30 & 30

Today marks two milestones. Day 30 in the hospital for me, and, the 30 week mark of my pregnancy. I have been enjoying the fact that I can wear my own clothes. Sean is doing a great job of keeping me stocked up with clean clothes (like he doesn’t have enough to do between his visits and travels to and from the hospital). I forgot to mention last week that I finished all the granny squares for baby blanket number one. My mom continues working on putting them together, while I started a second baby blanket. If I am going to be here for the 60 more days that everyone is wishing for, I might just have to go into business making afghans.

The baby is making great progress as well. I had an ultrasound on Tuesday to check in on her and her growth. They say she weighs about 3-1/2 pounds now. I myself have gained 1 more pound since last week…which is ideal. The doctors like to see a gain of 1 pound per week…so looks like I can continue eating my sweets!

29 Weeks and Still Counting!

I made it yet another week. 29 weeks as of yesterday. Still feeling pretty great. I even earned two additional privileges…I can wear my own clothes (if I choose…and I DO choose) and I can go outside in a wheel chair. I still have yet to do the latter. I have been waiting for some day-time company on a nice day. But yesterday, out of curiosity, I asked the nurse how much time I am allowed to spend outside…and she said 15 minutes LOL. I thought to myself…is it really worth it? All that hassle for 15 minutes? I think I will just sit (I mean LAY) here as I have been doing…to be safe…and maybe that will buy me a few more weeks.

They say I will have another ultrasound next week to measure the baby’s growth. Speaking of growth…they brought a scale into my room the other day for weekly weigh-ins. I had not been weighed for 4 weeks and was very scared to step on it. I couldn’t imagine how many pounds I might have gained just laying in bed for 3 weeks. I was quite relieved after though, to know I only gained 3 pounds in 4 weeks. I guess that gives me justification to eat more sweets. My grandmother made me some of her famous chocolate chip cookies last weekend, which my Aunt Pam drove 3 hours to deliver to me. And Ashley and her mom spent an evening making whoopie pies and cookies! Did I mention chocolate chip cookies and whoopie pies are my weakness? LOVE them! THANK YOU!!