38 Weeks

Welp folks, I'm 38 weeks pregnant! No baby yet. I have a feeling she isn't going to come early haha. Maybe I'm just trying to convince myself that that is true so that if she does come early, then I will be pleasantly surprised. But she will probably come in 2 weeks I'm thinking. Again, we'll see how stubborn she is! 

I had an appointment at the doctor's on Monday... 2 days ago. I had ANOTHER ultrasound. My 7th one! Crazy, I know. They are just curious about her size and development because of the diabetes. Everything looked good though! She is in the 21st percentile and around 6 pounds. I'm totally cool with that. Sounds like a good size baby to me! I would rather not have to push out a 10 pounder... I was a little sad, though, because they didn't check to see if I'm dilated more. But oh well. I bet I'm not even dilated more so it's probably a good thing I didn't get checked or I would have been sad haha. I have learned it doesn't matter how dilated you are though. Someone could be at 6 cm for weeks. Or another person could not be dilated at all and then all of a sudden start having crazy contractions and go from nothing to a 10 fairly quickly. Everyone is different. The other day I found out a lady due a couple days after me had already had her baby. I was so jealous. That was hard to hear! But I quickly got over it. I want a healthy baby, and that means she will come when she is supposed to come. 

I have loved going on my early morning walks. Thomas leaves for work around 6, so I leave right after he does. I walk around the neighborhood for like 45 minutes. It isn't too hot yet, and sometimes it has even been cloudy. It's nice :) I'm trying to walk this baby out of me... Sometimes Thomas and I go on walks at night, too.

We have just been trying to be patient waiting for Jayne to arrive... but it's hard! I didn't know it would be this hard! You know the feeling of the night before Christmas when you can't sleep? It's like that, but waaaay worse. It's mostly hard because we never know when she could be coming! Thomas is so cute- almost every day he will put his head by my belly and talk to Jayne and tell her that she needs to come out already. Yesterday he said to me "By the way, right after Jayne is born, I get to hold her for 1 hour straight." I was like "no way! Maybe I will share for a little bit..." and then he said "You have had time with her in your stomach this whole time so I need to have time with her!" Hahaha I thought it was hilarious and adorable. One of the things I am most excited for is seeing his relationship with her. I think it is precious when a daddy is holding his little girl. 

Each day I try and find new things to do... I am so bored! Also, the A/C broke in my car. $300 later and it's still not fixed... SO FRUSTRATING!!! We are having a guy come fix it tomorrow, so hopefully this time this guy will actually know how to fix it. It's definitely hard being 8 1/2 months pregnant, going to the grocery store, with no A/C. I basically try and stay indoors all day because of it. I'm thinking I'll go to the library later today or tomorrow and get a good book to read to give me something to do. Just trying to help the time go faster...    

Isn't this the cutest outfit?? I LOVE it!! I can't wait to dress up Jayne.  

 I decided to be productive yesterday since I didn't want to leave the house, so I organized our shelves in our bathroom! I threw away tons of stuff, organized it, and put Jayne's bathtub and bath stuff in there :) The top picture is before, and the bottom picture is after. It doesn't look a whole lot different in the pictures, but it is definitely more organized. I love it! 

My friend, Heidi, is awesome and came to my house last night and gave me a pedicure! It was so fun to catch up on things with her since I hadn't talked to her  in forever. And now I have cute toes for the hospital! 

 So on the Manning side there are FOUR of us pregnant! It's so fun! I am due first, then Maria is due 3 weeks after me, Julie is due the end of October, and Andrea is due the beginning of December! Andrea is also having a girl which is exciting :) Maria is having a boy, and Julie doesn't want to find out what she's having. I'm excited to have all these new babies in the family!! 

37 Weeks

I am officially FULL TERM! Woo hoo! That basically means that Jayne wouldn't be considered a preemie if she came now, but it doesn't necessarily mean that she is done "cooking in the oven". I have to remind myself this... Automatically I think "Hey! I'm full term so that means she can come today and be perfectly ok!" While that may be the case for most babies, it might not be for some. I need to remember that she will come when she is ready. Each day she is still in there she is growing and developing. All I want is a healthy baby! (Although I will do all I can to try and get her here sooner... because I'm starting to go crazy, and she will come when she's supposed to anyways... haha)

I had another doctor's appointment this morning. I made a little progress! I'm now 2 cm dilated! Not much... but hey at least it was a tiny bit of progress :) Jayne is still head down and everything looks good. I am excited because I am having ANOTHER ultrasound on Monday! Because of the gestational diabetes they want to check her measurements again. I wasn't expecting this, so I was excited to find that out :) I am curious to see how much she's grown in the last 3 weeks and find out her approximate weight. According to pregnancy apps, she should be 6.5 lbs right now... But last ultrasound she was pretty small for how far along I was. I mentioned to the doctor about getting my membranes stripped next week to help things speed up a little, but she reminded me that because of my diabetes, sometimes the baby's lungs need a little longer to be developed. She said it's probably best for her health to keep her in as long as possible. I just really hope things look good in the ultrasound and maybe she will be ready to come sooner than August 7th... haha but we'll see how stubborn she is!

How far along? 37 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: Gained about 20 pounds
Stretch marks? Not on my stomach! But watch... I probably will get them like a day before I have her ha
Sleep: It's hit or miss... I haven't been sleeping very good the past week. And I usually have to get up and go pee at least one time in the night.
Best moment this week: Probably just organizing the baby's room more and making sure everything is ready for her to come!
Miss Anything? Being able to sit comfortably....
Movement: Of course. But it's slowed down since she is taking up lots of room now. It's now just jabs and rolls instead of kicks. And mostly she is just pushing out... or pushing on my bladder!
Food cravings: I crave everything I can't eat right now... seriously. I want carbs so bad!!!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope
Have you started to show yet: Stupid question. Of course. Yet I am proud to say that I am small for being 37 weeks :) (or at least people tell me all the time...) It may partly be because of my body type, but I think mostly it's because of my diet I'm on!
Gender: Girl! And we have had many ultrasounds to make sure
Wedding rings on or off? On! Yay! My fingers haven't swelled up at all. My ankles have a couple times though. But mostly no swelling.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! And excited!
Looking forward to: My ultrasound and appointment on Monday! I get to see my sweet girl and hopefully I will be dilated a little more...
Anything Else? I just can't believe the end is so near! It's been an awesome 37 weeks. I am so glad to experience this. I thank Heavenly Father every day that he has blessed me with this baby. Now I just want to hold her!!!!!!

Ok I had to post this because I thought it was the cutest thing... So Thomas came home from work and showed me this. He found this flat piece of stone, and he carved Jayne's name in it with a rock. He said he was thinking about her at work and he just can't wait for her to be here. How adorable is that? He is going to be such a good daddy. He is so sweet and thoughtful.
 

4th of July and Baby Update!

Thomas and I had a pretty chill 4th of July. We didn't have anything specific planned, so we kinda just did whatever we felt like that day. He had work, but he left super early so he could get home by lunch time :) We ate some yummy yummy steak for lunch and went swimming at the Moyer's for a while. I told him that I really wanted to go see fireworks somewhere, because that's just what you have to do for the 4th! Fireworks aren't even that exciting... but I knew I wanted to get out of the house and go somewhere! We decided to go with his parents to the Country Club in Scottsdale on the golf course to watch the fireworks. My mother-in-law grew up watching the fireworks there every year. It was awesome! We had fun going with them. 

The next day we went to my parents cabin in Heber for the weekend! We knew this would be the last weekend I should go anywhere since I'm getting closer to my due date (a week from yesterday!), and plus Heber was having fun 4th of July festivities, so we decided to go! I am so glad we did. The weather was awesome... Saturday night I had a jacket on! It got to the 60s at night. It was great. We had fun playing games, going to the parade, watching the rain and going on walks. My parents were there as well as my brothers Brooks and Preston, as well as Preston's wife and kids. It was a fun little vaca before baby girl comes :) 

The only picture I took from the weekend... Jett is such a cutie!! I love this boy! 

Alright, now for an update on our little bun in the oven! She is doing great! I will be 36 weeks on Wednesday. Today I had an appointment and got checked for the first time to see if I'm dilated. The doctor before she checked me had asked if I had had any contractions or anything, and I told her that I have felt a little bit of pain a couple times, but nothing crazy. Mostly just uncomfortable. She told me not to be surprised if I wasn't dilated at all yet. But, lo and behold, she said "Oh wow Tannis, I can feel her head!" I was like whaaaaat?? You're touching my baby's head right now?? (Ok sorry if this is gross or too personal.... haha) She told me I'm about 1.5 cm dilated and 25% effaced! Now I know that many ladies can be the same for weeks... so I'm not getting my hopes up that this means Jayne could be coming super soon or anything, but any progress is good! My body is definitely starting to get ready to give birth which is a great thing of course. Hopefully she'll be here sooner than later! My next appointment is next Wednesday. I am on weekly appointments now!    

My mom's good friend who lives across the street from her, Louise, gave me this sign for Jayne's room! She gave me the piece of wood and the vinyl lettering (she didn't know the exact color to do), so Thomas and I still had extra spray paint from painting the dresser knobs, so we painted the wood to match the room, put on the letters, and hung it up! I love it!

How cute is this picture?? Uncle Thomas and Jett :) 

Thomas' new baby. Haha but seriously... this is his new camera and camera rig thing. It's a shoulder mount and follow focus for videos. He also got 3 new lenses. He has quite a few videos coming up! Which is good because our bank account isn't too happy right now... haha. But this is a great business investment. He really needed this equipment to make high quality/professional videos. I am so dang proud of my husband. He rocks.