25-4-2009 - 30 Weeks

My mood while writing this blog: Ok

30 weeks TODAY!!! Only 10 weeks to go? if she decides to go to full term!!! I swear she?ll kick her way out before then though. She?s an active little one! It?s been months since I?ve updated this site? So I?ll try to catch everyone up on all of our baby info!

As many of you know? we?re expecting a little Girl! We hadn?t planned on finding out the gender? but we had a little scare after our 1^st ultrasound over in STL. The tech thought she saw a bright spot on the baby?s bladder? but the doctor came in and said he couldn?t guarantee 100% but that our baby looked extremely healthy. He believed the tech had just caught a light on the ultrasound. They also realized I had Placenta Previa? which meant my placenta was blocking my cervix opening. The tech explained that if the placenta didn?t replant itself higher within 8 weeks, I would have to have a C-section. This was a major disappointment. I had this appointment on a Thursday?. Well the following Monday when I got to work, I had a message from my OB doctor office that I needed to give them a call regarding my test results. When I called them, they told me they would need to be running some heart tests (and the down syndrome test) on the baby because the notes from the STL doctor said they had seen possible spots on the baby?s heart and bowel. I immediately got upset because this STL doc had made it look like everything was going to be okay with our baby. He hadn?t even mentioned anything about the heart. Of course there were tears! I wasn?t worried about the downs because I knew me and Vic could get passed that? but the thought of possible holes in the baby?s heart scared me. The not knowing really made it hard. I had to have blood tests done to see if the doctors could see any complications with the heart. The first round of tests I had was a joke though. The nurses in the office tested me for the wrong thing? Chickenpox. So when I called to get the results, they told me everything looked great? that I tested negative for the virus. After getting off the phone, and talking to my mom? We realized something wasn?t right with this? What virus? So come to find out they ran the wrong test and I was going to have to wait another week to get results from new blood tests. Talk about hard! Finally? we got the good news? the baby didn?t test positive for the heart complications! It was such a big relief. We decided after we?d heard there may be possible problems with the heart, that we wanted to know if we were having a boy or girl. So I called and had the STL tech send the results in the mail. We kept the results sealed up and decided to have the family over for a Baby BBQ and open the envelope up with everyone there. Mom put together a cute set up? Everything was decorated in blue and pink? with baby pacifiers around all the napkins. Baby balloons hung around the tables too. It was so cute? We decided daddy would open the results? and when he opened the envelope? the clapping and cheering started when he pulled out the ultrasound that said ?It?s a GIRL?!!! We would have been happy with a boy or girl? just as long as he or she was healthy! The name we picked is Aleigha Grace! I have always loved the name Aleigha? and luckily daddy liked the name too!

We had our 2^nd ultrasound on May 21^st. Everything looked good with the baby? She was more stubborn this time though? She kept her hands in front of her face and didn?t want to curl out of the little ball she put herself in! We got a couple ultrasounds? but none were as good as the first ones! At first the tech thought my placenta was still covering my cervix but as she was checking on the baby? She saw me have a contraction on the monitor so she decided to check the placenta again. And miraculously? the placenta was completely 100% out of the way! The best news!!! So as of what it looks like right now? I can still deliver her naturally!

We recently started renting an apartment. On June 12^th, we had gone over to unpack some of our boxes? The family had all gone to pitch in and help? When we got there, I was in for the surprise though! ? I walked in to look at where the boys had put my rocker in the baby?s room? When I flipped on the light, I stepped back.. not believing what I saw! The room was decorated with the whole bedding set?. The bed, the changing table? and all the bedding! My parents had surprised me and bought the whole set for us. Of course being the big pregnant baby? haha? I started crying. I really wasn?t expecting any of that! Her room was no longer empty? It looked like a nursery!!! Me & Vic can?t thank them enough for what they did for us. Needless to say, Aleigha?s nursery is my favorite room in the whole place!!!

These past 7 months have been amazing? Time really has flown by quickly. Feeling her kicks is so indescribable. Every day they seem to become stronger and more frequent. She always gives me butterflies when she gets going with them! I wouldn?t trade feeling her inside me for the world. It?s amazing knowing there?s that little life growing inside me. You know that song ?I knew I loved you before I met you?? you don?t even begin to understand how true it is until you carry your little one inside of you for months! It?s cute because all I have to do is be resting my arm or purse on my belly and she?ll start her little kicks? I think she wants to remind me she?s in there!!! It?s kind of a nightly routine? I lay down? and we all see her kicking her little feet or hands up thru my belly or we?ll see her rolling from side to side. The nighttime is her favorite time to come out and play? I lose some sleep with that but I wouldn?t trade it for the world. I still have 10 weeks left but at the same time? I?m already starting to miss knowing after that, I won?t be feeling all her little movements and kicks inside of me!

Tomorrow night we have an ultra sound scheduled. It?s almost like a ultrasound party? We were able to invite about 20 people? and the tech will have a big screen up behind me on the table? Allowing everyone to see the ultrasound? It?s not just a regular ultrasound though? It?s also the 4D UltraSound! We?re so excited? Hopefully she?ll cooperate? I can?t wait to see what her face looks like! I?ll make sure I post pictures to share the experience with everyone on here as soon as possible!

We are all very excited to meet Miss Aleigha Grace Fazio!!! It?s amazing how much you can fall in love with someone you?ve yet to even meet! She?s got such an amazing family anxiously awaiting her arrival! I keep trying to picture what?ll be like when we first meet her? I think it?s impossible though! The next 10 weeks or so will be quite busy, preparing for her arrival! The day I?m able to hold her in my arms? just can?t seem to come soon enough though!!!