OWEN'S DUE DATE TODAY!

We did it!  We reached Owen's due date today!  05/15/12!  No sign of a baby yet though.  Yesterday I tried walking a little around the neighborhood, bouncing on my exercise ball, getting on all fours and swaying my hips, circling my hips around on the exercise ball, eating a salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette and Greg gave me an ankle and foot massage.....NO BABY!  No Water Breaking!!  WOH!  That would just prove that all the home remedies for naturally inducing labor most likely are just coincidences.  All it really did was make my back and stomach hurt at night time and I really did not sleep much.  But I had to try!  I want Owen to either come today, because it is my Mother in Law's wedding anniversary with her Husband (who passed away almost 3 years ago...good man. Miss him.) or tomorrow because it's the 16th and my Brother's birthday is 7/16 and my Dad's birthday is 9/16.  They all would be two months apart!  Oh well.  I can not really predict or control when he comes.  When he comes is when he comes!!

I will say, I still feel a LOT of movement down there.  I think he dropped the rest of the way yesterday.  I feel a lot of movement down there and I am still getting a little dribble coming out after I pee.  (The same thing I went to the hospital for on Saturday....I thought my water was leaking....come to find out, it was not but I was dilated a "loose 2"!!)

I am still thinking he will come this week, just not sure when.  I know Greg really needs the time off and I am really excited to see my stomach shrink a little!  :o)  (And relax, and eat what I want, and work out....etc.  However, I would never change going through this pregnancy!  I loved every minute of it!  Just hard these last couple days)  I want to see my little baby boy!  I wonder who he looks like more and who's traits he will have more of....I really hope he looks like Greg!!  I guess we will see soon enough!  

I just really want Owen to come on his own time, naturally.  Not have to be induced.  We have an induce date of 5/24, if he does not come soon.  That's at 41 weeks!!  WOW!  We have another appointment this Thursday (2 days from now)...wonder what is going to say as to how far along we are?.....hmmm.....

                                   Here's a picture of me at Mercy Hospital on Saturday.   

         Here's a picture of Greg reading Owen's heart monitor and my contraction monitor!

Well, that is my update for today!  Today I'm just trying to relax and not think about Owen's due date being today.  I drank some Wild Berry Green Tea outside this morning to help me relax.  Hopefully relaxing will do the trick!!

Until next time!  (Maybe then I will have a little baby boy to talk about!!)

xoxo
~Jess

Can we really be 1 week away from Owen's due date?

I can not believe it....WERE OFFICIALLY 1 WEEK AWAY FROM OWEN'S DUE DATE!  My Doctor put me on no work/bed rest because of these really bad pains I have been having in my lower stomach/cervix area.  We think it is Owen's head hitting a nerve.  It's happening more, I'm guessing because he's heading downward, getting ready for arrival!!  It's nice because I pretty much lay around all day or sit on the bed and watch TV or read.  I am a very active person but it is nice to relax.  Plus, now I'm not hurting when I lay down!  I have noticed even sitting half way up on the bed can cause the pains....so most of the time I'm laying.  Although that leads to my hips hurting....uh!  Oh the joys of pregnancy!

I can not wait for Owen though!!  It seems so weird to think that his due date is only 1 week away.  It still seems like we have a couple months to get ready.  Good news is his room is COMPLETE!  :o)  SO happy about that!  That was weighing down on me for quite some time.  I have my bags packed!  Greg just needs to get his stuff together to put in the bag and we are good to go!

Anyway, I took some prego pics of me the other day and wanted to share them too.  I'm pretty happy with how they came out!  No editing necessary, only cropping!  

I really like the first one because it is intimate.  Me looking down at my little baby in my stomach!  It's just been me and him for so long!  I'm really going to miss him moving inside me.  I think Greg will really like this one.  I was playing around with the light coming inside my house from my windows.  I've always wanted these dark pics to work out and it was perfect!

The second one is just a silhouette that I love!  I can not wait for you Owen Gregory!!  <3

I'm trying to get in the pictures I have wanted to take/have taken because any day this little man could decide to come out!   When he does, I want to make sure I have all the pregnancy pics I have wanted taken!  I think I am good now though.  I also took some hockey jersey ones for Greg!  I hope he likes it.....what am I saying....I know he will!!  :o)  He loves me so much and is always turned on to me.  For that I am VERY thankful for!  Here's one of the pics I edited.

 
I think he will like it!

Here is one more!

 

Anyway, that's it for now!  Until next time!  Maybe then we will have a new little baby boy?  :o)  We will see!

XOXO, 
~Jess