Friday, February 15, 2013

38/40

No baby yet. I guess that is a good thing. We have some stuff in our work lives to get done before our little guy gets here so that we can focus completely on him. I have pretty much set up my action plan for transitioning to part-time status at the church. Christopher and I worked together Thursday on his 6-week away plan. Please say a prayer for him and his team...the hard part is Holy Week is falling right in the middle of our maternity leave. So he will still need to be semi-connected because of how big that is at Christ Church. So, also pray for mama! :) I do have some pretty exciting news that my lovely roomie from before I got married will be visiting with us for a long Easter weekend. I am so excited about that.

Went to the doctor on Wednesday and he was able to say I was dilated 1cm! Woo hoo! I can stay there for up to two weeks. He also did a little loosening of stuff in there...stripping membranes (that sounds disgusting), but he said it starts the labor process faster. Bring it on! He did make a comment that I may miss my apt next week. That was pretty eye opening. So we got busy on making some plans for if that were the case. 

My feet are remaining swollen for sure and I did have one contraction in the middle of the night Wednesday that woke me up it was so painful. I guess those are my two "labor prep" things happening in my world. 

Waiting at the doctor...something in our weekly routine lately! :)

Valentines Day was this week and Christopher was a wonderful Valentine. He gave me a "push present" on Valentines Day from
one of my favorite stores, Kate Spade. (sorry no pic...I forgot to take one).

Valentines dinner at Sperry's!

Until next week!

Friday, February 8, 2013

37/40

This has been a pretty good week. 37 weeks! Oh boy!

Baby Phillips has definitely started to prepare for his arrival. :) I have definitely started "false" contractions this week. Kind of crazy when you just have to remain still for a few seconds to let them pass. It's like a big surprise 10 times a day. For someone who doesn't really care for surprises...it's challenging at times.

I took some advice from a friend this week and decided to take today off just to relax and prepare to be at home. I still feel pretty good but definitely feel tired and less energy. So when I can rest... I should.

Here are some pics from the week! I am trying out using the blogger app on my phone to post this blog so I am not sure how this will look in comparison to my other posts.

Until next week...





Friday, February 1, 2013

36/40

This week has been a pretty typical week. With the exception that the child inside of me is at 6 or 6.5 lbs or so. Wow! That makes it feel like its coming pretty soon. Next week he will no longer be premature if he comes early...woo hoo!

We hosted our friends from Japan this past week. Lots of running around and meetings. Baby was tired for sure from all of the planning and organizing that had to take place to make that happen.

On another note, I think my ankles are gone till baby Phillips comes. They go down in the mornings but by the afternoon they are pretty swollen.

On Wednesday, we went to our weekly check up and everybody was healthy. Baby is measuring perfect and his heart rate is great. Blood pressure is still good for me. I had to do my Group B Strep screening (Google it if you don't know what it is). Yeah...had no idea that you had to do that! :) 


We reviewed our birth plan with our doctor and he was very pleased by my thoroughness...haha! :) 

Thursday night we went to the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital for a CPR course. We both learned a lot. Who knew how hard you have to beat your child on the back if they are choking. Had no idea... I sure hope we don't have to ever do that.


Creepy CPR babies
Until next week...