Practicing for the REAL DEAL on Wednesday!!!

Since DJ will be ONE on wednesday i thought we would start the practice cupcakes... lol he was so funny with it! at first he didnt know what it was but once that frosting hit his lips it was all over!!! i cant believe he will be one in 3 days.. my little boy will be a TODDLER!!!

here are a few pics!

34 WEEKS PREGNANT!!!

i cant believe it!!! we are going to see reagan soon!!

i feel like she will want to make her appearence on 4th of july... i keep having dreams that we have to stop the fireworks to go to the hospital and have her... LMAO!!!

so we might have an "independent baby" lol

Family Reunion in Winters...

We went to a family reunion yesterday, and it has been atleast 9+ years since we last went. the last time we went to winters for a reunion was before my grandparents passed away and they passed in 99' and 00'. So everyone was surprised to see that i was married and have kid(s). Everyone couldnt get over how much dj looked like my grandpa and our cousin glenn. My dad was saying that all of the kids i played with when we would go, they all are married and have kids of there own too! it was really neat to see everyone after such a long time away. here are some pics of dj at the reunion... he played for 4 hours!!!

DJ WANTING TO GO PLAY IN THE BIG PARK!!!


CLIMBING INTO THE SAND!!!


SWINGING!! HE DID NOT WANT TO STOP!


THE INFAMOUS RAIN GUTTER BANANA SPLIT!!!!!




DJ AND PAPA!!! (I LOVE HIS FACIAL EXPRESSION)


HE WAS WAY TIRED!!!

Another Fun Adventure to L&D... 11am-4pm

So for the past few days i have had contractions and braxton hicks and this morning they started to come 5-7 minutes apart and i had 7 within the hour. so i call my dr and they tell me to go to L&D, so i call dave at work and tell him that i have to go to the hospital. I tried to call my sister to watch dj so dave didnt have to take any time off but she was in class. so dave picks me up and were off to the hospital. So when i get there some of the nurses remembered me from 3 weeks ago and they wisk me to a room. we get hooked up to the monitors and the contractions started to come every 3 minutes then die down to every 5 minutes then go back to 3. They were trying to get ahold of my doctor to see what he wants the nurses to do but he had left early for the day and he was in Pebble Beach golfing... LMAO! so i get one of the on call nurses.

After being there for 2 hours they give me the Fetal Fibronectin swab to see if i will be delivering within the next two weeks so 2 hours later we get the results and they are negative, which is great! while we were waiting they checked me and i am still at 2cm and thick. So the contractions start to subside and they say that i get to go home!!! The bad news is that i have to go back on Bedrest ;(

DJ Didnt want to get down, he wanted to lay in the bed with me :)







INFO ON THE FFN TEST....
Fetal fibronectin (fFN) is a protein produced by fetal cells and a type of fibronectin. fFN is found at the interface of the chorion and the decidua (between the fetal sack and the uterine lining).
It can be thought of as an adhesive or "biological glue" that binds the fetal sack to the uterine lining. Fetal fibronectin "leaks" into the vagina if a preterm delivery is likely to occur and can be measured in a diagnostic test.[1]
It is an excellent biological marker of premature (preterm) delivery; a delivery before 37 weeks of gestation.
When the fFN test is considered positive, delivery is likely to occur soon. When the fFN test is negative, it means that there is little if any danger of preterm labour for 7-10 days. The test is easily performed. A specimen is collected from the patient using a vaginal swab. The swab is placed in a transport tube and sent to the lab for testing. The lab can easily produce a test result in less than one hour.
A systematic review of the medical literature found that fetal fibronectin is a good predictor of spontaneous preterm birth before cervical dilation.[2] The test may be run on patients between 22 and 35 weeks gestation.
A negative fetal fibronectin test gives a more than 95% likelihood of remaining undelivered for the next 2 weeks. On the other hand, a positive fetal fibronectin test indicates a higher risk of preterm delivery (61% of delivery before 34 weeks)[3]. So, the fetal fibronectin test can't tell you for sure that you are in labor, but it can tell you that you're not.

33 week dr. appt

So dr appt went well today.. gained 4lbs in 1 month. i go every 2 weeks till 37 weeks then i go weekly. dr checked baby and she is measuring great. he is worried that i will have another BIG baby, so we are keeping an eye on that. if baby gets big then he will induce me before i hit 40 weeks. I told him that i dont want a c-section cause it will be really hard with a 13 month old and a newborn, and i wouldnt be able to pick either one of them up.

She is a healthy 4lbs 10oz and im still 2 cm and im off bed rest but dr said NO SEX and MINIMAL WALKING. so if she is not here by 38 weeks SEX IS ON!!! only cause it will induce labor LMAO!

My next appt is on 6/24 (mine and daves 2 years anniversary)