McLernon Family Blog

Tomorrow I will have completed 23 weeks of pregnancy, which means I have completed the second week of the sixth month of pregnancy! Wow-- Speaking of wow, approximately week 27 is the beginning of the third trimester (and the beginning of the 7th month). WOW. I am getting cracking on that birth plan THIS weekend. I just read that about 50 percent of women deliver within 1 week of their due date. The other 50 percent deliver more than one week from their due date. This all means that I have about 17 weeks of pregnancy left, give or take a week or two (and hopefully no more than that). This weekend Ben is working on redoing the hardwood floor in one of the bedrooms, and on Saturday night we are taking some of the Junior High kids to a corn maze and pumpkin patch. Other than that, I think it is just house chores for us. Our house has a hot tub in the back yard, and Ben has been finding some time to enjoy it. I can’t get in, but I sometimes sit outside too and we relax—so I am sure we w...

It has been busy here—but I am not so sure what we have been doing. We have been trying to catch up on our reading, Ben is DETERMINED to get everything unpacked and the Jr. Higher’s at church have been keeping me very busy too. We have not really made a birth plan yet, we are still trying to figure that out—but it is in process. Ben and I have been trying to pull together a baby registry, so we’ve recently spent some quality time at a couple baby stores. Ben and I have decided to go to Monterey for the night of Oct. 30 to celebrate his birthday. It is almost a month before his birthday, but every single one of our weekend days in November is booked already. We are going to spend the night in Monterey, go to the beach, hang out in town and go to the aquarium. We can’t wait. The baby—who does not have an official name—but we call her Rosa has been kicking every day. Some days just a bit and other days I have wondered what is going on in there. She is supposed to be about 1 pound a...

Attached are two pictures from the ultrasound. Like I mentioned, we don’t have any of the face. Well we do, but it doesn’t really look like a face. If you remember, the baby was not in the mood to show her face . She had it really low and the back of her head was toward my belly AND her hand was in the way. None of the pictures are actually as good as the pictures we saw on the ultrasound screen. I WISH we were able to get a print of the picture when Ben and I decided this was a girl. It was a clear shot. The next picture is of the baby’s tummy and legs, It is cute. In this picture the ultrasound hand piece the tech was holding was on my left side and the leg we coming toward the “camera”. The baby was upside down for the entire photo shoot and she had her body on my right side with her legs kinda flipped over to the left. Right now she has plenty of room to move and flip, so I am sure she has moved by now. I sometimes can feel her punch or kick. It is very light. I also can feel ...

Ben and I went to our “ultrasound” results appointment today. Several great things happened. First, the ultrasound pictures/evaluation are total normal (same as perfect). The baby is exactly the right size for her age and her heartbeat is totally perfect also!!! In other great news, my sugar, protein and blood pressure all measured in the normal range also. YEA. Also, today Ben and I meet with a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) for the first time. I think I mentioned that I really did not connect well with my OB. She seems very knowledgeable, but she doesn’t ever remember me, she doesn’t seem to think my questions are valid ( and I really only have about one question per visit) and I just don’t feel like she would listen to me if I was concerned with something. The Nurse Practitioner that I have seen is great, but she is BOOKED and I can’t get in with her for the rest of the year! The CNM that we met today is great. Really great (like really great). SHE ACTUALLY ASKED ME HOW I AM FEELI...