.
I got a phone call Wednesday morning from the nurse giving me the results. She did a drum roll even, it was quite funny. Once her drum roll was finished, she told me I passed the test with flying colors..and I quote "go eat a donut sweetheart". The news was quite entertaining. I was also told I am not anemic.....so overall great news!
Oh and as a side note, I didn't eat a donut....but I did make some brownies...yum yum!
Basically, I went in and was given an orange drink that tasted like overly sugary orange soda...not bad tasting at all. Then I had to wait an hour for the doctor to draw my blood. I was told that I would get the results that day or the next morning.
I got a phone call Wednesday morning from the nurse giving me the results. She did a drum roll even, it was quite funny. Once her drum roll was finished, she told me I passed the test with flying colors..and I quote "go eat a donut sweetheart". The news was quite entertaining. I was also told I am not anemic.....so overall great news!
Oh and as a side note, I didn't eat a donut....but I did make some brownies...yum yum!
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