Back from vaca/shower and long update!

Sunshine05

Wow, I'm gone for a week and miss a ton!  It'll take me forever to catch up.  I was able to lurk some on my phone, but not a lot.  We drove up to Cleveland for my hometown baby shower and visited my family/friends.  It was great, my two best friends from 1st grade put it together and went above and beyond.  Full plated dinner with salad, appetizers, drinks, and dessert.  We played a few guessing games and such that were fun.  I'm in disbelief how generous my friends and family are... we really got a ton of gifts!  They filled our Explorer from top to bottom, front to back... barely fit everything in to drive back home!  DH's family is throwing a shower down here in two weeks... not sure where we're going to put everything we already have, let alone more.  We need a bigger house already! 

I also had another OB appt on Friday.  During our u/s we found out our little girl is measuring a little small, so they're going to do another growth u/s in a month to see if she's just going to be on the smaller side or if there's a potential nutrition/growth issue.  My OB wasn't too worried, so I'm trying not to be either. 

I also did my 1hr GD test and passed... came in at 108 and it had to be below 140 to pass, so I'm thrilled with that!  I was supposed to get my Rhogam shot but they apparently were supposed to do secondary screening to confirm my blood type (sent over from the RE) and never did it, so I had to have that done and will get the shot this next week pending confirmation that I am Rh-. 

I did get disappointing news that they don't like first-time moms to deliver in the birthing tub, which is what I was hoping to do if I could handle going med-free.  I love the water and have read so many great accounts where women were able to handle the pain better and have an easier transition in the tub.  I could still labor in it, but it doesn't seem worth it since if I can't deliver in it.  I think at that point I'd rather just not use it at all. 

I'm so excited yet very nervous to officially be in the 3rd tri now.  I have so much still to do and so much to read/learn before baby gets here... seems like time has been flying by and there's not enough time left to get everything done! 

illinigal

Glad you had a wonderful shower! It's nice to be pleasantly surprised at how generous people are. Yay for passing the one hour test. I hope your little girl is just small and all is well in the coming months.

scooterq

Sounds like a great trip and shower!!  And congrats of passing the 1hr test!!

Welcome back and GL on Friday. 

whispergrrl

Glad to hear you had a great vacation/baby shower! 

And yes....third tri flies by....don't be like me and wait till you have 2 or less weeks left to finish everything! (I say as DH is finishing painting the nursery,and I will be steam cleaning carpets after the paint dries...then trying to get all the baby furniture in the nursery and set up! Eep!) 

mikeandangie

Yay for third tri, awsome gifts and being GD-free! Don't worry about the growth, I hear people having that issue all the time.

bbakersgirl75

Sounds like you had a great shower thrown by some amazing people! Congrats on being in the 3rd and final tri, and I hope your lil one is just going to be on the small size; not a growth issue!

matt'sbride

Hey! So glad you're back! It's great that you guys got so much stuff and you still have one more shower to go. Congrats on being in your third tri!

etoyama

So glad you had a great shower and congrats on passing the 1-hour! Try not to worry about the growth issue. My LO has measured small all along so we've had a lot of growth u/s. It turns our she's just a smaller baby It happens a lot. This just means you'll get to see her more often!

Sunshine05

Thanks for the welcome back!  It's definitely good to be home... I missed my furbabies and getting to keep up with everyone here.  Not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow though! 

It's good to hear that it's normal to measure small.  I'm definitely glad that we will get to see her more often, but I just want everything to be okay.  It surprised me to hear b/c I was such a big baby... 8 lbs, 13 oz and born on my due date... so I just assumed she would be on the larger size as well.  As long as she's healthy, I'll be happy!  Thanks for the feedback.