40 Weeks Pregnant - 72 Hours to D-Day!

Adaline is due 72 hours from right now! Can you believe that we have made it almost 40 complete weeks pregnant! Adaline is still doing really well. Dr. Haskett says that her heart is strong and she is growing really well. We are looking forward to her arrival and are wondering what day she will make her appearance.

Cory and I were hoping for more news when we went to the doctor yesterday but I am about 80 percent effaced and only 1 cm dilated. We still have hope that she is getting ready to come on her own, we really don't want to have to be induced to get her here. We have been praying every night and evening that Heavenly Father would bless us with a great natural birth. We really believe that He will help her to come into this world when the time is right and that all will be well and go great.

Mom will be coming in just a few days and we are going to be busy with projects and getting last minute things in order. We had our run through with the birth instructor for the first stage of labor to be done at home. We found places that would help me relax and work through contractions with Cory's help.

If we make it to next week with no baby yet, I will post 41 weeks pregnant and still counting :) or I will have Cory post, with a picture, our new baby girl!

39 Weeks Pregnant - Am I huge yet?

Adaline is still growing strong in my belly. She is still very active rolling around in side my belly. I have been having a few issues with sleeping but that is to be expected. Cory is suffering because of the sleeplessness but he has been a great trooper.

I finished my last day of work on Wednesday working at ZYTO. I now get to be a full time mommy. Everyone at work was so great. They took me to lunch at Olive Garden and then each person wrote me a personal note on a three by five card. I have really loved working with everyone on the ZYTO team and will miss working with them.

Cory and I worked on the "War Room" and now it is a least accessible for mom to stay in while she is here. We got all of Adaline's clothing washed in the special "Dreft" laundry detergent. We also got the rest of the boxes we have been meaning to get through since our wedding.

38 Weeks - Trying to get over a cold!

It is incredible that I am 38 weeks pregnant. Adaline is getting ready to make her debut into this wild world and Cory and I are so excited. I have been sick with a nasty cold for the past few days and so my very productive plans for the weekend did not come to fruition. I am hoping with Cory’s help I can get all of Adaline’s cloths washed and organized and everything finished in her bedroom from Grandma Kathy’s arrival next week. Mom is coming to stay with me to help with delivery and also to get me back on my feet after. I am so grateful for such a wonderful mother.

I am finishing up my last few days working for pay. It is going to be strange staying home permanently as I am so used to bring in a paycheck. I am excited for the change but there is also some nervousness because I have worked to take care of myself for almost 12 years. Now to get to be one of the lucky ones!, a stay at home mom, I am excited to experience this change in my life. I know I am going to love being a mommy. I have been enjoying every minute of pregnancy. There have been hard moments of illness, discomfort, and fear, but over all I have relished every move that Adaline has made, every indicator that she is healthy and strong.

Cory and I watched a video I had recorded of him the day we found out what we were having. It was so funny to watch Cory talk about seeing Adaline for the first time in the sonogram and how he was so excited to meet her in a couple more months. That was back in October and here we are in March not too long from her due date, just about two weeks, and Cory and I probably more excited and anxious now then we were then.

Our birth class has been really helpful in getting us ready for D-Day. We have been educated on what could happen and what typically happens during delivery. The information our teacher has shared each week has helped Cory and I feel better prepared for delivery. We know that there could be complication with any delivery but we also know what the typical stages of delivery are and what we can probably expects as we work our way through each step in the process. This information will help Cory be a better coach and support to me as I concentrate on getting our beautiful baby into this world. The Brio-Birthing technique is designed to help mother and baby experience a natural child birth. The idea of joining the millions of women before me, who, through the ages of time, have delivered children naturally, I am excited to experience this incredible act.

I know that Adaline’s name sake, both her Great, Great Aunt Adaline, and her grandmother, Helene, will be there helping to get her into this world. I know there will be others there too. Cory’s grandmother Kellersberger and many of the faithful women of our progenitors will be there as well. I truly believe that they will be the attending angels who will help escort Adaline into this world. Just like we are not left alone at the closing of our lives and as we cross over to the other side of the veil, so too are we not alone in coming into this world. The veil is very thin and the Father has incredible mercy so for me to believe that Adaline, Cory, Mom, and I will not be alone is incredibly comforting.