32 Weeks and Doctor Update!!!

Here we are another week closer to Brayden's arrival!! Time continues to fly by. It's true. They say that they older you get the faster time passes you by. Sorry this updates is so late. This is really the first time that I have had to sit down and write it.

I am still feeling really good. Still having the back and hip pain and the wonderful "sensations" but that is all to be expected. Brayden still continues to move all over the place.

Nick and I had our first baby shower on Saturday in Illinois. We had a great time and a great turnout. Nick and I want to send out huge THANK YOU'S to Barb and Lacey for throwing us such a wonderful shower. And THANK YOU to all those who came and for all the wonderful gifts. We greatly appreciate it.

Here are a few photos from our baby shower last weekend!

Notice the cake! "Welcome Hunter" They all love the name Hunter, so I am sure I will have to put up a fight because they will want to call him Hunter and everyone else will call him Brayden. :)

The next day we went to Patti's to eat dinner for our second wedding anniversary. It was YUMMY! It is so hard to believe that Nick and I have been married for 2 years now and we are expecting our first little one! It has been a wonderful two years!! I am so blessed. Nick is such a wonderful husband and I could not ask for a better person to spend my lift with. Brayden and I are so lucky to have him in our lives. I am so thankful for everything God has blessed me with. Sometimes I wonder why I deserve all of this.

On Sunday, before we went to dinner Nick took my photos for the week. Here are my 32 week photos:

I have been thankful not to receive any of those lovely stretch marks so far....let's hope we can hold out just a few more weeks!! :)

On Tuesday, which happened to be our 2nd anniversary, we had our ultrasound to find out how big our little guy is. We got to see him and he was not wanting to corporate. :) We found out he is in the breech position, which Dr. Cave was not worried about it at this time. She said that if he does not move in the next couple of weeks, she will probably do another ultrasound to see what position he is in and if he is still breech at that time we will start discussing whether to try and turn him or to schedule a c-section. Let's pray that he turns! During the entire ultrasound, Brayden was folded up. He had his legs pulled up in front of his face and his little hands were holding his legs up. How cute! He did not look comfortable at all. He was literally shaped in a U.

The tech was trying to make him move at one point and you could see him making faces. I think he was starting to get mad. :)

She told us that everything looked good and the fluid around him looked good as well. His heartbeat was good and strong at 138bmp. She was also able to tell us that Brayden weighs 4lbs and 8 oz. right now.

Here are some photo's of our precious baby boy!!

Notice in the two pictures above that he has his legs in front of his face. That cannot be comfortable! :)

In the next photo you can see Brayden's profile, his leg, foot and his little arm and hands hold his legs up. Let's hope that he decides to unfold and turn into position.
We cannot wait to meet you Brayden!!!

After our ultrasound we went to see the doctor. Everything looked great. My blood pressure was good. It was 110/60 and I was measuring right where I am suppose to be. We also asked about the baby's weight and she said that everything is great and that he is in the 60th percentile. Looks like Brayden is pretty healthy! :)

I go back to see her in two weeks and then after the next visit I have to go in for a non-stress test every visit along with my regular OB appointment until Brayden arrives. She said they do a non-stress test for people with gestational diabetes and they will hook me up to a monitor and monitor his fetal movement and any contractions that I might be having.

It is so hard to believe that in less than 7 weeks Brayden could be here. This pregnancy has went by so fast. We are almost finished with Braydens room and now I need to wash some of his clothes so that they are ready for him when he arrives. We have another baby shower next weekend at my moms house and we are so excited about that. Then I have another small shower with the girls at work the next week. So after that, I will be able to finish Braydens room and get everything in place for his arrival.

Well, I guess that is all for now. Hope you all have a great weekend!!

Love you all,

Nick, Amy and Brayden