My Baby Boy's Nursery!

Some outfits in your closet and lots of blankies

2 drawers full of onesies, 1 drawer of socks and hats and 1 drawer full of bibs and wash cloths!

All your shoes!

Thanksgiving weekend, OB appt and Belly pics!

 We had AMAZING weather this weekend! All weekend it felt like summer! Saturday afternoon the Nursery furniture arrived! It was so exciting and exhausting putting it all together. It's almost done, so I will blog about it soon! Sunday we had a party for my grandmothers 80th birthday! It was a thanksgiving/bday party. My grandmother was so happy with all her gifts and loved having the whole family over to share her special birthday. We all love her sooo much!


Yesterday we went to the inlaws for Thanksgiving Dinner. The weather was soo nice, and for the first time we actually had Thanksgiving dinner outside on the patio! Awesome weather! The Turkey was delicious, and we all ate soo much!

This morning I had an OB appointment. Now I will be seeing her weekly. This week I'll be 37 weeks, eek!
Doctor felt my tummy and asked if I feel a lot of pressure since the baby's head is really low and in position... I said YES! All weekend I felt a pinching feeling along with pressure and could hardly stand. She said the baby is a average size, not too small but not big either, so next week we will to an ultrasound to get more of an accurate size of the baby. I'm thinking he will be 7lbs like I was.


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OB thinks little one will come earlier than his due date Nov 4. So the count down is on! Friends and Family all have their guesses in! ahah!

She also stated that fetal movement is most important these coming weeks. If I do not feel at least 6 movements in a day, I'll need to go to the hospital ASAP! She also did the bacteria swap test (GBS) today. (Hope I'm clear!)

This week we will be taking a tour of the Maternity ward at our hospital :) Fun!

My hospital bag is packed and ready for baby!

4 weeks to go! I've had my hospital bags for a while now. Just always adding and removing things from it. 

So far I have 2 bags. 1 for me and 1 for baby.

Baby bag:
- 3 onesies
- 1 coming home outfit
- 3 blankets
- 3 hats and 3 socks
- a pacifier
- diapers
- wipes

Me:
- pj's
- robe
- socks
- pads
- nursing pads
- under garments
- creams
- personal hygiene products
- makeup ( ha! We'll see if I get a chance to use it lol)
- slippers
- coming home outfit
- hospital papers
- Camera

Think I'm missing anything?? Packed too much?

Last week my doctor gave me a number to our public health line for breastfeeding support. It's a free service, so I called.

The nurse was on the phone with me for an hour ;)

She gave me some websites to go on and recommended some books as well.

She gave me these tips:
Try and breastfeed within the first 24 hours. That way our body knows to produce.

I asked about the different ways of delivery, C section and Vaginal and she said as soon as mom is awake and baby is ok then breastfeeding is safe and ok.

She also said to get baby on me, skin to skin as soon as doctors are done checking him out. Allowing baby to look for the nipple as he cuddles on my skin. She repeated skin to skin is soo important.

She also suggested I lean back when breastfeeding. Not sit up. That way baby doesn't feel like he is falling but safe and secure against mommy.

Breastfeeding moms, I'd love to hear your advice?

36 weeks pregnant today!

 This week!

How Far Along: 36 weeks... Just 4 weeks to go!

Size of baby: iphone app says baby should be about 6lbs and that
next week it's considered full term!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 36lbs

Movement: Hiccups and lots of movement

Symptoms: Same as the last couple weeks , Joint pain, hands,knees, pelvic area. Emotional, I cry very easily, I'm more sensitive too these days.

What I'm looking forward to? This weekend, the nursery will arrive, finally!
and looking forward to finally meeting this precious little baby we made.
Excited!

Yesterday I was looking for Zoe and she always comes when I call. So when she doesn't
it's usually because she is somewhere that she shouldn't be, or she escaped outside.

Well....

She was where she shouldn't be. Can't blame her, all the baby things are soft and cozy. I covered them all up with garbage bags for now. I know she will get to them eventually.


I hope Zoe adapts well to the baby.  Right now she is always around me. She follows me everywhere, when I'm relaxing she always comes to sleep on my legs or beside me. Love my little cat, I hope she loves the baby too.

We also installed the Car seat!

It was easy to install so that was good. Our Suv has latches so it was just snapping them in and making them tight, funny thing is we also put the seat belt through too, but afterwards I read the manual again and having those latches alone is fine.

It's another busy weekend ahead. Grandmas 80th bday party, and Thanksgiving.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

My favorite tv shows!

I was never a huge sit in front of the tv kinda person, but in my third trimester I had many stay off my feet days.

For any of you home during the days, what are your favorite shows?

The show's I watch are:

The Chew

The Talk (sometimes)

And General Hospital, my favorite soap since I was a kid watching with my mom! Ha!

In between I always look for a good house hunters episode. Love almost anything on hgtv. ;)

Wednesday nights are my full tv days ha! Last week I thought my head was going to explode because I was in front of the tv wayyy too long. Not a fan of doing that.

But tonight Up all night, Modern Family and Happy Endings are my fav Wed night shows ;)

Do you have a tv night full of great shows?

Blogger app test ;)

I'm just testing out the blogger app on my iPhone ;) do any of you use it?

Here are some of today's pics ;)

In my Ninth Month of Pregnancy!

I'm officially in my last month. The ninth month. 
 
I'm excited and so happy to meet my little baby that's been growing inside me. 

I get a overwhelming feeling that makes me hold my breath and makes my heart beat 

faster when I think of what he will look like and the thought of holding his soft 

little hands makes my heart melt.
 
Friends and family are betting on his due date. And all are in the end of October. 

We'll see!

This weekend we put together some items for him. :)   

Bouncer we can travel with

The Swing!

The Playpen!

My friend that had her baby last week wrote a really cute post with so many

amazing photos.  Check out her blog!

http://www.believinginserendipity.com/ 

Wedding Fun!

 Yesterday all the bridesmaid and myself ( The MOH) went to get our measurements done for my sisters wedding in March! It was funny when all the girls complained equally about their measurements. It was tough when it came to mine, since baby K is taking up all my tummy :) So we measured bust and hips and took a guess. The dress I ordered will have a waist size of 32 1/2 So I will have 3 months to get it down to that or less! Fingers crossed for me mama's! Hips were and always have been my issue. But these dresses flow nicely from the waist down so I think it will be ok.... I hope haha!

My niece was sooooo excited! She had to try on a dress. She was so happy to be doing things with the girls. She's growing up soo fast!

And the Bride's dress was in tooo!!! It was a surprise to the bride! She tried it on and it fit perfectly! It was sooo pretty! All the bridesmaids were soo excited to see it too.

The weekend is here yay! I'm loving this fall weather. This weekend will be beautiful here too. Hope you all have a great fall weekend!

35 week pregnancy update - 5 weeks to go!

 This week!
How Far Along: 35 weeks!
Movement: This week little one has been moving a lot! and has been having lots of hiccups!
Sleep: Sleep has been ok, although I'm much more tired during the day.
Symptoms: Hands and feet get swollen, so I'm trying to keep still and resting a lot. My emotions are all over the place too, I read it's normal at the last weeks while the body is preparing for delivery.
What I'm looking forward to? The nursery will be delivered next week!  
Some new items: A friend of mine bought baby K these cute outfits this week :)

5 weeks to go! but i think it'll be more like 3-4 weeks to go... We'll see if I'm right!

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