Thank Goodness For My Mom

I cannot tell you how much I appreciated having my mom visit for almost a week. It was great to visit with her and spend time chit-chatting and talking all things baby. Not only that, she took fabulous care of me! I’d come home from work to find dinner on the table, she’d massage my back, and do all sorts of things to help around the house. She was so cute, and said it was good practice for her to learn where everything belongs so she can be extra helpful when she comes back in July. I know I am going to need her extra support and mom knowledge after Baby Grover arrives. I’m so lucky that she’s coming back in just two short months.

Week 31

Only NINE weeks left!! Baby Grover is gaining weight faster than she is lengthening. She is going to run out of wiggle room in there pretty soon! It seems like she is constantly moving around. Baby Grover's iris color is developing now, although her true eye color won't be apparent until she is six or nine months old.

I have been getting so tired lately and it's getting more and more difficult to get around. It's kind of hard to get comfortable - whether it's sitting at my cubicle all day or trying to sleep at night. I'm a trooper though.

Tonight my mom gets into town AND we have our childbirth class.

Happy Mother's Day to Me!

On Saturday morning, Lane and I made a delicious breakfast together, as we normally do on the weekends. But when it was time to eat he told me I'd better hurry because I needed to go soon. I stopped for a minute confused, thinking I hadn't scheduled anything for us. Little did I know, that my clever and sweetheart of a husband made me an appointment for a pregnancy massage in honor of my first mother's day :) I came back feeling glorious!

I got my first mother's day card from Katie and an e-card from the SB Grovers, and lots of sweet wishes from other friends and family.

Happy Belated Mother's Day to all you mamacitas out there.

Less Than 10 Weeks Left!

Apparently the arrival of week 30 came with an added super bonus. Uncomfy nights that involve waking multiple times and trying (mostly unsuccessfully) to get comfortable and back to sleep.

My feet still look a little swollen, but probably only to me. They just aren't all boney looking anymore, so they basically look like a normal person's feet.

Baby Grover has been hiccuping lately. She is also hosting daily dance parties, because my stomach moves around like crazy!! And when people ask me when I'm due and I tell them I have a little more than 2 months to go, they are really surprised. I think they assume I'm due any day. I don't blame them. I don't really understand how I can continue to grow for that much longer.

I've been having tidbits of baby dreams - rocking a baby, and cleaning up spit up. ;)

Week 30

In the last six weeks, Baby Grover has nearly doubled in height to about 16 or 17 inches. She should only gain a few more inches before her grand entrance. Her eyebrows and eyelashes are fully formed, and any hair she has on her head (I'm guessing there's quite a bit) is white because it doesn't have any pigment to it yet.

I'm getting bigger and bigger every day. I'm starting to get a little achy right under my ribs.

Our class started last night officially. I think we have a nice group of people. When class first started I think I was actually a little nervous. I don't know if it was because I was in a room full of people I didn't know or if it was because the immediacy of this whole parenting thing became real. There's a doula/massage therapist in our class that I have my eyes on. The further along we get, the more interested we are in the possibility of hiring a doula.

We saw the coolest video at our class. A brand newborn baby was placed on its momma's stomach right after birth. We watched the baby scoot up the momma's tummy, find her breast (all on its own), and start to nurse. It was unbelievable and totally precious.

Maternity Tour

We made it to the hospital in time for the tour on Sunday. It was a close one though - Saturday night Sean reminded us that because of road closures for a cycling race, we'd be unable to drive our car out of the parking garage. So we found out how to take the metro and the bus and made it there with perfect timing.

We were pleased with the delivery area, although the recovery rooms seem kind of tiny. I can see why people are so anxious to get home. Here's a link to the area so you can see for yourself: http://sibley.org/services/s_noc.tmpl

The best part wasn't even an official part of the tour. We ran into a Labor & Delivery nurse who was available to answer lots of our questions. It was very reassuring to hear how she would handle things.

It was also kind of surreal to actually be in the hospital with these new moms and dads and itty bitty infants, thinking that will be us in 10 weeks!!! WOW!

We pre-registered at the hospital while we were there so it should be much easier when we arrive for the real deal.

Thank you, Nana & Papa!

My mom and dad got us this lovely dresser for Baby Grover. Lane did a good job putting it all together on Saturday afternoon. We love it and can't wait to fill it all up with cutsie outfits for our little girl!