Full term Belly. 37 1/2 weeks... looking large!

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About You
Name?:	Danah
Age?:	29
Height?:	5'7
Pre-pregnancy weight?:	173
About The Father
Name?:	John
Age?:	28
Height?:	5'8"
Are you still together?:	Happily married 8 1/2 years
About Your Pregnancy
Is this your first pregnancy?:	No
When did you find out you were pregnant?:	April 30, 2007
Was it planned?:	Yes
What was your first reaction?:	Excitement
Who was with you when you found out?:	My son Dylan was with me.
Who was the first person you told?:	Husband
How did your parents react?:	Excited
How far along are you?:	38 weeks
What was your first symptom?:	missed period
What is your due date?:	January 1, 2008
Do you know the sex of the baby?:	Yes
If so, what is it?:	Boy
Have you picked out names?:	Yes
If so, what are they?:	Jayden Daniel
How much weight have you gained?:	31 pounds
Do you have stretch marks?:	Not on my belly, only on my thighs and butt..yuck
Have you felt the baby move?:	yes, I am due any day now:)
Have you heard the heartbeat?:	Yes
About the birth
Will you keep the baby?:	Yes
Home or hospital birth?:	Home
Natural or medicated birth?:	Natural
Who will be in the delivery room with you?:	Midwife, her helper, husband, mother, friend Loreli, and maybe my Son Dylan
Will you breastfeed?:	Yes
Do you think you'll need a c-section?:	No
Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?:	I might
What's the first thing you might say to him/her?:	Hi Baby Jayden. I love you so much.
Would you let someone videotape the birth?:	Yes
Are you excited about the birth, or scared?:	Excited.
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December 13, 2007 I am 37 1/2 weeks along now. Yeah. Jayden is full term and can come whenever he is ready. Hope you wait till after Christmas though. I think the extra time in will do you some good.. gain some weight, more practice breathing etc. Anyways, We have the nursery completed now. I very much love the nursery. It is much nicer than what I had with my first son... so I am excited to be giving Jayden lots of nice stuff. But stuff is not what it is all about. I am more excited to meet him. Until then I guess I will keep playing in his room and setting things up here and there for him. Fun! Fun!

Jayden's Crib

Changing table

Jayden's wardrobe!

Jayden's bassinet/playpen

Teddy bear boarder and room color.

Crib bumper and sheets

This blanket will be hung on the wall, probably behind the crib, or on the wall with the window. I have not decided yet.

3D ultrasound pictures I had framed for baby Jayden.

December 6, 2007

I have not been on here for quite sometime. I ended up with another page at a different site. So I am doing quite well at this point. I switched from a hospital birth to a homebirth with a midwife. I am now 36 weeks and 4days. My midwife checked me yesterday because I had been having contractions the week before. I am completely 100% efaced, but not dilated at all. I am fine with this because it is not quite time for the baby anyways. I need to make it to Monday for a home delivery, but I would like to make it to my January 1 due date if Jayden agrees:) I do not believe in being induced. Yes time drags on this last month, but I would rather have a healthy baby who is completely developed and ready to go than to try and speed him up. If there was a medical reason I could see doing it, but not because I just want him here now. So we will play the waiting game and allow him to come when he is ready just like we did with our first son who was 5 days past his due date. BTW the due date is just an Estimated Date of Delivery (EDD), it is not a guarentee that you will deliver on that date, just around that time. Less than 5% of babies are born on their due date and 80% are within the range of 2 weeks before or after. The stuff they give you for induction is crazy and will make contractions come on much stronger than they would if you go when the baby is ready and your are ready. Let nature take its course I promise you will not be pregnant forever. One day at a time.

August 20, 2007

I am now 21 weeks pregnant. Well, so far you are growing as you should be and everything is fine. I went last Monday, August 13 and they did the ultrasound. The ultrasound technition says you are 11 ounces which is perfect for your gestational age. I have gained some weight with you (10 pounds) but many people still do not know I am pregnant unless I have told them. I feel you move all the time. Just little pushes and boinks all around. I love the way it feels when you move and I still get so excited to feel you all the time. You were even moving when they were trying to do the ultrasound.

I do not know if you are a boy or a girl yet. Ashley from chruch went with me and she has all the gender revealing pictures at her house in a secret place. The Ultasound tech put the results on a piece of paper and in an envelope. We mailed it to daddy, so he will actually be the first to find out! I think that is really neat and a good way for him to feel a part of things even though he is still so far away. Daddy should get to come home in a month, so he will get to feel you moving soon.

Big brother Dylan loves to try and feel you move, but I am not sure he has really felt you yet. He says he has:) He likes that their is a baby in my tummy, but sometimes I think he may get a little jealous. We are going to have to be very careful to include him in everything we do and mommy will need some Dylan only time so he doesn't feel left out. We want you to be a positive for him. And Mommy only time for Dylan means Daddy only time for you, so everything can work out well for that.

Well, that is all for today. I have not been feeling sick anymore, and my appitite is back, so we are on the right track these days. Love, Mom

June 25, 2007

I am 13 weeks pregnant with my second child. Had one ultrasound done at 8 weeks to make sure my cervix was strong enough since my surgery last year. In January an ultrasound revealed it to be 1.7, however my 8 week ultrasound revealed it to be 3.8 which is totally within normal range. So I don't have to worry about preterm labor or anything.

Saw my obgyn last Monday, and I go back July 23 and will be 17 weeks then. I am going to CA to visit my mom for three weeks with my son who is 3 (4 on July 21).

Hubby is in Iraq until late September or Early October.

My son is very excited to be a big brother.