I am 33+ weeks pregnant!
In the Fugler house, we are finally starting to get things ready for our new arrival. I dug out some of Josie's old clothes and managed to find some white snap shirts/onesies and other gender neutral items. A bunch of them had yellow stains on them (which I found out were breast milk protein stains that can appear on clean baby clothes when exposed to heat)...but I soaked them in OxyClean, and they washed up pretty nicely.
Also, I ordered a Haberman bottle from Amazon.com, and it came in today. Our baby will most likely be eating out of this special bottle, so I wanted to make sure I already had one on hand since they don't sell them in the regular baby bottle sections of stores. These are literally the most expensive bottle/nipple sets I have ever seen, so hopefully it will work!
We still have a lot of work to do to get ready (paint nursery, dig out the swings and bouncer, get pack n play with bassinet set up, etc), but at least we are getting started.
Next step - pack my hospital bag! If baby boy decides to come early, I would take it in stride since this Gestational Diabetes has made it hard to make choices of what to eat...and once he is born we can get him over to Children's Hospital so we can start making decisions and scheduling appointments for managing his cleft lip and palate concerns.
Until he is born, we will be playing the waiting game...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Playing Catch Up
We've been through a lot of transitions lately, so it has been hard for me to get on the computer to post! I'm going to do my best to do a quick summery of what has been going on.
- Christmas was great! Josie was thoroughly spoiled by Santa, family and friends. She is still enjoying playing with all of her new toys and treats.
- We all came down with colds and the stomach flu over the holidays. NOT FUN!
- We have had 2 additional ultrasounds at the Perinatal Care Clinic to check on our baby boy. Aside from the cleft lip and palate, all other measurements are normal. That is good news! We have an appointment at the Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic at Denver Children's Hospital later this week, but generally we will have to wait until the baby is born to start making plans for surgery and such. Once he is born, they will be able to determine what type of care he needs.
- Josie started asking for "big bed" so we bought her a big girl bed. She is now sleeping in it for naps and overnight. Some days are easier than others... :)
- We received over 2 feet of snow at our house on Friday/Saturday. It was a big snow, but as soon as the snow stopped the sun came out...so we were far from snowed in. There is still a lot of snow on the ground, but we are out and about in it.
Here are a few pictures from the past few months:
- Christmas was great! Josie was thoroughly spoiled by Santa, family and friends. She is still enjoying playing with all of her new toys and treats.
- We all came down with colds and the stomach flu over the holidays. NOT FUN!
- We have had 2 additional ultrasounds at the Perinatal Care Clinic to check on our baby boy. Aside from the cleft lip and palate, all other measurements are normal. That is good news! We have an appointment at the Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic at Denver Children's Hospital later this week, but generally we will have to wait until the baby is born to start making plans for surgery and such. Once he is born, they will be able to determine what type of care he needs.
- Josie started asking for "big bed" so we bought her a big girl bed. She is now sleeping in it for naps and overnight. Some days are easier than others... :)
- We received over 2 feet of snow at our house on Friday/Saturday. It was a big snow, but as soon as the snow stopped the sun came out...so we were far from snowed in. There is still a lot of snow on the ground, but we are out and about in it.
Here are a few pictures from the past few months:
Christmas Eve 2011
Enjoying presents on Christmas morning
Worn out!
Addy and Josie
Playing in the snow
Nothing's better than hot chocolate with mini marshmallows after playing in the snow
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
It's a....
BOY! We are 21 weeks pregnant with a baby boy. We had our ultrasound yesterday, and Josie came along. Ryan, Josie and I are so excited to expand our family and welcome this little boy in April. Josie even pointed to the television showing the ultrasound and said "brother." She has been talking about her baby brother and even helped pick out a little sleeper outfit for him in size Newborn.
However, the ultrasound did not come without some surprises. After the ultrasound was over, the doctor came in to tell us that all of the measurements look normal except it appears that our baby has a cleft lip and will probably have a cleft palate. Of course, this news was shocking to Ryan and me so we have been taking the last 24 hours to think, pray and let everything sink in. We have another appointment with the perinatal care center on Monday to confirm, find out if there are any other unexpected concerns with this pregnancy, and find out more about our next steps.
As we process this and prepare, we ask for your thoughts and prayers. We are so excited to welcome our baby boy, but we are also preparing for a difficult journey as parents. We know that there are so many parents and children who have gone through similar journeys with unexpected difficulties, some much more trying than what we are facing.
However, the ultrasound did not come without some surprises. After the ultrasound was over, the doctor came in to tell us that all of the measurements look normal except it appears that our baby has a cleft lip and will probably have a cleft palate. Of course, this news was shocking to Ryan and me so we have been taking the last 24 hours to think, pray and let everything sink in. We have another appointment with the perinatal care center on Monday to confirm, find out if there are any other unexpected concerns with this pregnancy, and find out more about our next steps.
As we process this and prepare, we ask for your thoughts and prayers. We are so excited to welcome our baby boy, but we are also preparing for a difficult journey as parents. We know that there are so many parents and children who have gone through similar journeys with unexpected difficulties, some much more trying than what we are facing.
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