39 Week Update

Hello everyone! Well, yesterday I had my last official, prenatal doctor's visit. I had an ultrasound and Tristan looked great. His heart rate was good and he was doing his practice "breathing." His estimated weight was 6 pounds and 12 ounces. Of course, that can be off by 10 ounces either way, but it is nice to have an idea of what size he will be. I'm just glad he is not HUGE! It was hard to get a good picture because he is so squished in there. He is still head down, and is facing a little more to the side than straight out. So maybe that means he is starting to turn around and face my back and getting ready to come out. I was still only 2 cm dilated and hadn't thinned out anymore. I have still been having episodes of regular contractions off and on, but nothing that lasts. I just hope that when I really do go into labor, I don't ignore it for too long! So now the next week will be a waiting game. If nothing has happened by the 9th, I will go in that morning to be induced. My due date is the 7th, so I figured I was being pretty fair in giving Tristan his full 40 weeks-but that's it!

I know it's hard to tell, but that is a foot, and although you can only see 3 toes, all 5 are there!

Overall, I have really enjoyed being pregnant. Aside from the puking the first 15 weeks and checking my sugar 4 times a day for the last 15 weeks, everything has gone pretty smoothly. I think the gestational diabetes was a blessing in disguise, because eating a balanced meal and watching my intake of desserts helped keep me from gaining extra, unnecessary weight-which means that at 9 months I am still really comfortable and can get around pretty well. And hopefully it won't take too long for me to lose the weight! I also ended up with a lot of pictures of Tristan because of all the extra ultrasounds these past few weeks. I was able to work until the end, which means now I won't have to go back until after the beginning of the year-yay, off for the holidays! Justin and I are both very thankful for such a great pregnancy and can't wait to meet our little guy. Although I am terrified of the whole birth process, I think I am ready for it. I am just scared that I am going to miss being pregnant and feeling Tristan move around inside me. I guess that means we will just have to have another one-just kidding-not yet anyway!!!

39 Week Belly

Justin and I had a great anniversary. We got to see our little man and get an update on him. Then we went to the store and bought each other tennis shoes-we are going to need them with a little one to chase after! We both had class that night-I had to renew my CPR for work and he had real estate class-so we didn't get to go out to eat. But I surprised him and had a nice dinner cooked when he got home, and he surprised me with a dozen roses, a really sweet card, and an Auburn picture to hang in our office. Tonight we are going to go out to eat-our last "date" for quite a while I'm sure!

Anniversary Dinner