Halloween

Everyone keeps asking me what I'm going to be for Halloween. Apparently it is great fun for other people to see a pregnant lady dressed up as something creative. I'm doubtful that I'll be dressing up as anything, but I'd love to hear suggestions.

So far the one that I've found the most amusing was to dress up as Bristol Palin. Of course other than looking about 10 years younger, there wouldn't be too much that I'd have to do. :) Someone told me that Aaron could dress up as a hockey player and go around saying "I don't want kids," and "I'm an f-ing redneck." And we could go as her and her baby's daddy. Haha!

32 Week Appointment

I'm 32.5 weeks along and today was our next appointment. As it has been for all of our other visits, everything looks great. My BP was great and weight gain is apparently fine (the doctor says it is fine; I don't think it is fine!). The baby is measuring at 31 weeks and I'm at 32.5 weeks, but the doctor didn't seem concerned that she's measuring a little small. I really feel like my stomach is getting big, so I was surprised that I was measuring a little behind. Her heart rate was between 140 and 145 bpm and the doctor was able to feel her head and could tell that she's facing head-down. I feel kicks all over the place and can feel her flipping all around, but he said that most likely her head is staying stationary and the rest of her body might be moving around and that's why I'm feeling movements all over. Right now as I'm writing this, I can feel her little hands pushing on my lower stomach! She still likes to be ornery when people try to feel her move. Aaron can attest that when she starts moving, she will go crazy and you can see my whole stomach move like a wave, but as soon as someone besides me (and sometimes him) put their hand on my belly to feel her, she stops moving. Given that Aaron is her father, I seriously doubt she's shy, so I'm thinking we have an ornery one on our hands. :)

We are now going to be visiting the doctor every 2 weeks, so our next appointment is on October 13th. We had a heck of time getting an appointment scheduled. I think that the lady making the appointment was new. She couldn't find a time that we could see our doctor, so suggested we meet with the nurse practitioner. I honestly don't think she looked very hard for appointments, but we don't mind seeing the NP, so it wasn't a big deal. Once we were in agreement about who we were going to see, she went to schedule the appointment and made it on the wrong day. Luckily though the time worked for us and it was 3 days sooner, so it all worked out.

Even though I have an awesome maternity plan through my insurance (a $20 copay for our first visit, then no other payments for anything), I have managed to run into trouble with our insurance company. They will only cover 1 "non-medically necessary" ultrasound per calendar year. We had one early on to determine the due date and another at 20 weeks to check the baby for health issues (and of course for us to find out the gender). Both were things that the doctor wanted us to do, but insurance is only covering one of them. At our last appointment I asked the doctor if he felt both were medically necessary and he said "definitely - we weren't just sneaking in there for a photo op." So, I called the hospital billing and the insurance and was told that it isn't medically necessary. Yes, it makes so much sense that the doctor, who went to medical school and all, says they were medically necessary, but the insurance company says they aren't. So, at the great advice of my mom, I mentioned to the doctor that the insurance company said that they weren't medically necessary. That fired him up (which is exactly what she said it would do) and he said he'll write them a letter and hopefully it will straighten things out. Wish us luck! The good thing about it all is that the fee isn't the much and we were able to save a lot compared to most insurance plans, even with the fee.

Awesome Shower!

Yesterday's shower that Kim and Heather hosted was so much fun! They put a lot of thought into it and it showed! We had a great time and Little Miss Cain got so many awesome gifts!

My friends decorated onesies for the baby. They turned out so cute! Here are few of them.

Anxiously Awaiting!

Today is my first shower. My good friends Kim and Heather are hosting it. They came by last night to get things ready and it sounds like it is going to be a lot of fun! Here's a picture of them making the cute treats that they'll be serving.

Running Out of Room

The past few days I can really tell that things are getting tight in there for Miss Cain. She likes to push on the inside of my stomach and stretch so that her back pushes out really hard. It makes me laugh every time, but it is really uncomfortable. It feels like my skin needs to stretch! She's also grown a lot in the last week. Aaron and I both noticed that my stomach seemed to have grown quite a bit this week. It is getting closer and closer for her to be here!

Childbirth Class Week 3

The past week has been so busy that I haven't had a chance to do an update since our last childbirth class. If you remember, this was the week we were learning about drugs. I tend to shy away from using pain relief in general. I'm not entirely sure why. I was really happy to learn more about everything that they will offer and better understand how they could affect me and/or the baby. Now, I feel a lot more comfortable about getting an epidural. I am not sure that I want to take the narcotics that they offer for early labor, but we'll see how I feel when the time comes!

Happy News!

MOM AND DAD ARE HOME!!!! Woo hoo!!! Brad and I picked them up from the airport on Thursday. It was sooo great to see them! I hadn't seen mom since the day before I found out I was pregnant (March 15th) and hadn't seen Dad since the 4th of July, when I wasn't really showing much.

Other happy news is that Aaron and I bought a boat on Saturday. I don't remember the details about it, but if you want to know, ask Aaron next time you see him. I haven't been out in it yet because the weather hasn't been agreeable, but hopefully we'll have some time this weekend to get out.