We are coming to the last couple days of Jay's three weeks on and as always stress levels are high, both jay and are basically physically and mentally exhausted. This last week was rough. It was Harry's bday but jay was on-call and it was F/C's last week of school. Jay was on call wednesday and again today. So it is me keeping down the fort until ( Read more... )

Ellyn is getting ready to graduate. She just turned in her honor's thesis which was 79 pages long. (i was going to post a picture of the front template of her honor's thesis on facebook but she thought it was a horrible idea....) She has one more paper to write for a class and she is, for all practical purposes, done with her undergraduate career ( Read more... )

thought i might be leaking some of the old amniotic fluid so went into the birthing center and surprise i am merely trickling out pee. my bladder has seen better days. After pregnancies some women go and get a boob lift or a tummy tuck. I actually feel bad for my bladder. Doc, can you help her out. She has served me well. The bladder--the ( Read more... )

last night i thought i was going into labor. this will get graphic so you have been warned. I had many of the early signs of labor: diarrhea (the hormones that get released at the start of labor also work to clear you system out), mucus discharge (when you cervix starts opening it drops out stuff), and contractions that were seeming to get a ( Read more... )

50 degrees today. still some snow on the ground. went for a short walk at Jay Cooke State Park but too much snow on trails for a big pregnant lady to walk on them ( Read more... )

stripped membranes ( Read more... )

we have decided against induction and decided to let zelda choose when she wants out of my uterus. Went to OB today and about 3 cm dilated. Thursday I will be 39 weeks. We are going with the natural induction methods--walking and sex.

I think Jay is just trying to enjoy his week off without a brand new baby mucking it all up.....

I went and got a big old huge slab of corned beef brisket. I also got some rice krispies and marshmallows and green food dye to make some green rice krispy treats. The kids and I might also make some green homemade playdough. Jay is on-call tomorrow so he will probably be taking care of somebody that had too much of the green beer ( Read more... )

Even though I can feel Zelda moving around in my belly and no one can deny the reality of me being 'with child' nothing brings it home like the house starting to fill up with baby gear. Yesterday the co-sleeper i bought arrived yesterday. Basically it is a small play yard with one side lower than the other so you can move it next to your bed ( Read more... )

It is jay's week off. Monday he had his morning meeting at work he has to attend and then we had an ob appointment. Later in the day harry had guitar. He also went and test drove some cars. Yesterday we went to our tax person and we don't owe $$ and we would actually be getting $$ back from fed and state but it will all go to our last year's tax ( Read more... )