Had my appointment today.
I made progress! Currently I am 2cm dilated, 70% effaced and baby's head is at -1 station. 0 station means his head is engaged, so he is getting nice and low.
I am hoping to go into labor on my own, that's my plan! But if I don't, I am scheduled to be induced on Thursday, Feb. 18. There is a possibility that I can go Tuesday morning for induction, but I won't know about that until Monday afternoon. SO, next week for sure!
I was at a 2 when my water broke with Natalie... so my body is ready to go. I hope I can go into labor on my own and this weekend would sure be a great time... I am keeping busy. I was on the treadmill for 30 min. today and then went crazy with the girls as we cleaned the basement. Yesterday I did my pantry, fridge and freezer. I am going crazy and then my body is paying for it.. my poor, aching back. I feel as though I have no control over my body and such, but I DO have control over my house! My poor family.... :)
Tonight Gene and I are going out to dinner! I am very much looking forward to that.
So, good news. I'm well on my way to having this baby and the end is in sight with Thursday's induction. I am a happy camper!
:)
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Where oh where is my baby? :)
Gene has to keep reminding me that I'm not even DUE yet! Feb. 23 is one due date, Feb. 17 is the ultrasound due date! How about today for the due date?! :0)
On Monday I got a lovely shot of morphine to put me out. The midwives called it "Medicinal Rest". Their hopes were that my body could get a really good rest, regroup, then I would wake up and go into active labor! Nope! However, I did sleep. I slept on Monday from 10:30 am to 6 pm, then went back to bed at 9 pm- 7 am. It was heaven. I took 2 naps that next day, too! Because my nights are so bad ( I cramp and have contractions and hurt) I was given a lovely prescription for some other drugs and they are helping me get some sleep. I can handle all the pain during the day, I cannot handle no sleep and still be the mommy of 4 children and all that fun stuff. So for now I am a VERY happy camper! Give me sleep at night, I can handle the days, this baby boy can come when he's good and ready! I had a good 5 hour stretch of sleep last night and today I cleaned 2 bathrooms, including mopping the floors and washing towels! Ok, now I'm kinda pooped out, but it was really cool having that energy.
Baby Marc will come when he's ready! I am at peace with that. I see my midwife tomorrow at 2:10 pm and I'll see if I've made any progress.
Until then! Think happy baby boy thoughts for me!
:)
On Monday I got a lovely shot of morphine to put me out. The midwives called it "Medicinal Rest". Their hopes were that my body could get a really good rest, regroup, then I would wake up and go into active labor! Nope! However, I did sleep. I slept on Monday from 10:30 am to 6 pm, then went back to bed at 9 pm- 7 am. It was heaven. I took 2 naps that next day, too! Because my nights are so bad ( I cramp and have contractions and hurt) I was given a lovely prescription for some other drugs and they are helping me get some sleep. I can handle all the pain during the day, I cannot handle no sleep and still be the mommy of 4 children and all that fun stuff. So for now I am a VERY happy camper! Give me sleep at night, I can handle the days, this baby boy can come when he's good and ready! I had a good 5 hour stretch of sleep last night and today I cleaned 2 bathrooms, including mopping the floors and washing towels! Ok, now I'm kinda pooped out, but it was really cool having that energy.
Baby Marc will come when he's ready! I am at peace with that. I see my midwife tomorrow at 2:10 pm and I'll see if I've made any progress.
Until then! Think happy baby boy thoughts for me!
:)
Friday, February 5, 2010
No baby yet!
No baby yet, but it's getting really close. Headed to the hospital last night to get checked out. I've been experiencing tons of cramping and such so my midwife wanted to check me out. I haven't progressed since Tuesday, I am 70% effaced and dilated to 1. They monitored me for an hour and sent me home. I knew I wasn't in labor. I was just concerned with all the cramping. You see... I do early labor for about a week and a half before going into labor. It's painful and not fun. I have done this with the last 3 pregnancies. I thought this time around I would know enough to not go into the hospital early- but guess not! Oh well... it's any day now.... I'll keep ya posted.
Wish me luck...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
9 months prego and Preference~
36 weeks, 1 day.
Had a great appointment today with a midwife who is as pregnant as I am. I felt guilty that she was still working! We are due about the same time. Everything is going well. All of my contractions and cramping and pains aren't doing anything, which is very good news.Baby is head down and low, which is probably causing the cramping.
Girls' choice Preference!Ms. Chloe
(I remember when I was that skinny! sigh!)
Her date: Spencer from Ogden. A very nice guy... a true gentleman.
This is funny. Gene always ends up pinning the flower on the guy's shirt for Chloe, but Gene had left for a BYU men's volleyball game! dang it! I think it fell off in the car. :)
The happy couple. They had a blast!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
mini update:
Haley the baker got some cool cake pans, fondant spreader, decorating tools and much, much more for Christmas.This is her first cake with her new tools!
YUM!
This kid loves to be in the kitchen!
8 months pregnant...
Side view.
YUM!This kid loves to be in the kitchen!
8 months pregnant...
Side view.
My niece Jeri gave me a lot of her maternity clothes to borrow for the last weeks of this pregnancy. I love this dress from her! Super comfy and super cute!
I am so appreciative of the 4 gals I borrowed clothes from: Staci, Jana, Nancy & Jeri!
It has been my most stylish pregnancy by far!! Thanks gals.
I told Gene I'll need a whole new wardrobe after baby comes, for I am now used to cute clothes!
Life is great! We spent 8 days in CA for Christmas and had a wonderful time. My dear friends threw me a baby shower (I'll post those pics soon) and we received tons of adorable baby boy items. Christmas was wonderful, as usual. It was so good to be home!
Hope everyone has a great New Year!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
2009 Lawson Christmas Letter:
Merry Christmas
2009!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season! We will be mailing out birth announcements in February, so we decided to go ahead and e-mail our family Christmas letter and photo again this year.
Here is what the Lawson’s have been up to in their own words:
Gene: Still at PGP. Traveled to Reston, Virginia for a week and got to spend a few hours on the Mall in DC. I visited the DC temple as well. It is one of the most amazing temples ever. I have spent a lot of time in California for work and such. Annual trip to Europe included Paris this time. In 1.5 days I saw the Louvre, Notre Dame, The Eifel Tower, The Arch de Triumph, the Pantheon and more. It was a packed weekend. I saw Wicked again while in London which was fun.
My Mother passed away this year and I gave the eulogy. It was therapeutic to go through her life and list out her accomplishments. She was the greatest lady I ever knew.
My knees are finally getting back to normal. I play Volleyball when I can and even played on a league this year.
I am the assistant clerk over finances in my ward. It was really easy until tithing settlement started. There’s nothing like working another four hours after church. I told them I could only count to 6 but they said that was alright as long as I could do it a lot of times
Deb: This has been a year of ups and downs, that’s for sure. Two very significant events happened that will forever be in our hearts, the first being our baby boy that is due to join our family February 21 (my b-day). The second was the loss of Grandma Joann Lawson on October 7. When we told Grandma we were expecting, she looked right at me and whispered- “You’re going to get your boy!” Sure enough, we found out in Oct. that the baby was a little boy and we couldn’t have been happier. Having Grandma know the baby was a boy and that his name was going to be Marc Aaron Lawson shortly before she passed gave us great comfort. Marc was the name of her little baby that passed away at birth.
This has been a very fun pregnancy. The girls are over the moon excited about the arrival of their brother and pretty much all conversation in this house revolve around the baby.
I worked at my girls’ charter school since January as the lunch supervisor and enjoyed that immensely. I loved being able to see my girls everyday and to make some mommy-money. I quit at the end of October so I could come back home and get ready for the arrival of Marc (and my poor back just couldn’t take it anymore!). In church, I taught the 4 year olds (Sunbeams) all year and had a blast. I love that age!!
I am getting myself ready for a very emotional year as I welcome a new baby and have a graduating senior all within 3 months. I am very proud of Chloe as she prepares herself for college and for her nursing career. Words cannot express how much I’ll miss her when she leaves home… but at the same time I am very excited for her as she enters this new chapter in her life! *sigh* Being a mom can be very emotionally draining!
Chloe: This year has been crazy! I'm in the middle of my senior year, which I am loving. My friends and I have been having lots of fun and making the most of our last year. The only downside would be AP calculus. I got a car in May and have loved having it. In November I went on a trip with a group from my school to Washington DC and it was super fun. In June I got a job and have had an interesting time dealing with psycho customers and more pizzas than I can handle. I had a fun last tennis season; me and my doubles partner placed third in region which we're pretty proud of. I'm really excited for the arrival of my little brother! However, I'll only be living with him a few months before I head off to Utah State University. I was lucky enough to get an academic scholarship and will be starting there next fall getting my pre-nursing degree. So this year has been awesome! I hope you all have an awesome Christmas Season and that everyone is doing well.
Haley: I am 13 years old and in 8th grade. School is good, I guess. I love all my crazy friends and I still play the piano. I go to Liberty Academy and my favorite subject is Language Arts. I am super excited for Baby Marc to come!
Natalie: Hi. My name is Natalie. I am 10 and in the 5th grade. I like to ride horses and I am having fun at school. I have lots of friends and enjoy my Polynesian dance class. I like to read and write and I am really excited for my new baby brother to be born. I will be the middle child and I think that’s cool.
Lindsay: I am 7 years old and in the 1st grade. I lost my third tooth yesterday! I pulled it out myself because I don’t trust anyone else to do it. My favorite thing to do is play with my friends and family and pets. I love to color and play with my pretend bugs. I love my teacher, Mrs. Frampton, and I play the piano. I am looking forward to being a big sister- finally!
We hope everyone had a wonderful 2009!
Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year!
Love,
The Lawson Family
Gene, Deb, Chloe, Haley, Natalie, Lindsay and Baby Marc
Wearethelawsons.blogspot.com
thelawsonsmail@msn.com
2009!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season! We will be mailing out birth announcements in February, so we decided to go ahead and e-mail our family Christmas letter and photo again this year.
Here is what the Lawson’s have been up to in their own words:
Gene: Still at PGP. Traveled to Reston, Virginia for a week and got to spend a few hours on the Mall in DC. I visited the DC temple as well. It is one of the most amazing temples ever. I have spent a lot of time in California for work and such. Annual trip to Europe included Paris this time. In 1.5 days I saw the Louvre, Notre Dame, The Eifel Tower, The Arch de Triumph, the Pantheon and more. It was a packed weekend. I saw Wicked again while in London which was fun.
My Mother passed away this year and I gave the eulogy. It was therapeutic to go through her life and list out her accomplishments. She was the greatest lady I ever knew.
My knees are finally getting back to normal. I play Volleyball when I can and even played on a league this year.
I am the assistant clerk over finances in my ward. It was really easy until tithing settlement started. There’s nothing like working another four hours after church. I told them I could only count to 6 but they said that was alright as long as I could do it a lot of times
Deb: This has been a year of ups and downs, that’s for sure. Two very significant events happened that will forever be in our hearts, the first being our baby boy that is due to join our family February 21 (my b-day). The second was the loss of Grandma Joann Lawson on October 7. When we told Grandma we were expecting, she looked right at me and whispered- “You’re going to get your boy!” Sure enough, we found out in Oct. that the baby was a little boy and we couldn’t have been happier. Having Grandma know the baby was a boy and that his name was going to be Marc Aaron Lawson shortly before she passed gave us great comfort. Marc was the name of her little baby that passed away at birth.
This has been a very fun pregnancy. The girls are over the moon excited about the arrival of their brother and pretty much all conversation in this house revolve around the baby.
I worked at my girls’ charter school since January as the lunch supervisor and enjoyed that immensely. I loved being able to see my girls everyday and to make some mommy-money. I quit at the end of October so I could come back home and get ready for the arrival of Marc (and my poor back just couldn’t take it anymore!). In church, I taught the 4 year olds (Sunbeams) all year and had a blast. I love that age!!
I am getting myself ready for a very emotional year as I welcome a new baby and have a graduating senior all within 3 months. I am very proud of Chloe as she prepares herself for college and for her nursing career. Words cannot express how much I’ll miss her when she leaves home… but at the same time I am very excited for her as she enters this new chapter in her life! *sigh* Being a mom can be very emotionally draining!
Chloe: This year has been crazy! I'm in the middle of my senior year, which I am loving. My friends and I have been having lots of fun and making the most of our last year. The only downside would be AP calculus. I got a car in May and have loved having it. In November I went on a trip with a group from my school to Washington DC and it was super fun. In June I got a job and have had an interesting time dealing with psycho customers and more pizzas than I can handle. I had a fun last tennis season; me and my doubles partner placed third in region which we're pretty proud of. I'm really excited for the arrival of my little brother! However, I'll only be living with him a few months before I head off to Utah State University. I was lucky enough to get an academic scholarship and will be starting there next fall getting my pre-nursing degree. So this year has been awesome! I hope you all have an awesome Christmas Season and that everyone is doing well.
Haley: I am 13 years old and in 8th grade. School is good, I guess. I love all my crazy friends and I still play the piano. I go to Liberty Academy and my favorite subject is Language Arts. I am super excited for Baby Marc to come!
Natalie: Hi. My name is Natalie. I am 10 and in the 5th grade. I like to ride horses and I am having fun at school. I have lots of friends and enjoy my Polynesian dance class. I like to read and write and I am really excited for my new baby brother to be born. I will be the middle child and I think that’s cool.
Lindsay: I am 7 years old and in the 1st grade. I lost my third tooth yesterday! I pulled it out myself because I don’t trust anyone else to do it. My favorite thing to do is play with my friends and family and pets. I love to color and play with my pretend bugs. I love my teacher, Mrs. Frampton, and I play the piano. I am looking forward to being a big sister- finally!
We hope everyone had a wonderful 2009!
Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year!
Love,
The Lawson Family
Gene, Deb, Chloe, Haley, Natalie, Lindsay and Baby Marc
Wearethelawsons.blogspot.com
thelawsonsmail@msn.com
Saturday, December 5, 2009
cute baby boy socks and 29 week photo:
Chloe and I found these socks a long time ago at the University Mall. At the time we were only 80% sure baby was a boy, so I told her if after my 20 week u/s we find out the baby was indeed 100% boy, we would go back and get these cute Vans socks.
Well, after the u/s the girls and I went to the mall to buy them and they were sold out of these cute socks! Bummer.
Fast forward 2 months:
Gene and I were finishing up our Christmas shopping last night at the University Mall and lo and behold! There they were! The Vans Socks! So we got 'em.
They were way too much money, but oh well.
Pretty dang cute, huh? skater baby...
itty-bitty...(talking about the socks, not my belly!)
Just about 29 weeks along.See that Christmas Tree thingy in the background? That is an Advent Calendar that a family friend of ours made for us back in the 1970's!!! Aaron and I would fight over it and look forward to having it out each and every December. My mom handed it over to me over 10 years ago and we've been using it ever since! My girls love it!
Major snow storm outside right now!
It's starting to look a lot like Christmas!!!
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