Week 37!!!

37 weeks down and still no baby!!!! :-)

My Birthday came and went. I was able to enjoy my parents with me for my birthday and we just spent the day just the 4 of us doing really nothing but laying around the house and getting stuff ready for the baby. We went out to eat later that night to my favorite place Benihana's. And it sure was yummy!!!!  Then at home later that night we ate cake.  I really enjoyed my birthday because I was surrounded by loved ones and just relaxing.  What a great day we all had!!

Normally at Benhiana's they take a picture for your Birthday but for some reason they couldn't something about the camera so my mom just took a picture of me and Taylor with my phone not the best picture but at least I got something.

Went to the doctor Tuesday 2/28/12 and everything was still right on track haven't really changed from last week.  The doctor did say that my cervix is very soft and ready for this baby when it's ready to join us in the world.  He told me to start talking to my belly and to tell the baby "come on lets go" we want to meet you.  :-)  The doctor is thinking that the baby will be here the week of March 10th.  February 29th came and went and I was so happy for that I kept telling everyone that I am going to keep my legs crossed and not let this baby have a Leap Year birthday.  I would have loved to share my birthday with my child that would have been such a special gift I think. I wasn't looking forward to going into labor on Leap Year so I am happy that day came and went. Now I will be happy with any date.

While going through the baby's stuff and setting things up Taylor tried on a carrier that we had and wanted to see if it worked.  He looks so cute with that precious baby we had!!!!!  I think she looks just like her Daddy!!!!  :-)

Taylor, my mom and I also went through some of Landon's stuff and got that out as well.  We also washed some clothes, sheets, and blankets and also got the bassinet and pack & play out and all ready to go.  We are getting closer and closer to D-Day and wanted to have some things ready.  I still have a lot of clothes to wash and tons of blankets and sheets.  But I only wanted to wash a few things just because one we don't know the gender of the baby and also how big this kiddo will be.  Don't want to wash things we will not be using. 

I am feeling this baby move a lot and I have started feeling a little strange but again like I told the doctor I have never been 37 weeks pregnant so I don't know what normal feels like.  Landon was born at 35 weeks.  What is funny with Taylor is that I can't have a strange expression on my face without him asking me if I am ok.  Monday evening after my parents left and we were just relaxing before we went out again looking for a crib.  Because I wanted to show Taylor a couple that me and mom found earlier that day.  I was laying in my recliner and I had realized that I haven't felt the baby move for a couple of hours.  And the strange thing was that I had a huge lump and my stomach was hard as a rock.  I got a little scared.  So I went to lay down in our bed and try to reposition the baby and see if that would help.  After about 10 minutes of laying there and rubbing my belly I started feeling the baby move again.  At first I was getting nervous at that moment and then I started laughing because mom and dad had only been gone for about 2 hours.  And I didn't want to have to call them to tell them to turn around.  Luckily nothing happened.  I am hoping that this kiddo will give them time to be there at the hospital.

We go back to the doctor Tuesday, March 6th so we will see what he has to say then.  People all around me are getting anxious and ready for me to have this kiddo.  My customers are even asking me at work how much longer and that I better call them and let them know.  I am so lucky that I have so many people that care about me and our family.

Week 36

OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!!  I am getting closer and closer to the end.  I went to the doctor Monday, 2/20/12 while walking from the parking lot to the building they called me to let me know that the doctor was sick and that we needed to reschedule.  So I rescheduled my visit for the next day.  Tuesday, 2/21/12 was my doctors visit and as of right now I am dilated to 1cm and the doctor is happy with that.  He is hoping that I stay that way for the next couple of weeks.  The heart beat is still really strong and is everything that the doctor is wanting to hear.  No more stress per the doctor so that this kiddo can keep cooking and grow healthier.  So I will be relaxing more at work and having more and more people do things for me instead of me doing the tasks.  That is very hard for me to do but the health of me and my child is more important.

Since I am at week 36 I am starting to get nervous I am starting to worry about everything that we went through with Landon and hoping that it doesn't happen again.  When speaking with the doctor Tuesday I asked him at which point can we schedule me for inducing but he doesn't want to schedule anything until I am dilated further.  I am just scared that next week I will be dilated further and it will be to late again.  I know that what I went through with Landon probably wont happen again but if you have ever been in that situation then you understand my worries and feeling and if not then you have no clue what I am going through and probably do not understand my worries.  People have asked me why I have not posted anything about my pregnancy on Facebook or really talked about the pregnancy a lot.  Well for me what I went through and the excitement and joy of this pregnancy has been covered up with fear.  How I feel is completely understanding to some people and they completely agree with how I have handled it.  I will post about the baby and speak more freely when our baby is safe, healthy and home.  I keep getting the same question through this whole pregnancy about what sex/gender I want.  Well if you have ever been in my shoes then you will understand my response to everyone that asks me.  My response has always been that I don't care the sex/gender of the child just as long as our baby comes home and is healthy.  So until we are home and I am at ease with everything we are not talking publicly about anything.  Yes or course family, close friends and my customers and employees know about it but just random people on Facebook and any other aquatints we may have just will find out once our bundle of joy is home and safe in our arms.  If you walk into our home you will still notice all the baby stuff in its boxes and that nothing is set up.  Well that again in another way that I show my fear.  I am to scared to set anything up or wash anything and even start to get ready for the arrival home.  I am just so scared of heartbreak again.  I have started packing a bag and Taylor did get the highchair out and set it up because he wanted to.  I am just to scared to do anything and I am always wanting someone there to help me I don't like doing stuff alone when it comes to the set-up.  I have joked that my mom will be washing everything the night before we are to come home.  It is my way of still having the fear but joking about it at the same time. 

At 36 weeks the baby is now around 18½ inches long and nearly 6 pounds—just about as big as a breadbox!  We are getting closer and closer, they now say at the end of this week, that the baby will be considered full-term.  WOO HOO!!!!!!  The funny thing is in everything that I am reading about week 36 it states that the baby has little room to move; so I will not feel it as vigorously as I did in the last weeks.  Well that is totally wrong with this kiddo because this kiddo is moving around a lot more and hasn't really been sleeping much.  I hope that doesn't mean anything once the baby gets hear.  Because this Momma wants to be able to sleep!!!  Also I found out through reading that the baby’s bones are completely hardened and acquire a solid structure through which it can now make a grand entry into the new world. The muscle tone is also improved by this week and the baby’s gums will become very rigid.  This week I have felt a little different then the last couple of weeks.  My lower back is aching a lot more and I can't get comfortable when sleeping.  I am also starting to walk slower and slower.  There are other things going on with my body that make me feel like this kiddo will be here anytime now.

As you can see this week there was a drastic change I did to my hair.  Yes I finally cut all my hair off.  It was getting to thick and to long.  That is so funny for me to even be saying because if you know me I am not one to have short hair but my hair was drying out and to frizzy.  So I decided to cut it all off.  I also treated myself to a Mani & Pedi for the first time in almost 2 1/2 years.  It felt so good to finally do something for me and very relaxing.  The main reason for the Pedi was because I couldn't bend down and over to paint or even trim my toes.  So the hair cut and the Mani & Pedi were kind of an early Birthday gift to myself.  Because this coming Sunday, February 26 is my 32nd birthday.  :-) 

I see the doctor next Tuesday, February 28th so we will see then what he has to say.  Hopefully we can schedule something so both Taylor and I can finally meet our baby soon.  We can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Week 35

I can't believe that I have less than a month to go.  If this kiddo is anything like it's big brother then we are just on a waiting game until the arrival of our new bundle of joy.

This week started off really bad and just seem to not lighten up any on me and my stress levels.  I started off this week with a really bad gallbladder attack and ended the week with a lot of stress from work.  I just wanted to be left a lone and have my phone smashed and thrown off a bridge into a lake.  This coming Monday I will be going to the doctor so at least I can handle the gallbladder problems.  But the work issues well that is an ongoing problem.  But I need to think of myself and my baby and that is all.  I can not have stress in my life because then that will cause problems with me and my child and I can't have that happen again.  When my gallbladder attacks happen I at least know what is going on but I am so scared that it is going to cause problems with the baby.  I get scared and for the whole next day I worry and making sure that I can feel the baby still moving.  I will be asking the doctor if the attacks can harm the baby and what are the risks that can happen.  Poor Taylor is always so sweet to me and wants me to not be in pain.  He kept asking me if I wanted him to call an ambulance or have him rush me to the ER but by the time either the ambulance got to me or we got to the hospital the attack would be over and I would just want to be left alone.  I am so glad that Taylor knows me and loves me the way he does.  I am a very difficult person to live with when I am not feeling good and the best thing is to just leave me alone and he understands that completely. 

My D-Day is sneaking up on us, and most of the women would probably start to get nervous about what pain they are going to be in during delivery.  Well that is not what I am dealing with.  I am actually thinking of doing this all natural again.  I've done it once why not again.  But instead of focusing on the "ouch!" of it all, I am getting excited on meeting our baby for the first time.  The questions of "Boy" or "Girl" will then be answered and then the joy of seeing our beautiful baby for the first time.  The happiness that I will get to see on my parents face that they are grandparents again.  Handing my dad his grandchild for the first time and see the joy in his eyes.  I am also so excited to see Taylor holding his child in his loving arms.  Those are the moments that I look forward to seeing.  My fears are still can I do this and will I be a good mommy. 

At week 35 they say that the baby is roughly around 5 plus pounds and about 20 inches long.  They say that the baby is not doing much moving around but this kiddo is still the little soccer player that I have had all through this pregnancy.  I still enjoy every punch, kick, and whatever else this kiddo throws at me.  The only thing unusual that I am noticing is that I am having this really strange burning feeling on my skin under my right boob.  But the funny thing is that Taylor and I both thought that it might be my bra rubbing but there is not a rash or any red irritation to the skin.  Then I started to think and I will confirm this with my doctor but I am thinking that it is the baby up against my ribs.  Because it doesn't burn all day and when I notice the burning feeling it is normally when I feel the baby's foot or whatever it is in that area.

Well Taylor and I are starting to get things ready and packed for the rush to the hospital.  I am hoping that this kiddo will give us more time to get ready but we are prepared to rush if need to.  We still haven't set up the nursery but I am in no rush because for the first couple of months the baby will be in a bassinet in our room.  And for the fact that we still haven't really picked out a crib.  I know we need to but again the ones we like are not in the stores to view, only online. 

Next weekend is my 32nd birthday and I have said that it would be a great blessing to have a beautiful baby on my birthday so that we can share that day together. 

If Monday the doctor tells me that I am starting to dilate I am going to ask him if he would think to induce me just so that we can get everything that the baby needs for a safe delivery.

Week 33/34

40 Days to GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, February 6th we went to the doctor and actually got to see the baby again.  I was happy to see this little kiddo again.  I mean I can feel it moving but to actually see it is so happy.  My heart just melts with Love for this baby.  So the first picture is a face shot and I am already in love, the second is a hand, and the third picture is actually the umbilical cord measurements.  I learned a lot today about what the doctors look at when doing an ultrasound.  My doctor is amazing because he will actually stop and answer any questions that I have at that moment in time.  He was taking readings of the umbilical cord and showing us that the movement of the fluids from me to the baby are really good.  He wants to see the movement on the line either under the line or above the line but not both.  So what you are seeing is prefect.  What the third picture shows is not anything of the baby but of me and the cord.  We also got to hear the heart beat again and everything is sounding good still.   

Ok, so you might be wondering why the post is titled Week 33/34.  Well that is due because my doctor told us that I am a week further along than we thought.  So now my estimated delivery date is March 17th so that makes me at 34 weeks and not 33.  So I skipped a week.  My doctor wants to see me in two weeks, so my next appointment is Monday, February 20th.

I am still dealing with a lot of indigestion and I am hoping that it will all be gone once I deliver this sweet bundle of joy.  I am still on the right track and drinking about 100oz of water a day.  I am still amazed at myself at how well I am doing with that.  But I know that it has to be done so I will do anything to be healthy and to have a healthy baby.  At 34 weeks the baby weighs about 4 3/4 pounds, like an average cantaloupe, and is almost 18 inches long.  The baby is already head down and getting ready for delivery.  From the ultrasound we could see that the baby was in the fetal position but pointing down.  Also I was able to know exactly what party of the baby I was feeling and what was kicking me.  Above and to my right of the belly button is it's butt and feet, so I was joking and saying I can start spanking that little butt when I get kicked.

This week at work I had a smile on my face because one of my little guys was very comfortable laying on my belly and I had to share these pictures.  I tried to get the picture of Lucky when he would actually rest his head on my belly but he would move everytime I would bring my phone up to take a picture.  It was also funny to see his reaction when the baby started kicking and moving and he was still laying on me.  Love the looks on the dogs faces when they get kicked by the baby and they are trying to figure out what is going on. 

We will see what the doctor saying in two weeks and hopefully I am still on the right track and not starting to dilate any.  I want to keep this little one in as long as possible.  But I am getting excited to see that beautiful little precious face for the first time.

Week 32

This week has been a very busy week.  Not much activity going on with the baby.  All is well and going smooth.  The baby is kicking a lot and moving around.  I am still drinking tons of water.  Friday I actually woke up with another bladder infection and oh how unhappy that made me.  I loaded up on more and more SmartWater and Gatorade.  I am still watching what I eat because anything and everything here lately seems to be causing me problems either with my acid indigestion or gallbladder.  Oh the fun of those two.  They are estimating that the baby weighs as much as a large jicama -- about 3 3/4 pounds.  Ok now if you are anything like me I had to look up what a jicama was, and I quickly found it out that a Jicama is a crispy, sweet, edible root that resembles a turnip in physical appearance.  This baby is about 16 3/4 inches long from head to heel.  There is one thing that is funny that I have noticed about me in the last couple of weeks mostly more this week though is that I have a wheezing sound coming out when I breath through my mouth.  I am not a person that can breath good through my nose so I always breath through my mouth and now it is getting harder and harder to do that and then now I sound funny.  Taylor and I started laughing at one point because it sounds funny.  It actually reminds us of Landon and his sounds he made with all the tubing in his mouth.  My mom said that I did it some growing up but that it must be the baby and the way I am carrying it that is causing the noise.  There is a lot going on this week that Taylor laughs at me about.  Especially the more frequent potty breaks that I have to do.  Sometimes I think he wants me to pee myself because we can be talking and he gets me to start laughing and then when I get up because I have to pee he wont let me.  Then I start laughing, wheezing, and coughing and then he finally lets me up to go.  

Saturday 2/4/12 we went to Miles' first birthday party.  I was in some pain due to the gallbladder but had a great time.  But the most amazing thing happened that night while at the hotel room with my family that came in for my Baby shower on Sunday 2/5/12.  We were all sitting in the hotel room cutting up and laughing and I guess this kiddo wanted to get involved in the conversation.  Because all of a sudden I could see my belly move and the movement kept going.  At one point it had to of been a foot or knee or something but my belly just kinda of rolled and my cousin Tanya could see it from across the room.  Sheila got a large kick which made her smile big.  It was so good to see how much this kiddo enjoyed our laughs and conversations.  All night my belly was dancing and the baby was having a good ole time.  Can't wait for the baby to actually meet all of the family.

Sunday 2/5/12 was my baby shower and it was a blast.  Amanda & Misty worked so hard getting everything ready.  We played a couple of games the first one was I had to answer questions about the upcoming arrival of our baby but the trick was that I had to answer them the way Taylor would have answered them.  Sadly I only got 4 questions correct.  Then they had a memory game and it was hilarious.  There's a whole new meaning behind candy bars we eat now after playing this game.  We had wonderful cake and food and I received lots and lots of gifts for our new addition.

I am so excited Monday, 2/6/12 I get to see the baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Week 31

This week I started off by making fun of myself.  I took these pictures and sent them to my mom and titled the email Pregnant, Not Pregnant, Pregnant Again!!!!  I just thought it was funny that I look so huge from the side and normal from the front.

I am so glad that I went to the doctor last Friday, because I am feeling a little better each and everyday.  He put me on antibiotics for 5 days with a pill 2 x day and I finished the pills today (Wednesday, January 25th).  I am so glad because those pills oh did they stink.  I am still doing good on drinking tons of water.  I can't believe how much water that I am actually drinking.  I have only had 3 soda's and or sweet tea since Friday.  And I love me some sweet tea.  The only downfall that I have noticed with drinking so much water is that I am not hungry at all.  I guess the water is filling me up.  I do hate that I have to pee every 10 to 15 minutes it seems like.  But I will do anything to not have that infection again it was very painful.  I am still in some pain, discomfort and also still a little weak but hopefully that will subside.  I am trying to keep this kid in me a long as possible and staying away from any and all infections will help.  My doctor did tell me that he is willing to have this baby come as early as a month early so that we can get the gallbladder out as soon as possible.  So I do know that it is bad if he is willing to do that.  But he also said with the history of Landon he understands that we want to wait.  We are just hoping that it doesn't get any worse.  I have come to a conclusion that my immune system is outta whack because of my gallbladder issues and not because of the pregnancy.  I am glad that we have found a reason why I have been sick so much.  Hopefully once the gallbladder is removed I will start feeling back to normal.   

Roughly about 60 days to go!!  2 months, WOW! where did the time go?  Before we know it this kiddo will be here and no more sleeping for me.  The exciting feeling about this week had to be when I was taking a shower and I was rubbing my tummy.  I could feel which I couldn't determine if it was the leg or arm but I could feel the baby while I was rubbing my belly.  I so wanted to call Taylor into the bathroom but he was outside in the garage.  So I just told him afterwards.  It was an awesome feeling to actually feel the baby through my skin.  I am always trying to figure out what position it is in at different times of the day.  I am also enjoying all the movement I am getting to feel this week.  I can't believe how active this kiddo is.  Hopefully what they say is true and an active baby is a happy baby.  I am still dealing with a lot of acid indigestion and it is making me not want to eat hopefully this too will go away once the baby is born.  From this week on, this baby will continue to gain around ½ pound a week until shortly before birth and right now it weighs about 3½ pounds and measures a little over 16 inches.  Oh my!, is all I can think of right now and the fact that it has to come out of me at some point.  This was the only fear I had when I was pregnant with Landon and again this fear comes back even though I know it doesn't hurt for long and the joy I get when I see and hold this baby for the first time ever.  All in all this week has been very calm and quiet, and that is the way I like it.

Week 30!!!!

Well, Wednesday, January 18th was my doctors appointment for my gallbladder and the good news is that he is going to wait until after the baby is born.  The only thing now is hoping that I don't have anymore attacks.  The doctor is worried about how many stones are in my gallbladder and hoping that my liver is not being effected by this because then we will have to deal with liver failure and pancreatitis.  Which both is fatal.  So he is going to have my liver count checked, he does have some concern of my liver count.  The bad thing is that the stones are all small stones and packed in there so that they move around more and that is what causes the painful attacks.  He said that he wished that the stones were larger because then he wouldn't have to worry about doing the surgery so close after the baby is born.  The bad thing about being pregnant and dealing with the gallbladder is trying to figure out if the back pains are caused from my gallbladder or the baby.  I may be having baby back pain or many small gallbladder attacks it is to hard to tell when you are pregnant.  So after talking with the doctor we are going to wait and re-evaluate me 2 weeks after the baby is born.  Then at that time schedule my gallbladder removal surgery for 4 weeks after my due date.  He did say that once the baby comes out that I might have more attacks due to my body chemicals and then the surgery will be scheduled sooner.  They normally want to wait 6 to 8 weeks but with how many stones I have he wants to do the surgery as soon as possible afterwards.  The risk of before is to risky for the baby so he is hoping that we can wait.  After reading all my charts and talking to me the doctor is going to get with my OBGYN and they are going to discuss my condition.  He told me that normally this is an outpatient surgery and that I will be out a week after surgery to recover.  He also wants me to make sure that my delivery is a vaginal deliver and not a C-Section.  Because then if it is a C-Sections then we have other problems to worry about.  Man being pregnant causes a lot of problems with your body when it comes to other issues and surgeries.  My doctors comments about pregnancy is that it is more of a disease in his eyes because of everything that can go wrong with your body and that there really isn't anything that can be done with out risking the baby.  Never thought of it that way.  On another note he did ask me when my due date is and when I told him March 26 he looked at me and asked me if I was carrying twins because if not then he doesn't see me lasting until then.  I kept telling people that my belly is getting huge and now I believe it.  I never thought my due date was that far off and now I am thinking this baby will be here 1st part of March.  I go back to my doctor February 6th so we will talk then and hopefully have more of an idea then.  The exciting news is that I will get to see the baby that day.  Friday, January 20th I went to the doctor for a concern that I was having.  Very scared after I wasn't able to walk with out sever pain in my pelvis area and my legs.  It started Monday and gradually got worse by the end of the week.  I wasn't feeling good and started to worry that I was already starting to dilate.  Well good news is that I am not dilating but the bad news was that due to my sever gallbladder I started getting an infection and I was very dehydrated.  So now I am on antibiotic's and I have to drink 4 to 6 32oz's of water a day and 1 to 2 Gatorade's or SmartWater for electrolytes.  Enough about me, so now on to my 30th week of pregnancy!!!!!

A few more weeks to go! This baby weight is starting to impact more of my life than ever. Bending over is tricky if not impossible. And tying my shoes? Forget about it I have to sit down to pretty much do anything that I would normally do standing up. Also shaving my legs HAHAHA that is even funnier than ever now with this huge belly. This baby is about 15.7 inches long now, and it weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds it, but that volume will decrease as it gets bigger and takes up more room in my uterus. The baby’s eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keen; even after the baby is born it will keep its eyes closed for a good part of the day. So reading the information that all these websites are giving me it is also telling me that I may be feeling a little more tired these days, especially if I am having trouble sleeping. Well I am sleeping great with the exception of my sever heartburn. I also might be clumsier than normal, which is perfectly understandable. Well great just one more thing to make me clumsier. I am already a clumsy person so this is going to be fun. They say it is because not only am I heavier, but the concentration of weight in my pregnant belly causes a shift in my center of gravity. Plus, thanks to hormonal changes, my ligaments are more lax, so my joints are looser, which may also contribute to my balance being a bit off. This all answers the crazy questions of why I am running into things more now. Also my poor belly is sticking out more and I keep bumping it with doors and other things I walk by.  I am telling you right now this baby might come out all bruised up because of me.  :-)