Jon & Kathy

My new toy. Tomorrow I’ll make it shiney.

Don’t try to steer with your forearms.

I went to see the doctor today and my blood pressure was where its supposed to be! I’m released to go back to work next week after 6 weeks of being off…..crap!

Time went by way too fast, I really enjoyed my time with Olivia, and it would have been even better if I would have been allowed to leave the house with her. But I survived it anyway!

Kathy

Today we went to the pediatrician for Olivia’s checkup. Olivia is 20 3/4 inches long now and weights 7.6 lbs.

She got another Hepatitis B  shot today and you can imagine how well that went……yeah, she was screaming at the top of her lungs and had real tears for the first time!
The doc said that we should still avoid crowded places for now like grocery store, restaurants and churches! Also, since people are getting sick please make sure you wash your hands or use sanitizer and most important no kissing those fat cheeks or any face to face action unless you want to smear sanitizer on your face and drink some of it……..ouch! Mommy and daddy will take care of the kissing for now until she’s older.

We now don’t have to wake Olivia for feedings anymore! I’m happy about that because 2-3 hours goes by too fast.

Mommy has her doc appointment on wednesday hopefully it will go good as well!

this is what i do to relax now.

Here is our first family picture…….we realize that the cats are not in it, maybe next time.

Jon and Olivia are sleeping right now and I will make a quick post before its feeding time!

We went to the pediatrician yesterday and everything checked out great! We were worried about Olivia’s weight since she had lost 8% of her original birth weight at the hospital and we therefore  had to use formula for a couple of feedings…..which makes me sick because it smells awful!!! But turns out that she gained 1 oz from Thursday-Friday thanks to breast milk! I’ve got a lot more of it now. The doc said she didn’t need to come back for another month, and he also filled us in on things that are going to happen soon and that we don’t need to worry.

I currently can pump only.  We are having problems latching on correctly because of the size of her mouth and she has done some pretty good damage…..but she does like to nurse!

Here are some pics.

P.s.: I’m in love with her!!!!!

Once again we went to the doc today. The scale finally tipped at 150 lbs. (Jeff, i did not take a pic like you wanted me to, not something i want to remember!), there was no protein in the urine this time!

The doc did an exam again and it turns out that my cervix is thinned out 60% already and I am dilated 1 cm! She said that she didn’t think I would make it til the due date which is November 25th. Jon says the baby will be here November 12th, where he got that number from i don’t know!!!!!

They also hooked me up to a monitor  since the  babies movement had somewhat decreased, or i’m not paying any attention. The monitoring came back fine! Our next appointment is Thursday and hopefully everything will go well again.

We are also preparing for the baby shower this weekend. We got a lot of RSVP’s and we are excited to see everyone!

Kathy

We went for another doctors appointment today (i know this is getting old) and had to wait a long time again before we got called back.

The scale says 142 lbs. and the baby’s heartbeat was 130. As the doctor was measuring my belly she said that i was having a contraction right then…..my belly was hard and the shape of it changed. Now, i had no clue those are contractions, they are the painless Braxton Hicks contractions that i get multiple times a day and have had them for weeks maybe even months (maybe I should pay more attention, i just thought the baby was stretching).

I mentioned to her that I have had light menstrual cramps and that about two weeks ago, I had them for about 6 hours but they were not very painful and nothing i could time. So, because of that she went ahead and “felt me up” (haha). She said my cervix was still soft (whatever that means) and she could feel the baby’s head!!!!! Jon asked what the chances are of the baby switching positions and she said most likely the baby will remain in the current position.

Kathy

Friday we went to see the doc for the 7 1/2 month check up (which took an hour and 45 min, what a blast we had!!!!!)

The scale tipped at 140 lb. and the babies heartbeat was 138! Because of the heartbeat the girls at my new job are telling me that we are having a girl……we will see in November!
I asked the doctor about the swine flu and she recommended to get the shot asap and also to get the regular flu shot, so I will have to make arrangements to get that done soon!

I’m also planning the baby shower and sent out the invitations this weekend!

The clock is ticking and I think Jon is getting a little nervous about the delivery and becoming a daddy, he will be a great papa!

Kathy