I slacked. Major, big time slacked. And as stated in posts before, my OCD self is just slightly frantic about it. I'm slowly coming to terms with the fact that things didn't go as I had planned. And that it's okay. The way everything happened turned out to be for the best. So let's look back at the last 2 1/2 weeks because it was a doozy.
At 36 weeks we had an OB appointment and got my first cervix check. At that point I was dilated 1 cm and 50% effaced. This is also when they started to get semi concerned about the swelling. Which I'm not even joking was ridiculous. I'm not saying that because it was just ridiculous to me, it was ridic to anyone that saw me. I didn't have knee caps. Or ankles. And my feet? Don't even get me started. My blood pressure was also really high at my appointment. The midwife gave me the option of a non stress test directly after the appointment or on Friday of that week. (my appointment had been on a Monday) I chose to have the non stress test on Friday because Monday morning had been extremely stressful for me at work, the OB appointment had run almost 45 minutes late and I was over it that day. I continued to work the rest of the week, taking off that Friday for the non stress test. On Friday, my mom came along and I got to have blood work done along with a pee sample and being strapped to a machine that measuring baby's heart rate and contractions for an hour while they processed my blood work.
The following week, at my 37 week appointment I was still at 1 cm and about 60% effaced. At this point I saw another midwife in the office. Again my blood pressure wasn't where they wanted it and my swelling was pretty bad. Midwife Vivian sent me for non stress directly following my appointment. Stabbed again for blood, asked for more pee and strapped up for another two hours. This was on May 27th. Apparently my pee sample showed higher proteins than they cared to see so they sent me home with a 24 hour pee collection kit. Oh yes. That was a joy. I had joked through the second half of the pregnancy that they should provide much larger cups in the OB office to provide our pee samples. I got my wish. I was given two large orange jugs along with a white "catch tray" it sits on the seat of your toilet and you pee right into it. A very easy process. However, the pee has to be kept cold. So I had to call off work. And I had to keep my own pee in a nasty orange colored jug in my fridge. Gross. Wednesday the 28th we, my husband and I headed back down to the hospital to turn over my pee jug. And to sit through another stabbing for blood, and non stress test.
If you've been keeping count that's three non stress tests. My arms looked like I was an addict. And with each non stress test came a new story of the people behind the curtains to either side of me. The first time my mom and I were in, it was fairly quiet. We got a room that time. The second time we got to hear the tales of a 309 pound woman who only smoked 3 cigarettes a day now that she was pregnant and hear her list off all of the STDs she had experienced. Oh yes and she remembers the exact day of her last surgery because it was the day she met her fiance. Ya know, directly after she had her wisdom teeth extracted. Palm to forehead. The third NST was no different and didn't fail to disappoint on entertainment. There was a woman who gave birth. Beside us. Right there. She was a trooper and pushed her little bundle of joy out within minutes of her first moan and the nurses encouraging words. My husband's eyes were saucers. Remember through the entire pregnancy he has stated repeatedly that he would not be able to make it in the room. He insisted he couldn't handle it. Now, here we are and he got to listen to a real birth. I joked that I hoped I went as fast as that lady did. Little did I know.
So at NST #3, they tested my 24 hour urine before I was released to go home. Up until this point nobody in the medical profession seemed really excited about my swelling. And the swelling was the only major symptom I was experiencing. Up until this point the proteins in my urine hadn't been concern worthy I suppose. So in my head, I figured this was just another waste of time and I'd be sent home. Not to be the case. Instead Midwife Vivian AND Doctor K came into my little curtain portion of Triage and explained that I was experiencing a mild case of preclampsia. Doctor K asked what kind of work I do and I said I do desk work but I'm also in the car 3 hours a day. His exact words were, "okay, we're going to stop that." I was dumbfounded and asked if I could at least finish out the week. I got a definitive no as a response. This was the week of Memorial Day. So I had literally been at work for 6 hours on Tuesday and that was it. Lucky for me my temp was trained and good to go. But still it unnerved me and I was not at all happy with the circumstances. My husband tried to calm me down the entire way home but I was just annoyed. This wasn't part of my plan and the control freak in me was having trouble coming to terms. In my head, I'd be home, my swelling would go down and little lady would come late. Wasting a good three weeks of maternity leave on doing nothing. Again, I'll state, little did I know.
After Doctor K delivered his oh so awesome news, they told me they'd see me back on Friday for another NST so that I was monitored before the weekend. NST #4 was completed that Friday with no red flags and instructions to return Monday for NST #5. I spent the weekend driving myself crazy but getting as much done as I could. We finally go the dresser for in her room. I didn't fill it or finish her room but darn it the dresser was there. I got to sit outside in the sun and am still sporting those tan lines to this day. I suffered for it with some major swelling though. Laundry was done and I cleaned what I could with the energy I had left. The husband and I also took the opportunity to go out to dinner and went to a buddy's campfire. It was a good night, one that I'll remember for a while. I felt almost normal as my swelling had REALLY decreased at this point. On Monday I had NST #5, sent home with another 24 hour pee collection. My mom and I had lunch at the hospital, waiting around until my 38 week appointment that afternoon.
At my OB appointment I learned that I was 100% effaced and 4 cm dilated. I wasn't totally surprised because I had been cramping for several days. Period like cramps that were sporadic. They'd be close to together and then fade off for a hour or so. I'd also had the mucus discharge going on since week 36. Note to others, the plug may not come out in one big goop. It took mine two weeks of mucus discharge before it was finished. At the appointment Vivian asked me to be induced. Well I don't even know if she asked. I believe she phrased it more delicately saying that if I had a normal pregnancy going an induction wouldn't be necessary. But the fact was I was experiencing a lot of other stuff and I was now in the high risk category so to speak. I did NOT want an induction. I agreed to an induction because health wise I didn't want to put myself or Charlie at risk. I tried to reason with myself that I was already 4 cm. Surely if I got induced it wouldn't be as bad as when a woman isn't dilating at all on her own. So induction scheduled for June 10th. Although Vivian repeatedly made the comment that she didn't think I'd make it to the following Tuesday for my induction. I brushed her off. I have mentioned once or twice in this LONG post that I know very little. And it is true.
Went home with a heavy heart, but at the same time relief. Relief that I'd finally be meeting this little girl. I had an exact damn date to put down in my control freak plans. Completed my 24 hour pee collection and was back down at the hospital on Tuesday the 3rd for NST #6. Gah, my poor arms. Stabbed again for blood work. I tried to have them alternate each time but its much harder to get blood out of my right arm. I have sucky veins. The upside? Over all of this, I'm way better at handling needles. Anyways, NST #6. This time there was a young lady to my right that was experiencing severe pain that she insisted was a kidney infection. Despite the doctor telling her that none of the tests showed such indication. Regardless she was sent home with a prescription for some major pain killers. Palm to forehead. Again during my NST I was having some major period cramping. The RN told me that she hadn't registered too many contractions so I figured that my period cramping either wasn't the real deal or wasn't what to be looking for. Midwife Lori came in to see me and excitedly said "hey I hear we have a date next week!" Apparently she was the midwife on call and would be delivering should my induction go as scheduled. I was sent home with instructions to return for NST #7 on Friday. Fantastic.
Spoiler alert, I didn't make it to NST #7. But this post is WAY too long.
Monday, June 9, 2014
Friday, May 23, 2014
36 Weeks
The realities of 36 weeks is that I have no ambition to make this organized or pretty. Down the road, my OCD self will be really pissed at my lazy, pregnant self but it is what it is. Allow me to introduce my thoughts via bulletin points, chaotic style.
> Swelling. Holy heck batman! Waist down I'm swollen like a balloon. I had a tiny fear that it was weight gain at one point but my midwife assured me I'm just very swollen and retaining a lot of water. The swollen feet suck but I can deal with that. It's the swollen thighs and knees (not that they could be called knees anymore) are the biggest issue. As if it isn't hard enough to climb in and out of bed, my car or even sit down to pee, lets add a whole 'nother level of discomfort there. I have done everything they've told me to do. I take B6 at night. I get up and walk as much as I can, but lets face it, when you have these legs, walking is a trial. I put my feet up etc. Nothing is doing the trick. We're to the point that I dropped even more money on maxi skirts because I can't fit into pants. Not even maternity pants. They won't go over the calves.
> I've said for a long time that I didn't think I'd go past 38 weeks. In reality, I figured I was fooling myself but my gut just kept telling me 38 weeks. Now that I'm 36 weeks and 38 is only two weeks away, I'm minorly freaking out about it. I do not have the room finished. There are no bags packed. I haven't even gone to pick up all the little travel size shampoo etc items I need FOR the bags.
> Plan on attending a breastfeeding class June 5th. Have yet to remember to register for it. I'm rocking the awesome.
> My temp at work started last week and she's lovely. Absolutely wonderful. She's a quick learner and I feel a lot more confident to leave whenever the time comes. Speaking of that, I'm thinking I will give a final day of June 6th. A solid week before my due date.
> OB appointment on Monday was interesting. For one the day started out badly. I was extremely swollen (I'd say this is when the swollen knees/thigh issues began) and had a frustrating interaction with a coworker just before leaving to go to my appointment. We waited for a long time at the OB, the room was extremely hot. So hot that I felt like I was melting to the table. So I had the swelling issues and an abnormally high blood pressure. 180 over something I believe. My midwife took my blood pressure again at the end of the appointment and it had come down to 130. She wasn't freaking out about it but she did ask that I have a non stress test done either right then or later in the week. I opted for later in the week because I was over it, done, put a fork in me by that point. So today I have my non stress test. I have this nagging suspicion that she may recommend bed rest. Or maybe that's my subconscious making wishes because I know that I won't let myself just stop working if there's no sign of Charlie.
> Also at the OB appointment I got the lovely Group Strep B test. Ladies... Its not that bad. It's seriously a cotton q-tip swab of your vajayjay and ass hole. Literally. But its over in seconds. Secondly she asked if I wanted a cervix check since I was still a little early, she gave me an option. I opted to find out. I'm already sitting there sweating myself to death and exposed for the world to see - why the heck not. Cervix checks, not that bad either. Slightly uncomfortable and make sure you don't have to pee. I'm not kidding, if you think there's a slight chance of needing to pee, walk your half naked self to the restroom before they do a cervix check. Lucky for me there was some gain for my pain - dilated a tight 1 cm and 50% effaced! And now that I've bragged... I'll be overdue. lol
> My husband decided to have what he calls our "annual" Memorial Day picnic this year. Mind you, last year was the first time we did it. I emphasized that I'm sure people would understand us not having the picnic considering his wife is a waddling walrus right now. He insists I don't have to do a thing.... so not a thing I have done. Kiss this pregnant ass :) Please don't let me go into labor while these idiots are getting drunk at my house.
> Swelling. Holy heck batman! Waist down I'm swollen like a balloon. I had a tiny fear that it was weight gain at one point but my midwife assured me I'm just very swollen and retaining a lot of water. The swollen feet suck but I can deal with that. It's the swollen thighs and knees (not that they could be called knees anymore) are the biggest issue. As if it isn't hard enough to climb in and out of bed, my car or even sit down to pee, lets add a whole 'nother level of discomfort there. I have done everything they've told me to do. I take B6 at night. I get up and walk as much as I can, but lets face it, when you have these legs, walking is a trial. I put my feet up etc. Nothing is doing the trick. We're to the point that I dropped even more money on maxi skirts because I can't fit into pants. Not even maternity pants. They won't go over the calves.
> I've said for a long time that I didn't think I'd go past 38 weeks. In reality, I figured I was fooling myself but my gut just kept telling me 38 weeks. Now that I'm 36 weeks and 38 is only two weeks away, I'm minorly freaking out about it. I do not have the room finished. There are no bags packed. I haven't even gone to pick up all the little travel size shampoo etc items I need FOR the bags.
> Plan on attending a breastfeeding class June 5th. Have yet to remember to register for it. I'm rocking the awesome.
> My temp at work started last week and she's lovely. Absolutely wonderful. She's a quick learner and I feel a lot more confident to leave whenever the time comes. Speaking of that, I'm thinking I will give a final day of June 6th. A solid week before my due date.
> OB appointment on Monday was interesting. For one the day started out badly. I was extremely swollen (I'd say this is when the swollen knees/thigh issues began) and had a frustrating interaction with a coworker just before leaving to go to my appointment. We waited for a long time at the OB, the room was extremely hot. So hot that I felt like I was melting to the table. So I had the swelling issues and an abnormally high blood pressure. 180 over something I believe. My midwife took my blood pressure again at the end of the appointment and it had come down to 130. She wasn't freaking out about it but she did ask that I have a non stress test done either right then or later in the week. I opted for later in the week because I was over it, done, put a fork in me by that point. So today I have my non stress test. I have this nagging suspicion that she may recommend bed rest. Or maybe that's my subconscious making wishes because I know that I won't let myself just stop working if there's no sign of Charlie.
> Also at the OB appointment I got the lovely Group Strep B test. Ladies... Its not that bad. It's seriously a cotton q-tip swab of your vajayjay and ass hole. Literally. But its over in seconds. Secondly she asked if I wanted a cervix check since I was still a little early, she gave me an option. I opted to find out. I'm already sitting there sweating myself to death and exposed for the world to see - why the heck not. Cervix checks, not that bad either. Slightly uncomfortable and make sure you don't have to pee. I'm not kidding, if you think there's a slight chance of needing to pee, walk your half naked self to the restroom before they do a cervix check. Lucky for me there was some gain for my pain - dilated a tight 1 cm and 50% effaced! And now that I've bragged... I'll be overdue. lol
> My husband decided to have what he calls our "annual" Memorial Day picnic this year. Mind you, last year was the first time we did it. I emphasized that I'm sure people would understand us not having the picnic considering his wife is a waddling walrus right now. He insists I don't have to do a thing.... so not a thing I have done. Kiss this pregnant ass :) Please don't let me go into labor while these idiots are getting drunk at my house.
Monday, May 19, 2014
Pregnancy Symptoms Third Trimester
This is more of a random post, one that doesn't hold a whole lot of value but I'd like to look back on during future pregnancies and say, oh yes.. .that.
- No more slouching. Who knew? Once that bump got it's own zip code it was all bets off on poor posture. Leaning forward for too long or slouching in the slightest can cause anything from pain to acid reflex reactions.
- Pedicures done by yourself are a thing of the past. I hate having my feet looking like a hot mess but I also don't have the funds to pay someone else to give me pretty toes. Also, painting my finger nails is difficult anywhere but at the dining room table. Again, related to the leaning, slouching thing.
- Exhausted. I expected this to happen but I wasn't entirely aware of just how much this would happen or to what degree. I am exhausted a lot. An 8 hour work day is just too much some times.
- No more slouching. Who knew? Once that bump got it's own zip code it was all bets off on poor posture. Leaning forward for too long or slouching in the slightest can cause anything from pain to acid reflex reactions.
- Pedicures done by yourself are a thing of the past. I hate having my feet looking like a hot mess but I also don't have the funds to pay someone else to give me pretty toes. Also, painting my finger nails is difficult anywhere but at the dining room table. Again, related to the leaning, slouching thing.
- Exhausted. I expected this to happen but I wasn't entirely aware of just how much this would happen or to what degree. I am exhausted a lot. An 8 hour work day is just too much some times.
[Edited and posted VERY late. This post was stuck in drafts and obviously never finished]
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
34 Weeks
How far along? 34 Weeks (as of 5/06/14)
Gender: GIRL
Maternity clothes? I went shopping this past weekend with my mama and the intention to only get a few things. Two bras, 7 shirts and 4 nursing tanks later - I walked out of Motherhood Maternity just a bit more in debt. Ugh. But truth be told, it was necessary. The options of shirts I had was zilch. And I needed something for my maternity pictures. Done and done.
Stretch marks? There is one. It goes the whole way across the belly horizontal beneath the boobs.
Sleep: I've slowly found the right placement for the Bump Nest pillow. I tried a night with all 5 pillows again just to be sure it's my body that's the problem and not the pillows. I think generally I'm just going to be incredibly uncomfortable for the next few weeks. I've debated sleeping on our couch a few times. I can keep my feet propped up and my upper chest to reduce the swelling in the feet and the acid reflux/heart burn I've started having at night.
Movement: Yes. My sister has been nicknamed Bean her entire life because my mom said she was constantly moving when she was pregnant with her. Charlie isn't like that at all. In fact I get the impression that Charlie is going to be a pretty calm baby. Similar to her parents. She's moving but she's not a bouncing bean a whole lot.
Food cravings: Random. But thankfully haven't had too many of the musthaveitnow situations.
What I Miss? Tanning. I'm ready to have my body back. I'm ready to be able to take ibuprofen for my back pain and an Exlax for the constipation.
Symptoms? Pregnant! So all of the above. Swelling is awful. It's my legs, my ankles, my feet. I keep my feet propped up. I should walk more but its hard when your job is at a desk 99% of the day. I hate it. They look awful and its kind of painful at times when they got real bad.
Gender: GIRL
Maternity clothes? I went shopping this past weekend with my mama and the intention to only get a few things. Two bras, 7 shirts and 4 nursing tanks later - I walked out of Motherhood Maternity just a bit more in debt. Ugh. But truth be told, it was necessary. The options of shirts I had was zilch. And I needed something for my maternity pictures. Done and done.
Stretch marks? There is one. It goes the whole way across the belly horizontal beneath the boobs.
Sleep: I've slowly found the right placement for the Bump Nest pillow. I tried a night with all 5 pillows again just to be sure it's my body that's the problem and not the pillows. I think generally I'm just going to be incredibly uncomfortable for the next few weeks. I've debated sleeping on our couch a few times. I can keep my feet propped up and my upper chest to reduce the swelling in the feet and the acid reflux/heart burn I've started having at night.
Movement: Yes. My sister has been nicknamed Bean her entire life because my mom said she was constantly moving when she was pregnant with her. Charlie isn't like that at all. In fact I get the impression that Charlie is going to be a pretty calm baby. Similar to her parents. She's moving but she's not a bouncing bean a whole lot.
Food cravings: Random. But thankfully haven't had too many of the musthaveitnow situations.
What I Miss? Tanning. I'm ready to have my body back. I'm ready to be able to take ibuprofen for my back pain and an Exlax for the constipation.
Symptoms? Pregnant! So all of the above. Swelling is awful. It's my legs, my ankles, my feet. I keep my feet propped up. I should walk more but its hard when your job is at a desk 99% of the day. I hate it. They look awful and its kind of painful at times when they got real bad.
Nursery Progress: Still need to get the dresser from my parents house. Hopefully this weekend.
Best Moment this Week: Finished getting everything on the registry! Yay. Buying clothes that fit, thank goodness. This coming week is crazy. It is what I like to call my "hell week" of the year. It starts with my brother in law's birthday, followed by my mom's birthday, then my sister's birthday. Next up is Mother's Day, followed closely by my parent's anniversary and finished with my mother in law's birthday. That's all from May 7th to May 16th. Pray for my sanity to still be in tact by May 17th lol
OB Appointment: Measuring at 34 weeks, right on track. One more two week appointment and then I'm up to every week. And cervix checks. Not so sure how I feel about those. At this point I've gained what I think its 31 pounds. Nobody has said I've gained too much or too little but I feel like I should be more careful. That seems like so much.
Looking forward to: The next 6 weeks or so flying by! Deep down I think I'll go around 38 weeks. I have no idea why.
Oh and ask and you shall receive. I finally got some comments in public.
(1) At a baby shower for a girl due two weeks before me. Her aunt was standing with me and the girl when the girl asked how I was feeling. At the time I was hot flashing so bad and I must've made a face. Her aunt piped right up and said, well she looks miserable and turns to her niece and says but you honey do pregnancy so well. Shocked. I just looked at the woman. I had been feeling pretty good that day and didn't think I looked all that bad either.
(2) Guy that works in our office part time came over and said "wow you look like you're ready to go soon" I just turned to him and said I had 6 more weeks but thanks for making me feel so great about it. He walked away quickly thank gosh.
Thursday, May 1, 2014
33 Weeks
How far along? 33 Weeks (as of 4/29/14)
I can tell that my ambition to complete these things and even take pictures is dwindling down to very very little! I hope I can keep it up for the rest of the pregnancy because already I love looking back at past updates.
Gender: GIRL
Maternity clothes? Oh man. This is bad. I have very few clothing options these days.
Stretch marks? There is one. It goes the whole way across the belly horizontal beneath the boobs.
Sleep: I broke down and purchased the Bump Nest pillow. It just arrived yesterday and the first night with it I was semi impressed. It's definitely way easier than rearranging 5 pillows every time I flip flop back and forth. Definitely great for the pillow between the legs, and support for the belly. It's soft and beautiful. But there wasn't much support for the boobs. I think I just need to play with it a little more or maybe put one pillow beneath me there. Definitely have increased the pee breaks to twice a night.
Movement: Yes. Some days a lot more than others. She's currently hanging out like a horseshoe. With her feet to the left side and her head on my right side. This worries me and I hope she turns eventually. Still the same. I want to note that she's way more active in the earlier mornings, like when I drive to work or sitting at my desk and then again in the evenings.
Food cravings: Oh holy moly. I should've kept my mouth shut about that havetohaveitrightnow kind of cravings. Because they're here and they're real and my goodness. It just hits you, like bam, now. I don't always give in because realistically I can't. Currently? Craving the pizza from a local shop when I was attending WVU. Sigh. Not happening. But a girl can dream. Also ice water. Love it, drink almost a gallon a day. And lemonade, oh I love me some lemonade but the heart burn is ridic so I don't indulge too much.
What I Miss? Tanning. Sunshine. Sex. Cuddling with my husband in a comfortable fashion.
Symptoms? Pregnant! So all of the above. Pelvic pain at night if I stay in one position too long. I go to roll over, difficult enough but then you add in this horrible pain in the nether region. Acid reflux has kind of backed off a bit. Still have heartburn but not as often either. The expanding uterus/rib pain I've mentioned before comes and goes. Swelling. Lord have mercy my calves and feet swell up like balloons. I try to keep them elevated, I try to walk every hour - ugh. I hate it. Still taking Zofran twice a day for nausea.
I can tell that my ambition to complete these things and even take pictures is dwindling down to very very little! I hope I can keep it up for the rest of the pregnancy because already I love looking back at past updates.
Gender: GIRL
Maternity clothes? Oh man. This is bad. I have very few clothing options these days.
Stretch marks? There is one. It goes the whole way across the belly horizontal beneath the boobs.
Sleep: I broke down and purchased the Bump Nest pillow. It just arrived yesterday and the first night with it I was semi impressed. It's definitely way easier than rearranging 5 pillows every time I flip flop back and forth. Definitely great for the pillow between the legs, and support for the belly. It's soft and beautiful. But there wasn't much support for the boobs. I think I just need to play with it a little more or maybe put one pillow beneath me there. Definitely have increased the pee breaks to twice a night.
Movement: Yes. Some days a lot more than others. She's currently hanging out like a horseshoe. With her feet to the left side and her head on my right side. This worries me and I hope she turns eventually. Still the same. I want to note that she's way more active in the earlier mornings, like when I drive to work or sitting at my desk and then again in the evenings.
Food cravings: Oh holy moly. I should've kept my mouth shut about that havetohaveitrightnow kind of cravings. Because they're here and they're real and my goodness. It just hits you, like bam, now. I don't always give in because realistically I can't. Currently? Craving the pizza from a local shop when I was attending WVU. Sigh. Not happening. But a girl can dream. Also ice water. Love it, drink almost a gallon a day. And lemonade, oh I love me some lemonade but the heart burn is ridic so I don't indulge too much.
What I Miss? Tanning. Sunshine. Sex. Cuddling with my husband in a comfortable fashion.
Symptoms? Pregnant! So all of the above. Pelvic pain at night if I stay in one position too long. I go to roll over, difficult enough but then you add in this horrible pain in the nether region. Acid reflux has kind of backed off a bit. Still have heartburn but not as often either. The expanding uterus/rib pain I've mentioned before comes and goes. Swelling. Lord have mercy my calves and feet swell up like balloons. I try to keep them elevated, I try to walk every hour - ugh. I hate it. Still taking Zofran twice a day for nausea.
Nursery Progress: We just about finished the room. By golly the girl has a light/fan, plugs and light switches and they all WORK! YAY! I still need to get my dresser from my parents house along with finishing items off the registry. This is giving me some major anxiety because I'm already uncomfortable. I fear putting off the above items for too long will just be a disaster waiting to happen.
Best Moment this Week: Someone at the grocery store actually took notice that I was pregnant. Normally this creeps me out and I've been pretty fortunate that no strangers have approached me or asked yet. The majority of the time this thrills me because I don't want to be just the pregnant lady. But at the same time, I"m 33 weeks pregnant I was sure some retard would notice by now and same something crude. Anything. Give me some rudeness people! Everyone warned me about the comments and I haven't gotten squat. And I've been practicing my comebacks!
Looking forward to: Finished the items on the registry. This includes buying the car seat... pretty important haha Nothing like procrastination.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
32 Weeks
How far along? 32 Weeks (as of 4/22/14)
Gender: GIRL
Maternity clothes? Oh man. This is bad. I have very few clothing options these days. The belly is suddenly so much more than it was before. I'm 8 weeks out from D day and I hate to spend more money on clothes. I really need to invest in the next size up of jeans. However American Eagle isn't being fair and only have the next size up in an extra long length... yo, I'm 5'1. Psh.
Stretch marks? I have a few, mostly on top near the boob region and all horizontal.
Sleep: It comes and goes. Currently I am sleeping through the night with 1-2 pee breaks. Usually just one around 1 am. Literally like clock work. If I go to bed earlier though, the pee breaks increase and I'm up every two hours. However, it doesn't seem to affect the sleep. With my massive collection of pillows, I'm doing better falling asleep and staying asleep right now. Fingers crossed it stays that way.
Movement: Yes. Some days a lot more than others. She's currently hanging out like a horseshoe. With her feet to the left side and her head on my right side. This worries me and I hope she turns eventually.
Food cravings: Nothing specific. The nausea is still around. I don't know if its because Charlie is going through a growth spurt or if I'm just that lucky but it's there all the time.
What I Miss? Tanning. Sunshine. So very, very ready for sunshine, big fat belly or not.
Symptoms? Pregnant! So all of the above. Acid reflux seems to be a lot more these days. Not so much heartburn, but if I burp or hiccup, I can feel that stomach acid coming up my throat. But after a little while the burning sensation will go away. Pain. I have this burning pain under my boobs, at the top of the belly. Essentially it's my body stretching to accommodate and man does it hurt. The most recent complaint is now having sharp pains throughout the belly. Honestly, they feel like I have air bubbles or gas and my body can't release them. My goodness do they hurt.
Gender: GIRL
Maternity clothes? Oh man. This is bad. I have very few clothing options these days. The belly is suddenly so much more than it was before. I'm 8 weeks out from D day and I hate to spend more money on clothes. I really need to invest in the next size up of jeans. However American Eagle isn't being fair and only have the next size up in an extra long length... yo, I'm 5'1. Psh.
Stretch marks? I have a few, mostly on top near the boob region and all horizontal.
Sleep: It comes and goes. Currently I am sleeping through the night with 1-2 pee breaks. Usually just one around 1 am. Literally like clock work. If I go to bed earlier though, the pee breaks increase and I'm up every two hours. However, it doesn't seem to affect the sleep. With my massive collection of pillows, I'm doing better falling asleep and staying asleep right now. Fingers crossed it stays that way.
Movement: Yes. Some days a lot more than others. She's currently hanging out like a horseshoe. With her feet to the left side and her head on my right side. This worries me and I hope she turns eventually.
Food cravings: Nothing specific. The nausea is still around. I don't know if its because Charlie is going through a growth spurt or if I'm just that lucky but it's there all the time.
What I Miss? Tanning. Sunshine. So very, very ready for sunshine, big fat belly or not.
Symptoms? Pregnant! So all of the above. Acid reflux seems to be a lot more these days. Not so much heartburn, but if I burp or hiccup, I can feel that stomach acid coming up my throat. But after a little while the burning sensation will go away. Pain. I have this burning pain under my boobs, at the top of the belly. Essentially it's my body stretching to accommodate and man does it hurt. The most recent complaint is now having sharp pains throughout the belly. Honestly, they feel like I have air bubbles or gas and my body can't release them. My goodness do they hurt.
Best moment this week: Having a good day. My moods are so far from nice person at this point so any time I can be in a good mood and not want to rip people's heads off, that's pretty darn great. Also, we fixed the crib debacle and managed to get a great deal on a crib at Walmart with a bundle deal to include the mattress. Fantastic. It got delivered and me and the dogs supervised as daddy put it together. I'm in love. We also had our baby shower this past weekend. I'll follow up with more of that in another post.
Looking forward to: Finishing the nursery... getting closerrrrrrr. Just need to get the electric done and the fan installed. Still. As the weeks count down, I would prefer this gets done before our maternity pictures scheduled for next weekend.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
31 Weeks, not a bump update
I am two weeks behind on bump updates. And I find my enthusiasm and energy to keep those up to be declining. We're 9 weeks out, give or take, from meeting this little girl and I'm exhausted. I have no energy for anything really.
As much as it troubles my OCD soul to break from the bump update form I've been using, I think I'll just write a bullet point post so I get those thoughts out. I want to make sure I'm recording things even if they're not in the best format they can be.
- for the baby shower (coming up this Saturday, holy cow that came fast) I wanted desperately to do something different for a guest book. For my wedding shower I had a photo album with space beside the picture slot. I had the guests sign beside an empty picture slot and took an individual picture with each of them. I then make doubles of these pictures and sent a copy to the guest with their thank you cards. I loved this but it was a lot of work and if I can't even type up a quick bump update - well I'm not hand writing thank you's, printing pictures etc for that. lol So instead I went on to another idea that popped into my head. I want to do a scrapbook of the pregnancy for Charlie to have. First I went through my phone and saved any picture since we found out we were pregnant to my computer. From there I edited each picture by adding text as to how far along we were in the pregnancy, what our thoughts were etc. For the guest book portion, I have a mason jar stamp from our wedding. I'm going to have mason jar cut outs at each guests place setting and ask them to give their best wishes to baby signing AND printing their name. These will be scattered throughout the scrapbook. Now... I got the pictures done and printed. But I still need to make these mason jar cut outs. Procrastinate much?
- I'm tired. I know I mentioned above that I'm tired but my goodness I'm tired. I try nights without unisom and I have nights that I take the unisom and I'm still tired. I can't get comfortable during the night. And have begun to have some pretty uncomfortable pain beneath the bra area. I'm torn on whether or not this is Charlie up in my rib cage or the bra being bad. At this point I think it's a mixture of both.
- I'm not hungry. At all. I eat small snacks through the day and very little at dinner because I have no interest in food. But when I craving hits? My gosh, watch yourself. The other day I went to three different stores, got a blister on my foot from walking in circles looking for Little Debbie coffee cakes. All to no avail! Apparently they no longer make the items I wanted so desperately.
- My feet seem to be forever swollen. No matter the amount of time their propped up or the shoes I wear. It drives me nuts.
- I'm debating maternity jeans. I waver on this a lot. I'm 31 weeks and still wearing my original jeans with the help of a hair band and the tummy sleeve. I feel incredibly grateful that I've made it this far and am thrilled with that. I want to make it the whole way. But the belly just keeps growing and I'm becoming increasingly uncomfortable. It's mainly just during my drive to and from work. Let's face it, no almost 8 month pregnant lady is going to be comfortable in the car for 3 hours a day. Perhaps I can just wear yoga pants to and from work and change into my jeans at work. It's a thought. Anything to save money. I most definitely do not want to invest in maternity jeans this late in the game.
- Speaking of spending/saving money. We had intended to use my crib from when I was a baby. Well guess what? You can't buy crib mattresses to fit cribs that are 27 years old. Everything is a standard size now and that standard size is about 5 x 10 inches too big. So I had to add a brand new crib into the budget. Cause I'm awesome, I also let my heart fall in love with a $300 crib. It does eventually turn into a full size bed frame so I've justified myself with that cost savings for down the road.
- Things I didn't think of before getting pregnant: I miss slouching. With the rib pain, increased belly size etc, slouching is not an option. I miss rolling over in bed easily. I thought that was hard at 20ish weeks but my goodness. And I know darn well in another 4-5 weeks I'm going to think it was a piece of cake at 31 weeks.
- At the last OB appointment my midwife made the observation "you're not really into this whole pregnancy thing, are you" Such an insightful one she is and my heart soared knowing that she was (hopefully) going to be the one to deliver this little girl. I can't help it, I am not the crunchy granola type to embrace this experience with mother nature loving arms. It's cool, its a miracle, I am thankful. That said, the whole pregnancy has been uncomfortable. I would much prefer to have her with me, out here. I'm ready for that part. i am not a patient person and I find that once I knew the baby was a girl, once I formed those thoughts, I was so ready to just be her mom right now.
- We had our 3D ultrasound and it was so cool. Everyone came, including my husband. It was the first ultrasound he made it to. And I think it definitely brought it home for him. He's been even more sweet and doting since the ultrasound. The crib ordeal? He says buy what I want. My husband does NOT EVER tell me to buy what I want. He knows better. Anyways, the tech was going on and on about how long Charlie's legs were and how big her feet were. Oh and she has a ton of hair. I imagine it's jet black just like her daddies. So really, the only thing we could be sure about was our daughter has my nose. The rest? All daddy's girl.
I think that's enough rambling for now.
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