Week 29

I spent a large portion of my summer break from work in Idaho.  I was preparing to go home and stressing about how I was going to fit all of my baby shower gifts in suitcases to come home.  While we were there we did have a little scare with this pregnancy, nothing that was too crazy and since we have had it I've been to my doctor here and heard everything is OK with the baby and myself.   I did want to be double safe and get a few things checked out while we were there, so I did go to seek medical attention.  It's been a few weeks since then (technically I'm 31 weeks now) and I've since flown on an airplane, exercised, worked and done a few other things so we really are fine!  I received an ultra sound while we were checking on a few things and the tech said she was weighing in at 3.5 pounds.    All of my pregnancy apps ( I'm not sure how medically accurate they are) said she should have been weighing at about 2.9 pounds so that kind of freaked me out a bit as well, but after talking to my doctors here they told me at this point babies are a variety of sizes.  I was kind of amazed she was that big already!  I was having contractions that I couldn't feel and was given medication to make them stop so I could fly safely, my doctor here didn't seem to concerned with them and told me that they were fairly normal, so far no issues so that is good!   

I was able to enjoy the company of two pretty amazing women while on this trip. my original ride to get me from Idaho to Utah let me down, but my mother in law being the incredible lady she is, compensated for this let down.  On Sunday she drove me down to Utah 2 hours, turned around and headed back up to Idaho.  I was able to have a really good ride with her, to just visit, and talk about several topics such as being a wife, parent, and a decent human being in this world.  I feel incredibly blessed having her as a mother in law, I feel so comfortable with her now she is like another mom to me.  

My last two days I spent at my grandmas in Utah. I'm not very crafty but wanted cute headbands for the baby, to say my grandma "helped" me make some is very loosely stated, I mostly told her what I wanted and she made it for me.  It was nice shopping for the items to make them with her.  I'm grateful she is so gifted in areas such as this because I'm not.  My grandma is a pretty neat lady, I'm grateful that my daughter will have a few items made from her and for all she did for me on this trip.  She is so excited to have a first great grandchild, and it was fun to be around her and her enthusiasm.  She makes me feel so loved and special.  I didn't realize how important it is to be around family while pregnant, but I now think it is, they help you bring excitement to it in new ways.  I'm grateful for skype and phone calls now that I'm home in Nebraska, because love and support from extended family is important.