She's Here!

Harper Christine Lacey is finally here! 

Born Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 2:05pm

Weighing in at 8lbs even and 20 1/2 inches long

She's more beautiful than we could have ever imagined! 

40 Weeks

Still here! This week the doctor said we'd made some significant progress in effacement. She went ahead and tried to help me to 2cm dilated as well but said we probably landed somewhere around 1.5 or so instead. So the waiting continues. Dr. Benton ordered some vigorous walking to try to get things rolling along! 

We also had an ultrasound just to make sure everything is still looking good and running on time. All is well! Baby girl is happy as a clam in utero. AND the ultrasound tech showed us that it looks like she has a head full of hair :) She is currently estimating Baby's weight to be about 7lbs. 14oz. Yikes! Bigger than I thought (but hello....look at that belly!). We can't wait to meet Baby Lacey! 

39 Weeks

Went back in for our weekly appointment this week and there isn't a whole lot of new news to report. We are still progressing slowly and waiting for baby to make her debut. They will allow me to go a week past my due date so at this point we aren't in a huge hurry or worry to get her out! She is still well within her time limits :) 

Still feeling good--the carpal tunnel pains in my hands and the oversized belly (ahem I can't reach over to get anything on my own anymore it seems) are probably the things that are bothering me the most. I'm not sleeping all that well but that's to be expected at this point. 

While we wait this week we decided to go ahead and plant the garden. The weather has been just beautiful and I figure once she arrives I won't much feel like doing anything but watering a garden :) 

38 Weeks

Things are still moving along just as they should be! Although I am only about 1cm dilated, effacement is continuing and seems to be progressing ever so slowly each week. So we wait....

Though many people think this baby is coming early, I am still standing by my prediction all along that she will either come right on time or a little bit after. Overall I am still feeling pretty good, just big! I'm still regularly attending prenatal yoga and Lennon and I have been enjoying lots of walks around the neighborhood. 

Happy Easter!

From our family (of almost 3) to yours! 

37 Weeks

We went back to the doctor for round 2 of weekly check ups. Everything is still looking good! I'm measuring just right and baby's heartbeat is sounding great. In terms of progress, we got just about the same report as we did last week--still a ways to go. BUT I am now officially considered full term and they won't stop labor when it begins. 

In other news, as Holy Week approaches I decided I better try on my fitted robe to see if it would still fit. And, alas, as you can see above, it "fits" in that I can zip it up over my belly but oh my gosh the pockets were pulling back really far and it was incredibly uncomfortable. Looks like I'll be switching to the "Harry Potter" robe for Maundy Thursday and Easter! :) 

Lenny has also taken a liking to the bump lately....

36 Weeks

And so begin the weekly check ups.....

There is only 1 month (ish) left! Everything looked good today at the doctor. She begins doing pelvic exams at this point so that we can have some sense of a time table--so far we still have some work to do. Other than that, baby is looking good and her little heart is beating at 142bpm. 

We completed our Breastfeeding Class which was really helpful in terms of helping us feel prepared to take that journey when Baby arrives. We also spent an entire weekend returning a lot of the gifts from the shower that we either didn't need, needed to trade out, or that we had doubles of. Whew! That was a lot of work but better to do it now than later! 

Really feeling like things are coming together and we have all of the "big" things we need from here (thankfully). Now we just put on the finishing touches and wait (and take naps, I've been needing lots of extra rest lately)!