Show us your life- wedding dresses

One of the blogs I read Kelly's Corner does this fun thing on Friday's- this week is wedding dresses, so here's mine!

This shows the back and front and sides. It was a Maggie Soterra and I love it! I did all the beading on the egde of my veil myself too!

Bath time!

Kyle had his first bath today since his umbilical cord fell off yesterday. But there is a little story to go along with it. He woke up for he 7am feeding as ususal but him and I were both really tired so we slept till almost 11 after that (so nice!). I got up and knew he had a dirty diaper so I went to change it and he peed all over himself and his cute little outfit. So I decided now would be a good time for his bath. Dad was busy working and needed 15 more minutes so I wrapped him in his towel and decided he needed a little snack. Now the nurse at the hospital was saying they can't do two things at once, but he certainly can. He pooped in the towel a good one while he was nursing away...LOL He loved his bath though he didn't cry and just looked at us. He feels much better and so does mommy after she got her shower this morning too :)

Please Be praying

I posted a while ago about a little baby around Kyle's age that was born at 24 weeks. He is still in the NICU and fighting various obsticals that are keeping him from coming home. Read here what the latest is and be praying for this young momma who still have yet to bring her newborn home.

One week old - first walk

Wow it's been a week already...time flies

Here's a picture of Kyle's first walk!

Welcome!

Kyle Thomas!

I thought I would share my birth story with everyone.Kyle was born at 38 weeks 5 days. My water broke at midnight July 15th when I got up to go to the bathroom I noticed I was leaking fluid. Contractions started right away and were 2-4 minutes apart. So we finished getting things together, made some coffee and called our Doula. We called the midwife and they said I could come down when I wanted.We got the hospital around 2am and didn't get a room till about 5 am. I was still getting strong 2 min contractions and tried laboring in the tub for a while. Really the only thing that worked was swaying back and forth holding on to DH while someone rubbed my back. I had bad back labor even though he wasn't sunny side up.Around 10 am my midwife came in to check me and I was 7-8cm. I remember saying "Thank you God!". It is all such a blur. I don't know when I exactly got to transition because I was having double peaking contractions the whole time towards the end. I just remember being asked if I felt like I needed to push yet and got so frustrated when some contractions I did and others I didn't. It was also hard to know how to push and push effectively. Once I got the hang of it things went fast. I pushed for over an hour though and it was definitely the hardest thing I have ever done. He was born at 1:35pm so just about 13 1/2 hours of labor. He had the cord wrapped once around his neck but cried right away when he was put on my chest. I love that as soon as he was out it was instant relief. My midwife was also great in instructing my pushes and kept me from tearing.I was so thrilled to be able to go natural and still can't believe I did it. If anyone is thinking about it, you can do it!

I get to see Beth Moore!!

I am a Siesta (Beth Moore Blog Reader) and she is coming in town tonight and tomorrow but the tickets were $65 so my mom and I decided not to go. But then she posted onher BLOG yesterday that the first 10 people to call would get free tickets. I figured since it was yesterday that it got posted that i wouldn't have a chance but I did and my mom and I are going!

38 weeks

Well we are getting down to the very end, and boy does my body feel like it. Between not hardly being able to walk from hip pain and peeing every 2 minutes I'm getting tired. I know it is all worth it and I have had such a great pregnancy I am truly thankful. Here's the stat's from today's appt.

Weight: +33 1/2 lbs pre-preg
BP- 120/?? (higher because this was right after I was told my glucose test was normal and I am negative for group B step!)

Fundal height: 37 1/2 cm
BPM- 130-160 it jumped when he got excited which is perfect, it means he's active and his placenta is still functioning well

Progress- That will be a mystery till I go into labor because she doesn't do any more checks and for good reason- once you know your cervix is "ripe" for labor like mine any more progress won't determine "when" labor will begin...I'm cool with that cause they hurt! I did have contractions for 6 hours yesterday and 4 hours last Friday...awesome!


Praise God I am GBS negative so if my water breaks I can still labor at home for a while. Also I was spilling glucose and now I'm not, and I don't have late onset gestational diabetes!! I'm going to go eat ice cream now...

So that's it...next appt. is Monday.

36 Week appt 1 day before 37 weeks

Well today was my 36 weeks appt. and tomorrow I'm 37 weeks! Yay for full term!

Total weight gain/loss: 31 lbs though I think a few of that was water weight
BP: 100/67
Fundal height: 36cm
Heartrate: 130bpm
Maternity clothes? they suck and don't cover up my belly that has recently dropped.
Stretch marks? yep, the ones from puberty on my hips have grown and I have a few faint ones that are under my belly that I can only see in the mirror.
Sleep: My hips hurt so it's hard sometimes.
Best moment this week: My appt today!
Movement: He's a little wiggle worm sometimes, he just can't get comfortable as he's running out of room.
Food cravings: BBQ sandwhich
Gender: little boy
Labor Signs: Crampy and Braxton Hicks, 2cm dialated and 50% effaced!
Button in or out? It sticks out a little but not as much as it could
What I miss: feeling pretty and fitting in my clothes
What I am looking forward to: having him here!
Milestones: Tomorrow I'm full term.

AND- she thinks he's 5 1/2 to 5lbs 13oz.