39 Weeks

Here I am at 39 weeks. We're in the home stretch!! I can't believe she could be here anytime! She is so much lower now!

Travel System Success

We got our travel system in today! That relieves tons of stress! Now we have something to take Ramona home in. We were back and forth about what travel system to get. We liked the Bertini that we registered for at Babies R Us. It has good ratings, but I wasn't just crazy about the pattern and color. We talked to a couple of people about what they recommended. Both people said Chicco. Nick did some research and decided to order one from diapers.com. Nick picked a pattern that I didn't like. We got it shipped for free and received it in 2 days. We returned it (UPS came and picked it back up), and they shipped the above one to us - again free shipping and received in 2 days. Diapers.com is a dream to deal with! We got the 30 pound Cortina KeyFit. We're both super happy with it and can't wait to use it!

Another Doctor's Visit

I went in for my weekly visit today. My mom had an appointment in the morning and mine was in the afternoon. Good thing we were going for different reasons! I have actually lost a pound. Nick says I can contribute that to stress. There's probably some truth to that. Dr. Robbins said everything looked the same as it did last week, so we're on schedule still. She's happy with the progress and how things have gone and are going thus far.

She said I have 2 options I can come in on Monday to schedule a time to be induced next week or I can just schedule a normal appointment next week. I opted for a normal appointment. The floors should be finished on Friday of next week, so we'll be able to live in the house by then. If she comes before then, I'm okay with that. I just figure I might as well wait instead of being induced at this point. Technically, we still have a week until her due date. I am ready to see her and physically ready for this pregnancy to be over! However, I want to be patient and bring her home to our house if possible.

Dr. Robbins thinks Ramona is about 7 pounds 3 oz right now. I guess she might be 8 pounds by the time she's born.

38 Weeks & 3 Days

Well we were a few days late taking our 38 week picture with the hospital visit and a packed weekend. You can tell that Ramona has dropped which I knew from my doctor's appointment and from feeling her work her way down. Ramona is just sticking out there. Everyone is asking me when I'm due. I guess it's obvious I'm near the end. It's funny because this entire pregnancy has gone by without strangers asking me about being pregnant. That's stopped now. I'm okay with that especially since people have kept their hands to themselves.

The Hospital

I went to the hospital today. Don't worry I did not think I was in labor. I had a very sharp back pain that kept Nick and I up all night. It felt similar to what I have experienced with a kidney infection. I called the doctor in the morning because I'm terrified to wake her up at night and get on her nerves. She said I should head up to Baylor to make sure it's not a kidney infection since that could be problematic. We got right into a room and were thinking well this won't be that bad. Almost 6 hours later we had missed our hair appointment and discovered no kidney infection. It was apparently something muscular which is totally fine I can handle the pain as long as I know everything is okay with Ramona. Luckily, we completed some health questions that we won't have to answer again when we go in for the big day. We also discovered the nurses were very nice! Lindsey our friend and hair stylist let us come 2 hours late to our appointment. I didn't get to dye my hair though because Nick had to play at a coffee house in downtown McKinney. Oh well next time baby Ramona will be with us!

Doctor Update

I went to the doctor's today. I have gained 3 pounds in 1 weeks. That's just insane and nearly impossible! Dr. Robbins thinks that Ramona will be here a week to a few days early. Wow. At the end of the appointment she said, "I'll see you next week and that will probably be your last appointment!" Seriously has it already been 9 months?!? I made sure to pre-register for Baylor Downtown Ft. Worth. She said they have my chart and are just waiting on Ramona! Also encouraging to know that if I'm in active labor then I'm cleared by her to get an epidural! Hopefully there won't be a whole lot of waiting on that. There is so much left to do before she gets here. Nick and I have been all smiles today realizing that it won't be long. It's exciting but scary too.

Ellis Shower

I had my last shower today at school. It was nice to fellowship with the wonderful ladies I work with! My team did a fabulous job putting everything together. I know it wasn't easy to coordinate everything especially at the beginning of the year! I appreciate them so much more than they will ever realize! I got some very cute things including a diaper bag from Cut Out & Collect.

Ramona has a bath! I can't wait to wash her little feet (and hopefully her hair)!