Ultrasound at 19 weeks

A profile of her (at 19 weeks) along with her foot (in the upper middle of the picture).

26 Weeks

We are 26 weeks plus one day today. Babycenter.com says she now weighs about a pound and two thirds and measures 14 inches from head to heel. I was in the hospital on bedrest with Aaliyah by next week at 27 weeks and delivered her a week later at 28 weeks. I am hoping Addelyn wants to stay in a few weeks longer :)

I had a bit of a rough weekend. I worked Friday night- which doesn't help things- but have had quite a bit more pitting edema (all the way up the my knees). Although it was such a beautiful weekend, I spent most of it indoors on the couch relaxing with my legs up. It was nice to have the windows open. Hooray for this warm weather. I can't wait for the parents pool to be open!

The relaxation must have worked over the weekend, because my legs look 100 times better. I went in for a Dr. appt again today. He says everything looks good- no protein in the urine and my blood pressures continue to look good. He would like me to continue monitoring my pressures when I'm at work and to call him with any changes. I also had the glucose screening done today to check for gestational diabetes. We should have the results back in a couple of days. I will have a follow up ultrasound/ Dr. appt on May 13.

Aaliyah has been home sick with Strep the past few days. She appears to be feeling much better today than she acted on Sunday and Monday. I have been doing everything I can to keep from getting it too.

Easter 2009

A few Easter pics of Aaliyah...

The Nursery

The beginning of Addelyn's room. HUGE, HUGE thanks to my mom and dad for painting for us. We would have had a mess!

25 Weeks!!

We are 25 weeks and 1 day today (not that we are counting) :) Babycenter.com says she is now 13 1/2 inches long and weighs about a pound and a half (pretty crazy considering Aaliyah was only 13 1/4 inches long and 2 lbs even at birth. I will finally add belly pics for those of you that have been asking. I tried to take ones of the better half of my belly with no Lovenox bruising!

Things have been going good for the most part. Our Dr. has been seeing us every 2 weeks now b/c I am considered "high risk". I have been having pitting edema throughout my legs, but no other symptoms of pre eclampsia at this time. My blood pressures still look good. We will have a repeat ultrasound at 28 weeks both to see if my placenta has migrated (since I was a complete previa) and to make sure the baby is still growing- the fertility Dr. said that at some point the antibodies that my body creates that has been fighting off all of my pregnancies in the past, will take over causing the placenta and the baby to stop growing.

Work has FINALLY slowed down and I even managed to get called off 8 hours last week! Hooray for no sick babies!! These three 12 hour night shifts have been killing me!

Aaliyah has been super helpful lately from helping me fix dinners to helping put baby stuff together. She is super excited for her baby sister to get here. I am so fortunate to have her help around here.

Poor John has been getting the bulk of my moodiness. I hold it all in and "let loose" on him. I think he has done very well with ignoring my moods and outbreaks (while trying to be supportive at the same time) and then we all laugh about them later. I think a vacation away from me would do him some good right now...

We have thought of a name for our little one - Addelyn Grace. Not too sure on the spelling yet, but wanted to let everyone in on the name.