She's a gymnast!

I didn't necessarily believe people when they told me that you would be able to see your baby, literally pick out a hand, foot or the top of their head when they move around. Within the past few days, I've really noticed an increase in movement-Ellie moves probably 80% of the day now and when I wake up at night (to use the bathroom for like the 10th time) she is moving then too!

Yesterday, I sat at breakfast with my coworkers waiting for our staff development meeting to start...and then she started moving like crazy. Well not only could you see my stomach moving like it was the ocean during a storm, BUT I could actually tell that her head was on the right side and her feet were on the left side. My belly had this strange bulge...I was like ummm are preggo bellies supposed to become uneven...and then I felt, slightly pushing, on that right side AND YOU COULD TOTALLY TELL IT WAS THE BABY!!! Such a cool feeling!
Jeff has gotten to feel her a lot too-and see her moving around. Sometimes, depending on how she is laying, you can touch a part of my stomach and pick out if its just a part of her torso or if it's a tiny foot or hand!! Very very neat-you still can't tell by just looking, it really just looks like I have a tumor or something, but you can totally feel it!

On that note- I am really ready for this pregnancy to be over with and to finally have the lil' one out here and with us. We've done so much thinking about what she will look like, who she will take after, if she'll like her clothes or bedding or even will she like us...that I am just tired of waiting. I think Jeff is too.

BTW...anyone willing to donate money so we can get a new back door? lol

Baby is fine

Just a quick update:

fFn test came back negative which means I'm not leaking that fetal fluid that attaches the baby to the amniotic sac HURRAY! Which in turn means...no premature labor-at least as far as they can tell.


So we've got about 10 or so weeks to go....let the countdown begin!

Something that I need to repeat to myself daily...

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."

Baby news-scary times-way behind

So I am in my third trimester (almost 29 weeks to be exact) and it definitely feels like we are in the home stretch. My body aches all the time; I'm just very thankful that I had a very easy 6 and a half months before this so I figure 3 months of pain isn't too bad! She is moving around a lot-she still hasn't move up any...most of the preggers people I know told me I would feel her around my rib cage and things but she is definitely settled towards the bottom-which means lots of kicking on my bladder! Whoopee for me!

But we did have a little scare yesterday...I woke up and noticed some spotting. I was told that if I noticed anything like this to call the doctor immediately, so I called today (they aren't open on Sundays obviously) and made an appointment. The appointment was moved about 3 times and I had to see the nurse practitioner because my doctor was out delivery another baby. They are running several tests to see why I had spotting and some cramping today. They tested for infections and also for fetal fibronectin.
FF is some sort of hormone/chemical that indicates if you might go into labor early. If the test is negative for that then I don't really have to worry about anything, but I will be tested and looked at more often. If it tests positive that means I'm highly likely to go into preterm labor-there are things they can do to prevent a premature birth or to help her lungs grow faster so that if she were born early she would be okay....but that is something we'll worry about if the test is positive. I'm trying to remain optimistic and not worry so much about it, but if you know me then you know that I stress out about everything.
I'll keep you updated on that.

The other thing I wanted to mention is that I am WAY beyond behind in grading and school related work. I'm glad that this is the last week before Thanksgiving and I don't plan on handing out homework really, so hopefully I can get caught up. So little time and so so much to do!

MY BACK HURTS!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH My back hurts SO stinking bad right now!
And yet another reason why pregnancy is not so awesome...


I really have nothing else to write about necessarily.
My neighbor came over last night to tell Jeff that he found drug paraphanalia aorund his yard, which probably means this his neighbors (the people across the street from us) are doing cocaine and heroine. Whoopee! Hopefully they don't get too crazy and start stealing from the neighborhood.

Jeff is on drill this weekend. They still have started his paperwork for early release which really really really makes me angry. We need the army to make a decision so that he can make a decision about what he is going to do for the rest of his life. So ARMY SUCKS!

I got nothing else. I'm boring. I apologize.