June 21, 2009 - Week 36

Now I am seeing a doctor once a week. She told me our baby is doing fine, but she measured my belly to be a little shorter then average. Therefore, she scheduled another ultrasound to double check the size of the baby. It turned out to be an estimated 5 pounds 7 ounces with plenty of amniotic fluid. The doctor also told me that I am already about 2 - 2.5cm dialated. This doesn't mean I will deliver right away because sometimes it takes longer to get to 5cm and more. She mentioned I might be delivering a little earlier then July 17th...we shall see. We also had our last prenatal class. It was basically a summary of everything we have been through.
On Saturday we went to a Home Show. It was a new development area with nice houses in Johnston and they had 7 houses open to the public. Some were better then others. Afterwards, my legs and feet were swollen so I had to apply ice and have my feet elevated. We also bought our new nursing swivel glider chair.

Chodim ted kazdy tyden k doktorce. Rekla me, ze nase ditko je vporadku. Kdyz ale merila brisko, bylo mensi nez normalne. Prave proto me poslala na dalsi ultrazvuk, aby si byla jista velikosti ditete. Ukazalo se, ze velikost je prumerna asi kolem 2,2 kila. Rekla me take, ze jsem uz asi 2-2,5 cm otevrena. To ale neznamena, ze budu ihned rodit, protoze to nekdy trva dele se otevrit do 5 a vice cm. Rikala me, ze asi budu rodit drive nez 17. cervence. Uvidime. Sli jsme take na posledni seminar. Bylo to vpodstate opakovani predeslych seminaru, ale ve zkratce.
V sobotu jsme sli na prehlidku domu. Postavili novou vystavbu ve mestecku Johnston a otevirali 7 novych domu na ukazku. Nektere byly hezci nez ostatni. Nohy me porad napuchaly, tak jsem si na ne davala led a mela jsem nohy nahore, kdyz to bylo mozne. Take jsme koupili nove kozene houpaci kreslo na krmeni ditka.

June 14, 2009 - Week 35

We have received our crib, which Paul ordered on-line. Unfortunately, it came little damaged, so the company will ship the damaged piece again. It seems like our room will never be ready, because they also delayed our carpet installation. Overall our baby is doing fine. Sometimes I think we will have a soccer player how hard the kicks are. I am the one struggling with swollen feet. I had to buy special open sandals, because I cannot fit to any other shoes. My feet look funny, like a balloons and feel like I sprained my ankle more then once.
This week was devoted to Glenn Miller Festival. Paul went to Clarinda already on Wednesday night and I came down on Saturday morning after a big Stanley Cup final game on Friday night. I think the festival went well with descent weather. My girlfriends Traci and Dawn came down on Saturday afternoon. I showed them the cabin and the farm, we went to the Glenn Miller Orchestra concert, then for dinner to the Mexican restaurant and we also went for a portion of the dance at night. On Sunday Paul played with his Evensongs band for the Picnic, which was really fun. I visited Grandma and took her to see Paul's concert. She also told me her "baby" stories from her time when she sow the doctor just once during her pregnancy. These stories takes you back in time and you realize what an amazing technology we have these days.

Konecne nam byla dorucena nase postylka, kterou Paul objednal pres internet. Bohuzel ale dosla poskozena, tak nam ta spolecnost posle novy nahradni dil. Vypada to, ze my nakonec ten pokojik nebudeme mit do porodu hotovy, protoze nam rekli, ze nam koberec budou muset nainstalovat pozdeji, no uvidime. Nasemu ditku se dari dobre. Nekdy si myslim, ze budeme mit fotbalistu, jak me vzdycky kopne. Jsem to ale ja kdo trpi s napuchlyma nohama. Musela jsem si koupit specialni otevrene sandaly, protoze se do zadnych bot nemuzu vlezt. Moje narty vypadaji srandovne, jako balony a citim jako bych si dvakrat zvrtla kotnik v tom samem miste.
Tento tyden byl zasveceny festivalu Glenna Millera. Paul jel do Clarindy uz ve stredu vecer a ja az v sobotu rano, protoze jsem se divala v patek vecer na finale Stanley Cupu. Myslim, ze festival probehl dobre s dobrym pocasim. Me zname Traci a Dawn prijely v sobotu odpoledne. Ukazala jsem jim nasi chatu a farmu, poslechly jsme si koncert, zasly jsme na veceri do Mexicke restaurace a potom jsme si sly na chvilku zatancovat. V nedeli Paul hral se svou kapelou Evensongs na zaverecnem pikniku, coz se naramne vyvedlo. Ja jsem navstivila 98 letou babicku a vzala jsem ji na Pauluv koncert. Rekla me detske pribehy z jeji doby, kdy ona videla doktora jen jedenkrat za jeji tehotenstvi. S takovymi pribehy se vracis zpet casem a uvedomis si co vsechno nyni mame k dispozici.

June 7, 2009 - Week 34

We had another prenatal class this week and Paul also went by himself to one class called "Boot Camp for Dads". They had recent Dads come in with their newborns for this presentation so Paul had the opportunity to change a few diapers. He is now experienced so I want him to do this all the time :-) I went for a regular doctor's checkup. From now on, I will be going every week. Our baby is doing fine, kicks pretty good and has a heartbeat of 143 beats per minute. The doctor measured my belly, which was 31 centimeters, so they know if the baby is growing appropriately. She told me this is about average so everything seems OK. I weigh myself every week about the same time and I realize I've already gained 32 pounds. I still have about 5 weeks to go...oh well. I don't know where all the weight is hiding because everyone is telling me that I don't look that big.
On Saturday, one of our coworkers celebrated his 40th birthday so we went to his party. The whole weekend I felt sleepy. It was raining and to our surprise the tornado sirens in town went off. I guess they had a little tornado north of us. I thought my head would split because of the changing weather. On Sunday, we visited our former coworker who gave birth to a baby girl in January and now has decided to stay at home with the baby. She gave birth in the same hospital where we are going to so we had a lot to talk about. We also shopped for new carpet in our baby's room. Paul was showing his skills in the kitchen on Sunday afternoon when he grilled the perfect steak with potatoes. I am using my new herb garden for cooking which adds a lot of flavor. I am also enjoying my outdoor flowers.

Tento tyden jsme opet meli dalsi predporodni lekci a Paul jel sam na ojedinelou lekci nazvanou neco jako "Kemp pro tatinky". Rikal, ze tam byli novopeceni tatinkove, kteri davali rady a take si budouci tatinci mohli zkusit prebalit jejich mrnouse. Paul uz je ted zaskoleny, tak budu chtit, aby prebalovat sam i nadale, ha. Ja jsem sla na beznou prohlidku k doktorovi. Nyni uz budu chodit kazdy tyden. Nasemu ditku se dari dobre, hodne kope a ma 143 tepu za minutu. Doktorka me zmerila brisko, ktere bylo 31 cm od kosti k pupku, aby zjistili, jestli ditko primerene roste. Rikala, ze je to prumerna delka a ze vsechno je vporadku. Kazdy tyden rano ve zhruba stejnou dobu se vazim a ted jsem zjistila, ze uz jsem pribrala 15 kg a to mam jeste 5 tydnu k porodu...no jo...Nevim, kde tu vahu v sobe nosim, protoze me kazdy rika, ze nevypadam tak velika.
V sobotu jsme oslavovali narozeniny naseho spolupracovnika, tak jsme sli k nemu domu na party. Cely vikend byl takovy ospaly. Hodne prselo a k nasemu prekvapeni dokonce zacaly houkat sireny na upozorneni tornada. Oni meli male tornado severne od nas. Divali jsme se na radar v televizi a nase okoli bylo vpohode. Myslela jsem, ze se me rozskoci hlava, kvuli tomu pocasi, ktere se porad menilo. V nedeli jsme navstivili nasi spolupracovnici, ktera dala vypoved, aby se mohla starat o jeji malou holcicku, kterou porodila v lednu. Rodila v te same nemocnici jako budu rodit ja, tak jsme meli o cem vykladat. Take jsme nakupovali novy koberec do detskeho pokoje. Paul ukazal v nedeli odpoledne sve schopnosti manevrovat v kuchyni, kdyz griloval ten perfektni steak s brambory. Ja pouzivam moji novou zahradku s ruznym korenim, protoze to krasne prida na prichuti. Take si vychutnavam moje venkovni kyticky.