Home sweet home

Went back down south for a week to see family and friends and had two amazing baby showers thrown for me and little O. It was such a nice trip and We are so blessed to have such good friends who came out and supported us and gave us such beautiful gifts.
I was also lucky to meet one of my good friends beautiful new daughter born feb 21st. She was so tiny and adorable! Congrats Tukker and Kayla.
On a side note I will be 34 weeks on Sunday and I had a doc apt today, all is well and on schedule, my
Next visit I have to get my group b strep test :( but other than that not much is going on. Can't believe how fast time has flown by and that little O will be gracing us with his presence anytime in the next 3-8 weeks!!
We couldn't be more excited to meet our son!

Update

Today was my checkup and starting this month I go to every other week checkups! All is well with baby boy, we talked about his movements and I described a weird one I had last night and my nurse midwife told me that was actually a Braxton hicks contraction, I know your body is having them all throughout your pregnancy but it was cool to feel. I can not believe I am at 29 weeks I'll only have 10 more weeks to go on Sunday!! Cannot even believe how fast this has gone!
On February 22 I fly to ga for a baby shower then we will drive to nc for another baby shower and on feb 29 I'll fly back home, not Gunna be a relaxing vacation but it will be fun.I'm so excited to see friends and family! February is seriously going to flyyyy by.
Can't wait for little man to make his appearance.

Hypnobirthing

Darin and I are taking a hypnobirthing class to prep for baby O. This Saturday will be our 3rd class and we love it! I am determined to have my baby free of medicine and the constant poking and prodding. A lot of people get freaked out by the thought of having a baby with no medicine and the excruciating pain that that must mean but this class is so empowering and makes it so much easier to imagine your birth pain free. Every night since my last class I have been practicing my breathing and listening to my relaxation CDs and it is really so relaxing! Darin does them with me and I can honestly say the different breathing techniques are helpful in other aspects of life besides pregnancy and labor. I'm definitely getting excited about this birth I think it will be great! And before these classes darin didn't care either way how we had our baby and what that meant . it was just up to me. but now he is so happy with the way we have decided to do this and is thrilled to be involved in this in any way he can!

About 3 more months and our little man will be here!!

Baby season

I can't believe how many people are pregnant and due this year, it is def the season of babies. People I know well and people I know ok are popping out babies all Over the place this year, and the news of two others have recently come to my attention (although i can't say anything yet) i couldn't be more excited!!! My lucky little O will have tons of friendlys to play with!
Happy 2012 aka baby year.

The joys of pregnancy

I was pretty thrilled when 5 months had passed and my pregnancy was relatively mild, but I guess no momma gets off Scott free, and I found out first hand by getting probably one of THE worst pregnancy symptoms EVER!! I won't bore you with the gory details, but all I can say is I doubt child labor is worse than my experience this weekend (let's just say I woke up more than one night sobbing in pain), lucky for me my sweet husband took great care of me and did anything he could to help me feel better. I'm a lucky girl. I def can't wait for baby O to get here (for more reasons than one :) haha)

I guess I'll post some preggo belly pictures soon...

Baby "O" update

We had our 20 week appointment today (although I'm 21 weeks), and everything looks great. Measurements are right on track, estimated due date is right on and no cleft palate! Its so fun to get to see him in there and know everything is ok with his developments, It's also fun to see their movements and personalities emerge a bit. Today he was really stubborn and it was difficult to get the views we needed to take his measurements but it was funny when the ultra sound tech would put the wand on the top of his head he would pull his hand up and swipe at where the pressure was, as if saying " get this thing off my head!".
My sister came to the ultra sound appointment with us today, it was nice to have her experience it with us.
We are so excited for him to get here, and I can't wait to see what the little man looks like!

Movements

I can't decide if it's weird or not that I can't feel baby move yet... I'll be 20 weeks this sunday and I don't know if I haven't actually felt him move or if I just don't know how to identify the things I'm feeling anyway? All the articles I read say you should start feeling them by now or soon, but the way they describe the movements as a fluttering feeling don't ring a bell to anything I feel on the daily. This baby business can be confusing! Thank goodness for google.
Next ultra sound will be December 7th about a month since we found out our little one is a boy, I can't wait to see him again and how much he has grown!

O B G

Hello everyone who might read this blog! It has been quite sometime since I have posted anything to my blog and for that I am sorry and have somewhat of an excuse, Darin and I are expecting our first non k9 child! We found out back in august and I am now 18 weeks pregnant and it's already been determined it is a little boy!
Baby was not planned or expected but we are so excited and couldn't feel more blessed!
I'll try to get back into the blogging groove and keep everyone posted on his progress, but for now here is your update!

P.s. O. B. G isn't supposed to be an abbreviation for OBGYN , it's baby boys initials. ;)