A quick update from the Martinson house. Last Thursday we were at the doc's office for our 35 week 5 day visit and the doc said Jess is fully effaced (her cervix is thinned completely and stretchy).
So we spent the weekend finishing the nursery (pics to post soon) and getting some spring projects done around the house. Contractions continued and it seemed like that was all that was going to happen until the due date.
However!!!!!! Jess spent most of Monday with stronger contractions and a weird feeling over her entire belly. Everything was feeling tight and achy and just not right..... so on Tuesday we called the doctors office and they said to go get checked out and monitored at the Mother Baby Center at Sparrow Hospital.
After a three and a half hour visit with a very nice nurse and a very tardy resident we discovered that Jess has progressed to a finger of dilation. Which translates simply to: Jess is closer to giving birth. The weird feelings are the cervix opening more and contractions leaving residual tension in the uterus.
All doctors and nurses praise Lucy highly for having such a strong heartbeat and being so active! They say from all monitoring that she is a super healthy kid. At this point, we plan to not see the triage until Jessica's water breaks and we are in there to bring Lucy into this world.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Family Updates
Starting a new blog and starting a new family at the same time. We realized how handy a blog can be to keep family updated after looking at a few friends' blogs. So this is the start of keeping everyone in the loop of what is happening with this branch of the Martinson/Burton/Garner/Church family.
Lucy is doing well...she's moving lots everyday and every night :)
I am still having contractions. They stem from mild to severe...although I'm convinced that I'm not even feeling the mild ones. We've been to the hospital twice for them but no "active" labor yet.
Heather is doing good. She's putting together all the baby stuff we have gotten and is good about indulging the pregnant lady and keeping Lucy and I happy and healthy. She's also gotten very proficient with a stopwatch timing contractions so we know if we need to head back to the hospital at all.
At this point, they are saying the signs to look for labor are perfectly spaced always strong contractions, my water breaking, and dilating.....not sure how we're supposed to know if that happens unless we go to the hospital though :)
She has definitely dropped, eased up on my stomach but sitting firmer on my bladder, so i can eat and drink more finally but i just make more frequent trips to the little girls room...
As far as pets...Zoe loves to sleep on a stuffed duck named Will who is currently residing in Lucy's room, Baby Kitten has become a more frequent visitor at night, we think she's getting that motherly instinct and knows I'm on the verge of giving birth..although she shows it by trying to sit on Lucy. Sophie is enjoying the attention now and the spoiling of her new doggie bed and as of Wednesday will no longer be able to ever be a mom herself. As far as we can tell she seems OK with the idea and has promised in her puppy way to help be another mom to Lucy. Plus she thinks my stomach smells good now...i don't get it....
Well I think I've caught you up on all of us. We look forward to sharing all our fun of the newest addition to our family with you soon!
Stay tuned for updates on labor, delivery and the storks' visit...especially since the hospital has free WiFi!!
--Jessica
Lucy is doing well...she's moving lots everyday and every night :)
I am still having contractions. They stem from mild to severe...although I'm convinced that I'm not even feeling the mild ones. We've been to the hospital twice for them but no "active" labor yet.
Heather is doing good. She's putting together all the baby stuff we have gotten and is good about indulging the pregnant lady and keeping Lucy and I happy and healthy. She's also gotten very proficient with a stopwatch timing contractions so we know if we need to head back to the hospital at all.
At this point, they are saying the signs to look for labor are perfectly spaced always strong contractions, my water breaking, and dilating.....not sure how we're supposed to know if that happens unless we go to the hospital though :)
She has definitely dropped, eased up on my stomach but sitting firmer on my bladder, so i can eat and drink more finally but i just make more frequent trips to the little girls room...
As far as pets...Zoe loves to sleep on a stuffed duck named Will who is currently residing in Lucy's room, Baby Kitten has become a more frequent visitor at night, we think she's getting that motherly instinct and knows I'm on the verge of giving birth..although she shows it by trying to sit on Lucy. Sophie is enjoying the attention now and the spoiling of her new doggie bed and as of Wednesday will no longer be able to ever be a mom herself. As far as we can tell she seems OK with the idea and has promised in her puppy way to help be another mom to Lucy. Plus she thinks my stomach smells good now...i don't get it....
Well I think I've caught you up on all of us. We look forward to sharing all our fun of the newest addition to our family with you soon!
Stay tuned for updates on labor, delivery and the storks' visit...especially since the hospital has free WiFi!!
--Jessica
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