Baby Bean Is Here!

So it's been quiet around here... but for the best possible reason.



Dominic Matthew
arrived on 6/18/2010 at 2:40pm.
6lb, 13oz & 18 inches long.







He's only 12 days old but I can't believe how much he's grown. We're exhausted but happy beyond belief. We had a natural birth after 14 hours of labor.

I'll post more details soon (it's hard to type with one hand and a baby in the other!)

39 Weeks

Well, I'm still here and still pregnant. About 2 weeks ago I was on a "get-this-baby-out-of-me-NOW" wave, but that has settled down and I'm enjoying maternity leave (HELLO long-lost home and craft projects) and spending time with Matt before we become a family of 3.

The anxiety of "ANYDAY NOW!" is starting to wear on me a bit, but I'm trying not to think about it manically.

So here we go, hopefully this will be my last Baby Bean entry and I'll be able to move Baby DMC entries :D !

How far along? 39 Weeks

Total Weight Gain: (+32) since pre-pregnancy. I have no idea where this weight has gone, and what a joy it is to think of losing it again ;).

Maternity Clothes? I'm almost exclusively wearing strapless sun dresses since the temperatures have moved up into the 90s around here. However, my pre-pregnancy shirts seem to fit better, DMC has dropped and my belly now has a different shape to it.

Stretch Marks? Still none. Amazed.

Sleep? Pretty good. Matt and I are trying to sleep as much as humanly possible these last couple weeks.

Best Moment This Week: Two things. 1) MATERNITY LEAVE! and 2) Coming to peace with the fact that this is almost over and we get to meet our little boy VERY soon!

Movement: Very strong pushes and rolls. Since he's down in my pelvis he's putting a lot of pressure on my bladder and I've got some pain in my hips.

Food Cravings: Cravings seem to be letting up. However, still some small cravings for Carbs. I could eat waffles for every meal! I am really hungry all the time, and being home all day does not fair well with that!

Gender: BOY

Labor Signs: Very crampy at nights. Last night was the first time I was having consistent contractions - about every 30 minutes for 4 hours. As of 37 weeks, I am/was 50% effaced.

Belly Button - In or Out? In - but looks different due to the change in my belly shape from the dropping.

What I miss: RAW SUSHI... I am seriously making Matt stop on the way home from the hospital. I don't care if it's 10am.

What I am looking forward to: Meeting our little guy any moment now.

Weekly Wisdom: Something about the end of pregnancy makes even sane people a little crazy. I've been getting phone calls and texts all week from family members asking "Baby news?" Mind you, this is close family, like my mom and MIL. I was tempted to tell my mom the other day "OH YEAH, I've been in labor for 6 hours, I just forgot to call you." Seriously people, you WILL be notified, I promise. Until then stop, you're contributing to the anxiety.

Milestones: 1 week to due date, all systems are ready for GO!

Pregnancy has been making me even more domestic that I am on a regular basis. Hand-Sewn Burpies AND Sour-Cream Lemon Poundcake from scratch? I could get used to this.

Preggo Rebel

I don't try much to hide the fact that I am a pregnancy rule-breaker. Chocolate? Started that up around week 15 when the nausea went away. Soft cheese? About week 20 (don't even get me started on how much blue cheese I've had in the last month). Wine? I finally said screw it and ordered (and enjooooooooooooyed) a glass of red at my sisters Bachelorette party at 25 weeks. Sushi? Started sneaking bites of Matt's spicy tuna around 30 weeks. I'm of the opinion of everything in moderation and my body will tell me when I shouldn't be consuming something.

This week it is Chai. OMG, I've been totally craving it the last week. The weird thing? I've only drank it once in my life before now. I happened to be crusing around the grocery store the other day (BAD idea to let me do this BTW, I can't tell you how many random items have made their way into our pantry as a result) and for some reason the box of Tazo concentrate caught my eye. I read somewhere that because it has caffeine and spices (Anise I think?) in it that it's bad blah blah blah... but I had a glass last night and baby DMC and I are still here to talk about it. Yum.

Anyway, not sure why I told you that story but what I MEANT to blog about was how hard it's been for me to SLOW DOWN and keep my feet up when my body is clearly telling me to (oh HAI Braxton Hicks as I type this). I know I'm only a couple days away from being full term and at this point labor wouldn't be risky, but I still feel like I have so much to do. Rooms to reorganize, clothes to wash and fold, swings and rockers and monitors to put together.


Katy clearly has no problem relaxing and putting her feet up.

I've also been kniting baby items like mad. MAD I tell you. I hope that Fresno plans on freezing over this summer because I have clearly forgotten that I live in a DESERT and DMC is going to be born in late May or June.











It's seriously a little nuts.

I've also now got an uncontrollable urge to knit socks again. Which I don't usually wear. ESPECIALLY FROM MAY-NOVEMBER.


Cest La Vie. At least I'm using up some stash yarn from like 5 years ago.

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Other photos from the iPhone. My rose tree, AKA the Pride of the Backyard, is blooming and I LOVE IT.


I plan on sitting under it tomorrow morning with my sock and chai (shhh... don't tell the preggo police)

AND


Matt trying out the BabyBjorn. It's a good look on him. All he needs is a beer in one hand and a cigar in the other and he's a shoe-in (or shoo-in? I can never remember) for Father of the Year.

I think we should put Viva in there since she's about the same weight of an infant, but I don't think either of them share my enthusiasm for this idea.