Before Pictures

In typical Matthew and Christine fashion, we decided that preparing for Dean's arrival was not enough for us to be concerned about. We decided to remodel our bathroom less than 6 weeks before Dean's due date. We have been thinking about it for a long time, but kept putting it off. The reason we decided we needed to remodel the bathroom is that, since our house was built in the 1950s and people didn't take as many showers, we have a window in our shower. The people who lived here before us did not use our room as the master, so it wasn't an issue for them. But after three years of showers, the window has begun to rot and cause problems. So, we finally decided to go ahead and remodel it so we can enjoy some of the benefit of it. We hired some great contractors and they started the demolition yesterday.

Here's what it looked like before:

The problematic window:

They are finishing the removal of the lovely tile today and should have the tub installed today too. The tile guys are coming tomorrow to lay the tile floor. I'll take more pictures tonight.

33 Week Appointment

My appointment today was not with my usual doctor, since he decided to go on vacation! Despite the fact that I did not like the doctor I had today at all, everything was fine. My cervix wasn't changing much, Dean weighed in at 4lb 1oz and my fluid level was ok. It was about 1/3 less than it was at the hospital, but it could have just been the position that Dean was in. I have another ultrasound next appointment to check again.

Little Scare

We had a little scare this weekend. I woke up 5:30 Saturday morning and I thought my water had broken. Given our history, we didn't want to take any chances. We packed Grant up and headed to the hospital. They admitted me to L&D for testing and observation. They hooked me up to the monitors and I was having quite a few contractions. They gave me medication to stop the contractions. I had an ultrasound which showed that I still had enough fluid. According to the ultrasound, Dean weighs 3lb 12 ounces, which is great news.

I was admitted for overnight observation just given our history. In the morning, they repeated the ultrasound and I had the same amount of fluid, which was good news. We got to see the perinatologist that we really like and he felt pretty confident based on my cervical measurements and amniotic fluid measurements that my water had not broken. So, that was good news to us. We were not quite ready for a July baby!

31 Week Appointment

I had another appointment today, at 31 weeks. Dean was measuring 3lb 3 ounces and everything else seemed to be holding strong. I got the first of two steroid shots today and I will get the second one tomorrow on the off chance that Dean decides he wants to arrive early.