Week 34: Yup still miserable! How the heck am i suppose to go 6 more weeks!!! I've been wearing a brace at night which has really helped my hip! Braxton Hicks are constant but not painful. I feel he is pushing right out my belly button and is wanting out! I don't know how much more my belly can stretch! And I'm sure Nate is ready for his arrival due to how extremely nice*sarcasm* I've been and my amazing dinners I've been making lately (help yourself to cereal and turkey sandwiches honey) Not sure if I'm ready for his arrival but I know i am ready for him to be out of me!!! Oh the joys of pregnancy!
Sorry No picture this week due to a bad photographer:-)
Week 35: So i think he is head down, I've had a lot of pressure in my pelvic and sometimes really painfully:-( I'll know next week at my appointment if I'm correct. And yes thats my belly button poking out! I didn't get to work out at all this week due to the lovely Washington weather we got! So i'll be excited to get back to the YMCA! Claudia has had a few rough nights making it tough on me trying to rock her back to sleep. I feel its harder to breath and he keeps kicking me in the ribs! UGH!! I just told Nate that I'm really excited to meet him...my nervousness is turning into excitement and realization we will have 2 kiddos running around! Getting so close! and VERY Large! Check out his little T-Rex summer outfit I bought! So cute!
Week 36: OMG we have 4 weeks til DD!! He is going to make his appearance so soon! I got to workout with all the ladies this week and they think "that baby is coming any day", i think i make them nervous working out! Remember 99% of the class is over 50 and i think there is only 2 of us under the age of 30! But they all are wonderful and i love being able to work out with them! They keep me motivated! This week was an eventful one! As most of you are women reading this you won't mind me telling you I lost my mucous plug!! which really doesn't mean anything but just bringing me closer to delivery day! I didn't lose it with Claudia so i had no idea what it was and its honestly gross! Oh the joys of child baking and birthing! Its funny because when i tell some of my friends here about losing it i whisper like its something bad but all mothers know about this and isn't anything new so i don't know why i am so uncomfortable saying it! And just so everyone knows you can still take baths and have sex after you lose the plug its when your membranes rupture or water breaks that you can not do those things or it will cause an infection! Trust me i asked the doctor :-) Thanks Dr. Carter! Not any major contractions for me to be concerned about but oh that pelvic pressure is miserable! And he's just as active as his Big sister was...so i'm thinking he's going to be a handful like his big sis! Oh i can't wait to meet him and to see how Claudia reacts! I think she will be a great big sister ....most of the time! LOL Dr. appointment is actually next we so we will see how things are progressing!:-)
Week 37: 3 weeks to go! A crazy week! So i had my doctors appointment but they wouldn't check progression because technically i was 36 wks 6 days on Tuesday and they only do it starting at 37 weeks! GRRR but no biggie everything looked good! Head down, heart rate good, belly measuring small but that doesn't surprise me because i was small with Claudia (I'm not big to begin with so i just don't see how the old school measuring is even accurate!) and my weight gain was up to 30lbs! YIKES! So heres the kicker! Wednesday night i just didn't feel right and wasn't myself. And of course Nate had a night flight so he went in about 4pm and by the time he got home at 2am i was in extreme pain(back labor pains) and crying on the couch! I was being stubborn and wanted to wait til the morning to go to the doctor because Claudia was sleeping and I thought it was just early labor and i had time. So Nate takes me in and i didn't have the pain i did in the evening/early morning go figuring! Lost a pound, blood pressure was up and i was 2 cm! But Rex decided he wasn't ready! So back home and just relax:-( Then after that mess I got really sick Monday night with a head cold, achy body and still fighting it! I hate not being able to breath! So really this week has been miserable and I'm so ready for Rex to get here and get back to feeling myself! But i have an awful feeling he made me think he was coming early and now he's going to wait it out and be a week late! Heres to the waiting game!
WEEK 38: So i'm at the beginning of 38 weeks and had my doctors appointment. Still no change stuck at 2cm! Blood pressure was back to normal, lost 3 more pounds (probably because of my head cold!), his heart rate was in the 130s, and belly still measuring small SHOCKER(2 weeks behind) and now the latest problem is he is sunny side up!!! He was in perfect position last week and now he's flipped:-( She said i can still deliver that way just tougher on both our bodies so now i have to do different positions throughout the day and i'm looking to go to a chiropractor to maybe get him back to the correct position! Just keep adding to my misery! I asked her about my incident last week and she said that probably my body was gearing up to go into labor and then just didn't have enough momentum! How frustrating to tease me like that Rex! If anymore excitement happens this week I will post:-) Come on Baby Rex....i might pack my hospital bag today:-)
WEEK 39: Oh when is he going to show up?!? Still is sunny side up but after talking to a different mid wife i feel a little bit better about the situation. Just wish he would flip and come out already! Blood pressure was good, lost another pound, his heart rate still in the 130, still measuring 2 weeks behind and she estimated he was 6 1/2 pounds! I'm at 3 cm and just waiting for contractions to start!! I have my bags packed and in the trunk of the car! I got his diaper bag too! I absolutely love it. The bag is by Jenna Claire, its a boutique in Ohio where i designed Claudia's bag so I had to get a new one because i don't think carrying a pink bag for Rex would be very fair:-) I worked out this week and it felt great and i was hoping it put me into labor, no such luck!:-( I got a pedicure and put blue nail polish on for baby Rex! I think we will have a 40 week picture..hopefully not a 41 week picture!! Come on REX!
WEEK 40: Yup made it to the 40 week appointment!!! I can't tell you how miserable i am, not just the uncomfortableness but the emotions i go through! One minute i'm laughing the next crying the next just a total bitch! UGH i hate the very end. Rex has played me very well! I have had several "i think this is it" only to wait an hour or so and the contractions go away! With Claudia it was simple, water broke started having contractions on the way to the hospital....this one just keeps giving me contractions and then decides he's nice and comfy and doesn't want to make his appearance! This appointment was actually Nates first time going! oh how things change the 2nd time around! (he was at every appt. of Claudias) Anyway they tell me the midwife was unavailable so i'd be seeing an OB/gyn. He was really nice but it just wasn't the same. Not what i've been use to this whole pregnancy and i just didn't feel "the love" that i get from the midwives. His heart rate is 140-150s, he didn't measure me and didn't give me an estimate of his size and didn't even tell me if i was dilated which he acted as if i wasn't even dilated! OH MY!!!! WTF i guess the only little hope i got was he'd be surprised if i made it to the 41 week appointment but go ahead and schedule it just in case! Gee thanks doc! Oh and how do you gain 6lbs in one week?!? oh thats just water retention not fat...no wonder my face looks like a puffer fish! uggg Rex seriously mommy has no patience....you are testing me:-) I can't wait to meet you and love on you!
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