How Sadie is growing!

Sadie's fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. I have been pretty tired again lately, partly because I am anemic and partly because I am carrying an extra 20lbs around! We are excited to meet our little girl soon, but really want her to wait until at least the 14th of October!

Relocation to Kentucky

Here are some pics from our last night in Fayetteville...we miss everyone so much!

Sadie is just like her mother!

Anyone that knows me knows that I always like to be a little bit early when I go somewhere.

It would seem that Sadie is the same way!

Last Monday she made an attempt to enter the world. I woke up Saturday with some pulling back aches and I told Brian that I thought they were contractions. On Sunday, they still hadn't let up, so I asked Rosalie about it and she said they sounded like contractions to her. I decided I would call the doc in the morning and went to bed that night.

At 2am, I woke up having contractions for about 2 hours. In the morning I called the doc and they had me come in. At this point, I was having non-stop cramps. They checked me and said I was dilated 1cm on the outside and sent me to the hospital.

At the hospital, they hooked me up to the non-stress test machine to monitor my contractions and could see that I was having some irregular ones as well as the cramping. They made me drink 60 ounces of water and then gave me a shot to make my uterus relax.

So far, so good. I am having about 5 contractions a day, but as of Thursday, hadn't progressed anymore. Whew! I am now on my second week of bedrest and will find out this Thursday if I can resume some (any!) activity.

If Sadie were born today, she would be fine, but we would be in the hospital for a week or two until her lungs matured. As long as she can "cook" for three more weeks, she can come anytime she wants!

Look at those cubby cheeks!

I know that Brian and I said that we would never have a 3-d ultrasound done, but who could resist these cheeks??? It looks like Sadie and baby Elizabeth will have something in common...

Belly Pictures

So there have not been any belly posts in quite some time....

Here we are in the seventh month...




And here we are at 8 1/2...

Sadie is taking up a lot of room in my uterus! She is head down and I can feel her press underneath my ribs. Most women gain about a pound a week now and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight (let's hope she's not 10 lbs!) during the final weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth.

If the Old Wive's Tail is true, then Sadie is going to have a lot of hair. I have been having some crazy heartburn, but Pepcid is really starting to help!

That's one huge baby!

I had two ultrasounds last week! It was very exciting to get to see my baby girl again (and yes, it is definitely a girl). Both ultrasound techs took a measurement of the baby, and she weighs 5lbs already! At the time of the ultrasound, she should have been around 3 lbs! She was measuring at 35 weeks, but my doc said my original due date is still true. Darn! The doc said that a c-section is almost a certainty, which has it pros and cons! It is major abdominal surgery, but I won't have to go through labor!

Profile of face and hands

Face and hands again...I think she looks like Brian.