A Wisconsin woman gave birth to a baby that weighed almost 14 pounds this week. OUCH! She had a c-section, but that is a lot of baby! The baby doesn't even fit in newborn diapers or clothes and is already wearing size 3-6 months. ' I hope I have this baby before she gets that big! Look at the link to see the photo of one giant infant. http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/news/4660578/detail.html?subid=22100414&qs=1;bp=t

Tonight Jay was working and I was BORED. I decided I would install the base and car seat in our car. It has the latch system, so I really had to follow the directions closely. It was harder than I thought, but mostly because it is really hard to crawl around the back seat when you have a belly the size of Montana. It took me a long time, because I was triple checking EVERYTHING. After almost an hour, I was sweating to death, but it was IN. It's in there so tight, so I hope I did it right!...

Friday night I was in Labor and Delivery. My contractions were 4 minute apart, and was having bloody show. (sorry if TMI) So I called my Dr. and they said to go in. They hooked me up to the moniters, and checked to see if I was leaking amniotic fluid. (I wasn't). But I had dialated 2 more cm since being seen in the clinic, and my contractions were regular and strong so they thought I was in Labor. After an hour and a half and I hadn't dialated any further, they wanted me to walk around the...

I had my check up today. Baby is down really low, and very effaced. My cervix is very soft and starting to dialate! YAY! She said maybe in the next week, but she doesn't see me going past 2 weeks. Thank goodness. I had gained more weight and the baby is estimated to be about 7 1/2 pounds right now. (the margin of error in their estimates is a pound either way.) She said I have a pretty decent sized baby, who seems to be growing very well. She thinks if I can get a lot of good strong co...

I think I should either stop answering the phone or change the message on our voice mail to go somthing like this.... "You have reached the Andersons, No Joey has not had the baby yet, and no we don't know when, If you are calling for any other reason please leave a message." You would think between 2 weeks of pre term labor, a full moon, a ton of walking, I would start laboring, but No. I think she will be staying in forever.

I had to run to Target to pick up a few things I still needed to put in my hospital bag. When I came back home I found all the plactic/rubber parts of my brand new pump strewn across the kitchen and dining room. All chewed up and ruined. So basically $60.00 out the window. The damn cat stole it out of the bag it was in waiting to be sterilized. I am furious. It is not like I have a lot of extra money laying around since I had to start my maternity leave 3 weeks early. Now I have to buy a ne...

After 3 trips to L&D, Two shots to stop my labor, a few days of bedrest and not being allowed to work, my baby is finally full term. 37 weeks and 1 day. And I have NO signs of labor now. Go figure. My contractions are irregular and my cervix is closed. Baby has been in position for a few weeks now, but is apparently comfy staying put. Grrrr... I really want to meet this little one, and was hoping I would be in labor by now. Instead my doctor thinks it will be at least a week, and I am a bi...

This afternoon I received my first professional massage. My little sister gave me a gift certificate for an hour long pre-natal massage for my birthday. Wow... I think that I died and went to heaven. I have never been more relaxed in my life.

This weekend was very busy. Saturday was my birthday and 2 graduation parties and Sunday (today) my aunt threw me a baby shower. On my birthday I got some really great and thoughtful gifts. My sister even got my an hour long prenatal massage!!!! I go to it on Tuesday, and am soooooo excited. Jaysen got me a beautiful silver engraved frame for the first picture of me and my daughter together. I also got a great subscribtion to Family Fun, and a gravity lounger for my deck! SOoooooo Comfy! I...

MY BIRTHDAY!!!!! June 11th.... I graced the world with my presence! tee-hee-hee I will be 23. I never thought at 23 I would be married to a wonderful guy and have a new baby on the way., But here I am and couldn't be more pleased!

I had my ultrasound this afternoon to see how baby is measuring. And I got the good news I am a week ahead. YAY! So my new due date is July 7th. So I am 36 weeks pregnant. In one more week the baby will be considered full term!!! Our little girl weighs about 5 1/2 pounds now, and is head down and ready to be born. From the ultrasound it looks like she has some hair too. I am soo excited to meet her. I have a dr. appt tomorrow, so I may get even more news then!

I hope one of you Joeusers can help me. It is HOT HOT HOT out, and humid. And my a/c is either not working right or I don't know how to start it correctly. I set it on the thermostat, air is coming out of the floor vents in the house, but it isn't cold air. I hve the therostat set to 62, and it is 85 degrees in here. How do I get it to blow out COLD air?

Well I spent a few more hours in L&D the next day, but all is good. I had a dr appt. the next day, and it went well. This dr. scheduled an ultrasound next week to check on size and development, so I am super excited to get another chance to see my little girl before she is born. I am not working anymore, I had to start my maternity leave a few weeks early. (Dr.'s orders, not that I really mind) I have my ultrasound next Thursday, I will try and post some ultrasound photos if possibl...

I wrote an article earlier about being out of room, so if I can get these to load, I will have a visual for y'all!

I am a little over 32 weeks now into my pregnancy and I am out of room I think. She is sooooo long she has to wrap around me, I just hope she moves into position so that she doesn't get stuck sideways! She has always moved a lot, and even though there isn't room left it seems to inspire her to try harder. I get an elbow, knee or hard kick to the ribs several time an hour, and usually once a day she burrows down to put enough pressure on my kindeys that I scream in pain. He movements are ge...