Zoey Kathleen Rojek

Eeek, only 1 more week until Induction date! I can't believe it's coming up so quickly. I am so excited and terrified all at the same time. Part of me is like... "get her out, i'm sore, tired and want to be able to tie my shoes or sneeze without peeing myself!" but another part of me is like... "this means lack of sleep, crying nights and A LOT of work". All I have to do is remind myself that I get to see that little face, the one that's been keeping me company squirming in my belly all these months. She is almost here and ready to meet us. When I think about that, it brings me to tears and I know I am strong enough to handle it. Women have been doing this from the beginning of time and I am not so special. It's time to begin that next chapter, the one where I stop being so selfish and become a better person to raise this little human being who will need my love, guidance and care. I go in for my final Ultrasound today and I am seeing the midwi...

Ahhh... so much has happened. I can't believe I've been so negligent about the blog!! First thing is first... I have my induction date! We will be heading to the hospital 7 am on Friday, December 27th. I spoke with the doctor and nurse midwife and they confirmed that she could be born either the 27th or 28th depending on how far dilated I am that day. They checked me last Friday and he said I wasn't quite dilated yet but they will continue to monitor the next 2 weeks. If I go in and I am still not dilated, the plan is to give me a magic pill to soften things up, spend a long boring morning/afternoon in the hospital waiting and then they would start me on Pitocin (essentially Oxytocin to get contractions going) either that night or early the next morning. So... if all goes according to that plan, she will probably be born sometime Dec 28th - which is also my Mother-in-law's birthday!! She's excited to potentially share her birthday with her Grandbaby. However, ...

Squeezing two weeks into one again! I can't seem to catch up with everything lately. Here's a couple updates with pictures.  Baby Zoey - She is sitting low on me, has her head down and during the new ultrasound you can see that she has her leg all the way up above her head (her knee and nose are touching)... flexible little one! Because of her position, she has powerful (head butts?) to my bladder that give me some fun little accidents! That might be the worst part of the pregnancy so far but honestly, I'll take it. I've seen her squirm inside a few times but every time I try and take a video of the movement, she stops. It reminds me of trying to take a picture of Linus, he always knows what I am trying to do and moves away or gives me a bad face.  Class - We went to the first of the "Birth Prep" classes. This one went into pre-pregnancy symptoms, braxton hicks, when to go to the hospital, what to expect if you have a natural childbirth (...