The Weekend Before NIkko

So I am finally blogging about Nikko coming into our world :)

The weekend of November 8th, my appetite pretty much completely disappeared. My Mom arrived on November 7th! Through out the weekend, my Mom cooked and I really felt like eating NOTHING. I remember telling Paabs that with no appetite, I figured that I would go into labor within the next couple of days.

Sunday night - 11.09.08
I kept waking up to contractions about every hour. They were not very painful, just enough pain to wake me up. I was also leaking some fluid, but not very much. I called the Dr and they suggested that I go to Labor and Delivery to make sure it was not amniotic fluid.

Monday - 11.10.08
I went with my sister and mom to Labor and Delivery around noon - everything checked out okay and I was discharged and was dilated to 1.5cm.
So we continued on our day - got some lunch and did a little shopping. When we came home, we all went for a quick walk. Then it was time for dinner - and again, I had no desire to eat anything. Later that night my Mom, Paabs, and I were watching TV. Around 8:30pm I started to have contractions about six minutes apart. Again, they were not painful. Around 11:30pm, they were still 5-6 minutes apart, but the pain was progressing!
I woke up Pablo and my Mom and we headed to St. Mary's. They checked me in - got me situated in the room. They checked me and again I was still only dilated to 1.5-2.0cm. After two hours - and painful contractions, they sent me home with an Ambien to try and sleep.
Ambien may help people to sleep, but not when you are having painful contractions every 4 minutes!! Not to mention that I could barely walk to the car - every time I had a contraction, I had to stop walking. They told me that if the contractions got more painful or if my water broke to come back - All I kept thinking was - THEY ARE GOING TO GET WORSE???

Tuesday - 11.11.08
Since I was not dilated very far - and this was my first baby - The hospital must have thought I would take awhile to dilate - Doctors can be WRONG!!!

Dr. Update - 11.07.08

So we went to the doctor today...and no big changes. Pretty much 2cm, 50% thinned, and he is sitting at a -1. I was hoping to have a BIG change, but my contractions haven't changed much so I figured we would be about the same. I have 11 days until our due date. I am hoping that Nikko will make it into the world by then.

The doc did say my cervix was pushed way back and she tried pulling it forward a little today. I am told to take lots of WALKS!! So I will definitly be walking my legs off.

I have heard all the wives tales - definitly more than once:
Jump up and down
Take a hot bath
Nipple stimulation
Have sex
Eat spicy food
Go for a bumpy car ride
Drink castor oil

Just funny - how everyone swears - one of these worked for them.

I am now just hoping that he isn't late. My doc usually doesn't let people go past 41 weeks. Next week we can discuss our options if Nikko decides to stay cozy in my womb!!

Working and Pregnancy

I think that the last two weeks before your due date should be paid time off! Mine brain isn't really working all that great, so honestly, I do not think I am contributing much to work these days - besides maybe helping train the people that will be covering my work while I am out.

All I think about at work is taking a NAP! Anyway~just thought I would do a quick post since my brain isn't really working today...hehe

Let's all hope that Nikko comes soon! My Mom arrives Friday at 11:00am - and she would really like to be here. So let's all hope I go into labor Friday afternoon :)

Dr. Update

So I went to the doctor on Thurday:

I am dilated to a 2 and 50% of my lining has thinned. He dropped down two positions since the week before :)

So like they said last week...could be any day to a couple of weeks. My Mom will be arriving on the 7th and Kirstin will be home on the 9th from work so...they of course want me to wait until then. Everyone at work picked the day they think Nikko will arrive - I had a couple guesses last week...but no one picked a day the first week in November. The most popular date was NOVEMBER 14th!! Paabs keeps saying the 12th. As for me, I know he will come when he is ready...I would just like it to be sooner than later. AND HOPEFULLY NOT PAST MY DUE DATE - hehe.

My contractions have been pretty much the same for the past couple of weeks. I have noticed a little less movement from Nikko - although his hiccups are like clockwork - 8:30pm and some time between 9:30 and 10:00pm. He is definitly running out of room in my tummy.

We will keep everyone updated!! Our next appt is Friday!

Any guesses on the day Nikko will arrive??????

The Little Man in My Tummy

So I went to the doctor Friday and the doctor said that I was starting to dilate and that the baby's head was down in position. So basically I could go into labor today or it could be a couple of weeks...I guess when Nikko is ready.

I am sure ready - I have been have Braxton Hicks contractions all day today along with a few real contractions (I think). I have never had them, so it is hard to say if they are a contraction or not. How will I really know when they are REAL contractions. Guess we will just wait and see.

I finally got most of the Nursery organized from all of the gifts everyone gave us. I have everything ready to put in my bag to take to the hospital...just need to update my ipod with some new music I downloaded.

Paabs put together the play pen and all that is left for him to do is to assemble the cradle that my Dad made us when it arrives and to put the car seat in my car.

I know that Nikko will come when he is ready...I am 37 weeks - so I am hoping sooner than later - everyone says the last few weeks are the hardest. I even had to have my sister paint my toenails on Saturday - What a WONDERFUL sister :) I figure my toes should at least be pretty.

We will keep you posted and let you know how are progress is!!

Nikko's Baby Shower 09.27.08

We had Nikko's baby shower last Saturday...We have to give a big shout out to all my sisters, my brother-in-law, Sarah and my parents for putting together a wonderful day! We also want to thank all of our friends for sharing this special day with us.

Kirstin and Ross' house was the best setting and was full of love for me, Paabs, and Nikko. We were surrounded by our friends and family. I was very happy that the Benson's were able to come down from Boise to share this day too!

Nikko is loaded with presents - And I am sure there are many many more to follow. Here is a slide show of the big event!

There are also a few pictures of the start of Nikko's Room...More to come soon!!

STROLLER!!!

So we got our stroller today! Very exciting...I did so much research on strollers and asked about a million people about their stroller and what they thought of their stroller. In the end, for all of my endless walking I hope to do we ended up with a Bob Revolution. I have only heard great things! I will keep you posted when I actually put it to use :)