Bump-Date! 38 Weeks!

Today's Date? September 8

How far along? THIRTY EIGHT weeks!! Oh my gosh!!! This might be my last bump-date!

Baby's Size? He is around 19+ inches and almost 7 lbs!

Days until next doctors appointment? I had one today with the PA, Becky. She said my BP was high again. She said I have a little bit of toxemia. So I am continuing bedrest and going in Wednesday the 10th and Thursday the 11th. On the 10th I'll see Becky again because my doctor is still gone. On Thursday I'll see my doctor. We have an induction scheduled with the hospital for Wednesday the 17th, but Becky said that she would rather do it this Friday the 12 to be safe because of the toxemia thing. So when my doc gets back in town she is going to talk to him and we will find out on Thursday what day for sure this little man is coming! It's crazy that this could be my last bump date and we could be meeting our little boy this very week! Over the weekend, on Saturday, I went to labor and delivery again because I was in a lot of pain and was contracting a lot. It wasn't regular yet but I didn't want it to get regular because I am still on my bloodthinner and if I go into labor while on my blood thinner then I can't have an epidural and that would NOT BE OKAY! So we went in and I am glad we did because they found that I have a UTI. I have never had one before so I didn't know the signs of it. They caught it really early and I am so glad! Other than that I am still at 80% and a 2. BP goes way up whenever I sit up or walk around or do anything. Boo. 

Total weight gain/loss? + 26 lbs! Last week I was up 29 lbs. I think maybe I am eating less trying to stay down all day?

Maternity clothes? Yes. 

Stretch marks? Yes.

Sleep? What is sleep?    

Best moment this week? Just all of the reassurance that Eli is okay. I am irrationally panicky lately and between hating my doctor and not really trusting him and his judgements in the delivery room, my factor 5, my lovenox, now my toxemia, having a UTI, etc., I seriously wonder how anyone lives through pregnancy, labor, and delivery! It's so hard! And when I feel so crappy and am having complications it makes me paranoid about Eli. And he goes through super duper active phases where he is non stop moving like crazy for days and then is quiet for days. And it freaks me out! But the upside of all of the complications is that I get to know that he is doing just fine because they always monitor or check him too. I want a healthy happy baby boy! 

Movement? Yeah. He has been quiet lately compared to his usual activity but enough that I know he's still in there! ;)

Food cravings? My latest FAVORITE breakfast is scrambled eggs with some cream cheese scrambled in with the egg and spread that on a bagel and then a bowl of mixed berry yogurt with apple slices, banana slices, and mandarin oranges. SO YUM! Grapes and cheese. Apples and PB. Rice. Spaghetti. Peaches and cottage cheese. Bananas. Danimals drinkable yogurt things! The same pretty much.

Anything making you queasy or sick? I have been feeling just kind of yucky lately. I think staying down all day does that to you! 

Have you started to show yet? For sure!

Missing anything? I really miss sleeping on my back! I miss not hurting all over. I miss feeling healthy and strong.

Gender of baby? BOY! :)

Labor signs? Nothing too exciting, just fake labor stuff.

Belly button in or out? Out or flat!

Wedding rings on or off? Off!

Happy or moody most of the time? Just happy and excited and nervous and freaking out and every other emotion that exists!

Pregnancy symptoms this week? Heartburn. Leg cramps. Tired. Thirsty. Hip pain. Lower back pain. Braxton hicks/contractions. Weird vision. Dry eyes, I never wear my contacts anymore (unless I am leaving the house I guess but that never happens these days with bed rest) and everyone knows how much I hate my glasses.

Looking forward to? My body recovering! Meeting Eli! Seeing Jake be a dad! Being DONE with labor and delivery because I am so nervous for that!

Bump-Date! 37 Weeks!

Today's Date? September 1

How far along? THIRTY SEVEN weeks!!

Baby's Size? He is around 19+ inches and a little over 6 lbs!

Days until next doctors appointment? I had one on Tuesday, September 2. But as usual I am posting this late! I saw the PA because my doctor is out of town. I love the PA, I will miss her when I switch doctors. At the appointment we found I was 80% effaced and dilated to a 2. Also my blood pressure had jumped from my usual numbers. So she had me reschedule for this week on Thursday. When I got home and was talking to my mom she told me that my dad's sisters get toximia when they are pregnant. Because I inherited factor v leiden from them too I wanted to let the doctor know that and see what she said. So I called and told them and she sent me to labor and delivery to be monitored for a bit. While I was there my bp numbers were way way lower than they had been at the doctors office. I can't figure out why, I wasn't nervous or worked up earlier. If anything my bp should be higher when I see my actual doctor because I really don't like him! But I love the PA. Anyways, I was super glad that my bp was lower because toxemia sounds super duper not at all fun and I don't want it! I was having regular contractions while I was at L&D. I'm not totally sure what that means because they didn't hurt and I couldn't really understand the chart thing that the computer was recording of my contractions. But that's what the nurse said about them. So, long story short, I am on bed rest to keep my bp low (and to make sure this baby doesn't come while I am on lovenox because I WILL die if I can't have an epidural). We'll see when this baby boy decides to come!  

Total weight gain/loss? + 29 lbs! 

Maternity clothes? Yes. 

Stretch marks? Yes.

Sleep? It has been bad lately. Now I know it's because I've been having either early or false labor! Who knew? I just thought it was a symptom of the baby getting bigger!    

Best moment this week? Hm... My upper back has stopped hurting? Haha that's so lame but I don't know. I haven't been finishing little tiny sewing projects because after two minutes my back would hurt soooo baaaaad that I was like FORGET THIS nevermind. And now I'm on bedrest! Dang it! Haha but I like my upper back not hurting so badly. 

Movement? Yep! One thing I will miss about pregnancy is always feeling him move. Except for the painful movements... ;) but I'm going to miss the rest of them!

Food cravings?My latest FAVORITE breakfast is scrambled eggs with some cream cheese scrambled in with the egg and spread that on a bagel and then a bowl of mixed berry yogurt with apple slices, banana slices, and mandarin oranges. SO YUM! I still eat a lot of cereal. I like grapes and cheese. Apples and PB. Rice. Spaghetti. Peaches and cottage cheese. Bananas. Danimals drinkable yogurt things!

Anything making you queasy or sick? If I am really tired or if I over-do it or if I let myself get hungry then I start to feel really crappy.

Have you started to show yet? Uhm yes!

Missing anything? I really miss sleeping on my back! I miss not hurting all over.

Gender of baby? BOY! :)

Labor signs? I guess so! Since my appointment I have been having lots more contractions/braxton hicks/whatever they are even though I've been taking it really easy. I have tons of pressure down thur. I can tell his head is as low as the PA said it is. My hips feel terrible.

Belly button in or out? Flat usually but a little bit out!

Wedding rings on or off? OFF! I put it back on one night and it took most of the next day for the swelling to go down enough to get it off! Officially staying off until the baby gets here!

Happy or moody most of the time? I think I am pretty pleasant... haha. I really do though. Very anxious and nervous all the time, but not moody!

Pregnancy symptoms this week? Heartburn. Leg cramps. I'm super tired. I am always thirsty. I have hip pain. Lower back pain. Braxton hicks/contractions. My vision is weird and annoying.

Looking forward to? MEETING MY SON! I just want him here! But I kind of want him here on his induction date because that feels a little less scary! But we are all ready to go! We have everything cleaned and set up and ready for him to be here! Hospital bag packed and READY! For reals this time, last time it was set aside and I was in the process of it being packed and ready haha. This week it really is! After yesterday that was my first priority!

Utah Baby Shower!

My Grandma Hathaway, aunt Ramona (Teilani), and cousin Heidyn threw me a baby shower! SO nice of them! It was beautiful! I appreciate them so much! There was grandma Hathaway, my mom, Ramona, Heidyn, Destry, Ashlee, Sari, Jody Hancock, Great Aunt Barbara, Lynette Salmond, Monique Cromwell with Katie Cromwell, Kayla Cromwell with little Molly, Great aunt Sheralyn, Billie, Aunt Trina, Aubrae Pope, and Zya Hathaway..... Thank you to all who came! It wouldn't have been so fun without you! There was delicious food! Trina and Aubrae brought super fun games that were so clever! And huge shoutout to Ramona for taking pictures for me!!!! THANK YOU! Here are the pictures of the fun we had!

Left to right is my cousin Ashlee, my sister Sari, my dad's cousin Lynette, my mom, and my grandma

Heidyn/MoniQ/Beanie and I. She was a star! Wrote down what people gave me and took care of the trash for me!

Aunt Trina with Jake's niece Molly

My cousin Destry with Molly.

Left to right is my dad's cousin Jody (who I consider my aunt and she's the one who takes all of our pictures. She's amazing and we love her!), my dad's aunt Barbara, Jake's niece Katie, Jake's oldest sister Monique, Jake's youngest sister Kayla.

Sari B, soon to be a BYUI student!!

My aunt Teilani/Ramona and Sari and Molly

 

L-R Aubrae, Destry, Ashlee, three of my cousins

Zya, Aubrae's little sis!

I think I was in the middle of saying, "this bag is so cute" :)

Huge thank you to everyone who came and to everyone who helped put it together! Love you all!

Fourth of July!

Happy Fourth! This year was awesome because I got to spend all day with Jake! He usually participates in a big volleyball tournament with his family (which is really fun to watch, just makes for a hot and long day) but this year his back is hurt* so he decided to err on the side of caution and not play this year. I won't lie, I was glad because being 7 months pregnant in July SUCKS! We finished painting the baby's closet white and then we stopped by the volleyball tournament to say hi and watch for a little bit. After that we were hot and miserable so we went and gave Lia a bath. SO glad that she loves being cleaned! It's so funny. The other horses FREAK out but Lia loves it. The Cromwell's always do a BBQ after the volleyball tournament. We went to that (yum) and then stayed up at the Cromwell's house to watch the fireworks. I LOVE fireworks and we usually watch them closer to the green belt but this year I didn't want to have to pee or get nauseous or deal with crowds or traffic. So we watched them on a jean blanket with the radio playing and had a great time! I love the Melaleuca fireworks show every year!

The only thing that we took pictures of was Lia after her bath and the baby, Duke, with the little saddle on him! So lame. But here they are-

So grateful to live in this country and so grateful to those who sacrifice so much to keep us free. God bless the USA.

Paisly-Mai Jennifer Trina Kaye Sant

Eli's first Sant cousin has arrived! My brother Ben and his wife Kaye welcomed their little girl on August 13 at 1:49 weighing 3 lbs 3 oz and 15.5 inches long. She was due October 13 but has been amazingly strong and healthy. She is doing very well in the Primary Children's Hospital NICU. She is beautiful and it's killing me that I haven't held her! Here are a bunch of pictures of the little beauty...

These first three pictures are day one.

Ben is such a good dad.

Can't handle how cute she is! Teeny tiny binky looks massive on her!

She is now regulating her body temperature well enough on her own to wear clothes! The only support she is on is the feeding tube. She's such a fighter!

I hope that Eli and Paisly-Mai will have the opportunity to be friends like I am with my cousin Logan. Cousins are so much fun and I want Eli to be close with his! He has 32 (and rapidly growing) Cromwell cousins and so far this 1 Sant cousin! Pretty cool!

Anniversary Photos Years 1-3

From our first anniversary... Photo cred: Kent Hathaway

 

From our second anniversary... Photo cred: Jody Hancock

 

From our third anniversary....Photo cred: Jake and Kent Hathaway

A Comparison of Eli to Mom and Dad, Part 1!

Part 2 will be after he is born! Click HERE to see Eli's 3D ultrasound pictures.

Here are some of my baby pictures (I have a ton more than Jake because I have my scrapbooks)

 I'm on the right in the blue, my friend Brooke is on the left!

 Again I'm on the right, Brooke on the left!

Me on the right, Brooke on the left!

 I'm on the right and my cousin Logan is on the left!

Here are some of Jake's baby pictures

I think that Eli's ultrasound pictures look just like Jake! I think he's already Jake's mini me! But then when I was looking through my scrap books to get baby pictures I found a couple that look like some of Eli's cousins, so maybe he will look a little bit like me! ;) This is Eli's Cromwell cousin, Dash. I think he looks so much like me (in the bottom picture) even though there's no blood relation haha. So maybe Eli will look like his cousin Dash!

 This is Eli's Sant cousin Paisly-Mai, and I think we look alike in these two pictures!

 In case you couldn't tell, I can't wait to see my little boy!