27 Week Update...

Ava's development in pregnancy week 27:

Ava's in seventh month Your not-so-tiny-anymore brilliant baby(about 2 pounds and 14.5 inches long!) is slowly rotating in preparation to “head out.” Obviously, this doesn’t happen overnight, but when you start to feel an unfamiliar pressure on your cervix, you’ll know you’ve got a fully flipped baby locked and loaded for the countdown to their birthday! Even now, at the beginning of the third trimester, their little lungs are already capable of breathing air while the pulmonary vascular system can provide sufficient gas exchange and the central nervous system can generally regulate rhythmic breathing as well as their basal body temperature. For what it’s worth, at this point in a healthy pregnancy a premature child (with intensive care) could easily win on the show: “Survivor: The Early Years.”


How your baby's growing:This week, your baby weighs almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and is about 14 1/2 inches long with her legs extended. She's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing her eyes, and perhaps even sucking her fingers. With more brain tissue developing, your baby's brain is very active now. While her lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if she were to be born now. Chalk up any tiny rhythmic movements you may be feeling to a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on. Each episode usually lasts only a few moments, and they don't bother her, so just relax and enjoy the tickle.

We have also registered! We went to Babies R Us on Saturday and finally registered. Here is the link! http://www.toysrus.com/ControllerServlet?target=viewDetails&operation=authenticate_user&registryNumber=60288977&from=registrySearch


This was a lot to take in when you have no idea all that you will need for her! We followed a guide and list and des followed me around with the consumer guide book and we looked up each item before we registered for it! So hopefully we registered for the best stuff we could! It seemed to take a while to get through the whole store! but we had a great time and it was funny walking around going ok so look this up because I have no idea what it is and or where it is in the store!

But all in all it was a great experience!



hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Feeling much better.

Last night by the time I got home from work I was back to almost normal feeling. Just back to being able to feel her kick and move around. I am so grateful it was not anything bad. Just that I really needed more fluids. I have been drinking way more. I already thought I had been drinking tons but if more is what I need then I will do whatever I need to.

Dez and I had a quiet night at home. We watched a movie called "meet bill" and it was actually very good. I had never heard of it when it was in the Theater but had seen it a couple times in the movie store and finally we decided to get it. Dez made BBQ chicken and Mac and Cheese of course because that is his favorite side item! I don't disagree either it is great! Then just settled in for the night. I really just enjoyed relaxing and sitting on the couch together. It was a wonderful night!

And I am so glad that this morning I am feeling back to my normal pregnant self!!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Oh the worries of pregnancy!

So yesterday I called the doctor because the night after our appointment I went home and was feeling really uncomfortable but not in the normal I just can't seem to get comforatble with my big belly type. My stomach felt like it was contracting and really strong. I was worried that I was going into preterm labor like my mom had done with the three boys. Dez tried to calm me down and of course I was too worried at that point. We decided that we would see how the night went and how the morning went. I started drinking more milk and took more of my calcium pills then had 4 glasses of water thinking maybe that will help! It had not stopped by the time i fell asleep that night but I tossed and turned all night long of course and didn't get much sleep. When I woke up the next morning my belly was just really sore but it was not contracting like it was the night before. I felt a little better. I called the doctor and asked what she thought might have caused that. I mean I knew that there is a think called braxton hicks but of course all the books I read said that it would be more in the next month that I might feel those. But still worried I talked to the doctor and she said that it probably was just that i needed more fluids in my body and because she had seen me the day before and everything looked wonderful and her heartbeat was strong that I should just drink some more fluids and walk around and sit and try different positions when I am uncomfortable and if they continue then to come see her.

They have not come back yet I upped my Fluids for the day and still am drinking more and it seems to be working. I am still sore but not as bad but I am thinking that is due to the fact that my belly is WAY bigger than what it is use to and it is stretching out and I will get that soreness when it is trying to stretch more and more. Dang I need to get those pictures of my belly up on here. She is growing like crazy! My belly really showing now. Those pictures before dont really show too much.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

26 Weeks.... And Im getting very uncomfortable!

So we still don't have Internet yet but I will try to find a way to load all the pictures up here one way or another. I Have a bunch! Some new clothing from Grandma and grandpa Lewis they are so cute... one is a little razorbacks polo dress with the cutiest socks with little razor backs on them! ... So cute Wish i could upload the pictures. And another gift was two little cardinals onesies a blue one and a red one! Dez was so excited!!!!! they are so cute. Also the other things we got from them were survival kit and a safety proofing the house kit. those are going to come in so handy! Tricia has thought of so many thing that we will need that have not even crossed my mind. I am so grateful for her and her family! such a blessing. We are so excited for yall to come visit and meet our little angel when she arrives!

We are all unpacked for the most part. I cleaned the house this weekend and i really think that i over did it because now i am so sore and tired! On top of not sleeping through the night and all!

Yesterday was our 26 week appointment and i also went and took a one hour gest. test where you drink the sweet drink then sit for an hour to see what your body does with all the sugar. Well hope i passed because i will have to go back for a second test if not and that one is three hours! really don't want to do that!!!!

Yesterday at our appointment We heard her heartbeat and it was strong and perfect. I asked about discomfort cause i seem to be experiencing a lot more than usual. But she didn't seem concerned about it at all. she just said oh the baby is stretching out and making herself known in there. and my womb is stretching too! So I am seriously sore and i am hoping that it starts to slow down because it is seriously slowing me down. Plus i can't sleep more than an hour at a time!

But other than that everything seems to be normal and great! we are so excited for her to be here and see her! we can't wait to hold her and love on her! We are so blessed!


Ok so here is what my email said for the week... we are down to about 95 days in counting....




Ava's 26 week Developement:

Ava's in sixth month At long last, your little swimmer can see the womb! Your miracle’s little eyelids have finally separated (they were fused closed previously) and they’re probably having their first moments of sight as you read this (or maybe it already happened while you were brushing your teeth or watching Oprah or something). In addition to seeing their little studio in your belly, they’ve recently acquired the ability to say “yes” and “no” in rudimentary sign language as they can now move their head back and forth. This is also the time where your little super star’s head hair is starting to grow! A cute little cowlick or two may be springing into position right now, getting ready for years of cute-but-stubborn bed-head. Also, their toenails have grown in and you little raisin continues to slowly pile up fat beneath their still-loose skin. Most importantly, brain tissue and neurons are all developing at a rapid pace, increasing their (genius-level?) brain activity and will continue to function at accelerated levels for the first seven to eight years of childhood!








also i am going to repost her pictures up here because i just love love love looking at them!!!!

All moved in and just about settled... oh and my 26 week appointment is this coming monday!!!!

Everything is going great we are moved in to our apartment and absolutly love love love it!!!! We are just about done unpacking! I still have to organize the closet and get everything in order there but that is my goal for the weekend. Other than that we are just about settled in to our home! The dogs are adjusting and that took a little while for them to get use to the new place. I still have a few things that I would like to do to make it feel more like home it is just taking a while. We finally got out and bought a NICE vaccum and a trashcan for the kitchen (very much needed). I am looking for the right cutains for the living room and the bed room. I looked at bed bath and beyond last night and we saw some that we loved but we are not going to pay 100.00 for curtains right now. so my next move is to look at target. I have a certain type in mind and it will be that kind of thing when I see it I will know!

Monday is our 26 week doctors appointment! I also have to go take a test that doesn't sound like fun! I have to drink this increadably SWEET drink (Nothing really sweet even sounds good to me at this point) and then just sit for an hour to see how my body deals with the sugar. BOO!!! I really don't want to do it! Everyone keep me and the baby in your prayers that we do good on this test cause if I don't then I will have to go back and drink more and then sit for 3 hours! crazy!!!!! Oh well it is a part of the deal! I can't wait to see the doctor and talk to her about 4d sonogram cause we are at the point that they turn out the best this month and next month are good months to get it done! This is something that is so amazing to me the technology that we have now days!!! here is a great website if you want to check out the 4d sonograms!!! I love when we get to see her growing and see her face... with this you can actually see facial expressions and sucking her thumb and blinking and yawning and all that wonderful stuff!!! Super excited!

website:
http://www.layyous.com/ultasound/ultrasound_video.htm

Second post for the day... week 25 Update!!!

We are now at week 25... WOW how the time flies!

Get your free online pregnancy calendar from WhatToExpect.com


here is how she is growing this week. I find it all so amazing and wonderful how this little girl is growing it is truely a blessing and I am amazed at Gods works everyday and everytime I feel her kick and move...

Ok so here is the Update from a few sites...

this one is my favorite...


Your little grower’s physical proportions are evening out at this point and most of their remaining development will largely be weight gain and lots and lots of nervous system development. The good news is: if your child is born premature now they’ll be more likely to survive without too much trauma as their lungs began to produce “surfactant” last week, which means their tiny respiratory system is getting stronger with each passing day. Yes, now’s a good time for a minor sigh of relief and a quick pat on the back. All that hard work and conscientious living is really getting your child prepared for a healthy delivery. Keep up the fabulous work mama! This week they’ll be scootching slowly out of the old breech position and start rotating (already!) into a better position for exit during their birth. Their head and feet are slowly rotating so that the head is pointed down towards the birth canal. Time is short (or really long, depending on who you ask)—just (still!) 14 weeks left before you can go back to being a single-resident human.


www.babycenter.com


How Baby Ava is growing:

Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.


www.whattoexpect.com


Ava's Lung Development:
Your baby is about nine inches long and more than a pound and a half in weight this week. And don't look now (as if you could), but your baby's skin is turning pinker as small blood vessels form under the skin and fill with blood. Lungs and nostrils are also growing at this stage of fetal development.


At nine inches and more than a pound and a half in weight, your baby is taller than two juice boxes stacked one on top of the other, and almost as heavy as four of those little boxes (an analogy you'll find particularly apropos in a few years, when those juice boxes start taking over your refrigerator, your pantry, your car.…). Don't look now (as if you could), but your baby's skin is turning pinker. No, not because he or she's getting overheated (in fact, the amniotic fluid is perfectly climate controlled, keeping your baby at an always comfortable temperature), but because small blood vessels, called capillaries, are forming under the skin and filling with blood. Later this week, blood vessels will also develop in your baby's lungs, bringing them one step closer to full maturity — and one step closer to taking that first breath of fresh air. But those lungs are still very much works in progress. Though they are already beginning to develop surfactant, a substance that will help the lungs expand after the baby is born, the lungs are still too undeveloped to sufficiently send oxygen to the bloodstream and release carbon dioxide when he or she exhales.


The lungs aren't the only system that's gearing up for air intake. Your baby's nostrils, which have been plugged up until now, are starting to open this week. This actually allows your little one to begin taking practice breaths. (Of course since there's no air in there, your baby is really only "breathing" amniotic fluid, but it's the practice that counts, right?)

We are moved in ...

We moved in this weekend to our new place and we could not love it any more. Dez has met I think everyone in the entire complex! They all seem really nice and sweet! We hired a few movers to help with the big stuff on Saturday due to the fact that I could not do any heavy lifting. But I tried to keep things unpacked and get them organized as things came to the place!!! Dez did most of the work! We are just about done... I have to unpack the rest of the closet and our bedroom but we have the bed all set up and the living room entertainment center set up now i just need some simple curtains in the bedroom and the living room and I really think we will be done! Hopefully I can decide what will go good in there and get them by the weekend. We are going to day to get a vaccum and trash can and a few items we need for the house at Bed bath and beyond.

We are so excited to be all moved in to the house! I think the puppies are adjusting well so far the first night everytime i woke up and dez woke up they were right in our face. I think they were nervous and confused as to what all was going on! Now they seem to get that they live there and are getting somewhat adjusted. It will take time! they don't have a yard to run freely in but at least there is a dog run for us to throw the ball with them and all that good stuff!

Dez stayed up late last night after packing. I think he was too wound up to go to sleep. I am not sure what time he went to bed but i really don't remember him coming in at all! He was so sweet to let me take it easy while moving. I really was tired after the first day! But i was trying to hard to keep going and he made me go to bed! LOL!!! but that is what i needed!!!

We have not gotten our intrenet set up yet or our tv. We are not sure what all we want to get. It is expensive and we are deciding on what will be the best and what we can just save money on! So hopefully soon we will have them or one of them!


Hope everyone has a wonderful week!!!


I have a week 24 belly photo and you can tell a difference in the size of my belly! I will have to try and get it posted soon!!!!


We are at week 25....