Dr. Visit

Today I went to see my OB. He basically told me that I am 1cm dialated and 60 % effaced. (meaning how much my cervix has thinned out). Wow 1cm! COME ON! Well its better than nothing. right ;0) He also made a prediction that the baby could be here soon probably FRIDAY! WHOOO HOO! Im nervous and scared but excited all at the same time. I've been feeling contractions all morning... they come and go so hopefully we will all see Alyssa soon! :0)

The Nursery

Here is her bedroom! We have finished the decorating and I'm so excited. Daddy painted the walls and help put the butterflies and flowers up on the walls as well as the borders. Thanks to both Grandma Griffin and Grandma Letty we have her room set up with all the essentials! :) Now hurry up Alyssa we want you here.

Ohhh what a scare!

I had a scare yesterday because it was the first time that I felt like this baby is on her way soon. It was about 10:30p and Jason and I were watching some comedy show with Bill Cosby. It was really fun because he was talking about his wife and when she gave birth. I could not stop laughing. Well anyway I began to feel some sharp pains in my vagina that shot upward (Sorry TMI but it really hurt). after a few minutes a felt it again and my stomach was really hard too. I thought to myself OMG! this is it we need to go to the hospital.

So I told jason to get the phone number for Long beach memorial hospital Labor and delivery. I dont want to be one of those people that goes to the hospital and gets sent back home because its too early. We decided to wait it out. I drank some water and layed down. Hopefully that would help determine if what I was feeling was true labor or something else.
I went online and googled "sharp pains in vagina during pregnancy" and basically it said that it could mean the baby is ready to come out and my cervix is begining to dialate. If they were contractions It would be more painful and I would definitely know!

Well thats pretty much it. I didn't end up going to the hospital becuase the pains went away so I guess everything is okay and this little girl still wants to stay in there.

I just hope she comes out soon. Not wednesday since its April 1st and I dont want her to be a april fools baby. =) Any other day would be perfect!

From the begining...

Hello everyone!

So this is our first pregnancy and our first child together. We are both very excited and can't wait until she joins us and blesses us with her cries, laughs, coos, poopy dipers and sleepless nights. :)

It all began August 3, 2008 when I took a pregnancy test since I was already a week late I figured if i was pregnant it should show. I took one and to our surprise it came out positive! I could not believe it. Two lines indicate that I wsa pregnant but one of the lines was so faint we decided to take a second one. As soon as we saw two lines on the second home pregnancy test we knew it... I was pregnant! :)

Time seemed to fly and our first doctors appt came sooner than we thought. It was Thursday, August 25, 2008. Jason and I were excited to find out how far along I was and when would be our due date. The OB said that our due date is April 7, 2009 which meant that I was 7 weeks and 6 days.

We also had our first ultra sound. She is so tiny I cant believe how tiny she was: just a little spec in the screen. :)

Even though I was happy I couldn't help but feel sick. Everything I ate made me sick to my stomach and this thing called morning sickness is more like everyday sickness because nothing stayed down. Some of my favorite foods like chicken wings and chili cheese fries became my enemy. YUCK :( This lasted until i was about 16 weeks.)

ITS A GIRL!!!!

17 weeks. 21 weeks. 29 weeks.

Wow.... how time flies only a few weeks and you can see the difference... really! :)