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Will's Baby Quilt

My mom sent me pictures via her cell phone of Will's quilt that will match the bedding. It is adorable! I am always so amazed at my mother's seamstress abilities (especially since I have trouble even sewing on a button!)

Here are the pictures:



Only 11 weeks to go!!!

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OB visit

Saw the actual OB that will be delivering Will this week. If you've read my last post, you'll know that the nurse practitioner praised me on my weight gain so far, despite the amount that I gained over 1 month. Well, this visit was completely different...

I have now gained 24 lbs and have a little over 12 weeks to go. My OB says, " You're gaining weight a little too fast. You like your carbs???" Now, I have to agree that I have gained 14 of my 24 lbs in the last 2 months. Oops! But you have to keep in mind that I was in the 2nd trimester, feeling good, enjoying food again, and those 2 months just happened to fall during the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays. And I have decided that Will and Mommy both share a love for sweets :)

I'm not going to worry too much about my weight so far, but I'm going to try to limit my weight gain to around 10 more lbs over these last weeks (but if I gain more, I won't be upset.) So, I've begun eating more fruits, vegetables and protein and a little less sugar.

Other info from the visit:

• Passed the glucose tolerance test with flying colors (thank goodness!)
• Baby Will's heartrate: 160 bpm and going strong
• BP: 120/62
• My blood work showed that my hematocrit was 3.5 points below the normal range, which probably means that my iron is a little low. Nurse practitioner wanted me to take iron pills, but I was able to convince my OB that it wasn't really necessary. Not to be TMI, but my digestive system has been sooooo regular this entire time that I didn't want to start messing with it by taking iron supplements in my 3rd trimester.

I have one more 4 week appointment next month and then it's every 2 weeks! Alan and I have done NOTHING in Will's room, but my wonderfully talented mom has begun sewing on his baby bedding. I hope this weekend we'll be moving all of the furniture out of the office to the guest bedroom and begin work on the baby's room. At least we don't have to paint the walls! We are leaving them brown and going with brown/blue/beige colors in the bedding.

I'll close with a picture of the horse applique that will be sporadically placed in Will's bedding. The fabric is a polka dot that will be used in Will's quilt and bumper pad. I'm also using a stripe pattern fabric in the bedding along with a solid beige fabric.

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No pictures in this post, sorry. I went for a check-up yesterday on Baby Will. His heart rate is 164 bpm and very strong. I was a little nervous about what the scale would show since I didn't hold back this year at Thanksgiving (I gained 3 lbs during that week alone!) I couldn't quite remember my weight at the last check-up, but I'm pretty sure that I gained 7 or 8 lbs in 1 month!

When the nurse practitioner came in to talk with me she kept saying over and over how great my weight gain was going. I was a little confused and said, "but i gained almost 8 lbs this last month, with 3 lbs of it in 1 week." This is what her response was:

"Don't worry about it at all. I saw a patient the day before Thanksgiving and then on the following Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Her weight gain in that short period of time was 18 lbs. So, you are doing well."

Needless to say, that made me feel better...

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