Prego Pizza?

Went to the Dr. yesterday morning. Found out a couple new facts....I am dialated, 1 cm. The cervix is soft, which is good. The baby is "sunnyside up", means his face is face up. He'll either flip over on his own or they will have to turn him, he should be face down. Although the Midwife said it was not a big deal. I actually lost a pound this week. Still no concrete answers on when. Could be today, could be 2 weeks. We've scheduled another Dr. appt for Tuesday, the actual due date. If nothing happens by then, we will discuss inducing.

So, my previous post mentioned my aversion to old wives remedies? Well, Beto got a suggestion from one of our work friends to try this pizza that has been known to send prego ladies into labor after eating it. We didn't have any plans and I was feeling hungry after the Dr. appt. so we decided it couldn't hurt. We made the trek to lovely downtown Walnut Creek for some Prego Pizza at Skipilini's. See the stories on their website....http://www.skipolinispizza.com/prego.php

The pizza has seven different kinds of meat, veggies and a ton of onions and garlic. It was very tasty and everyone knew why I was there. Lots of friendly folks wishing me good luck.

Wow! I really should have put on some make-up, oh well. I'm nine months pregnant Dammit! I can look hideous for a few weeks.
But alas, no pizza induced labor. It's been just about 24 hours and I'm the same.

Finish Line ?

I made it, started week 40 yesterday. Still no pre-labor symptoms. Damn kid already not listening to me! I can still walk and get around with minimal effort. I have outgrown even my maternity clothes. Seems silly to buy new clothes for the last week, but I did buy a pair of shorts yesterday while walking the mall. It's supposed to be 98 degrees by Sunday, I need something cool to wear.
I keep walking hoping it will help the process along, but nothin' so far. I'm not into the old wives tales of eating spicy food, drinking tea, gulping castor oil. But at least walking and staying active can only help in my recovery, I do that one because it has other benefits, Tess enjoys it too. Speaking of Tess, she has been a great companion while I've been home. I feel she senses something going on. She sleeps most of the day away on the bed, as she is now. But she'll come check on me from time to time. She'll hop on the couch next to me and throw her head into my neck and give me a nudge, like "hang in there."
Dr. appointment tomorrow morning, we'll see what they have to say...

Tick..tock..counting the minutes

OK, so the waiting is officially the worst part of being pregnant. 13 days and anxiously counting.

Will he come on time? Early? Late?
Has he dropped? Not dropped?
Am I having contractions? Not having contractions?
WHO KNOWS?!
You don't know if you've never been through it. It's all just a series of unanswered questions. A form of torure, I say. The doctors don't know, they say it's all a very complex system we still don't fully understand. I can see now why so many ladies are scheduling c-sections these days. At least they know when.


I figured out a main culprit of my heartburn though, it's chocolate. It's not like I eat a lot of it but it's enough to upset my delicate hormonal state of imbalance. I've been able to sleep in bed the past 2 nights. I still wake up but that's just from being uncomfortable, at least the burning has stopped. Wow, makes a huge difference in my days. I can actually stay up all day, no napping needed. So, I've been constucting things. Yesteday, I put together the baby swing that my co-worker bought for us. It swings and vibrates, plays 6 songs or nature sounds. Babies are supposed to love it.















Today, was the stroller Pam and Dan bought us. It's a jogger type stroller with what's called a "Travel System." The travel system part refers to the hand held carrier that can come right out of the stroller and into a base in the car for traveling. Just fold up the stroller and go.















That's it for now, I'll try to write more often. Not like I don't have the time, just nothing new is happening...

Awhhhh.....The belly picture

Start of Week 37

Today is the first day of week 37, four weeks to go. However my most recent ultrasound measures the baby at 8 days further along than expected, he could come a week early. That would put the new estimated due date on May 11th, which happens to be Beto's birthday! The estimated weight at birth is 6 pounds, 10 ounces. I have another Dr. appointment today, I'll let you know if anything new comes up.

I am officially on maternity leave from work, started yesterday. We have some record-breaking , bizarre heat wave going on right now. It was 94 here yesterday. I went out to lunch yesterday for my birthday, with my bosses and co-worker. Then quickly went back home to the comfort of central air. Supposed to just as hot today. I'm meeting my Dad for lunch.

I attended my last baby shower on Saturday at Cathy's house. Yummy food - caesar salad, Aunt Leannie makes a mean macaroni salad and Aunt Nancy made some delicious, fancy sandwiches. I had the turkey/cranberry on raisin bread and a piece of the pesto-mozarella-tomato sandwich, both great. We played a couple games. Like this evil one below where everyone cuts a piece of string to the size that they think I am around. Mom and Aunt Ana cut almost identical pieces, Mom won. Some others would have wrapped around me three times!!! Geesch.


Sunday was my birthday and Beto, Ron and I went to the Giants game. What a beautiful day, due to the previously mentioned heat wave, it was 88 in the City. We had perfect seats, the last row of the view box so the wall directly behind us cast a welcome bit of shade. Giants won!

Peek-a-Boo

I had an ultrasound yesterday and I got a shot of Max's face. Definitely has the Tapia side big forehead and I think he has my nose! You can't tell in this shot but
the tech lady said he already has hair too. 5 weeks left.....come out already!

"I can't see it" How to view.....the picture is head on. At the top of the pic, left of middle is the white egg shape of his forehead. Then under that, to the left is the shaded area of his eye, to the right of that his nose and directly below his lips. He looks like his lips are puckered. Can you see it now ?

The Orange Family

Here's some of our Home Depot family from Baby Shower #2. I don't know where I was for either of these pictures but apparently I wasn't invited. Just kidding. My co-worker and cubemate, Kristin (not pictured) set up and arranged everything for this shin-dig.

We played a game where a team of 3 had to make a diaper on one of the team members with rolls of toilet paper.



Beto and I won, I can make a mean toilet paper diaper.


Complete with doodie (it was mustard).



The cake was made of individual cupcakes, very cute.

And of course, presents for the baby.