Into the 3rd Trimester!

So the most exciting news in the world of Baby Stanton is that I started having Braxton Hicks contractions this past weekend. I was walking Rocky and began feeling this tightness and pressure that would come and go. It wasn't painful at all, but made for an uncomfortable walk. I started to wonder if that's what I was feeling so I googled it when I got home (after Joe ordered me to lay down on the couch) and I'm certain that's what it was. Totally normal in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy, but definitely exciting to know that my body's preparing to bring this baby into the world!

Everything still appeared to be going well at our appointment last week. My hemoglobin was still low though, even after all of the additional iron, so they've recommended I take even more! Yikes. They mentioned that it'll drop even more after labor and they want to do anything they can to avoid a blood transfusion, which makes sense to me. They've also ordered a fetal echocardiogram to be done in a couple of weeks. Nothing alarming, but with a history of some heart conditions in the family they just want to check on things with baby's heart. Other than that, he's just been growing and moving around constantly. I can't believe how active and strong he is! Not to brag, but I'm pretty sure my baby is probably the strongest in the history of 29 week fetuses...

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With just 11 weeks remaining until our due date, it feels like we've still got a lot to do. It does feel like things are starting to come together though. Joe painted the nursery last weekend but we're still waiting for our furniture to arrive. It was on back order and I'm starting to get anxious about it getting here soon. We've already got such a cute collection of little baby clothes and I can't wait to get them washed and put away.
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In other exciting news, I had my first baby shower this past weekend! Two friends from high school, Mary and Katie, threw a shower for three of us pregos. It was a blast. Jaime, Melissa, and I are all due with our first babies this summer. Jaime is having a girl and Melissa is waiting to find out the gender, so the shower was the perfect combination of blue, pink, and yellow :)

Me, Melissa, Jaime

Showing off our baby bumps

The gang
Too much excitement for Quinn