Babymoon at the Beach (Week 30)

This past weekend, Brad and I had a little “Babymoon”. For those of you wondering what the heck Babymoon means, it's basically a vacation you take before the baby arrives. We decided to take a trip close to home (because a week long trip in Hawaii wasn't in the cards) to enjoy the weekend together and just relax as these next 10 weeks are packed (Yes, I said 10 weeks, that wasn’t a typo!!) We left Friday night to Garibaldi/Tillamook and took our time getting over there...we did get there just in time to see the sun setting.
Saturday we had some breakfast and went to the Tillamook Factory. I had never been, so it was fun to see how they packaged up the cheese and learn some of the history. We tasted lots of yummy cheese and ice cream! We then headed to a small town called Manzanita. We walked on the beach, ate some food and did some shopping! It was a fun mini-trip and we had plenty of time to talk what life will be like in these next 10 weeks and what life will be like once our little bundle of joy greets us!




Pregnancy moments from this past week:
*We had our second baby class this week and I’m not quite sure I’m ready to go back for the next class! I thought child birthing classes were suppose to prepare you, not scare the crap out of you!! Brad and I got to experience our first birthing video where we watched a woman go through natural birth. I just saw things that I was not prepared to see and I still want to live in my happy bubble that delivery will be different-like rainbows and butterflies everywhere! =) We also practiced breathing and relaxing positions. All I should say about that is we are “those” people in class in the back that are giggling and not taking it seriously.

*We felt the baby hiccup for the first time this past Sunday. It was a cool feeling until we realized we can’t do anything to help the little Nugget :( Since then, I’ve felt the baby with hiccups several times.

*We found our Glider Chair. After doing lots of research and going to many furniture stores, we will special order a chair that we found. Something that we didn’t realize is how long it will take, apparently 8-10 weeks! Yikes! Just in time for the baby to be here...

*My allergies have been magnified during pregnancy. It's not fun...I feel like I'm back living in Eugene again.

*So lately people have been asking us what we think we are having. Brad has always thought it was a girl. For me, I’ve gone back and forth, several times! I think it’s because I’m trying to be prepared for either gender. In the very beginning, I thought it was a girl, then around 18 weeks, I started thinking it was a boy, and now I’m back to thinking it’s a girl. I’m sure next week, I’ll think it’s a boy =) But the funny thing is, I always refer to little Nugget as “he”. It’s been fun not knowing, I thought it would be hard, but it really hasn’t been at all. We feel so connected with the baby, just by preparing for him/her and watching and feeling little Nugget move…constantly! So, that’s where we stand on what we think little Nugget is, but either way, we are prepared and cannot wait to meet our precious little boy or girl =) =)

Baby Update:
Nugget is about 15.7 inches long now, and weighs almost 3 pounds, like a head of cabbage. A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds baby, but that volume will decrease as baby gets bigger and takes up more room. Baby’s eyesight continues to develop.

San Diego Trip (Week 29)

I spent this past weekend in San Diego celebrating my friend Courtney’s Bachelorette party. Kim and I flew down on Friday to celebrate the weekend (Kim is due at the time of Courtney’s wedding and I will have a 6 week old, so we’ll most likely not be able to attend the wedding). It was a fun time and a very different vibe being completely sober and pregnant! But Kim and I made the most of it, and most importantly, our friend Courtney was happy we were there and helped make it special for her. All the ladies were good sports with the two preggo’s at the Bachelorette party and not one of them asked why we were there (although they may have thought it!)-however after they all had a few drinks, they were happy and excited to give us lots of belly rubs!








This past weekend was also Father’s Day weekend and unfortunately, I got in late afternoon, which didn’t leave much time to celebrate Brad. We did however go to dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings to celebrate him :) Next year I’ll make it up to him!!

We started our first baby class this week-Child Birth Preparation. The class was about 2 ½ hours long. It covered a lot of stuff we already knew, but the next several weeks will be more interesting. New things we did learn are the stages of labor and how to time contractions.

We had a doctor appointment this week and everything is going smooth! Baby’s heart rate is good and I’m growing right on pace. We’ll be going to the doctor every two weeks at this point, since I’m in my third trimester. And by 36 weeks, we’ll be going every week. I did get the results back from the three hour long Glucose Test and I passed! PHEW!!! So I can still continue to eat candy, cookies and waffles =) My doctor was happy that I passed as well, since she was a little shocked at how high my results were for the first test. But all is good!!

Baby Update:
Little Nugget now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (like a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. Baby’s muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and the head is growing bigger to make room for his/her developing brain. Nugget’s little bones are soaking up lots of calcium, which is probably why I constantly want to drink milk! This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited in baby's hardening skeleton each day. And I can just feel the strength of those little bones with every elbow poke and kick!

Glucose Testing

So, last week I got my results back from my Glucose Screening Test. Turns out they were elevated. Nothing to be too concerned about-I'm okay and so is baby :)

They said my test results were at 175 and the cutoff is 140. I'm not sure what all that means, but they asked me to come back to do more testing.
So currently, I'm sitting in the doctors office for the second test. This test takes about 3 hours. Oh joy! Thank goodness I let Brad talk me into getting an iPad to keep me entertained for the next 3 hours :)

For the test, they take my blood after fasting for 12 hours and then I drink, once again, the lovely sugar drink and then they test my blood every hour for the next three hours. I'll know the results by tomorrow or the next day and will keep you posted.

Again, baby and I are fine-in fact as I write this, little Nugget is kicking all over because of the sugar overload :)

Welcome to the Third Trimester! (Week 27 & 28)

Oh boy, I did it again- another week has passed without me even noticing-how does that happen!?!? Well, I’m not complaining, because I’m so happy that time is cruising right along.

We are officially in the THIRD TRIMESTER- I know...we were quite shocked when we realized that. This pregnancy has gone by so fast, but I’m thankful for that. I have heard that the third trimester is the most difficult and as the end draws near, it will feel like the weeks drag on. Unfortunately I have the privilege of this uncomfortable time during the summer- which means I’ll be a nice plump, swollen, waddling pregnant woman come September :)

Time is passing so quickly that I can’t even remember what our last week was like or what we did, let alone remember what we did the weekend before that, darn pregnancy brain!
Although, last weekend, Brad and I had an opportunity to babysit my cousin Brandie’s kids, Parker (4) and Preslie (almost 2). We had fun getting to spend time with them- we went to the park, walked down the street to grab dinner, went to another park, played baseball, had bath time and watched a movie! Needless to say, Brad and I drove home and went straight to bed-we were spent! I personally believe that all my cousins make beautiful children, so I’m hoping that “Mullin” gene is passed on =)




Last week we had a doctor’s appointment. Everything checked out fine! We heard the heartbeat (again!) and baby is good-which was a relief as last week was a bit stressful on me! We are suppose to be interviewing Pediatricians, which we’ve been slacking on a bit-oops! I also had my glucose screening test to check for gestational diabetes, a high blood sugar condition that some women get during pregnancy. They gave me this sugar solution that contains 50 grams of glucose to drink. The stuff tastes like a very sweet soda pop-yum! An hour later I had my blood taken to check my blood sugar level. The idea is to see how efficiently my body processes sugar. I still haven’t gotten the results yet...we’ll see! I have been loving the cookies and candy- A LOT!! As of now, I have gained 14 pounds in 26.4 weeks. Although my scale at home differs from the doctor’s office a bit...I like what my scale says better, so I’m going with that =)

Pregnancy moments from the past two weeks:
*I LOVE the belly rub, mostly from people I know! But I just love friends and family rubbing on my belly-it feels soo good. It’s like getting a good massage, I just eat it up!

*My favorite cherries are back in season- I love Rainer cherries (thank you to Genny for introducing me to them last year). They are so good, I don’t care how much they cost, I will buy them and eat them every day.

*Last week was the end of my swim aerobics class that I took with Kim and her mom. It was fun and I’m glad I participated for the second trimester of my pregnancy, but I have decided not to continue for the third trimester. We have a pool at our condo and I’m sure as the days heat up, I’ll be down there floating each night to cool off. Also, since the days are getting nicer, we are able to walk Dexter at night and I carry 2 lb. weights. I consider that a good amount of exercising. And yes, I’m THAT lady walking with aerobic arms-but I don’t care =)

*Cravings for the past few weeks are ice tea and onion rings! YUM! The onion rings are soo good and I want them all the time-but I try to limit to only once a week, okay, so twice a week :)

*Brad and I are still on a mission to find the perfect rocking chair. We have finally narrowed it down to wanting a Glider chair versus a cushy leather recliner rocking chair we thought we wanted. We both like the gliding motion and to be able to put our feet up and still rock. Brad is hooked too!

*This will be the last week I can fit into my regular pants. They are pretty tight. It’s not that I don’t want to wear maternity clothes, it’s just that I could still fit in my normal pants with the help of the Belly Band. However, I have found how comfortable dresses and stretch pants are- hence my 28 week picture! I told my office they better get used to me in dresses and stretch pants for the next 3 months, because that is all I’ll be wearing at this point =)

*I’m starting to get acquainted with Baby’s schedule. Every morning I wake up at 5am and feel that baby is awake too and kicking me because he/she is hungry! I notice more activity after I eat meals and candy :) At night is my favorite because that is when I relax and we just sit and watch my belly move. It’s so crazy to watch!

Baby Update:
By this week, Baby weighs two and a quarter pounds and measures 14.8 inches from the top of head to heels, the size of an Eggplant (pictured below)!! Baby can blink his/her eyes, which now sport lashes. With eyesight developing, Baby may be able to see the light that filters in through my womb. Little Nugget is also developing billions of neurons in the brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world.

As we were picking up my cherries- we saw eggplants and we could not help it-we had to get a picture of what the size of little Nugget is!

Week 28

Memorial Day Weekend (Week 25 & 26)

It’s incredible how quickly time is passing...so fast that I don’t even have time to keep up with my pregnancy journal (that’s what this blog has been for me for the past several months!)

This past weekend was Memorial Day and we headed down to Medford to spend time with both our families and it will be the last time we head that direction prior to Baby Fetrow’s arrival. We got in Friday evening and spent time with Mom and Dad (Fetrow). Saturday we went into Jacksonville for lunch and a little shopping!

We headed over to visit with my family on Saturday evening. My cousin Bree and her family came over for Abby’s pizza night! We had a great time catching up and having the little ones entertain us. Sunday we headed over to the Jacob’s for the annual Memorial Day BBQ- which is always fun with great food (including my favorite flank steak) and fun games!
We packed up the car and headed home on Monday! It was fun to get down to see everyone. There is something about Medford that I always love coming home to!




Okay-I have to explain this picture of me and my Papa! Ever since I found out I was pregnant I just HAD to get a belly picture with my Papa! I was on a mission to have our bellies side by side in a picture! It’s mostly because of a childhood joke of always asking about Papa’s belly- and now that I have one too, I feel like we were even more alike =)


Pregnancy moments from the past two weeks:
*We registered at Babies R Us!! Brad and I were so excited to do this! We got there, got all set up with our notes and special gun! Where do we start!? We started at aisle #1 where we probably spent about 10 minutes staring at a wall full of pacifiers, bottles, bottle cleaners, bottle nipples, etc. It was a bit overwhelming. The question I asked most often was “Do we really need this?” And Brad’s answer was mostly “Who the hell knows, let’s just register for it, in case we do!”. My favorite moment was when I was trying to compare two products only to look up and see I’ve been talking to myself and Brad has apparently moved on without me- I finally find him in the bath toy aisle and watched him register for every toy he picked up. I have a feeling Brad is going to love “Bath Time” just as much as his kid! =) We spent about two hours registering (again, I was doing a lot of "hmmm...do we need this!?") and I was exhausted after that!! Brad took me to dinner and a movie to get our minds off of baby wipes and teething rings!

*During Week 25, I was experiencing some severe round ligament pain-which is a thick ligament that holds my uterus in suspension within my abdomen. As I continue to grow in size and weight, these ligaments become very long and thin, stressing and tensing like rubber bands, causing pain. Ouch!!

*Baby Nugget is still pretty active! Brad has said it doesn’t feel like a “bump” anymore and more like a hand or a foot pushing out! I find that I often just stare at my belly, watching for the movements!

*We’ve reached double digits! We are 96 days and counting until Baby Fetrow arrives!

Baby Update:
Baby now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches from head to heel! Baby’s learning to distinguish right side up from upside down. He or She can now open their eyes and acquired the ability to move their head around. Aww!!
Our next Dr Appt is next week- we are looking forward to it!

Week 26