I had another doctors appointment today. As usual, things are going great. Weight gain is good, I think I gained like 2 pounds since my last appointment, blood pressure is good, everything is good with my pregnancy. Now I'm just working on my son to convince him that the week of Thanksgiving is the best time to come out and play! lol

Thursday, 10/23/08, my Uncle Val was taken in an ambulance from Logan to the University of Utah hospital because he was coughing up blood. My uncle has cystic fibrosis, he is one of the oldest living people in the world with this condition, he is 53 (I think). The oldest on record lived to about 70. The average life span is around 16 years I believe. Anyway, he is now in the hospital again. This in and of itself is nothing new. He is always in the hospital to get "cleaned out" and get anti-biotics and such. After being admitted, the doctors told him that he would be in the hospital for months this time. They ran a bunch of tests and finally allowed him to be put on the lung transplant list. We are all hoping and praying that he gets a lung soon and that the transplant goes well.

I know many of my friends are religious, my family is having a fast/prayer this weekend. If nothing else, when you go to the temple or say your prayers at night, please include him in them if you can.

So, Friday 10/24/08, my Gram was admitted to the hospital. She fell a bunch of times, got a concussion, broke a rib... She isnt' doing well. They released her today, but they say that she is going to need constant care from now on. I can't imagine them putting her in a home. It is so sad. She has always been such a strong and independent woman. To see her now at this point breaks my heart. I am heading to Logan tonight to spend time with her. I feel that I need to spend as much time with her as possible before the Gram I have known for 26-years totally slips away.

Last, we recently discovered that there was a 5-day lapse in insurance coverage. My COBRA ended 5/31/08, I got married 6/6/08, so from 6/1 - 6/5, I had no insurance. Unfortunately for me, they just so happened to run a bunch of tests on 6/2. I thought I was covered through the 5th. I thought I had insurance. Now that I'm learning I didn't, I have over 1000.00 in medical bills for ONE DAY!!!!!! One simple day of prenatal tests. Fabulous.

Today is not my favorite day ever.

So I went to the doctor today for my 33-week appointment. I'm doing great. Jayden is also doing great. I've gained 25-pounds so far... She told me that I could expect to gain about 30-35 for my pregnancy! Yay! They made me get a flu shot. And they scared the crap out of me by saying "well, your baby is due during RSV season!" Oh thanks! Not that I'm not scared to death already lol. Anyway, point here is that I got my flu shot. My arm hurts and I am getting that fabulous flu shot fever! Yay! But, my son will hopefully be protected and not get RSV.

BJ and I have been watching childbirth education videos, learning a lot. We have decided that I am going to try to have Jayden naturally, without an epidural. I am not totally ruling out an epidural; however, I truly don't want one if I can handle it. It's just that we learned that it gives the baby the best chance of bonding with the mother, as well as latching on, as I will be able to try to feed him right away. Like I said, I'm not ruling out an epidural at all, but I really don't want to get one if I don't have to. I was the only baby of my mothers that had an epidural and refused to breast feed. So, we'll see how it goes!

Some of you may know that we were toying with the idea of requesting an induction around Thanksgiving, to make it easier on us with time off and stuff... Well, after some consideration and research we have decided that we are not going to go for the induction. I want to avoid a c-section and an epidural, as I have already mentioned. One of the common reasons for a c-section is a failed induction. Also, when you are induced, they give you Pitocin, which requires that they also give you an epidural as Pitocin increases the intensity of the contractions a LOT. They sometimes have to give you the epidural earlier when using Pitocin than they would have otherwise, which can slow down and in some cases actually stop labor - leading to a c-section. It's funny how parents often have their own ideas of how things are going to go, they get it all planned out and stuff, and if my son has another agenda, all our plans could go out the window! We shall see! The closer it gets, the more excited I get. I can't believe that in only a few short weeks, I am going to be a mommy!

Here are some pics of his nursery and stuff.


Jayden's Crib - His daddy worked hard on it!



I made the "Jayden" out of wooden chalkboards I bought at Robert's arts and crafts. I painted the frames red and added the painted wooden cut-outs to the frames. I was really happy with the way it turned out!

And now for some belly pics! I feel huge!!!