Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Nice cervix!

My cervix (since I'm sure you allll want to hear about it) is still behaving at around 2.4 cm long, which is the same as it was with Dorothy at this point, so all still looks good. I have been having contractions a lot. So much so that on Friday we went in to L & D to have me monitored. But, of course, by the time we got there they had slowed down. It was a rather uneventful trip and we only ended up being there for around an hour or so. I was glad they calmed down because some of them were as close as 4-5 minutes apart, although most of them averaged about 12 minutes apart. That's been our only "scare" so far, so we're doing alright. At my next appointment I will be 28w2d, so we'll be in the safer zone. Not totally safe, but getting there!

Dorothy seems to be enjoying daycare well enough. She HATES being dropped off and throws a big fit, but she's generally happy when we pick her up. This afternoon she kept saying how she wanted her friends, so I'm taking that as a good sign that she must be having some fun.

Classes are in full swing now, with History being the most time-consuming one right now. I think they'll all take up most of my M/W/F while Dorothy is at daycare. I'm still sewing up a storm, too. I've made a few cloth wipes, some wetbags, some nursing covers, a few newborn wool diaper covers, and a couple of size large fitted diapers. I took some pictures of our "stash" as well. Keep in mind that these are going to diaper her until potty training, although I only had through medium when I took the pictures. Feel free to ignore them if cloth diapers don't interest you, but I think they're lovely. Nothing like a fluffy diaper on a baby bum!

The newborns:
4 KLO colors galore,
1 homemade fitted
1 me-made nb prefold (the black & white)
9 small kissaluvs contours
2 nb fleece soakers
1 xsmall prorap
Not pictured:
2 x-small me-made wool diaper covers
1 pair of me-made nb longies (wool pants)
several more nb prorap covers


The smalls:
5 me-made fitteds
12 sweet cheeks sewn in folded-down position w/sewn-in doublers
4 various adorable fitteds
2 fleece covers
1 small diaperrap cover
4 small proraps
6 0-3 month gerber vinyl covers
Not pictured:
1 yellow me-made pocket dipe w/microfiber insert
1 cute cupcake print fitted
4 small Fuzzi Bunz pocket diapers
a few more small prorap covers
1 me-made wool diaper cover


The prefolds:

22 me-embellished infant sized DSQ prefolds that will fit small/med (a few are Christmas-ish because she is trying to come early)


The mediums:
12 Coolababy one-size pocket dipes/inserts (for daycare)
12 sweet cheeks fitted dipes w/microfiber doubler sewn in
10 me-made flannel fitteds
1 kushies all-in-one
2 med fleece covers
3 med prorap covers
4 3-9 month gerber vinyl covers
1 me-made medium drawstring wetbag (for daycare)
Not pictured:
a few more medium prorap covers


The randoms:
3 snappis
a bunch of flannel wipes (making more of those myself)
fleece liners (making more of those, too)
boosters for kissaluv contours
birdseye doublers
flushable liners
Not pictured:
1 pail liner
several diaper pins
8 flat diapers


As far as larges, I now have 5 home-made fitted diapers (2 made by me), 24 premium DSQ prefolds (that I am working on embellishing), one pocket diaper, and several prorap covers. The Coolababy pocket diapers should work through large as well, since they are supposed to fit until 30 lbs. I am also going to be making a bunch more fitted diapers and if I get any baby shower money, I want to invest in a few more cute large fitted diapers if I can find some good deals online.

So that's that! Hope you're not bored to death now:)

10 comments:

Melissa said...

I am so glad to hear that things are going so well with this pregnancy. Sorry about your scare...I hope there are no more of those!
You are quite the prolific sewer! I love your diapers, but really have no idea what I'm looking at as I ran screaming from the world of cloth diapering...for some reason I find it all a bit confusing! :)

Lizze said...

So happy to hear things are going pretty well for you. :) I will keep thinking of you and praying for you all.

Lizze said...

You've been tagged! Check out my blog to play along.

http://cheerioconfessions.blogspot.com/2008/10/tag.html

Kristy said...

goodness you are a sewing machine! :p
cute lil diapers! they'll look cute on some lil buns!!!!

Alice said...

Time is really moving along! Keep up the good work cervix! The diapers are cute too.

Unknown said...

Beautiful stash so far! :)

purple_kangaroo said...

Hey, I want to see pictures of the wool ones. Are those from the sweater and stuff I gave you?

I'm glad I was able to help a bit with building your stash. It helped us out, too. :)

Becci said...

I'll get some pictures... yeah, I've been using the wool I got from you:)

Elizabeth said...

have you tried listing any of your handmade diapers on etsy.com?

They are so cute. I think they would sell quickly.

Anonymous said...

Wow girl, you been busy on those diapers and all those other wonderful things. Great job. I am sure that gives you are good sense of accomplishment as bedrest can be quite boring and lonely for sure. And it is so over rated. LOL!!!