The Home Stretch . . .

also known as the last trimester!! I'm so glad to have made it this far without any major complications. All of the discomforts of the last trimester are creeping up on me, but they are SO worth it, of course. After I slept for 2 and a half hours during Isabella's nap today, I was commenting to Monte that I don't remember being this tired with Isabella. Then I remembered that at this point with her I was on bed rest, and dozing in and out of consciousness all day, everyday, ha! I am so, so grateful that so far things are going better this time around. At this point with Isabella I had been on bed rest for a month already, was on all sorts of meds that made me loopy and lowered my blood pressure so much I would black out, was dilated, had had several extended stays in the hospital, etc. This time around I have definitely had some scares, one very short stay in the hospital, contractions, am on one kind of medicine, but I'm NOT on bed rest, and I'm not dilated at all! As the doctor told me yesterday, this baby is making a much more welcome home for itself than Isabella ever did! :)

My appointment went great yesterday, it took over 3 hours because the ultrasound tech accidentally did my ultrasound under someone else's name, so after I had my appt. with my doctor I had to go back to do both the regular and TV ultrasounds all over again, then go back to have another appt. with my doctor to go over the results. There were no changes in my cervix, so I didn't have to get the steroid shots yet either. I drank the orange junk for my glucose test, and passed that with no problems, also. Monte stayed home with Isabella, and decided to take her fishing, what a good Daddy! They had a lot of fun!

I'm only 6 weeks away from when I had Isabella, and 8 weeks away from my goal of 36 weeks. Diapers and wipes are bought, nursing supplies ordered, pump and bottles are sterilized and ready to go, in case of another preemie who can't nurse. :( Baby supplies (swing, car seat, etc.) that have been lent out are now returned, I even have a few clothes washed and put away. With Isabella, we had the nursery all done and ready to go before she was born. It's funny how with the second one, I don't care about that as much. I figure the baby will be in our room for a couple of months anyway, so we'll probably figure out the sleeping arrangements after he or she comes. More than likely, we'll end up moving Isabella to the bigger spare bedroom, and the baby will be in what is her room now. I'm getting so excited to meet this little one!