31-8-2009 - Bedrest/Baby Shower

My mood while writing this blog: Relieved

Hello my lovely pregnant lady friends! Hope everyone is doing good. Well, I had another appt today with my OB and Im still dilated to a 1!!! Im 50-60% effaced but she seems very hopeful that I will make it to my due date. I have been on modified bedrest for 3 weeks now and basically no changes. Plus this last week I actually did ALOT. I had a photoshoot on Wed. at my house, my DH mom came into town and we all went to dinner a few times and my baby shower was on Sunday! I was nervous I had done too much but nothing had changed so Im soooooo feeling relieved. Ill be 33 weeks on Wednesday and I cant believe the time is flying by. The contractions have really slowed down but Im still taking medication for them. I guess whatever Im doing is working because my LO is still in place. Its weird because she is head down and is at a station -2 right now but I look like I am still carrying really high. I can feel her move around really low but its been like that for weeks. Plus she is still kicking my ribs. Maybe she just doesnt have a lot of space because my torso is so short. Are any of you ladies feeling the baby really low? Like pubic area. I can actually cup her head in my hand (my OB showed me how to feel it) its the coolest thing. I do have a lot of pelvic pain but I have been battling that since I was 16 weeks along. Has anyone else been told a station the baby was at? I guess they really dont start checking the cervix until 35-36 weeks but I wasnt sure.

On another note I had my baby shower yesterday and it was great :) Lots of family and friends and just about everyone showed. We invited 50 and over 40 came. The shower basically was my friends and my moms side of the family. My hubbys mom came out and she was it from his side and my dads side of the family is very small and not close at all. We got a lot of things we registered for and only one duplicate item that we will have to return. I had 5 hostesses and they all went in on our travel system stroller and a few other things so that was very nice. We also had a diaper raffle and we got A TON of diapers. All different brands and sizes so I guess we can try them out and see which ones we like the best. We are super blessed. Ill post some pics here shortly. Hope everyone is having a great Monday and feeling well