35 Weeks!!!

Wow time keeps flying by and before you know it Brayden will be here!! :) It is so hard to believe that I am finishing up my 35th week of pregnancy and I will be 36 weeks on Saturday! I am actually posting a little early this week. I have been at home the past two days per doctors orders taking it easy. On Saturday I started having really strong Braxton Hicks contractions. They were pretty regular. I just took a nice warm shower and drank LOTS of water and laid down. They finally eased up. On Sunday, I had a few contractions but nothing like Saturday night. On Tuesday morning I woke up in pain. I had a lot of cramping and lower back pain and it lasted all day long. I called the doctor to let them know what was going on and they had me do a urinalysis and it came back ok. So they had me go to triage at the hospital. They monitored the baby and my contractions and had me do another urinalysis. The baby was doing fine. The nurse came in at one point and wanted me to drink a little bit of a coke because she said he was not as active as she would like. Well she no more walked out of the room and I drank a couple of sips of the coke and he started bouncing around. He was just fine.

The nurse checked me and I was dilated 1cm. The doctor said that she wanted me to take it easy the next couple of days and go back to work on Friday. She did not want to risk going into pre-term labor or anything like that. The nurse also mentioned that I might be trying to develop a kidney stone! YIKES! Lets hope not!! So I have been drinking lots of water and relaxing the past two days but I have still been cramping some and still having contractions but nothing regular. I go back to see Dr. Cave on Wednesday and she will check me again. I have to have lab work done, another ultrasound and a non stress test as well. I am excited to see our baby boy again to see if he has turned. Maybe, just maybe that is what has caused some of the cramping!! :) I really do not think that he has turned so we will see what she says about it. The nurse that checked me the other night tried to feel to see if she could tell if he was head down or butt down and she could not tell. So we will have to wait until Wednesday to find out for sure.

Other than the cramping and the contractions, I still have been feeling really good and Brayden still moves around like crazy. His movements have slowed down some but that is to be expected. I have been blessed to have had such a great pregnancy so far and I continue to pray that everything will continue to go well through the delivery.

Anyway, here are my 35 weeks photos:

I have also been very thankful to not have any stretch marks so far!! YAY! :)

I have about 30 days till Brayden's due date! I think he will be here before then. We will see. I do have my bag packed and Brayden's bag is packed. Nick is going to pack a bag sometime this weekend. (Just in case)

Well I guess that is all for this week. Sorry I have not been able to get the pictures developed from the shower at work, but I hope to be able to get those developed soon so I can post those as well. Be sure to check back the middle of next week for my 36 week photos and a doctor update!! Hope everyone stays warm with this chilly weather we are having!! Have a great weekend!!

Love you all,

Nick, Amy and Brayden