Gianna Pictures

Gianna and Daddy

Gianna on the billirubin blanket - we called her our little glow worm

This is a picture of my sisters feet compared to mine. I am experiencing a bit of post delivery swelling.

"Sausage Feet"

Gianna and I doing Kangaroo Care in the NICU. It is the best part of my day. We get to snuggle skin to skin for a couple of hours.

Gianna is set to come home on Tuesday - we are so excited. I will write details of the delivery and why she has been in the NICU when I have more time. Thanks for all your sweet comments.

GIANNA JOY FELICCIA

Gianna was born on Tuesday 9-16-08 at 9:24 am weighing in at 7lbs 60z 20inches. I will write more details later but it has been a long road. She is in the NICU until tuesday and then we finally get to take her home. I cannot wait and am already so in love with her. Details will follow but she is going to be fine. Here is a picture to hold you all over.

Sticky Legs~Pulled Over ~ & 38 weeks

Random Writings:
1. I am at a place in my pregnancy where I can only really sleep on my side. I am a die hard back sleeper and sometimes I wake up on my back but find that when trying to go to sleep it makes it super hard to breath. The problem with sleeping on my side is that my legs are always touching each other and sticking together. It is not only irritating but kind of hurts. So I have been applying large amounts of baby powder to my legs at night before I go to sleep which pretty much solves the problem.

2. I don't think Mr. F would want me to blog about this but whatever! I will delete it later- So yesterday I was running a bit late for my dentist appointment and I did a California rolling stop in our neighborhood. You know those stop signs that are super lame and you are always the only person there. Well, to my surprise two motor cops were there waiting for someone like me to come by. I saw them and just went ahead and pulled over. The officer came to my window and asked for my license. I said, "umm my husband told me to tell you that he is a deputy" he replied with "Who is your husband?" It told him his name and he said, ”Oh and then called Mr. F by a nice nickname" and then gave me my license back.

So I just got out of my 1st ticket ~ believe it or not I have not been pulled over in 12 years! Thank God for Mr. F's profession because I think running a stop sign is like a $250 fine.

Current 38 week status: I went to bed with really bad indigestion and woke up with some nasty braxton hicks contractions. They are still here but have subsided a bit. I am hoping to stop working after this week and start my disability insurance. I am in really good spirits though and feel so excited to meet our little girl.

Update

So it's been a while since I last blogged. No big news here still pregnant but I am officially 37 weeks today. 21 days to go (or so I hope it's only 21 more days)! I have been busy trying to get things ready for the arrival of my baby girl. Over the weekend I had a lot of intense braxton hicks that were really painful. Plus my back has started hurting. For those of you who do not know about 15 months ago while training for a 1/2 iron man my back go so bad that I could barely walk. After trying what seemed like everything and dishing out a lot of money God brought me to Dr. Shores. He is the chiropractor that gave me my life back. He technique is not traditional in any way and I really believe that God has given him the gift of healing. After seeing him for a couple of months my back pain was completely gone. I have lived with chronic back pain for over 10 years and thought most other people did also. I have seen him weekly during my pregnancy and until last week things have been great. I really feel like it is a miracle that I have made it this far into the pregnancy pain free and can totally handle the pain for this last month.

One thing I have really been stuggling with lately is how little I see my husband (Mr.F). He has been working a lot and when you work graveyard it really messes things up. So for example he started work yesterday which means I saw him this morning for about 10 minutes and will not see him again until tomorrow morning. Each day he works graveyard we see each other for only 5-10 minutes and during those few minutes I am rushing to get ready for work. So when he works Wed-Sat I don't get to sit and talk with him until Sunday around 2:00. All this to say dealing with all these braxton hicks, back pains and emotions has not been fun and doing it on my own with our Mr. F has been bumming. I will adjust but because Mr. F's job is new getting used to him working 12.5 hour graveyard shifts will take some time.

The good news of this weekend is that my amazing parents came over on Monday and spent 5+ hours helping me get everything ready and organized for the arrival of our little bambina. I feel so much more peaceful now that things are all in order.

One funny story to finish off my ramblings...my sister just called and said Zachary (20 months) just put up the toilet seat like dad does and tried to sit on it. He fell in and was yelling MOMMA, MOMMA! He is showing the signs of getting ready to potty train!!!