Had my appt today. All went pretty good. It was suppose to be at 9:15 am. I got there about 9:10...checked in...waited...and waited...went to the front desk, asked if Dr. S was behind already (cuz there werent many people in the waiting room!). They had forgot to put my chart up to let the nurse know i was there!!! So, I was 20 minutes late getting in to see him. He asked me how the iron was going. I told him that truthfully, I had only been taking it about 3 days!! He called and told me to start taking it last Monday!! I know, I know...not a good thing, but it was true. He measured the belly, all seems good there. Kenzi's heartrate was between 140 and 150....great there. I did have some protein spilling over in my urine, but I guess not enough that he was worried. My iron level did come back lower thou, so Dr. S had his nurse call me and tell me to MAKE SURE I take my iron supplements..which i havent been doing too well with. I threw out the mention of having my c-section on the 14th instead of the 17th. He said, well, assuming it was all good with Dr. E, he didnt have a problem with that. He asked me if it was good for me. I told him that I have been thinking about it. There are alot of issues with making sure that I have the blood ready for me just in case we need it. I am fine with that. Friday makes more sense in that case. I still would love to have a St. Patty's day baby thou. But then I got to thinking about it. Friday would be a good day too!! For the following reasons:
- blood would be ready for friday, not extra costs involved
- i would have the weekend to be in the hospital, we would have extra help for the older kids
- i could spend spring break with my kids instead of spending it in the hospital
- i would more than likely be out of the hospital for Carli's first birthday
I could probably go on and on. But those are the main things. I will of course have to figure out exactly how we would handle the older kids that day thou. Mikaela and Carter can go on to school for the day, and Keaton could go to the sitter. Maybe I could talk my mom into coming over and waiting with Mikaela and Carter until the bus comes, and then have her take Keaton to the sitter. That way Casey and I could have some time with Mackenzie by ourselves. I am sure I will be a blubbering mess thou.
Casey is still wanting to have people hold off on coming up to see us. I still dont want to do that. I personally love having everyone around. Plus, its not like i have to keep them entertained. They wont be there to see me in all my lovely after delivery glory. They will just want to see Mackenzie. I can doze off all I want!! I think I will talk to Casey about this again. Maybe after Mackenzie comes he can go pick Keaton up at the sitter, and then Mikaela and Carter can get out of school early to come up.
Arghhh!! There is so much to try to figure out!! Maybe attempting to get some sleep will help me think it thru. Not that I am getting much sleep these nites!!
Well, I guess I will try to update with what I find out from Dr. S tomorrow!!!and do a quick update!! i went to the dr last friday....Kenzi is measuring spot on, as usual. i had some blood drawn to see if i am low on iron...Dr. S talked to Dr. E who said that I can go to the hospital here to have my blood crossed and typed...yeah for that!! that way I dont have to drive an hour to the other hospital for that!! he said i just need to do it sometime the week before the section! which is now OFFICIALLY set!! Mackenzie Grace will be making her grand apperance on March 17th, just like i had hoped for!! i am so excited about that!! now we can make definite plans. that is the week the kids will be on spring break here. i think casey's mom will take that day off to be with the kids while casey goes to the hospital with me at the butt crack of dawn! then she can bring them up after i have Kenzi! i can hardly wait! we have the room painted, the border up, the crib is up. i think maybe next weekend we might go see if we can find a dresser to match her crib. i really am wanting to put some of the baby stuff away. but all i have right now is her closet and a purple tote that we had bought to put baby stuff in at first.
i had casey get down the car seat, so that is out as you can see in the last post. i find i like going into what is gonna be kenzi's room and sometimes just sit in there, and look at all the sweet baby stuff. the kids will go in and do it with me too. i am sure casey thinks i am whacko or something, but it does bring a small sense of security i guess it is!
in 5 1/2 weeks we will be having Kenzi. seems like so long, yet so close all at once. i still have a ton of stuff to do. i guess that is just the norm thou, huh. i guess i need to make that my focal point of getting it done.....knowing that all i have is 5 1/2 weeks...now get my rear in gear!!!
And one final one...this is the pack of receiving blankets I bought at Target the other day. I have been referring to Kenzi as my little lady bug. I thought these were so stinking cute!!
I found this super cute creeper at Target the other day!! It says Daddy's little sweet pea! I thought it was appropriate for Kenzie to wear this, since Carli had one that said Daddy's little princess!!!
This is her puppy dog, Lucky, that we made for her at Build A Bear!! I think she is as sweet as can be. And yes, those are Hello Kitty jammies she is wearing!! How ironic huh?? *LOL*
An inside view of the crib...such pretty crib sheet...that would be her diaper bag and her coming home outfit too, along with the baby book!!
Her carseat that we bought when we were expecting Carli. Casey wanted something more gender neutral, so this is what we have. I had to spruce it up with something pink thou....hence the little pink headrest!!!
Here is a pic of her pack n play. I just love the Rainforest collection!!
this is the border that my mom and I put up in Mackenzie's room....quite busy, but very cute!!