At the beginning of September Noah and I successfully transferred all our insurance policies to one policy that will cover all three of us!! We were able to cancel our old policies and were reassured on all ends that there would be no problem in our coverage or preexisting conditions or anything. Since we got that taken care of, it was time to register for our baby classes! Registering for the classes was a little more difficult than I expected because you had to pay when you registered but you cannot register on the internet, you have to speak to someone in person. I played phone tag with Huntsville Hospital for almost a week and then just went in person and was able to get everything straightened out. We had to register for the weekend classes because we can't go on Monday nights because of children's chorale, we can't go on Tuesday nights because of the Sewanee Symphony, and we can't go on Wednesday nights because of church activities but I found dates that worked for us and the classes weren't filled yet! We will be taking prepared childbirth for two six hour Saturdays, Parenting class for five hours on a Saturday and Sunday, and Breastfeeding for a few hours on a Monday (since it was a one time only thing, I will just miss children's chorale that night since I didn't see an available weekend date).
On Saturday September 24th Noah and I went to our first prepared childbirth class. Our class was mostly just lecture based. We didn't have to get on the mats and practice breathing and relaxation techniques (we'll do that this coming Saturday). She had several power point presentations prepared and she talked us through these. Most of the information she presented, I had already read in either books or on the internet but it was good to hear it all again. We also watched a video tape of two actual births, which was honestly the first time I had ever seen an actual birth, and surprisingly, it wasn't as gross as I had expected. Our class is small and everyone is due in either October or November (except one couple who is due in January) so we don't feel bad for putting off the class. We'll go back for another six hour class this coming Saturday and we'll get a tour or the hospital and we'll be able to preregister for the hospital so come baby time we'll be ready and won't have to fill out the paper work then. I know I over think everything but I'm already concerned about knowing when exactly you're supposed to go to the hospital. Our teacher told us 5-1-1. You go to the hospital when you have experienced one minute long contractions five minutes apart for one hour. I just hope I will be able to identify consistent contractions (counting baby movements already makes me nervous I always question myself: was that a movement? does that count as one movement or two? do hiccups count as a movement?).
On September 27th we had a doctor's appointment. I knew this time not to expect anything. I had my lab work done and the doctor measured my belly. Isaac's heart beat was 140 beats per minute. Nothing new. We are NOW going to start on the every two week schedule. My next appointment is on October 10th and I will be 34 and a half weeks pregnant and it will be with still yet another new doctor. I'm starting to get anxious though to know how he's doing in there. Is he starting to move to the head down position? Approximately how big is he? Are we making progress toward labor? I hope the doctor will start obtaining some of this information soon. I think he has pretty good fetal movement. When I lie down or sit still, it seems like he moves around so much! I can just sit there and actually watch it. He also moves around a lot during rehearsals or concerts, so maybe he can hear the music!
Fall break is next week and October starts on Saturday so it is time to kick things into high gear. About two weeks ago I went on a major cleaning spree but the house has since fallen back into remiss. We will use our fall break to give our house the biggest cleaning EVER. We'll need to get the nursery into shape and of course I'll prepare for my substitute at school by writing out very detailed lesson plans for all of my classes for the rest of the semester. I also need to start practicing now for all my Christmas gigs because November will be so crazy. My last pre baby gig will be on October 13th and I'll be exactly 35 weeks pregnant and then we will put the harp in the house for good and dedicate our Escape to purely baby transportation mode. We're going to take it to get professionally cleaned. We have our to-do list and I'm ready to get started.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
September Update
On August 30th I went back to the doctor. This was my first appointment not with my regular doctor because I have started rotating through the other doctors in the practice. My appointment lasted about 30 seconds. He measured my belly, told me I was on schedule and that was it. Isaac's heartrate was 140 beats per minute. I went to check out and my next appointment was scheduled four weeks later on September 27th. I thought the doctor had told me at my last appointment that I would begin going to the doctor on an every two week schedule instead of the every four week schedule, so I questioned the receptionist but she assured me that I was supposed to wait four weeks. I was a little disappointed.
Also at my previous appointment, I had been given a lab slip to go to the medical mall for my glucose test. On August 24th, I ate my candy bar and drank my 12 ounces of Dr. Pepper and went to the lab for my glucose test. I was supposed to get the results of this test at my next appointment but they didn't tell me. I was writing my next appointment down in my calendar as I walked to the elevator and I noticed the glucose test and realized I didn't know my results so I went back to the office and told the receptionist. A nurse came out and told me that my test was 'perfect.' They want you to have a less than 140 and mine was a 98, so I'm good.
I'm still feeling a lot of movement but it is less kick-like and more like I can feel him moving around inside me. I feel a lot of pressure to keep up with how much movement I feel, it's a little bit stressful but I am constantly doubting myself. When I teach, I don't feel anything and then I get worried, but when I sit down and stay still, I usually feel some sort of movement within a minute.
I gained a whole, whole, whole bunch of weightt the first half of my pregnancy but my weight gain has slowed down drastically and actually has pretty much stopped the last couple of weeks. (Except today because I ate a piece of cake both yesterday and today). I'm doing pretty well with exercising. Noah, Ein, and I are loving the new cooler weather. We're still taking our walks pretty regularly and I am still keeping up with my elliptical workouts about four times a week.
We've worked some more on the nursery. We got the crib and Noah put it together. We haven't gotten the matress yet, but we put up the mobile, the dust ruffle, and put the bumper pad in it. We bought the changing pad to put on the dresser but we haven't gotten the cute animal covers for it yet. Mom and Dad bought us a new rug for the nursery. Our old rug was too small and didn't work well, so they bought us a very cute Noah's Ark rug that we had seen at School Craft. Tonight, Noah and I bought a bookshelf to put in his room to fill out the room and add extra storage space. We still haven't hung up the shelves or his Noah's Ark wall hanging and there are other things we need to do but I feel that we're making steady progress.
Also at my previous appointment, I had been given a lab slip to go to the medical mall for my glucose test. On August 24th, I ate my candy bar and drank my 12 ounces of Dr. Pepper and went to the lab for my glucose test. I was supposed to get the results of this test at my next appointment but they didn't tell me. I was writing my next appointment down in my calendar as I walked to the elevator and I noticed the glucose test and realized I didn't know my results so I went back to the office and told the receptionist. A nurse came out and told me that my test was 'perfect.' They want you to have a less than 140 and mine was a 98, so I'm good.
I'm still feeling a lot of movement but it is less kick-like and more like I can feel him moving around inside me. I feel a lot of pressure to keep up with how much movement I feel, it's a little bit stressful but I am constantly doubting myself. When I teach, I don't feel anything and then I get worried, but when I sit down and stay still, I usually feel some sort of movement within a minute.
I gained a whole, whole, whole bunch of weightt the first half of my pregnancy but my weight gain has slowed down drastically and actually has pretty much stopped the last couple of weeks. (Except today because I ate a piece of cake both yesterday and today). I'm doing pretty well with exercising. Noah, Ein, and I are loving the new cooler weather. We're still taking our walks pretty regularly and I am still keeping up with my elliptical workouts about four times a week.
We've worked some more on the nursery. We got the crib and Noah put it together. We haven't gotten the matress yet, but we put up the mobile, the dust ruffle, and put the bumper pad in it. We bought the changing pad to put on the dresser but we haven't gotten the cute animal covers for it yet. Mom and Dad bought us a new rug for the nursery. Our old rug was too small and didn't work well, so they bought us a very cute Noah's Ark rug that we had seen at School Craft. Tonight, Noah and I bought a bookshelf to put in his room to fill out the room and add extra storage space. We still haven't hung up the shelves or his Noah's Ark wall hanging and there are other things we need to do but I feel that we're making steady progress.
Noah put together the crib!
Isaac's Room Stage 2
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