Tuesday or Wednesday is "the" day

We went to see my obstetrician this morning to plan about the birth, and i'm booked in to be admitted in the hospital for Monday night this week for an induction of labour, so our baby could come either Tuesday or early Wednesday depending on how long the labour is gonna be, I hope and pray that all goes well and smoothly, I'm kinda scared and nervous, this is my first so i dont know what to expect..but i have faith that i'm being watched and looked after by a great team of Doctors, nurses and midwives, plus i know that My Heavenly Father is watching over me and baby.. so i will leave it all to His great hands,  and all will be done according to His will..

Growth Scan result today

well, our baby has grown heaps since the last scan almost 5 weeks ago, he doubled his weight since, i burst into tears when the sonographer told me that he's now weighing a whopping 8lbs 11ozs already (3.946kg), i'm getting worried about how to push him out i hope we'll be both okay, but aside from his weight everything is normal, heart action is present, presentation is cephalic (head down). Amniotic fluid: volume is normal, Placenta: position is anterior, not low, structure is normal, a limited fetal morphology assessment did not reveal any abnormality, fluid is seen in the fetal stomach and bladder.

Summary of ultrasound findings: Growth progressing on the 90th centile.

Conclusion: Large for gestational age.

In 4 days time i'm going back to see the obstretician and we'll start planning about the birth, so i hope baby comes out at the end of this week or early next week... I hope i can last till then..but my main concern is my baby, i feel like he's super cramped up in there, i feel so sorry for him, i'm only small so he doesnt really have anymore room in my tummy to grow..I think he wants to be out very soon, i dont want him traumatized, all i want is a healthy and a safe delivery, anyway i'll let you all know on Thursday.

signing out..

The Hart Family photo 2010

We had our family picture taken this year.... here are some of the shots!

Our baby's travel system is here

Travel system came today and we're pretty excited!! we're so happy with our purchased, it's gonna make our life so much easier, not being able to wake the baby up when we take him out of the car, thank you to our friends for organizing the purchase and shipping, Misty you're an angel for doing all the running around, and Gina and Kerv thanks for the good deal with the shipping, i'm so glad that Kerv works with Delta and makes this possible:) anyway here's the picture of it..

Christmas Eve eve's Pajama party

A friend of ours hosted a Christmas eve party (held on the eve of Christmas eve:) because that's when everyone is kind of available, we had some games, awards, desserts and we also dressed up for a Nativity scene just for pictures sake:) everyone also brought an elephant gift and gee some of the things brought in there are hilarious, i wont even mention it ha ha but seriously i thought everyone had a ball.. so here's some pictures taken that night.. Happy Christmas everyone!!

what's up lately

Okay, first I'm so proud to let everyone know that Chad finished university, yes he graduated :) I'm so proud of him, good timing and all considering our boy is going to be here next month, such a wonderful blessings.
As for me, i'm surviving:) Myself and the doctors are trying to control my GDM, i have been on insulin both injection and tablets, baby is still growing at the normal range except his tummy ( a little bit over) but they said that it was expected because i have gestational diabetes.
Here are some of his recent 4d/3d/2d scan taken recently, the purpose of this scan is to see how is he growing and progressing since i have Gestational diabetes, this scan was done on the 3rd of this month and at the time he's 4lbs 13oz which they said it's still within the normal range:) well he certainly doesnt look very pleased at all, he doesnt like to be disturbed that's for sure:) he's face seem to be very chubby and round like mine, and i think we look alike :) anyway its not long now until we see him in person and i guess you'll be the judged of that right?


And today i had an antenatal, everything is well with bub, he's active as ever, and is in a good position - still head down (i guess preparing himself too:) and his heart beat is healthy etc., and how's mum doing you may asked? well, i'm apparently 3 cm bigger than average well there's no surprise there i feel like my tummy can't grow/stretch any bigger but i'm still growing, i have an Odeama on my feet but blood pressure is good:) I will be back at the hospital again on Thursday to see the Endocrinologist, Obstretitian and the physio so i will be at the hospital almost the whole day. I would really hope for a little break this Christmas:) it would be nice not to visit the hospital for once:) but hey i gotta to do and i need to do right? anyway these are the latest at the moment.. until my next post..

what's up lately

Okay, first I'm so proud to let everyone know that Chad finished university

Recent photos

My brother in law took these photos for us last week, and as you can see, i am really growing <:) we are very excited to Welcome this baby boy into our home and our lives <:)

November 21 - Busy day

Okay, on the 21st I had 2 baby showers, first my old colleagues and friends has organized a morning tea/baby shower for me, it was really lovely to catch up with them, i miss them a lot, i was the baby in the group and feel they are all mums to me :) they are very kind and got cool baby presents..here are a few photos we took.






And in the afternoon.. another baby shower organized by my 2 sister inlaws Hope and Paige..it was so much fun.. we had it at friends place..through the years i've been to so many baby showers and finally my long awaited one, I was over the moon that day, i felt love and special <:) my baby is one lucky boy, he got so many presents:) here are a few pictures..

This is whats been happening lately...

Firstly an update about the pregnancy - Irene is doing well despite of gestational diabetes, carpal tunnel syndrome etc<:), Baby is very active, big kicks everywhere and sticking his body parts and leave it in one spot for awhile and can get very uncomfortable for mummy sometimes:), because of the diabetes Irene's visit to the hospital is more frequent at least once a week and see a couple of specialists, this coming Wednesday we are having a scan to see how the baby is growing and maybe a couple more scans after that, and if he's growing morethan he's supposed to, then a scheduled induction or CS might be necessary (i hope i wont do the latter), otherwise everything is well.