Visit to Dr. Hales

On Wednesday we visited Dr. Hales office for a follow-up appointment. The doppler studies are back down to normal limits! In other words, the blood flow from my placenta to Tucker is normal again. They did not estimate his weight at this visit. We will go back on March 27th and they will do that then! We did try to get more pictures but he decided to face toward the back AGAIN! All we got were more foot, ear, and arm pictures! Darn! We did find out he is BREECH right now---with an arm under my right rib! He has alot more time to turn back around but if he doesn't it will be a cesarean section (which I am not opposed to at all!) :) Anyways--we are in Dallas now for a couple of baby showers! I have one tomorrow and one on Sunday! We will then head back to Lubbock with presents in tow! When we get back, we will pick up our crib and get that put together this week! Yippee! We are fixing to watch a movie with the parents! Hope everyone has a good weekend!

It is Getting Close! 30 Weeks!

Today Grant and I had two of our doctor appointments. It was great to kill two birds with one stone! First, was the Dr. Hales appointment. This is the fun appointment! We saw Mr. Tucker's BACK today but could not see his face. He just so happened to be face down at the moment! So no good pictures off course! But he is head down with his legs right at the top of my belly! Getting close to rib kicking time I fear! He weighed 3 lb. 2 oz.! My cervix, fluid, placenta etc... is on track and normal! They did some doppler studies to look at the blood flow from the placenta to the baby. My levels were elevated which means there is some resistance in blood flow from the placenta to Tucker. However, these numbers usually peak at 30 weeks and then tapers off. He is not worried at all because of this and the fact that Tucker is growing right on track. If he hadn't been growing normally,the studies today may have been evidence that the blood flow is an issue! But at this point we are good! I go back next week for a follow up visit to make sure they go down! And to get better pics! After this, we headed over to Dr. Lampkin's office for the usual visit! Nothing eventful but we did decide on a date for induction of labor! Monday, April 20th-I am on the books! I will be 38 weeks and 5 days! We have been thinking of this date for some time! I have been trying to time it just perfect with my friend's work schedule in postpartum so she can take care of me etc! Its fun to work in L/D so I am able to get on the schedule so early! Now I can "reserve" good ol' Dr. Hegde to do my epidural or spinal if have a c-section! :) Of course, anything can happen and I could go earlier or later! But at least this is a starting point! 

On another note, Grant had a great birthday on the 8th! The big 27! After I woke up from work we went to eat at Lujan's and then went to a movie! We ended a great night with ice cream cake that Molly bought for Grant from Marble Slab! Yummy! 

Hope everyone has a great week! I will post another update next week--hopefully with some good pics! 

Healthy...

I guess I am free and clear of gestational diabetes! If I were anemic or had gestational diabetes, I was supposed to hear by Friday from Dr. Lampkin's nurse Sylvia---and I didn't! Yea!!! So...unless otherwise posted I am healthy! This makes me very happy! Well..Grant finally got better after 3 days of resting at home this week. Everyday there seemed to be progress and now he is almost as good as new! I am still feeling well---we made sure to disinfect everything he touched! Tucker sure has been moving ALOT! Its so weird that the bigger they are, the more you can feel and even see when looking at your belly! Its just amazing-truly. I love it!!! I just can't wait to meet him! I think Grant is getting excited too. He is in awe of my belly-its so cute! Grant's mom is working so hard on the baby bedding! I heard she was up til 2 am the other night looking for all of the fabric we picked out on this website but at a cheaper price online! She supposedly found it all for cheap! WOO HOO! That's all for now! Better get back to work and take care of the preggos!

Poor Grant!

Well...its official. I got the early morning phone call at work! Grant got the "bug." Poor thing has not gotten sick like this since he was a child! A small child... Last week it was me for 3 days and now it is him! Fever and ALL! Its my turn to take as good of care of him as he did of me last week! I am finally feeling back to normal. Now I have to try and stay away to prevent a relapse! If you think about it, say a little prayer that he has a quick recovery and can get back to work and for me that I stay healthy! I have an appointment in the morning and will be tested for gestational diabetes! Yea! I'll leave an update later! Talk to ya'll soon! Gotta go take care of my man!

Just Call me....Mrs. Sicky!

Well, so last week we found out that I had a UTI. I got on my 4th antibiotic on Friday with some pain medication I was actually able to take at work if needed. Before Friday, I was in so much pain and was only being prescribed narcotics-which obviously you can't work with! Thursday was the worst day of pain in the 1 week + of this ordeal! Of course narcotics eased me through it! VERY frustrating as I need to be at work accruing time to have enough hours to be paid while I am on maternity leave. So by Friday night I was actually feeling GREAT--and on Saturday even better! I was so excited to go to work on Sunday-believe it or not. However, to make matters WORSE--my body decided it wanted to catch a virus on Sunday! So-beginning yesterday I spent on the toilet all day with 100.5 fever, nausea, back pain, and some contractions from being dehydrated. I was MISERABLE! This lasted all night without sleep and into today. One of the worse nights of my life-truly! I continue to spend most of my time on the toilet wondering when this will stop! I had to call in to work last night AND tonight. Of course, this made the whole work issue even worse for me! So... yesterday I told myself-Jill--God knew all of this was going to happen--it all happens for a reason and you will be taken care of like always! I can't turn back time nor can I dwell on what could have been! So this has given me some peace through it all! Its just hard knowing that your colleagues suffer when you call in and are probably frustrated with me not knowing what all has gone on in the past week and a half! But I can't worry about that! I have to take care of me and Mr. Tucker! I am sure they will understand when I get back! In the meantime, I am thoroughly hydrating myself to keep those dehydration contractions gone and to get myself back to normal! I just hope Grant doesn't catch whatever I had---I will be so sad if that happens! :(

On a more positive note---the days (Friday night and Saturday) that I was feeling good we went to dinner with some friends for a birthday and came home to organize our utility room. Its amazing how much space can be utilized when you have a NEED to utilize all the space in your house! On Saturday, I cleaned out our whole HUGE closet in the morning while Grant was working on truck stuff. In the afternoon, we cleaned out both our office and nursery--moving furniture, placing/labeling stuff in plastic bins, putting together our bookcase for the nursery, etc.! Quite a chore but we are almost done with this big task called "organization." I guess you would say I am nesting! I just feel like there are so many little things that I am not going to want to do once this baby comes! So--we are doing it all now and it feels GREAT! Now we are just waiting for the crib and dresser/changer to arrive so we can put it all together! Also, Grants mom is sewing our baby bedding which is going to look AMAZING! That is in the works too! I can't wait for the room to get all decorated so I can post some pics! :) I just know he is going to love his new room!

*We found out this week that our good friend from Grant's off-roading club, Tony, has inoperable lung cancer! Please keep him in your prayers as he will be traveling to MD Anderson and starting some pretty aggressive treatments very soon. He is so strong as well as his wife Sharon. He has such a good attitude and will pull through! Every prayer will help! Thanks everyone!

Hope all is well with everyone! Have a blessed week!

25 Weeks and 6 Days Appointment to Dr. Hales

Life has been interesting this past week. Unsure if I had a UTI or kidney stone led me to see Dr. Hales one week early to check on little Mr. Tucker to make sure everything was o.k. in this belly of mine! Of course, he is perfect! Weighing in at a whopping 1 lb. 13 oz.--haha-this kid almost weighs 2 lbs! :) My fluid levels continue to be right on track as well as the length of my cervix! This makes me very happy! They also put me on the monitor to see if I was contracting in conjunction with my "illness"---it was so fun to see Tucker's heartbeat beating away and tracing on the monitor! At 26 weeks it can be difficult to trace a little baby that has a lot of room to move around and come off the monitor. My little boy stayed on the whole 30 minutes! I do this to people every time I am at work----its so neat this was actually my baby being traced! :) Besides having what we now know to be a UTI and taking 3 different antibiotics--I feel good. Just knowing what I have makes it so much better. I am still having some pain and taking some pain medications but I am sure to wean off of those very soon! :) I did have one painless contraction yesterday and have felt many painless contractions before yesterday! Very weird to feel contractions. I can't imagine what they will feel like when there is pain associated with them! We ordered our baby furniture last week and I picked out/designed the baby bedding that Grant's mom Cindi is going to soo kindly sew for us! :) I have bought a few things here and there for the nursery! We are planning to organize/sort/clean/throw away all the stuff this weekend and next in the room that is to be the nursery and the room that is now becoming the guest room/office! I am also getting excited about my upcoming baby showers in the next couple of months! How fun! I have a feeling we will be all set for Mr. Tucker when the time comes! :) Hope all is well with everyone! Here are some pics of Little Tuck!

24 week and 1 day appointment

I went to see Dr. Lampkin today for another QUICK appointment. When I say that I mean it! I guess its hard to go to the appointment being a labor and delivery nurse when I could so easily call in all the information they obtain at the office. It just makes it less exciting! My most favorite appointments are going to see Dr. Hales to get all the cool ultrasound pics! :) Anyways-I am glad all the nurses are so wonderful at Dr. Lampkin's office--and of course he is great too! He takes such good care of his patients! With all of that said-everything went well. My weight gain is still on track, as well as my blood pressure, fundal height, etc! I am starting to experience how hard it is to get around as you get more pregnant-even to turn in my own bed! haha! Its not that I can't but I can just feel it in my hips! Its also not easy getting up from the couch...and I am walking slower! Its all kinda funny-and will be even more funny to see how it is further down the road! Next visit at 28 weeks I get to drink the yummy orange glucose drink to test for gestational diabetes! :) All I know is at 24 weeks my blood sugar is perfectly normal! I am crossing my fingers that it stays that way! Here is a belly picture!

*Congrats Lauren and Justin on your new baby girl Miss Kendall Marie Mack! :) I can't wait to see her!