27 Weeks

I bought this body suit a week or so ago as a "Coming Home" outfit and it finally came today! I'm so excited about it I have to share it! It's from BabyGap...

I also made him a little knitted beanie. I know it will be almost July when he comes home but I still made one. And it really wasn't that hard! I'm proud of myself!

Other than that I don't have much news. I'm apart of a Birth Club on BabyCenter.com and a couple of those girls have had their babies prematurely, and one of them was born at 28 weeks, which is what our baby will be next week. And I'm happy to say that baby is doing great though he still needs a lot of medical attention. But the girl posts pictures of him when she can and updates us all and it's amazing for me to think that my baby probably doesn't look much different than hers! It's really, really neat to be able to see real pictures of real babies, though I know it's not a good situation for the baby and their parents. I'm just amazed at life, I guess.

The coolest thing lately is the baby's movements are more deliberate and less spastic, so when he moves it's slower and I can actually press against my belly and feel him back! It's the neatest thing. I don't really know what body part it is I'm touching but they feel like feet or elbows or knees. I'm pretty sure though his head is pointed down like in our last ultrasound and his hands and feet are still on my left with his back on my right like in the ultrasound. Mostly because I only seem to feel him move on my left.

So next week I will officially be starting my 7th month and third and final trimester, which I'm super excited for. And no, I don't think about the labor and delivery part much. But I know I can do it. April starts on Thursday which I'm excited for but also nervous about because I know April is going to FLY by! I have something happening every single weekend in April, so April will be over by tomorrow. And everything's still pretty easy. I can still sleep, though if the baby gets all hyper right before bed it takes awhile because he's jumping around. Usually though he seems to operate on my schedule. I haven't gotten up to eat in the middle of the night and usually only make one bathroom trip at night. I guess that might change soon though; I get bigger every second.

Anyway, if anything new happens, I will post again!

Oh and Zack and I both are still leaning towards Zackery Lane as his name! :)

March 22nd, 2010

We had our 2nd ultrasound today! I thought the only reason we were doing it was because last time they couldn't get a good picture of Baby Zack's heart because he wouldn't cooperate. But my doctor told me also they wanted to make sure the placenta's moved up and away from the cervix (which it did). Sometimes the placenta will stay too close or cover the cervix which isn't good because then the baby can't come out the natural way, meaning I'd need a C-Section which I so don't want. Anyway, baby's heart looks good and the placenta's nice and far away. I guess I'll know for sure at my next doctor's appointment that everything went ok since the ultrasound tech can't technically diagnose anything, but she seemed pretty confident! My doctor's office measured me due June 29th, and at my first ultrasound they measured the baby due July 2nd and this time she measured him due July 3rd, so we're all pretty much right on track! It'd be so fun if he was born on the 4th of July, or if he's born on July 5th he'll have the same birthday as his Aunt Amy (I think)! Either way, I'm happy for a summer baby; better weather for birthday parties!

I've gained 14 lbs total as of last Monday which I think is good, and Baby weighs 1 lb, 11oz as of today. As far as how I'm feeling I feel pretty great! I do get more heartburn if I eat or drink something sweet (I don't know if it's true but Wive's Tales say that means the baby will have hair? We'll see!) He moves around all the time and it's so fun to watch my belly bump and jump and roll. Sleeping is still pretty easy,  but I've had to find new positions to sleep in. I used to sleep on my belly a lot but can't do that anymore! Also I'm not supposed to sleep on my back because the baby and the uterus could crush arteries and organs = no bueno. So I'm constantly rolling from side to side or propping my self up against Zack so I'm sort of on my back but sort of not. Oh and my skin is finally calming down from its freak-out earlier in the pregnancy which I'm grateful for, and no stretch-marks have shown themselves yet.

Oh and names! Zack and I finally have a list of names that we both like. For now I'm just calling him Baby Zack but again we'll call him by his middle name once he have one chosen. We like Brooks, Lane, Rylan(d), and.... oh crap I forgot the others.... Hmmm, there's 2 more. Oh well, I'll have to find my list at home. Lane and Brooks are my favorites right now, anyway! But I'm guessing this baby won't have a final name until he's born, which is ok.

And you may have already seen these on Facebook but here's his newest portraits!

smiling!

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foot

This means it's a boy! :)

Baby Names

So Zack and I are having a hard time with this little boy's name. It will for sure be Zackery "blank" Maxedon and we'll call him by his middle name, but we can't agree on one!! So here's my list. What do you think? Please let me know! When Zack has a list I will combine them or put his up here and see what happens...

Zackery Blake

Zackery Isaac
Zackery Cash
Zackery Brooks
Zackery Bennett
Zackery Calvin
Zackery Breandan
Zackery Courter
Zackery Kyle
Zackery Adam
Zackery Cole
Zackery Ryder
Zackery Silas
Zackery Carter

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