Friday, April 25, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Babies 101
Who said babies don't come with instruction manuals? Whoever it was, surely hasn't been to baby class lately. OK - I'm not that naive, I know there is still plenty of stuff that we don't have a clue about, but we do feel alot better now after being to class the past 4 weeks.
We just finished up 2 series of classes. The longest was "Prepared Childbirth" class, which lasted 4 weeks and then there was also "Infant CPR/Baby Care" class, which lasted 2 weeks. We are SO glad we took the classes, we learned so much stuff that we would have never known before. I mean we learned CPR, the heimlich maneuver, car seat safety, baby proofing the house, how to swadle, how to know when I'm going into labor, what to do during labor, all the different things that might happen during labor, what to expect if we have an epidural (and all about other pain management options), what to expect if we have a c-section, what to expect after the baby is born, what those nurses do with the baby after he's born, I could go on and on forever! Now, the only thing we have to do is retain all that information :)
Not only did we learn stuff that any parent could use, but we learned alot of "insider" information about our hospital. One of the nurses is the lady who taught the class and she gave us alot of good info about who to ask for this and be sure you get your free that, etc. I feel bad for couples who haven't been to class, otherwise, how would they know about things like the free concierge service? Yes, I said free concierge service. You can have them go change the oil in your car, or go pick up dinner from La Hacienda and bring it to you, anything you want! Can you believe that?
Anyway, having been to those classes just reminds us how close we are to having a baby. It still sounds crazy to think about that, and we've had 8 1/2 months to get used to the idea. We are having maternity portraits taken on Friday, so I'll be posting some pictures soon!
We just finished up 2 series of classes. The longest was "Prepared Childbirth" class, which lasted 4 weeks and then there was also "Infant CPR/Baby Care" class, which lasted 2 weeks. We are SO glad we took the classes, we learned so much stuff that we would have never known before. I mean we learned CPR, the heimlich maneuver, car seat safety, baby proofing the house, how to swadle, how to know when I'm going into labor, what to do during labor, all the different things that might happen during labor, what to expect if we have an epidural (and all about other pain management options), what to expect if we have a c-section, what to expect after the baby is born, what those nurses do with the baby after he's born, I could go on and on forever! Now, the only thing we have to do is retain all that information :)
Not only did we learn stuff that any parent could use, but we learned alot of "insider" information about our hospital. One of the nurses is the lady who taught the class and she gave us alot of good info about who to ask for this and be sure you get your free that, etc. I feel bad for couples who haven't been to class, otherwise, how would they know about things like the free concierge service? Yes, I said free concierge service. You can have them go change the oil in your car, or go pick up dinner from La Hacienda and bring it to you, anything you want! Can you believe that?
Anyway, having been to those classes just reminds us how close we are to having a baby. It still sounds crazy to think about that, and we've had 8 1/2 months to get used to the idea. We are having maternity portraits taken on Friday, so I'll be posting some pictures soon!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
32 Weeks
Great news! Brady is about as perfect as can be and my placenta has moved like it needed to. Praise God! Right now, he weighs 4 pounds, 6 ounces and his heart rate is about 126-130. That puts him on track to be a 7-8 pounder.
He is also already in the head down position, so that makes his chances of being breech slim to none. He is measuring at 32 weeks, 3 days and I am exactly 32 weeks, 3 days. It is not usual that they measure that close, usually they give a +/- 1 week variance between what the baby is measuring and what he actually is.
This will most likely be our last sonogram before we get to meet Brady in person. He seems a little camera shy, because the whole time she was doing the sonogram, he kept putting his hand in front of his face. But she did say that he has some chubby little cheeks :)
He is also already in the head down position, so that makes his chances of being breech slim to none. He is measuring at 32 weeks, 3 days and I am exactly 32 weeks, 3 days. It is not usual that they measure that close, usually they give a +/- 1 week variance between what the baby is measuring and what he actually is.
This will most likely be our last sonogram before we get to meet Brady in person. He seems a little camera shy, because the whole time she was doing the sonogram, he kept putting his hand in front of his face. But she did say that he has some chubby little cheeks :)
Thursday, April 3, 2008
30 week belly picture
This is a little late - I am actually 32 weeks now. Hey, better late than never :) We have a sonogram on April 11th, so I'll post more pictures and updates then.
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