Prepared Childbirth Class

Well I managed to drag Shawn to the class last weekend... It was pretty basic information for me, but since he hasn't read a lot I think it was good for us to hear it all together. We did some relaxation exercises and some breathing stuff too. Plus there were the obligatory birth videos that he turned away from every time! :) Oh well! It was good overall, the lady was really nice, and she seems to know our new Family Doctor and thinks well of him. We are going to use Shawn's doctor as our pediatrician too since he does family medicine. We know him and he'll be able to come up to the hospital right when he's born and check him out for us...

Anyway, we only have 6 and a half weeks left! And we still are somewhat unprepared! I know he'll be fine even if he does have to come home to no crib, but I'm hoping we'll get that and set it up soon... This weekend Kristen and hopefully Brandy will be coming down for a few days. We are going to stay with Sarah:) All my bridesmaids together again except my sister! It'll be a girls' weekend, and Shawn is having Matt down too so we'll both be having fun with old friends...

Bryce is kicking or squirming all the time now, but especially when I'm laying down. I have gotten to the point of having feet in my ribs all the time and I have to say, I liked it better before he could kick me this hard in my bones! He's a pretty strong little guy, and sometimes he likes to just wedge his foot in there and not move it. I'm left to try to stretch it out or move around til it isn't as irritating! :) That's all for now! I've got another doctor's appointment on Thursday (tomorrow).

Just 8 more weeks! :p

Well, we only have 8 weeks left to wait! I am almost done with summer school (just 2 more weeks!) and that means I am almost done with college! I will have all my graduation requirements fulfilled and I'll just be taking 2 online classes this fall and I'll graduate in December. So things are getting nearer and nearer, and everything is about to change for us.

They announced last week that the place I'm working is closing down on July 31, 2005! It actually works out pretty well for me, since that is 2 weeks before our due date... That means I'll only be working for 6 more weeks! Kinda crazy! Bryce is almost here, and Shawn will be going back to school full time and not working starting in August. He'll graduate in May!

Anyway, I am just rambling, but I did have a doctor's appointment last week and everything looks good still. I had gained 21 pounds in almost 32 weeks... Other than that nothing new. I am going to the doctor every 2 weeks now. We actually had to reschedule our Childbirth class to this weekend coming up, June 25. We'll see how it goes!

Well I had another doctor's appointment today, and I got to drink some sugary stuff, sit there for an hour, and then they tested my blood sugar to test for gestational diabetes. Thankfully I passed! The lady before me has to go back for a 3 hour test, plus you have to fast before that one. I won't have to worry about it though... I also got measured today, and I measured 27 cm (that is from the top of the pubic bone to the top of the uterus). The doc said that is good, normally it is 1cm for each week, and I am almost 29 weeks, but I guess that is in the normal range... I also didn't gain any weight since my last visit, which is good because I gained 9 pounds last time!

Shawn and I finally signed up for a childbirth class too. It is a one day thing, next Saturday from 8:45-5pm. Hopefully it will be an enlightening experience for both of us and it'll help us know what to expect :) That's all for now I guess.

Ticker: Timeline of Due Date

I just noticed my other tickers weren't showing up anymore, so here is one you can see!

Ultrasound Pictures

Wow, it has been a while since I've posted on here! We had some issues with the computer and had to get it fixed so now I finally have the pictures from our ultrasound ready to go...

In this picture he has his legs crossed... He refused to show us he was a boy at first!


Here are the boy parts at last:


And here is one of him looking at you, with the circular white parts in the middle being his hands. It looks like he is laying on his side...


I'll try to get another picture of me on here pretty soon, too. I have gotten quite a bit bigger since the last one I posted :)

It's a...

BOY!!! We had our ultrasound and everything looked really good they said. No problems that they could see. We got to see the 4 chambers of the heart, the stomach, the bladder, the umbilical cord, and his um... you know... :)

Yep, it will be Elvin Bryce Lockett. We are calling him Bryce though. There is a lot of meaning behind his name for Shawn's side of the family. Elvin is his dad's middle name, Bryce was his Mamaw's maiden name, and E.B.L. are his grandfather's initials. Good thing I like the name Bryce! Anyway, after we found out we went to Target and registered for some bigger stuff finally! But right now we have 3 different strollers and a couple of carseats on there cause Shawn went crazy with the scanner... I have to go back and clean it up a little online so that people will actually know what we want! That's all for now...

Ready for the Ultrasound already!!

Well we only have 2 days to wait but it seems like it'll never get here! We get our big ultrasound Thursday the 28th... Life is crazy lately, I'm finishing up the school semester with 2 papers, 2 presentations and finals in the next couple weeks, and Shawn is still working long hours at FedEx... He is going to have the afternoon off Thursday though, so he will either be jumping up and down (meaning boy) or fainting (meaning girl). We'll see:)

First Kick!

Well it was April 8, 2005 when I for sure felt the baby kicking for the first time. I was in my "Hispanic Culture through the 18th Century" class and we were watching a movie... A really boring movie at that! But anyway, it was pretty cool. I think that I might have felt it before but was never really sure til then, and it happened several times in a row, on the left lower part of my belly. I have found that he/she is pretty active right when I lay down at night so now it is taking longer to fall asleep but it's nice having some way to know that everything is going alright. So far Shawn hasn't been able to feel it from the outside, but hopefully soon:)

Also, we found out a while back that our good couple friends Mike & Becca are expecting their first baby on November 14th! So that is 3 months exactly from my due date.

We're moving!

We found out today that we get to move! I have been wanting to move closer to everything, and it is an answered prayer! We are still going to be in an apartment, but don't have to sign a new lease or worry about subleasing cause the new place is owned by the same company as the old place. And it is only 5 minutes from Shawn's work (right now we are about 15-20 minutes away). Not that big a deal, but it will make it so much easier to run and get something real quick, cause its closer to a grocery store, Blockbuster, etc. And right down the road from church too:) Plus about 5 minutes from my doctor and the hospital where we'll be having the baby... I'm excited about it! Shawn picked one of the apartments today, I haven't actually been by there yet. He said it is a good location, only thing is it's second floor again... Anyway, should be interesting since I normally help move all the big stuff. I'll still do a lot but last time I tried to help him put something heavy in the truck it felt like I was stretching a little too far or something! More later...

Another Dr's appt...

Well today I had another doctor's appointment. I met Shawn for lunch before the appointment at 1:30 and since he was having a slow day at work he decided to come along:) It was nice to have company, but the appointment was pretty short... The heartbeat was 145 this time and the doc got Shawn to feel where the top of my uterus was at the level of my belly button. Right where it is supposed to be at 20 weeks I guess. I did find out that I've only gained 7 pounds the whole time, and only 1 lb since my appointment 4 weeks ago! The doctor said that anything under 10 pounds at 20 weeks is considered good, so I guess I'm on track. While we were listening to the heartbeat the baby kicked, but I haven't felt anything yet. He could tell by the sound on the doppler he was using to hear the heartbeat:) I should be feeling him/her move anytime now. Supposedly before 22 weeks anyway. Our big ultrasound is scheduled for April 28 at 2pm, I can't wait!