Greg.....

So Greg has been gone for about a week now. The project he is on now is called Thaiti 2 and it too is an offshore drilling platform, just like his first project. I know that they are adding something on to the platform but other then that I don't really know what they are doing. He left on Monday for the Fourchon port in Louisana and will leave out today for the actual platform. I know they are taking the boat he is currently staying on out there.

Anyway I am sure you all are wondering where this is going, so I talk to him daily and every day he ask about his "babies" aka the garden and his tangerine tree. To give you all perspective, he comes home everyday, changes out of his work clothes and then goes to check on his plants, so everyday I have been asked how it is coming along (needless to say I don't check on them daily), the easiest way to answer that is to simply post pictures. So here are some pictures of our garden and tree. Everything is actually coming along pretty good with the exception of the broccoli and cauliflower, not too sure if those are going to make it or not.

30+ Week Doctor Visit

Well on to the doctor visit, I had my 30 week check up today with my regular gynecologist and everything looks good. Measuringt right at 30 cm and weight gain is right on track. The looked girl good as well, very active this morning her heart rate was in the upper 160's.

Here is another belly picture that was requested. I know I am still pretty small, actually when we go to our classes I am generally the smallest one there compared to people due around me and even lot of the ones due after me. Although I look small I feel like an elephant, I think more of that has to do with actual weight then size however, I have gained about 14 to 16 pounds depending on the morning and I still have 9 weeks left, which I have heard you gain the most in your last trimester, yikes!



Here is a picture of the hubs and I from Sunday. We went over to a friends for lunch and as you can tell I don't wear tight clothes (because many of you have asked and the answer is only for my belly pictures), I figure I wasn't comfortable wearing them before I was pregnant so I am darn sure am not wearing them now, although the shirt is one of my regular shirts I had before I was pregnant it doesn't lay as nice now as it did then but still looks nice and is not skin tight.....

30+ Weeks

So I sit here at 30 weeks today at 4:30 in the morning unable to sleep, and all of this still seems so surreal. I mean I know there are parts of my body that have gotten larger than I ever imagined (or really care to think about), and that I can feel the girl move around inside me but I can honestly say I don't think that it has really set in that we are going to have a baby. I know you are thinking how is that possible we have the room and everything ready, I have seen her on the ultrasound, write post about her regularly and even had SEVERAL stumbling blocks that have given us quite a scare, so the honest answer is I don't really know. After all we have been through thus far you would think that it would have already set in that we really are going to have a baby and that all this is really happening.

I am thinking that maybe after my shower (May 1st) it will make it a little bit more real, but I really don't know if I will believe it and have it all set in until she arrives and we hold her in our arms. I know that she is already loved beyond and belief and that I quite possibly have the best husband in the world when it comes to pregnancy and I am so thankful to have him for this journey. He reads to her every night, so she can get used to his voice(but we will she when she arrives if it really worked or not) and rest assured when he is gone I continue to read to her, per his request. He also won't let me do anything, and I mean anything when he is around, which quitely honestly is a bit annoying.

We have taken several classes, and I have to give kudos to Greg as he has actually requested us go to some of them. Although they take up most of our Saturdays, he has really been pretty good at them and sometimes participates more actively then me. It is really kind of nice, he gets the hand outs reads them and underlines the important aspects for me as well as taking notes during class, I don't know what I would do without him. He is honestly the best!

We had our hospital tour a couple weeks ago (if all goes according to plan, I will be delivering at Memorial Hermann Greatwood at the corner of HWY 59 and Grand Parkway) and it is SUPER nice, don't know if I will ever want to leave there! The rooms are huge and have a TV, refrigerator, wifi network, food on demand and the baby stays with you most of the time unless you request for it to go to the nursery (except when they will weigh her, bathe her and that type of stuff, provided it is a normal healthy delivery and she doesn't need to be monitored for any reason). They seem very caring and supportive in regards to everything.

As of lately the girl has been active which is a good thing; however, she is active at night, not so good. She is perfectly content all day long moves every now and then but not too often but rest assured by about 9:30 she is ACTIVE, hopefully she will get her days and nights straightened out before she arrives!!

As for being uncomfortable all the time, not so much mainly when traveling which after talking to my doctor last Friday, looks like that will be coming to an end shortly with a combination of my miscarriages, some spotting that I have had, my thick blood and a couple of other things, she said traveling for anything length of time (basically over about an hour) is just asking for trouble, which we certainly don't need. Well that is about it for now, I will post a belly picture Tuesday as that is when my next doctor visit is. I am really looking forward to my specialist visit to see how much the girl weighs but that isn't until May 7th. Hope everyone has a great day!

One Step Foward = Two Backwords

I got my glucose results last night, while I passed my glucose test I failed my anemia one. Looks like I will be taking an extra iron supplement but hey it is still less pills then I took the first trimester. After reading a little bit about anemia, I must say it describes me to a tee lately, tired and irritable, along with a couple other signs. When I told Greg the symptoms, his response, "you think that pill is magically going to make you less grouchy!" Gotta love him! Hope you all have a great day!