Not much to report

We had another appointment yesterday. Things are still going good. I'm still measuring a week and a half a head. When the doctor was listening to her heart beat with the dopplar, Macy gave us a good kick. We also had another ultrasound but unfortunately we don't have any pictures to share. They were mainly checking the placement of my placenta since it was low lying on my 20 week ultrasound. According to the ultrasound, she is measuring a week a head and it says my due date is May 4. The ultrasound tech said she has long legs according to their measurements. She tried to do a 3-D so we could see her face, but Macy wasn't playing along. She was face down and wouldn't let us get a peek. We will have to wait to see her precious face when she is born. Her heart is still beating along at about 140 beats per minute. I will have another appointment in 2 weeks and they will test me for Group B Strep at that appointment. Only about 6 1/2 weeks left!

Macy's Room

Here are some pictures of Macy's room. As you can see, the theme is ladybugs. Andy did a wonderful job painting even though he said he never thought he'd have so much fun painting a room pink! Not much longer now, only 7 weeks to go. It's going by so fast, before long she'll get to see her room. She has the hiccups right now as I am typing this! We have a doctors appointment and an ultrasound this week so there will be more pictures and news to share.

The name is out...

So last Saturday my sister and aunt had a shower in Omaha for me. Andy and I had gone up on Friday after work. We went out to eat that night with my mom and we were talking about our baby, naturally. My mom said that it would be okay if we told her the name, that she could keep a secret and that she is good at keeping secrets. I told her it was up to Andy since I've been wanting to tell the name since we picked it. Andy said he didn't care, so we told her it was similar to her name (Marcy) and Andy's dad's name (Mason). I told her to take the r out of her name and she said with a big smile, its Mary? I said no, take the r out of your name and then told her it was Macy. So then Saturday at the shower, Jenny, Andy's dad's wife some how found out that my mom knew the name. Jenny has been trying to get us to tell her the name for some time now and we hadn't given in (I guess she's not as manipulative as my mom!). So I told her she had to ask Andy. And once again, Andy being the nice guy he is said he didn't care if I told. So I told everyone at the table the first letter and right away my sister guessed the name right. So now the name is out. We are naming our little angel Macy. Her middle name is going to be for Andy's mom, Judy, but we're just using the first letter and spelling it Jai.

Still doing good

We had another appointment today and everything is going good. Her heart is beating at 156 beats/minute and I am measuring at 32 weeks even though I'm only 30.5 weeks. She continues to move around like crazy and is still head down for now, and hopefully she stays that way. I will have another ultrasound on March 24 to check the placement of my placenta and will have another appointment at that time.

Andy got the nursery painted, the crib is set up and bedding on. We have a glider/rocker so all we have left to get for furniture is a dresser. We plan to look for one next weekend when we are in Omaha for my baby shower. We'll have to take pictures of the nursery and get them posted on here for all to see.

Baby's room

This is the bedding in her room. We are going to paint the top of the walls pink and the bottom light green and put a chair rail separating the colors. We don't have all the items shown in the picture but enough to make it look cute!

Doing good!

We had another appointment today. I had my glucose tolerance test and passed, so no gestational diabetes! My uterus is measuring exactly where it should be. Our doctor was feeling around on my stomach and said that her head was down, so we don't have a butt head as Andy calls it (Andy's parents called him butt head jokingly because he was breach and the doctor said there's his head and it was his butt). The doctor was able to find the heart beat with no troubles, as she is getting bigger and can't swim away from the doppler anymore. Her heart was beating at 144 beats per minute. We also scheduled my next Ultrasound for March 24th so we can look at the placement of my placenta since it was low lying from the 20 week Ultrasound. She continues to be active with kicking, moving around and getting hiccups occasionally. I love being able to feel her moving around and Andy likes to push on her and make her change positions. We scheduled our child birthing class and breastfeeding class, both in April. We will start seeing the doctor every two weeks now instead of every 4 weeks.

We got the crib put together and the bedding put on. Andy is hoping to paint this weekend. I am having my first baby shower tomorrow in Lincoln with my friends from high school. I will have another one March 14th that my sister and aunt are having for me with family and friends. We are getting closer and closer each day and can't wait to meet our little girl.

Just an update on our growing pumpkin!

I had another appointment yesterday. She continues to grow and get more active. I am measuring at 24.5 weeks, so I am right on schedule. When the doctor was trying to listen to her heart beat with the doppler, she only let us listen for a few seconds before she kicked the probe. Her heart is beating at 140 beats per minute. The doctor said that from my ultrasound at 20 weeks, the placenta is sitting low, its not placenta previa (where the placenta is over the cervical opening), but she wants to do another ultrasound at 32 weeks to make sure. I will have another appointment in 4 weeks and do my glucose testing. I will then start to see the doctor every two weeks.

In the last few weeks, she has become very active. She likes to kick and do summersaults. She has also had the hiccups a few times. Andy has been able to feel her kicking on a daily basis now. The first time he felt her kick was about 2-3 weeks ago. It is pretty amazing being able to feel her moving around inside.