Wednesday, May 28, 2008

peace

My new favorite picture of Liam. Unfortunately it was taken with the camera on my phone so it is not very good quality. I did not make his fingers do this for the picture, he was doing it on his own :). I just thought it was cute.


Also...here are the links to a couple of photo albums of pictures Jeremy and I have taken since Liam was born.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=52956&l=cb0e5&id=510530691
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=52978&l=ed412&id=510530691

Saturday, May 24, 2008

liam jeremy


He is here! And he is a HE (much to his mother's surprise :). Liam Jeremy Fredin came into the world on Tuesday May 20 at 8:38 am. He was 7 pounds 15.4 ounces, and 21 inches long...keep in mind he was three weeks early! He would have easily been 10 pounds if I had gone to my due date. My water broke Monday evening, and we were in labor all night that night. Started pushing at 6am, and he was born two and a half hours later...he was worth all the work! He is quite amazing...we cannot imagine our lives without him. Just thought I should put up an update :).

Sunday, May 18, 2008

itching=no sleep

I am officially done. This pregnancy can go ahead and be over at any point in time. I slept horrible last night. Between waking up every 2 hours to pee and then waking up at 4 am and not going back to sleep because my belly itches so bad...I don't think I have been very much fun to live with. Jeremy told me the other day he is ready for me to be done being pregnant...gee, I wonder why. I have been doing everything in my power to put myself into labor. I know, I know, it is still going to come when it wants to, but I think it might need a little help :). Yesterday I went up to the hospital and had my friend Tara strip my membranes to try and move things along. Well that led to a day of cramping and being horribly uncomfortable, and still no labor. I know I need to be patient, but that is not happening very easily. The baby is now so low in my pelvis (zero station...if you know what that means), I have entered a whole nother degree of waddling, and some serious pressure. On top of all of that my emotions decided to take control of me last night, and Jeremy got to endure an approximate 2 hour crying session for no apparent reason at all. So, like I said, I am done. Anytime now baby...you can just come on out of me...we would love to meet you.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Maternity Leave...

This is what I am supposed to be doing:

Now that is not going to happen exactly all the time, but I am going to try to be better about just laying around and not doing too much. I am definitely nesting now, and everything in me just wants to get everything around here clean and ready for the baby.
The doctors appointment yesterday went well. He just said I cannot work anymore, so I am officially on maternity leave! It would have been nice to get a few more hours in, but I am not too torn up about not working anymore ;). I am just keeping a close eye on my symptoms and if they start to get worse then we will probably run all the tests again. My doctor and I want to keep me pregnant until at least 37 weeks (full term), which is this Saturday. He was afraid if I kept working that I might not be able to stay pregnant. So hopefully we won't have the baby until this weekend at the earliest! Who knows, it could still be another two weeks!

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

1st visit to the hospital...

Well we had our first visit to the hospital yesterday evening...well I was already there, because I was working, but Jeremy came and met me up there. It all started when I went to take my blood pressure to prove to my mother that it is fine and there is nothing to worry about :). Well needless to say it wasn't so great when we took it. It keeps fluctuating between decent numbers and high numbers. My friend Jessica and I kept taking it throughout our shift, hoping that it was just a fluke, and we kept coming up with high numbers. So I paged my doctor and talked with him for a while, and he decided he wanted me to check in and run some labs. Most of the labs came back normal, and I am now collecting a 24 hour urine to measure the amount of protein in my urine (which is a sign of pre-ecclampsia). So we will get those results back tomorrow probably. This is probably the beginning of pregnancy induced hypertension (or pre-ecclampsia), with my blood pressures fluctuating the way that they are, but we will see! I am probably done working now. My doctor was going to talk to me about that today at my appointment, but I am thinking I probably won't be going back. We will see what he has to say today. Most likely if my 24 hour urine comes back showing severe levels of protein in my urine (which I seriously doubt it will), then they will induce me right away. If it comes back showing mild amounts of protein, they will probably induce me in the near future (like within the next week). And hopefully it comes back showing there is no protein! I will keep everyone updated. Yesterday evening while I was there they checked my cervix. I am now 3 centimeters and 70% effaced! I was contracting quite a bit last night, but they have faded away some today. I am thinking it probably will not be too much longer! That means we have a lot of work to do around here before this baby comes!

**Quick side note, about having the best mother's day ever...I was kind of panicking about not having a car seat or stroller yet this past weekend, and the baby being so close! I was at work from 11-7 during the day on Sunday and had a very chaotic day. When I left at seven I pretty much just wanted to cry and go home. Well I got out to the car and there is a car seat installed in my back seat, with flower and a card in the car seat. That definitely got the water works going. I got home and Jeremy had bought our car seat/stroller combo and had it all out and put together. He took me out the car and showed me exactly how to use it all, and then took me inside and showed me how to work everything on the stroller. I am so lucky...

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

baking, baking, swelling, and more baking









Today was a great day off!! Erin and I went out to grandma's house and baked quite a few desserts for my and Elizabeth's showers on Friday! Annette had her last day of high school yesterday, so she was able to help us out the whole morning too. Liz is in town from Indianapolis, so it was a great day with the girls. Meanwhile, my feet and ankles (actually I think in order for it to be called an ankle there has to be some sort of bone visible...that is not the case with mine), have decided to swell to an enormous size. This all started yesterday, and I didn't even work these past two days! I thought that they were swollen before, but that was nothing compared to what they are now. Erin compared them to play-doh...thanks a lot :). I feel like I am walking on stiff stilts...lovely. So we took some comparison pictures today out at Grandma's, the show the difference between me and Erin's feet. And to think mind used to look like that. I am hoping this is a sign that I am very close to the end. A quick update for those who would like to know...I am 2 cm dilated and 50% effaced! I was very excited about this. I will probably get checked again this Friday...hopefully I keep progressing like that! Almost 36 weeks!

Monday, May 05, 2008

latest projects...


I have been putting a few baby things together, and wanted to post pictures...these things might not be very interesting to look at, but mostly I was just proud of myself that I put them together! :) We got an adorable shelf from a friend of mine at work and I put that together, now it just needs to be hung on the wall...that is Jeremy's project. I also put the baby's swing together that I got at my work shower. It is making me really excited to have a baby to put in it!! Jeremy and I also went to Babies R' Us and picked out boy and girl outfits to bring the baby home in, so I had to take pics of those :).