40 Weeks 5 days

My beautiful friend and teaching partner Erin got married today. I was so happy and blessed to be able to be part of her special day. We weren't sure if we were going to be able to make it as Baby P is unpredictable but we were okay and able to go. It was a beautiful ceremony and she looked gorgeous! Congrats to the happy couple and here are some pictures of us all cleaned up!

xo

DUE DATE!

Dear Baby P

Today is your due date! We are all anxiously awaiting your arrival! Please come soon!

Love
Mom


Hard to believe we are at 40 weeks already! This weeks fruit is a jackfruit (if you are saying WTF is that… you aren't alone), so needless to say we don't have one to compare with, but I feel a watermelon is still a fair comparison to how big she feels so we will go with that.

I don't have much of an update since last time except for more sporadic contractions. Curtis and I were able to get out on a date the other night and saw Transformers… she clearly did not like the movie as it was the longest 2h 46m on record of pain and contractions EVER! Contractions didn't stop when we got home and carried into the night and then once again… STOPPED, to not be resumed with intensity yet. She is just taking her sweet time.

Secretly I was hoping she would come right on her due date, as she would share a birthday with the Royal Baby Prince George, and would therefore be destined to become his future bride and become a real life princess one day…. but sadly at this point, unless she kicks it into high gear and my labour is less than 8 hours long I have a feeling his birthday will be his own!

Will keep you posted on any new developments and IF we make it to our Dr's appt on Thursday I will update you with anything there.

Thanks for checking in!
xo

39 Weeks

39 WEEKS!
Baby P is the size of a watermelon and it truthfully feels like there is a watermelon in there. Everything has gotten heavy and low this week. It is about the most accurate fruit feeling so far!

39 Weeks has been not nearly as eventful as last week so far. Mild sporadic contractions, tightening and loosening across my belly, and a heavy feeling hanging there are about the only things I have to report. It has been hot here this week, but honestly I don't mind the heat and I've had no swelling so it hasn't been super bothersome.

Saw the Dr again this week. I was hoping this would be my last trip to see them, but Baby P may have other plans. Everything looks good. My blood pressure, baby's heartbeat (143bpm), and measuring all look good. An internal exam revealed I am still holding fast at 2cm with not much change since the previous week! MAN was that disappointing. I thought for sure we had progressed since I've had so much pressure and pain super low, but nope! She did a sweeping of the membranes to see if that can move things along naturally, but it is all up to Baby P now!

Other than that we have been walking LOTS, drinking raspberry leaf iced tea (supposed to help thin and dilate you), bouncing on an exercise ball, and trying accupressure points to move things along. However, Baby P will come when she is good and ready and I don't think much else is going to make her come.

Hayden is getting excited and keeps telling my belly "Come on out Baby _________". I put the blanks there cause he calls her by her name, which of course we aren't sharing until she arrives. It is really cute. He is really excited for her!

Thanks for checking in and leave us a comment xo

More DIY…. ADORABLE RUFFLE LAMP!

So because I have nothing to do with my spare time but craft now (YAY) I started a DIY project to spruce up the baby's lamp in her nursery.

We have been working with this "bird" theme in her nursery and I found an adorable avant garde bird lamp. However… the shade only came in BLUE! Which of course does NOT match her adorable coral and yellow nursery in the slightest! With some Pinterest searching and some creative thinking I managed to come up with a plan for an adorable ruffle lamp using the leftover fabric from her ombre ruffle bed skirt.

It is 3 shades of yellow cotton, cut into 2 inch circles and then hot glued onto the lampshade. It took a lot of hours to put together but honestly I LOVE IT! So much more authentic than buying something. Here is the journey to making her lamp:

The start… so not the colour I was looking for!

Ombre cotton fabric

Cutting circles (over 300 of them in fact)

Gluing them on and ruffling them!

Three colours on…. trying to space them was DIFFICULT!

3 rows of each colour means 98 circles in each colour!

The end result!

The lampshade on the bird lamp in her room! ADORABLE!

38 Weeks

38 Weeks! We are in the home stretch people! So this week Baby P is the size of a pumpkin…. well being the middle of July there is no way I am finding a pumpkin so you are just going to have to imagine this one! Sorry! Next week is watermelon and of course we will be able to carry that one through, but this week we are out of luck!

Week 38 has been VERY interesting! Lots of events happening. We kicked off the first day of our 38th week with contractions steady from 11pm - 3am coming every 3-4 mins apart. Then they just stopped and haven't resumed since. Curtis has just gotten home but since we didn't have family here yet to assist us with Hayden, my mom and dad flew out to be here. Well of course everything stopped and I had no more contractions that were measurable. However, I had some leaking. I had this with Hayden and it was what ultimately decided to send me to the hospital and put me in labour.

We went to my Dr appt on Thursday and the Dr advised us to head to Labour and Delivery since she wasn't able to test for my water breaking. However, Baby still looked good and was head down. I was measuring right on track and her heartbeat was 143bpm. That afternoon we made the trip to Labour and Delivery and I looked so stylish in my blue triage gown. They did a speculum test and decided that there was no amniotic fluid leaking, and sent me home. However, she recommended an ultrasound to see about fluid levels. While we were there they measured my contractions and checked me…. a whole 2cm! We are on the right path just not there yet!

After an eventful afternoon in Labour and Delivery we returned home to Nana and Papa finally arriving at our house. They are going to stay with us until after our little princess arrives. On Friday Hayden and Nana surprised me with a "birthday" party for Baby P and a small shower for before she arrives. Hayden picked out balloons, a tiara, and a red velvet cake to celebrate. Then we were showered with baby gifts and TONS of cute little girl clothes. It was very fun!

On Friday we also went to have our ultrasound to make sure the amniotic levels were okay. Thankfully they are and it is just a waiting game now. Mom and Dad went with me because they hadn't been to an ultrasound for Baby P yet and we got to see lots. Baby's heart rate was 139bpm and we got to see her face, head, spine, feet, umbilical cord, arms and legs. They measured the femur (6cm) and tibula (7cm) and head. We got a shot of her face (below) and the ultrasound tech was guessing her weight somewhere between 6 and 7lbs.

At this point it is just a waiting game. She is quite content to stay in there for now, so we will accommodate her and let her be. Feeling tons of pressure and mild sporadic contractions, but nothing measurable now. Hopefully we can meet her soon! Thanks for checking and leave us a comment! xo

FULL TERM

Happy Canada Day and happy 37th week to Baby P! We are now full term! Hopefully she will stay in there a little while longer, but anytime now she could make her appearance! Can't wait to meet you little girl! xo