Thursday, September 30, 2010

36 weeks.

•How far along?: 36 weeks...


•How big is baby?: A little over 6 pounds and around 18 inches.

•Maternity clothes?: Almost everything. Sadly I'm down to one pair of maternity jeans that fit, but luckily I'll have an outside baby before it gets too chilly.


•Stretch marks?: It could be so much worse.


•Sleep?: It's pretty good. I can't complain.


•Food cravings?: Whatever is currently shown via commercial.


•Labor signs?: Random contrax, nothing serious yet though.


•Belly button in or out?: Innie. It's not coming out!


•What I miss: My pre preg body and weight, being able to shave easily, and the parts of my body I can no longer see. Being able to get up easily, and not peeing 100 times a day.


•What I'm looking forward to: Getting this kid out of my ute!


I had my 35 week appointment yesterday (although I was really 35 weeks 6 days) It was....well I got violated. I had my Group B Strep test done; rather than explain what I had to go through, I'll let you google it if you really want to know what happened. It's no big deal, if it comes back positive, I'll have to have IV antibiotics while I'm in labor. Some women carry it, some don't. We'll find out next week. THAT'S RIGHT! As of now, I go to the doc every week until delivery! WOOHOO! God, I really hope she comes soon. Like, this time next week would be AWESOME. I'll keep you posted.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

35 weeks down, 35 days to go....

•How far along?: 35 weeks bitches!!!


•How big is baby?: 5 pounds and still around 17 inches or so.

•Maternity clothes?: Almost everything. Sadly I'm down to one pair of maternity jeans that fit, but luckily I'll have an outside baby before it gets too chilly.


•Stretch marks?: Nothing too serious...fingers crossed! :)


•Sleep?: It's pretty good. I can't complain.


•Food cravings?: Whatever is currently shown via commercial.


•Labor signs?: We'll get to that in a minute...


•Belly button in or out?: Innie. It's not coming out!


•What I miss: My pre preg body and weight, being able to shave easily, and the parts of my body I can no longer see. Being able to get up easily, and not peeing 100 times a day.


•What I'm looking forward to: Getting this kid out of my ute!


Okay. Lets discuss last night, shall we?
So I was excited all day because being that it is now September, all my favorite shows are back on! So I was looking forward to Law & Order SVU all day! Well, around 7:30 8:00, I got this super ouch feeling in my lower belly. Like, way low, where my pubic area meets my stomach. Also, I had some pain in my back, where I would assume my kidneys are (?). So I drank some water thinking (knowing) that maybe I was dehydrated. I knew I didn't drink enough water all day...whatever. So it's 9:00 and I'm still feeling these pains, they're constant, they don't come and go like contractions do. When I was sitting it wasn't nearly as bad as when I was standing up moving around. So I called the doctor, explained to a nurse my symptoms, and she said she would have the doctor on call call me back. I get off the phone with her, and I send Chad a text telling him whats going on. She calls me right when I'm done texting him, and I'm on the phone with her and shes telling me what I should do to feel better. I get off the phone with her, and right away Chad calls, he tried to call like 3 times while I was on the phone with the doctor, apparently he only got half the message I sent him and he was trying to figure out what was going on. So i'm on the phone with him, telling him what's up, and the doctor calls back(?) So I answer it, and she tells me because I'm 35 weeks I need to go in to Labor and Delivery to get checked out. So I tell Chad this, and we make plans to get me there since he was at work. I call Lindsey and she doesn't answer, so I call Jessica...she came to my rescue in like 10 minutes. Her and Vann take me to the hospital and I get wheeled to L&D. Theeeeen Chad shows up, and Vann and Jess leave. (thanks for taking me btw Jess!) I go into a triage room, get nekked from the waste down hooked up to fetal monitors and wait....and wait...and wait. They did an internal exam to see if I was dilated, I wasn't, but the exam caused me to start having contractions (which I wasn't having to begin with btw) so they keep me hooked up and monitor me for another hour, all while I'm instructed to drink 6 glasses of water, yes, that's right I said 6, and take a pain pill. They come back and do another exam after an hour and I'm still not dilated so they say I can go! WooHoo! They came to the conclusion that baby girl is head down, and very low, that's the pain I've been feeling, and that she is still small! Thank goodness, I really don't want to have a 9 pound kid. So here I am, the next day and I'm just totally uncomfortable. I guess I have to get used to it for the next few weeks or so.
So that was my first real sign of labor. Sorry about writing a book.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

34 weeks.

•How far along?: 34 weeks.


•How big is baby?: Over 4 pounds and about 17 inches long. About the size of a honeydew. Well, if your computer screen is 17in, that's how big she is...length anyway.

•Maternity clothes?: With the exception of some jammies and VERY few shirts everything I wear.


•Stretch marks?: ugh. battle scars, sure. Nothing too serious...fingers crossed! :)


•Sleep?: I'm sleeping well, it's falling asleep that seems to be the problem these days. It's recommended to sleep on your left side when KU, which I've been doing, but now, baby girl is so big, she has moved all my organs up and they squish my lungs making it difficult to breathe. So I've had to add an extra pillow and sleep in a semi-inclined position. Also, I'm sweating like a bitch at night, it's really disgusting, and only going to get worse post par-tum.


•Food cravings?: Fried chicken and biscuits. IHOP.


•Labor signs?: Not since Monday. 3 weeks I'll be ready to have this baby!


•Belly button in or out?: Innie. I really don't think it's going to pop out! Which is kind of a relief!


•What I miss: My pre preg body and weight, being able to shave easily, and the parts of my body I can no longer see. Being able to get up easily, and not peeing 100 times a day.


•What I'm looking forward to: Having my baby, and returning to my regularly scheduled peeing. :)

Not really much to talk about today. I spent way too much time on etsy looking at headbands for her. I need more. Also, I need some baby beanies, I don't have any! I don't want her head to get cold! Until next week dear readers...

Monday, September 13, 2010

33 weeks, a few days late....

So here I am dear readers, a few days after I hit the 33 week mark, sorry I slacked, but anyhow, here goes.....

•How far along?: 33 weeks 4 days.


•How big is baby?: Over 4 pounds and about 17 inches long. About the size of a pineapple. (mmm now I want to eat Thai Villa!)


•Maternity clothes?: With the exception of some jammies and VERY few shirts.


•Stretch marks?: ugh. battle scars, sure. Nothing too serious...fingers crossed! :)


•Sleep?: I'm sleeping well, it's falling asleep that seems to be the problem these days. It's recommended to sleep on your left side when KU, which I've been doing, but now, baby girl is so big, she has moved all my organs up and they squish my lungs making it difficult to breathe. So I've had to add an extra pillow and sleep in a semi-inclined position. Also, I'm sweating like a bitch at night, it's really disgusting, and only going to get worse post par-tum.


•Food cravings?: Fried chicken and biscuits. God I want a biscuit! With some honey on it. YUM


•Labor signs?: YES! Today while sitting in the waiting room at the docs office, I started having little contractions. She said it was nothing to worry about, so I came home, drank a ton of water, and they stopped. Whatever, I'm ready.


•Belly button in or out?: Innie. I really don't think it's going to pop out! Which is kind of a relief!


•What I miss: My pre preg body and weight, being able to shave easily, and the parts of my body I can no longer see. Being able to get up easily, and not peeing 100 times a day.


•What I'm looking forward to: Having my baby, and returning to my regularly scheduled peeing. :)


I lost 5 pounds. WOO! I was a little sad when I learned at my last appointment that I had gained 7 pounds (great movie btw). Chad had been out of town, so I blame it on the fast food and eating marshmallow fluff straight from the jar. So imagine the size of my smile when I saw the scale today. I'm also starting to not care for my OB. I like her as a person, but as a doctor...not so much. She doesn't really answer the questions I have for her, which isn't a lot, or often, she just kind of brushes them off. At least they're never anything serious. Not that I'd know anyway. Gah!

Today at my appointment doc had an intern with her. I honestly don't care about that, because I mean, they have to learn somehow, who am I to stand in the way of teaching? He was very shy. It was funny. What was NOT funny however, was how FUCKING long it took them to find baby's heartbeat. I was NOT a happy camper. At all. I knew everything was okay because baby was moving around like CRAZY which was probably why it was taking forever. Still. I was freaking out. Finally, they found it, and it was nice and strong. Thank God.

Semi speaking of God; I have to get this out, and it is TOTALLY not baby related so read on if you will;
An ignorant person I know posted on facebook about how pissed she was about the building of a Mosque in Manhattan. She went on to bitch and moan, her husband is in the military blah blah blah. I didn't say anything then, but wish I had. So here, for my loyal or not-so-loyal readers, my retort.
Ahem. They would like to have the Mosque built 2 blocks from Ground Zero, not in place of where one of the twin towers once stood. Not all Muslims are terrorists, and not all terrorists are Muslims. Recall if you will, Columbine High school, the Virginia Tech massacre, or Pearl Harbor for God's sake! If that Mosque is not built, we are no longer America. Do some fucking research you dumb, inbred, white trash, back wood, redneck bitch before you go talking shit on a public social networking site making yourself look like a complete ignorant racist.

::Steps off soapbox::

Phew, that felt good.
I'll be back in a couple of days.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

32 weeks.

•How far along?: 32 weeks dear readers.


•How big is baby?: Roughly 3 pounds 11 ounces, and just over 16 inches.


•Maternity clothes?: With the exception of some jammies and VERY few shirts.


•Stretch marks?: ugh. battle scars, sure. Nothing too serious...fingers crossed! :)


•Sleep?: I'm sleeping alright these days, still getting up what seems like every hour on the hour to pee though. Last night sucked, with Mordecai barfing 10 minutes after I went to bed, then him crying because I wouldn't give him anymore food to prevent follow-up puking, needless to say it took a while to actually fall asleep. I'm also having VERY vivid dreams! Not weird or really even baby related just so real!


•Food cravings?: Chinese. I still want some, and haven't had any. Help a sister out please!! SHIT!


•Labor signs?: Nope, but I am finally feeling big and pregnant. It's not all puppies and rainbows, I can assure you.


•Belly button in or out?: Innie when I'm sitting down, and flat when I'm standing. I really don't think it's going to pop out! Which is kind of a relief!


•What I miss: My pre preg body and weight, being able to shave easily, and the parts of my body I can no longer see.


•What I'm looking forward to: Having my baby!!


Well today is September 2nd, which means, that I will have a baby NEXT MONTH! God willing anyway. I promise, I am literally going to do everything in my power to get this baby out, hopefully around 37 weeks; labor cookies, walking miles upon miles, doin' it, whatever it takes!

So today I am 32 weeks. If I were to go into labor after I hit 34 weeks the doctors will not stop the progression of labor and will let me have my baby. I don't want her that early though. She still needs a little longer to finish cooking. As of 37 weeks, she will be a full term baby. She will be completely ready to make her appearance, and I'm totally ok with her coming then. So what this means, is, that I could have her anytime starting in 2 weeks. 2 freaking weeks. But I'll settle for 5 weeks. Seriously, that's crazy to me. I'm ready. But I still need a diaper bag. :(