Well overdue update....

Gosh....it's been a while since I've updated this, hasn't it? A lot has happened over the last couple weeks too. Here's all the low-down, lol! :)

First, I had my baby shower June 24th which was so nice! We got so many great things that there's really only a few things left we may have to get on our own. We got our stroller and car seat, a bouncer, a pack and play crib, baby bathtub, tons of onsies and cute little sleepers, lots of toys, blankets, and a bunch of the "little" things like nail clippers, bottles, medicine dispensers, & such. I'll have to post some of the pictures when I get a chance to load them on my computer at home.

Then, last Friday we had a little scare. I was always told by my doctor that if I feel any change (too much or too little) in the babies movements to always call them. Well, I realized Thursday afternoon that she wasn't near as active as I'm use to her being and it continued on into Friday morning so I got a little nervous. Usually once I eat or drink anything she gets REAL active but it seemed no matter what I did she just wouldn't move for me so I called the doctor Friday morning and they had me come in and hooked me up to the fetal monitor. I was there for about an hour and at first they weren't getting a whole lot of movement from her either so they had me drink some apple juice and low and behold....she started moving all over the place. What a relief that was! They did an ultrasound as well just to have a look and she was just fine in there, heart rate 155. The nurse said that babies sometimes go through phases like this but that I did the right thing in coming in because you just never know. It was nice to get that reassurance.

We went to a breast feeding class a couple weeks ago and I'm so glad I went. For something that "seems" so natural and pretty straight forward, there is a whole lot to learn! We learned how to get the best latch, which feeding positions work best, when to introduce a bottle and how too, and sooooo many other things. I don't feel near as overwhelmed and freaked out thanks to that class....it was well worth the $65!

Oh yeah. I had a very interesting doctor appointment yesterday. Went in and had an ultrasound done because they wanted to re-check her head because they saw something at the 22 wk ultrasound that they were pretty sure was just a shadow but wanted to re-check to make sure and they also wanted to take her measurements because for some crazy reason they kept saying she was measuring 2 weeks bigger then she should be. So we have it done, and just like I kept telling them, her measurements were perfect! She was in the 55% which is right where she should be for weight, weighing in at 4lbs 3 oz. So that was good! The mark they had seen in the previous ultrasound was nowhere to be found, so that was good too! She also seems to have a lot of hair! But here's the kicker....she is now BREACH!!!! Aghhhhhhhh!!!! She's been head down since 22 wks, she was still head down when I went in that one Friday to check her movements! So I have no idea what happened in a weeks time to cause her to completely flip around, but if she doesn't move back in the next 4 weeks it looks like I am destined for a C-Section *crying*. I really, really don't want a c-section because the recovery is so much longer and the pain lasts much longer as well. Not to mention it's considered major surgery...not an out-patient kinda thing at all!

Well, I think that's all I have for now. I'm now down to 7 weeks left in this whole crazy, amazing experience....don't know where the time has been going, but we are definitely getting excited to meet our little girl! It's getting closer!