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Thank You Cristina!

I took this picture and totally forgot to post it!! I'm sorry!! Thank you so much for making these :) I know they weren't all meant for Emilie but I'm so glad she got them anyways ;) My favorite is the white one :) :) :) I can't wait to see her in it! Thank you again!!! Oh and for the blankets that you gave me today! I already put them in the wash so they will be ready for when she comes home in a few days :)

Tomorrow is the big day :) :)

Alright so my appointment today...nothing really to report. The doc says i'm still not dilated at all. I have some fibrous tissue in a ring around my cervix, which is scar tissue. The verdict is out if it's going to prevent me from dilating or not. It could stop me from dilating which could mean a c-section in my future.

According to Bekah my L&D go to gal this roughly how the induction should go:

I call L&D at 4pm tomorrow. They tell me a time to go in, probably around 6 or they will tell me to call back at 6 :\ I've been told to just keep calling and don't give up.

When I get there I will get my first round of Cytotec, which is a pill they will insert in my you know what to soften my cervix up. The idea is that this "should" start me to dilate. It can also cause cramping and sometimes start a person's labor.

They will con't to insert pills every 4 hours depending on my progress.

In the morning at 6am if I've shown progress they will start the pitocin. Which will be increased in strength every 20 minutes. We've agreed to try pit for 8 hours and if I'm progressing then we con't if nothing then we stop and decide the next step.

With the scar tissue I've already been warned that there is a possibilty of a c-section. On my IC board many women (if they make to full term) seem to need inductions or c-sections, so I don't think this is an uncommon thing. The doc isn't even sure exactly how my cervix will behave. They could give me one dose of Cytotec and it will cause me to rip the scar tissue and then I could very quickly dilate. It's all a mystery, lol.

I'm going to try avoid a c-section if possible, for obvious reasons. But in the end as long as she gets here and is healthy and well i don't care :) I will heal.

Remember to check the blog for updates. Although most of them will probably come through e-mail so hopefully your all on the list!! (If you have never gotten one of my large group update e-mails then make sure you e-mail me tonight so I can add you to the list!!)

1 Day Left :)

I am officially 40 weeks pregnant. Never thought we would make it to here. I expected with my cervix taking the damage it did we would be having another preemie...but alas my body proved me wrong. Which really makes me wonder why with some women it's an issue and others it seems it's not. :\ I will take the good :) I think we needed some good :)

So I went to the store today :) And I love Perry's Birthday Bash icecream. They haven't had the last 3 times I've wen to buy some so I've been settling for Panda Paws with peanutbutter melted on it. Today it looked like they just restocked it so decided to take a peek. Some sales guy asked me what I kind I was looking for and went in the back and got me one :) How sweet! I love The Giant :) So I HAD to buy it :) I'm so excited, I'm going to have some for desert after I eat lunch :) hehehe





Other news. Baby Violet has an update ;) She's been home for awhile now and overall doing really well!! She's had some reflux issues but those are getting better too :) I want to share one of her latest pictures :)






As for anything in terms of how I am...nothing is happening. I don't even have much pelvic pain! Not sure where it all went??? No cramping, nothing. Emilie is still kicking around in there. And I mean seriously kicking. I know she's not supposed to have the room, but some how she makes it! On occasion she still gives me a good smack. She doesn't move as often as she used to, but it's been slowly decreasing so I'm not alarmed, it isn't a sudden change. Jason and I did got for another walk last night. My legs are sore, but nothing else really is.

2 days left!

Okay I just realized that really it's more like 3 days left since she probably won't be here until Friday, BUT once the induction is under way then it's all excitement from then on their out right ;) I know with Kaitlin I didn't really realize day or night while I was in labor.

Tried to clean today. I did pretty good :) I have some energy back today which is nice. I'm barely feeling any kind of soreness. Not sure why it's seemingly disappearing now, but I'll take it ;) I've realized we just don't have the darn room for things, lol. The nursery is being over run with storage things :\ Oh well she's going to have to share for a little while. I want to try to keep the living room clutter free so that way when people come to visit we aren't tripping over things, even though I'm sure we will be anyways, lol. You get more than 4 adults in this room and it's already too much.

I can't wait for August to come and go! I hate this heat :\ AC has been running since 9:30 am with no lights on, curtains closed, etc. It's only 4 and I'm nearing the uncomfortable mark :\ I even had BOTH ACs running for awhile since I was running all over the place and the living room is still hotter than the rest of the house :\ Annoying!

Off to watch some TV, then cook dinner.

Update from this morning....

all is calm...I went back to sleep for a few hours and woke up with nothing...so still pregnant :)

Interestingly the cramping pain seemed to felt the most when I was laying down. Somehow I just figured out how to sleep through it when I laid back down.

3 days or less left!

Checking in mighty early this morning. I've been up since 4 am with cramping type pains, enough to not let me sleep.

Not sure if today is the day or not. I'm having trouble deciding if this is from me needing to possibly poop or if it's headed for contractions. The pain does seem to change, etc. At any rate, i'm feeling SOMETHING this morning. Considering with Kaitlin it really wasn't a normal labor, etc. I'm just not sure what to call this. I haven't started timing anything yet since I'm not sure what to time. Like I said the pain seems to change.

In other news, I made another hate for miss Emilie last night. Not sure i like it. I think I need to work on making them much bigger than what I am :\ But soon enough I'll have her head to go by so I can make more :)

Don't think I'm going to bed anytime soon so off to make a cup of decaf coffee :) Did I mention that even after she comes I'm stuck with decaff? Apparently it can decrease your milk production...so if I want soda again ever I need to con't with the decaff coffee :\ But then again I'm so used to decaff...it's probably healthier, oh well the sacrafices ;)

New Belly Pic Shoot :)

This is probably the best photo out of all of them :) Definitely a favorite :)
I've been wanting to do one last naked belly shoot, so we did it today :) Some weren't the nicest pics and I definitely saw the extent of my stretch marks lol. I'm sure they aren't as bad as some get but this kiddo hsa left her mark! :)
More are in the Belly Pics Gallery if your interested.

5 Days or less :) !!!

Came home to find another package on our door step. This kiddo is going to be spoiled rotten ;) This one came from an online friend from my PPP group :) THANK YOU SANDY! I hope she is having a blast in Paris :)

Jason and I went garage sailing today. We thought it was a town wide, but it really wasn't :\ But I did get a autumn type snowsuit for 50 cents! So now she is really set for this winter :) Also got a few more hats to donate to Baby Keelan's Memory collection that I started on my IC group board.

We ate a YUMMY diner :) The Plaza Diner on the parkway is very reasonably priced and yummy!! Jason found some power adapter he was looking for. It was a good day over all :) Now while Emilie continues to have the hiccups I'm going to sort through files while watching One Tree Hill :)

No contractions to report about...

Still 6 days left ;)

I wanted to put up the super pretty pink blanket we got in the mail today :) :) Thank you Uncle Zachary, Aunt Lisa, Ashley and Jonathan :) !! It reminds me of the cat Aunt Z got Kaitlin :) Which I won't allow Emilie to play with so this ties in with it really nicely :) And you didn't even know you were doing it :) Thanks!

Jason and I went for a mile walk today on the rail trail. I made it .5 miles with really no problem...then all sorts of pains started hitting me! Worse than during the 1.6 mile walk last weekend! I however did do WAY more today so it might be just catching up with me. I cleaned our bedroom of most of the clothes on the floor. Put a bunch of clothes away. Vacuumed the entire apt. Made a play mat/larger diaper changing pad and turned a receiving blanket into a curtain. I've also been sitting on the exercise ball instead of my computer chair. My back is beginning to protest so soon I will be moving to my comfy recliner :)

Oh I want to toss this question out there to everyone who reads this :) I'm trying to come up with a list of things that have happened since I've been pregnant either in the family, news, world, etc. To do a sort of this is what happened while I was pregnant with you type thing. So anyone can think of anything please either leave a comment or e-mail me :)

6 Days or less :)

Thought I would share the pic of the tea set I got the other day :) So cute isn't it! Plus it's all fabric so i can wash it after Xavier and her play with it and get it all drool, lol. I have books too that are fabric so I can do the same thing :) (not that either can play with ALL the pieces in the this set right off, some are a little too small). I know it will be awhile before she gets to use it, but I bought it for $1.50...how could I NOT get it :)

Nothing going on today. I *think* I might have had a few contractions last night but they were weird. It was like I was getting a cramp but different. Nothing I've felt before with Kaitlin or this one. But obviously nothing came of them.

Daddy gave Emilie permission to be born this morning, lol. Every morning he's been leaving for work saying "No baby today" and then this morning he said "A baby today would be okay :)" and then told her that :) It would be so funny if I were to go into labor today, but I'm not expecting to. Jason also has a feeling she will be coming on the 27th...not sure why but that could mean a possible a kiddo Monday? I guess we'll see.

Plans tonight are to go for a walk, and I've been spending time sitting on our exercise ball which is supposed to help encourage things as well. We were so worried about her coming early, and now we can't get her out, how ironic ;)

ONE WEEK!

(Newest embroidered items for Emilie :) I did a whole other group today but they are going straight into the wash so no pics right now)

I can't believe this day next week we will be heading out to eat then to the hospital to start the induction process :) Some people have told me all they needed was the cervical dilation pill thingies and they went right into labor :) Let's hope for that :)

I also realized last night this weekend will be our last as just the two of us! Wow has it seemed like this pregnancy has flown!

Emilie has been VERY active today. Maybe it's because I actually stayed in a pretty relaxed today. I've been sitting more than normal so she's been bouncing off my uterine walls! I hope this trend continues of her being active during the day and sleepy at night :) She does stay up late (usually moves around 11ish) but then I don't feel her anymore the rest of the night, so either I'm a really sound sleeper (doubt it) or she's a good girl :) I do sometimes feel her at 6 am so I guess we will see soon enough! I have a theory that all my bedrest put her on a normal clock time or sleep when it's dark and not when it's light, since she heard noise all day long and then quiet at night, she's always seemed to move WAY more during the day than in the evening :) So fingers crossed for no night owl baby ;)

Still 9 days until induction :)

Once home I got a super burst of energy which felt good since it seems I've been in a funk. I even feel super excited to be so close to bringing home my own little baby. I would almost say giddy :) I cleaned up things that have needed to be cleaned, etc. Things look good in here again :) Mind you my energy only lasted for a portion of the night, but it got this place clean looking again :) I even got the last few packages I have ready to go out. And when I'm done this I'm going to address thank you card envelopes (I should have done that all along).

Now I know a burst of energy can mean labor is close, but I highly doubt it, since I've had them before. Grant it I haven't had one in a long while, but i've had them before so really I'm not reading into it. The funny thing is that Miss Emilie also seemed to have an energy burst too! She was moving all sorts of ways after dinner, after being quiet most of the day :) Jason got all sorts of new kicks and feels :)

I also embroidered some things to send out to some people (the before mentioned packages) so while into it I also did the above design :) hehehehe Not sure I want to put it on a onsie, but it is cute enough for a cloth diaper :)

9 Days Until Induction :)

Last night I did go to bed with some regular cramping. I honestly figured middle of the night I would wake up in labor, but no such luck. I see a little more sore this morning, but no cramping to speak of :\ I think this is the only time I've WANTED cramping...it's so strange what pregnancy will do to you :) lol.

I dragged Jen to a consignment shop today, they are going out of business so everything was 50% off. I bought the cutest tea set...it's all made of fabric and filling :) Even has a little velcro cover for the honey :) They had some cute clothes, but I already have so many I have to be really careful about what I buy. I did get a light jacket/pant set. Which she might never wear since if it doesn't get cool enough she won't need it, but I don't have anything warm like that for her so I thought it would be a cheap addition. Jen found a girly sleep gown that I had to have too :)

Had Applebees for lunch...yum :)

Today's Report

We are now 11 days until induction day.

(New belly pic!)

Today I have felt crampy on and off. This morning it was pretty steady (no pattern or contractions), but it went away when we went to the flea market. I've had pain on and off in the middle of my back too (which I doubt is related to any kind of labor pain). The pressure I used to feel in my pelvis has lightened?? It seems that either things have now settled down there or they are just taking a break. Maybe I'm doing something different and don't realize it. Who knows. The cramping did come back later on into the day, but nothing that leads me to believe contractions are coming soon. So I'm sure we are still a ways off. However like I said yesterday, it's SO nice to see my body is working towards labor :) Hoping these new pains might be changing my cervix :)

First Contraction :)

Okay so I was dozing in my chair when I got the typical sharp cramp and my uterus went all hard. I sort of remember that pain with Kaitlin. I didn't move to see if it was false labor or not, but I don't care...I'll take it! It's the first time my body has shown ANY sign of labor :) So I'm celebrating!! YAY!!!

I told Jason and his eyes went all huge..."What does THIS mean?" he asked. I laughed.

What it does mean is that my uterus remembers how to contract. Does it mean a baby tonight? No probably not. It really means nothing, it could not happen again and we still we be being induced on the 30th. It could mean the kiddo will be here in a few days. Regardless it's a good sign because if my cervix will start changing BEFORE induction it will make the induction MUCH easier :)

So no one should driving down here yet, or loose a night a sleep wondering what the evening will bring. I have felt no other cramps or tightness. And false and prelabor can go on for days and days so the best I can do is keep my progress logged here. Honestly, I think it's just my body screaming at me from today's adventure (since we went for a 1.6 mile walk). I have had lots of ligament pain too which usually comes after a long day of being on my feet.

I'm still excited though :) I'm still hoping to go naturally and this is the first sign of my body working towards that :)

I've been a busy bee ;)

My first attempt at doing a design that I got off the inet is the hand above. I also figured out how to back track through a design to fix a flaw :) I thought he was cute :)

So then I got really into it! I found awhole bunch of other free designs and started trying them out :) I also learned how to skip parts in patterns that I didn't want.


So then I bought our first embroidery pattern from a site which was ofcourse a 1-up :) Since Jason was hoping we could make a 1-up onsie. So I tested it above on a cloth diaper and then put some work behind the onsie :)

(the black dots should go away when I wash it.)

Last I was tired of the blocky fonts that I have to choose from on the machine and looked for some different ones. When I do that I have to treat each letter as a graphic so it's a pain, but after an hour or more of work this is my result:
And just before you think that the cats weren't involved in some way with these pictures:

I have many more things to put words and graphics on. It's a great new little hobby to keep my occupied while I wait :) Better than me shopping...I think Jason would agree ;)