38 Weeks-Delivery Day!

Today is Delivery Day! Happy BIRTHday to baby Colton!

Can't wait to meet him!!

This is right before we left for the hospital! Yay!

September 20th 2012

38 Weeks Pregnant!

Mallory as an only child!

Here are a few pictures of Mallory over the last couple of weeks! We have been enjoying our time as a family of 3 before we have baby brother and become a family of 4!

(The pictures are not the best quality because I took them on my phone and Mallory doesn't always want to pose! Ha) 

We took Mallory back to the zoo where she was obsessed with the Moe-Moes (Monkey)

 Mallory playing with her swimming hat! We like to protect her bald head from the Sun!

 Mallory is starting to refuse to wear bows! Sad, sad day for me! She doesn't mind wearing a head band that doesn't match and only if she can wear it her way! My gosh!

 We got a potty training chair and I've started to read the 3 day potty training book! Mallory is definitely ready! She talks about it and is starting to hide when she goes #2! Ha Here is Mallory playing with her new chair. She doesn't quite understand that its not a toy!

 Mallory and Daddy love to wrestle on the couch when Daddy gets home from work!

 Mallory loves Daddy's sunglasses (Tokyo Steakhouse) and she loves ice-cream! She loves her roo-roo(Dog) backpack and sitting on the top of the couch! (We are working on that!) And every now and then I find her sitting straight up sleeping! Silly girl!

 Brushing our teeth!

We went to the Fresno Grizzlies baseball game the other night with Mimi & Papa! David got to throw the first pitch! Yay! We also were able to get in free throuugh Napa Auto Parts! Here is Mallory and Papa riding the nay-nays(horse)!

 

 

We love our cute girl! I will miss having so much one-on-one time with her!

37 Weeks



So I am 37 Weeks a long now in my pregnancy and my C-Section is coming up quick! I have mixed feelings as I write about my pregnancy chalkboard and our last week as a family of 3.  

The only thing I have ever wanted was to be a mother! I was able to finally have that desire come true 2 years ago with little miss Mallory. My second wish was to be pregnant! I wanted to be able to know what it felt like to carry a child! My wish came true about 9 months ago when Invetro finally worked for us! I am extremely grateful that the Lord has blessed me in being able to grow my family in 2 very special ways! As my first and probably only pregnancy comes to a close, I am starting to feel real emotional. I'm so happy I was able to carry our 2nd child but he did ruin my belly! Ha! No, what I'm feeling is the new responsiblity of a 2nd child and how it will effect Mallory. I pay so much attention to her. I'm worried that she won't feel like I'm there for her anymore because I will be paying so much attention to Colton. I'm hoping that Mallory will welcome Colton into our family and love on him like she does her baby dolls! I know things will turn out great and eventually run smooth! It will be an adventure for sure! Thats all I want to share for sure, I can't handle thinking about all this change anymore!

Please excuse my picture this week! I was feeling very fat and swollen and had no desire to put on make-up or do my hair this week!!!

 

How far along? 37 Weeks (9 months! Full term)
Total weight gain/loss: +21 pounds according to Dr Mason's office
Wearing any maternity clothes? Yes! And stretching out a few regular shirts 
Stretch marks? Yes, they are terrible!
Sleep: Barely! I sleep the best on my left side
Best moment this week: Being able to feel exactly where the babys head(right side) and butt(lower left side) are! (Colton is still breach)
Missing anything: SODA!
Baby Movement: All the time! Especially in my ribs on the right side
Food cravings: Hot fudge sundaes again
Anything making you queasy or sick: Pizza still
Have you started to show yet: Definately round in the belly!
Gender: BOY! Colton/Baby Colty
Labor Signs: A few braxton hicks here and there

Belly Button in or out? Flat but in, definately wierd looking!
Wedding rings on or off? Off :( I'm sad about it too!
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy
Looking forward to: Meeting our baby next week!

Pregnancy Pictures by Shaun Tucker

Pregnancy Pictures taken by Shaun Tucker Photography

36 Weeks, 5 days

36 Weeks!

So I'm 36 Weeks pregnant this week and I am really starting to feel it! Most of the time, I feel great! But after the rough 2 weeks with Mallory's surgery, its catching up to me! Maybe it's because I had an appointment or 2 every day this week that kept me out running around instead of relaxing with Mallory! I saw Dr Mason twice this week, Dr Helm once and then Mallory had her 10 day follow-up appointment with Dr Ballacer. We got it done though! I've gained offically 20 pounds this week! I think thats pretty good though!

Here is my chalkboard picture! I'm sure going to miss doing these!

 This week was also my 4 week check-up appointment with Dr Helms office. They had a new girl training on the ultrasound machine so I didn't get any good pictures this week! The office puts them on a CD for you after every visit and usually I have a few good profile shots and a 3D picture but on this CD I had 4 pictures total and they were all crap! Ha! Oh well, at least I have good ones from before! (Can you even tell what they are supposed to be?!?)

Dr Helm and Dr Mason talked at this appointment and decided on a C-Section date for us! Its going to be Thursday, September 20th at 12:30pm! Yay! I will be just under 38 weeks! We are so excited!!! We have 13 days to be completely prepared! Yay!

35 Weeks

Week 34 was easy and great! I had my 2 regular appointments and they both went great! My fluid levels were 14.2 this week and I passed both NST test. I had to do one at the hospital at night because I wasn't able to leave Mallory this week! There was no time this week for the chalkboard!

35 Week Chalkboard!

 

How far along? 35 Weeks (8 Months, 3 week)
Total weight gain/loss: +19 pounds according to Dr Mason's office
Wearing any maternity clothes? Yes! I'm basically wearing the same 2 pairs of shorts everyday!
Stretch marks? Yes. Its getting bad. :( I might be brave and post a picture!
Sleep: Trying to! Slept with Mallory this week cause she was sick!
Best moment this week: Passing the NST's so that I can stay home with Mals!
Missing anything: Being able to eat whatever I want without getting acid reflex
Baby Movement: A lot this week! I can basically feel him all the time.
Food cravings: Not really anything all pregnancy but this week Sonic's cherry lime-aids
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really
Have you started to show yet: Definately
Gender: BOY! Colton/Baby Colt!
Labor Signs: A few braxton hicks here and there

Belly Button in or out? Mostly flat so not in or out
Wedding rings on or off? Off :( I'm sad about it too!
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy
Looking forward to: Having our baby boy!

Tonsils

Our poor little Mallory had a Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy surgery this week!

Dustin and I decided to proceed with the surgery after talking to an ENT specialist last month. Mallory gets a throat infection at least once a month! Dr Jones said that Mallory has had it 8 times since January and the ENT specialist that she shouldn't be getting it that many times in one year let alone 7 months! We would have waited to see if Mallory might grow out of it but with baby brother coming, we don't want him to catch it and taking her to Dr Jones at least once a month is hard! Dustin and I hate that Mals is on an antibiotic/zovarax/Tylenol for 7 days once a month. The medications are not good for her liver and when she is sick she doesn't eat! So he literally won't eat anything but maybe 1 yogurt all day! We are hoping that by taking her tonsils out that Mallory will be able to stay healthy and happy!

Here is a picture of our cute girl waiting to go back at Children's Hospital.

Mallory did great and has been recovering pretty good so far!

33 Weeks

Pregnancy week 33 decided to continue week 32's craziness!

Monday- Went in to see Dr Mason to discuss Friday and Saturday's NST/AFI results and steroid shot. Dr Mason said the shot was great and the baby's lungs should be developed by today! The NST's looked good so we will do a repeat on Tuesday. My fluid had gone down on Friday so that was good but Dr Mason wanted to make sure it wasn't going too far down so I had an Ultrasound with his girl Corrie and the fluid was 12 for today! Yay! So not too low and not high! While I was having the ultrasound, Corrie did a quick 3D picture! She printed 2 of them! I took a picture with my phone so its not the best quality! 

Tuesday-Went to Dr Masons for a scheduled NST appointment. The baby's heart rate started out good until he dropped twice in 20 minutes again! My goodness. So Dr Mason said I had to head back to the Hospital to be watched there for 3 hours! :( I headed to the hospital  and got hooked up to their machines. They checked the amniotic fluid again while I was there and it was 15.7. Dr Mason came by on his lunch and said that he just wasn't comfortable with the baby's heart rate! He said that Colton was all over the map. His baseline is always changing. Sometimes he would be around 135 and other times all the way up to 165. He said his heart rate drops because he is either grabbing the cord, pushing up against it or its wrapping around him. This is common for women with the velamentious cord insertion. I ended up being monitored from 1030 am to 630pm! What a long day! They finally let me leave after the baby passed this other test called BBP. They gave the baby a score of 8 out of 8 based on his lung function, body movement and heart rate instead of just the heart rate.
Wednesday- Nothing! Was able to relax at home and organize!
Thursday- Just relaxing and trying to be prepared since it looks like this baby is coming sooner than later!
Friday- Scheduled fluid check, stress test and talk with Dr Mason. I passed the NST today!! Yay! Finally! We only had one tiny heart rate drop so he let me pass! (I was prepared to hang out all the hospital all day! ha) My amniotic fluid was 14.3 today which is great! Its basically the same from Tuesday so that's great! Dr Mason said we would do another NST Monday and talk more than! Here is the 3D pictures Corrie gave me during today's fluid check! She also said baby Colt is measuring 5lbs, 10oz! Yay! He gained almost a whole pound in a week! I scanned the pictures from my printer this time, I think they turned out better!

33 Week Chalkboard

How far along? 33 Weeks (8 Months, 1 week)
Total weight gain/loss: +18 pounds according to Dr Mason's MA!
Wearing any maternity clothes? Yes! I got a few new clothes this week for the baby shower!
Stretch marks? Yes. Its getting bad. :(
Sleep: Trying to! Ha. Between Dustin's snoring and my getting up every hour to pee, its getting bad!
Best moment this week: Passing the NST on Friday and spending more time at home!
Missing anything: Easy appointments!
Baby Movement: A ton! He is really starting to kick my ribs!
Food cravings: Homemade strawberry jam and hot fudge sundaes
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really
Have you started to show yet: Oh yeah! He is starting to look low too
Gender: BOY! Colton/Baby Colt!
Labor Signs: A few braxton hicks. They are even showing on my NST's
Belly Button in or out? Still in and my brown line is still light
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy but more anxious
Looking forward to: Finishing packing my hospital bag!

My picture isn't very good this week! I was in a rush and I always have Asian eyes!

My Baby Shower

My wonderful friends Becca, Tiffany & Stephanie helped my mom & Kim give me a fabulous baby shower today! The shower turned out sooo nice! The decorations were amazing, the food was delicious and I had great friends and family stop by! I was able to take a some pictures but missed a few people who came! (Like, Grandma Dock, Wendy, Dalilia, Shalee, Jamie & Jonet!) Oops! Its so nice to have so much support but its also very hard to visit with everyone! Here are a few pictures!!

Crazy 31&32 Weeks

Pregnancy week 31&32 has been super crazy for us! Here is how the week has gone down!

Monday- Nothing baby related! Took Mals on the Train!
Tuesday- Went to work and then on my lunch went to my regular 2 week check-up with Dr Mason. I gained 1.5 pounds so I am up to 19 pounds now but who's counting. Ha. My blood pressure was great, 110/65. Started my first Non-Stress Test right after the check-up at the office. (I am supposed to do them twice a week at Dr Masons starting this week because of the baby's cord problem.) The NST was going good for the 1st 20 minutes until Colton's heart-rate dropped twice "too" low. Dr Mason said we would continue the NST for an additional 30 minutes to see what happened. Colton's heart-rate dropped 2 more times during that period. Dr Mason said he wanted to send me to Clovis Community Hospital to do a 3 hour NST there because they have better equipment. He also said to not use the restroom and to not eat or drink anything until I'm told it is ok just in case we had to do an emergency C-section. So I started getting a little nervous since this was my first time. Dustin left work and met me there. I had an AFI ultrasound where they were checking the baby and the Amniotic fluid but I didn't know that's what they were doing at the time. Colton's heart rate dropped once at the hospital but after 3 hours they let me go home.
Wednesday- Dr Mason called and said to come into his office on Thursday. He said to go on temporary moderate bed-rest until we decide what is going on.
Thursday- Met with Dr Mason. He said he said the baby's amniotic fluid was high level of 23.4. Normal range is between 5&20. He said it could be a problem but we would check again and see what the level is today. The fluid is more of a problem with my cord condition because it gives the baby more room to move and make a knot in the cord or wrap around the baby's neck! :( Scary! Dr Mason said to do another NST&AFI on Friday at the hospital and come back on Monday to make a new game plan based on the 3 NST's. Dr Mason talked to Dr Helm on the phone and they both agreed that a Steroid shot to develop the baby's lungs would be a good idea since we are not sure when he is going to be born. Later that day I went to my regular 4 week appointment with Dr Helm's office. The ultrasound girl said the amniotic fluid today was 21.3. So it went down a little but still not great. I also found out that day that Colton is measuring at 35 weeks which is great that he is on the bigger size in case he has to come early! She also said he weighs 4 lbs, 12 ounces! Yay! Heres a picture from that appt!

Friday- Went to the hospital to do my AFI/NST. The ultrasound this time showed that Colton's fluid was 18.1. So it went down but this time she said its not necessarily better because it would just be based on the baby's arm placement. She said if his elbow is in the way it can change the number. I don't know, its all very confusing. The NST went great today! We passed no problem! Yay! I got my steroid shot in my left butt check which was fun! ha.
Saturday- Went to the hospital for an additional NST. We passed this one too after 2 hours! Yay! We had one some heart rate drop but it wasn't more than 30 seconds so they said I could go! I had my second shot, this time in my right butt check since my left was on fire! Ha!
So that was my crazy week! I am hoping everything will continue to get better and baby Colton will last a few more weeks! I know our Heavenly Father is looking out for our family and we know that we are blessed!
Monday I will meet with Dr Mason again so hopefully it is good news!
Here is a picture of me doing my first NST. Haha! Very cute, I know. Not. My mom took this picture with her phone. I am so glad that she works at my OB/GYN office, it makes it easy to know what is going on!:)

Brookes Baby Shower

Brookes Baby shower was this week! It was so cute!! Brooke is having a "Sports/All-Star" theme for her baby boy so Laurie did the same theme for her baby shower! It turned out so nice! I didn't really take any pictures of my own so I'm waiting for Brooke to post some! We did get one fun picture together on my cell phone! Brooke is 35 weeks here and I am 32 weeks pregnant! This is our first "pregnancy" picture together!I love it!