Unexpected visit..

Yesterday we had a unexpected doctors visit. Lisa had a very bad migraine headache and was worried that the baby wasn't moving as much as before. So we went in, they listened to the heart beat, a very strong 150 bpm. normal. But he said let's do a scan just to make sure nothing is wrong. They sent us down to the triage to get another ultrasound. They hooked her up to the monitors and we then got to hear the heartbeat, but they also noticed erratic contractions! at 28 weeks, this is not good. but they gave her some water to drink. shortly after that, the contractions went away. She was dehydrated. Headache was gone and baby was very active. They hooked up the ultrasound and did a full scan and made sure everything looked good. Everything looks normal, which is good. They told her to take it easy, relax and drink water. If she's still feeling small contractions, that we should call the dr again. Basically she was dehydrated and that was causing some of the tight feelings she was having. Hopefully drinking more water will help and we'll get through these last 12 weeks without any issues and we hopefully won't panic and get worried over every little thing. :) (Hopefully the first time the kid sneezes we won't call 911) :)


Aside for spending 4 hours in the Triage yesterday, the good news was we got to see the baby again (we've lucked out with the number of ultrasounds we've had) below is a couple updated pictures of Ethan. He's getting really big now. They estimated he weighs in at about 2.5 pounds.

from the looks of his profile, he's got my lips, chin and diamond shaped head.. :) and Lisa's nose :)

Here's the foot that has been letting Lisa know he's still in there..

That's all for now.. good news is Lisa and Ethan are fine, Lisa just need to relax more and drink more water. Lisa has her regular scheduled check up next Friday, so I'll update after that appointment.

Crib

This past week I assembled the Stroller and Crib. I have been told to get used to "assembling" things as this will be a normal part of life for now on. :) Below is a few photos of the crib

The crib is one that converts to a toddler bed, then to a full size bed. So Ethan has his bed for the next 18 years. :)

Now it's time to start getting all the essentials for our little guys arrival in a few more months.

Lisa just entered her 28th week. He's kicking like crazy, and you can even sometimes feel where he's at, even just looking at her belly, it sometimes looks lopsided, so you know where he's at. Today Lisa is going for her soda pop tests. They are testing for Gestational Diabetes and other things, and she has to drink this sugary drink. (so for her to prepare, she had to take the day off from work. This pregnancy thing is tough, having to make her miss work for these tests ;) She is truly bummed. ) Her next doctors appt is on the 29th and then after that appt, I think we'll have to start going every 2 weeks. Not much longer!! I'll update after her next dr's appt.

Dr Visit Drive Through...

September 30th, Lisa had her monthly Dr's visit. We get in, they look at the charts, say all the results are normal, measure the stomach, normal, listen to Ethan's heartbeat, normal, and said.. ok thanks for stopping by, see you in a month.. All of this in about 15-20 minutes total. So guess that's good that he's normal and nothing exciting to report this month.

With the Nursery now complete, it's time to start buying stuff. Lisa started registering at a few baby stores.

www.buybuybaby.com

www.potterybarnkids.com

www.target.com

We now have the two most important baby items: Crib and stroller! Once the Crib shows up (back ordered for 8 weeks, good thing we went now!) we'll get it together and the room will really start looking like a baby's room!

Ethan is really kicking and moving around now. I regularly feel him kicking away, and you can even see her stomach moving when he's kicking. Still hard to believe there is a kid in there! Equally hard to believe that Lisa is entering her 7th month! she's at 26 weeks now. only a few more weeks to go!!