Week 26

Well here we are, about to start the 3rd trimester. I can't believe it! A year ago I was planning my wedding and had no thoughts of babies or being a mom running through my head. Well God has crazy plans for your life so watch out! :) Just a years’ time can bring so much wonderful and exciting change to your life. It has to my husband and I. As we approach the Easter season and my "final countdown" of the last 3 months, I can't help but think about how Mary felt while she was pregnant with Jesus. Were the same worries and thoughts running through her head as I have? Was pregnancy any easier for her since she carried the Son of God in her womb? Probably not. She more than likely had pains and nausea and swelling in her feet just like the rest of us. But how did she push all that aside and dwell on the blessing growing inside her and think, "My son is going to save the WORLD." While my little Ayden will probably not change the world like Jesus did, I sure pray he grows aspiring to be a man of God.

 

26 weeks and counting :)

The past few days I have not been feeling well. It started with feeling run down, which brought on a fever and the chills. Then I fought with some Braxton hicks contractions on Friday and every since I have been suffering with some sinus and allergy related drainage. Not my best weekend or beginning to my week. As I am recovering from all this, I had my latest Doc appointment today with my wonderful OBGYN. He discussed the results to my glucose test from last Thursday. This test is to determine if the mother has gestational diabetes. I passed with flying colors! Which is great because it is basically like your body becomes diabetic only while you are pregnant and then it resolves about a month postpartum. It can affect the growth of baby and cause mother to gain excess weight as well. Not the end of the world when controlled with strict diet and exercise but glad I don't have one more worry to deal with. Just continue to be healthy and drink LOTS of water. He also measured my belly as he does at every appointment. When he went to check the heart beat with the doppler, Ayden immediately started moving around. He definitely does not like have sound waves bounce around in his quiet little womb. His territory:) He is facing downward and apparently all the fluttering I have been feeling on the lower part of my bump is him moving his hands around and stretching more than likely. Is it not so fascinating that a baby grows mostly (from our perspective) upside down?! But to the baby, He doesn't know up from down and he kind of is in a state of weightlessness! So crazy!

At the end of the appointment Dr. L. said, "Ok Kids, I'll see y’all in 2 weeks." Wait....Did I hear that correctly? We are down to the every 2 week appointments ALREADY? WHAT?! It feels like this has all flown by so fast. It just hit me by surprise. We went out and decided to schedule the rest of our appointments till my due date. It kind of hit me seeing that we only have a handful of appointments left till June 24th. Exciting and can’t wait to meet my little guy.

We also want to say a HUGE thanks to everyone who has been blessing us with baby stuff. We cannot express the gratitude and love we feel for all those who have given us those things we still needed for Ayden’s arrival. Thank you.   

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Building my Stash: Newborn Cloth

So excited! Today I received my order of newborn diapers from amazon.com. I ordered 1 Grovia AIO and 2 Rumparooz Diaper covers. The Rumparooz will be used with prefolds (Like what your mother or grandma used).  The cover can be wiped off on the inside which allows it to be used multiple times before needing to be washed. My husband could not stop laughing with how excited I was, pulling them out of the box, and testing them out on the build-a-bear we have.

 I have been skeptical about buying newborn cloth but then I really thought about the fact that they fit 4lbs up to 15lbs. I can overlap using newborns and my regular one-size diapers until he out grows the newborns. PLUS, while in the hospital I can use the newborns with disposable inserts to save on being charged for the diapers they provide during your stay. I know it seems silly and not a huge reason but all those things add up in the end. 

Cloth diapering does not have to be exclusive; this is just the route we are deciding to take. Some parents don't start CD until their child is a month old, some do it only when at home (i.e. not at daycare, Church, or at grandma's house). Some parents start CD when they bring their newborn home and some begin from day one. It's all your comfort level. I want to dive in head first and tackle it all from day one. Doing your research and being prepared is probably the best tip I can find no matter what blog or article I have come across. 

Newborn All-in-one cloth diaper

To diaper a newborn you need about 12 changes per day. So, If you do laundry every other day you need at least 24 diapers plus a few extra. If you use diaper covers, they can stretch at least 3 changes. All you need do is grab a new prefold and wipe any wetness out of the cover. This is a great option for newborns because prefolds will fit snugly around those little newborn thighs. AIO, AI2, and pocket diapers also come in newborn size. Almost every brand of cloth diaper also sells a newborn counterpart.Below are a few different folds for a prefold under a cover.