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39 weeks
EDD March 1
Oh ladies....I am a miserable excuse for a person lately. I am just sore and cranky and filled with tears. I have been averaging 3-4 hours of sleep a night, and even those hours are not consecutive. I wish it were feasible to take another week off of school but I really really can't.
I have been swelling more than usual, but last Friday there was no signs of pre-e. I don't have much concern over it, it just makes typing a bt harder and walking is uncomfortable as well with the hip pain. My back has been spasming since around 5 am today so maybe that will lead to something.
As far as everything else....same ol same ol. Pee all the time, irregular contractions filling my day, tired, mood swingy and just plain ready. I can't focus on anything at this point...making school much harder than it should be. Phin is still quite the active lad in there, rolling, stretching and moving about. ^_^
EDD March 1
Oh ladies....I am a miserable excuse for a person lately. I am just sore and cranky and filled with tears. I have been averaging 3-4 hours of sleep a night, and even those hours are not consecutive. I wish it were feasible to take another week off of school but I really really can't.
I have been swelling more than usual, but last Friday there was no signs of pre-e. I don't have much concern over it, it just makes typing a bt harder and walking is uncomfortable as well with the hip pain. My back has been spasming since around 5 am today so maybe that will lead to something.
As far as everything else....same ol same ol. Pee all the time, irregular contractions filling my day, tired, mood swingy and just plain ready. I can't focus on anything at this point...making school much harder than it should be. Phin is still quite the active lad in there, rolling, stretching and moving about. ^_^
38 weeks (Friday)
EDD March 13th
UGH I am uncomfortable and tired of course LOL Pretty much the same things have been going on since since last week.... I have realised that I am having more braxton hicks and when I went in to the dr yesterday he said I was opening and 2 1/2 CM dilated, so maybe they are doing something! I have noticed that I am more thirsty now a days.....which unfortunately makes me get up even more than normal to pee which is horrible.... I get almost NO sleep due to back pain, Hip pain, OH LORD and the pain in my Va Jay Jay! I have noticed the last couple days too that I am more swollen... had to fight to get my wedding ring off..... and my shoes are SOOO tight....even my flip flops... UGH and My face is swollen..... The baby is moving around like crazy...pushing and flipping.... OH and The baby has dropped! Yayy
We are almost there ladies!! Hang in there... Wishing you all TONS and TONS of LABOR DUST!!!!!!!
EDD March 13th
UGH I am uncomfortable and tired of course LOL Pretty much the same things have been going on since since last week.... I have realised that I am having more braxton hicks and when I went in to the dr yesterday he said I was opening and 2 1/2 CM dilated, so maybe they are doing something! I have noticed that I am more thirsty now a days.....which unfortunately makes me get up even more than normal to pee which is horrible.... I get almost NO sleep due to back pain, Hip pain, OH LORD and the pain in my Va Jay Jay! I have noticed the last couple days too that I am more swollen... had to fight to get my wedding ring off..... and my shoes are SOOO tight....even my flip flops... UGH and My face is swollen..... The baby is moving around like crazy...pushing and flipping.... OH and The baby has dropped! Yayy
We are almost there ladies!! Hang in there... Wishing you all TONS and TONS of LABOR DUST!!!!!!!
37 Weeks
EDD March 15
Induction Day March 9th
Well I have had a crazy week! On Friday we got a call from our insurance company saying that effective Feb. 28th our insurance is canceled.... they just decided to drop us! Of course this has to happen right before I have a baby! I am so frustrated- so I have had a talk with the baby, and we have decided I am going to go into labor before Friday. This way everything is paid for by our insurance company!
Also, on Thursday baby Mark decided that he was going to wedge his little food into my diaphragm and the back of my rib cage... yeah not comfortable. I have not been able to exercise because of the constant pain, which makes me feel lazy. Ugh! Oh well, I guess I have had a really easy pregnancy so far so something like this was bound to happen.
I go into the doctor's office tomorrow. Hopefully she will tell me that I am in labor or something....
EDD March 15
Induction Day March 9th
Well I have had a crazy week! On Friday we got a call from our insurance company saying that effective Feb. 28th our insurance is canceled.... they just decided to drop us! Of course this has to happen right before I have a baby! I am so frustrated- so I have had a talk with the baby, and we have decided I am going to go into labor before Friday. This way everything is paid for by our insurance company!
Also, on Thursday baby Mark decided that he was going to wedge his little food into my diaphragm and the back of my rib cage... yeah not comfortable. I have not been able to exercise because of the constant pain, which makes me feel lazy. Ugh! Oh well, I guess I have had a really easy pregnancy so far so something like this was bound to happen.
I go into the doctor's office tomorrow. Hopefully she will tell me that I am in labor or something....
EDD- march 10
I have been thinking I want him to come out now and im miserable and blah blah but right now i am so far behind in my school and im getting so exhausted working and trying to get everything done before he gets here maybe a little extra time wouldn't be so bad lol..... plus now i guess my moms cousin is coming outta the woodwork to throw a baby shower on march first!! i wanna get everything caught up with before my lil guy makes his appearance! anyways, still anxious, and i know we all could use the break from pregnancy so good luck ladies hope you all feel better soon!!!!!
I have been thinking I want him to come out now and im miserable and blah blah but right now i am so far behind in my school and im getting so exhausted working and trying to get everything done before he gets here maybe a little extra time wouldn't be so bad lol..... plus now i guess my moms cousin is coming outta the woodwork to throw a baby shower on march first!! i wanna get everything caught up with before my lil guy makes his appearance! anyways, still anxious, and i know we all could use the break from pregnancy so good luck ladies hope you all feel better soon!!!!!
EDD - March 7th
Scheduled C-Section - March 4th (unless baby turns)
38 weeks
Well, we have a doctor's appt. tomorrow, and he will check me which he hasn't done yet, so we'll see if anything is going on! If the baby moves when we go in for the C-section, we'll wait it out and deliver vaginally. It will kind of suck to think we're going to have a baby on March 4th and then he turns, but we won't have to have a C-section. Ah, the good and bad! I have been feeling okay. I get enough sleep, so I may be one of the lucky ones! It's hard to move around! We had our kitchen floor tiled all weekend so my kitchen is in shambles! Ugh! It looks beautiful but too many steps to go through!
Tip: If you are washing baby socks and you have a front loading washing machine, put them in a lingerie bag or pillowcase or something like that. Ours wouldn't spin and it cost us $75 for the guy to pull out 3 baby socks! Great! Baby boy's already causing trouble!!!! Good luck to all! Can't wait to hear the good news from everyone!
Scheduled C-Section - March 4th (unless baby turns)
38 weeks
Well, we have a doctor's appt. tomorrow, and he will check me which he hasn't done yet, so we'll see if anything is going on! If the baby moves when we go in for the C-section, we'll wait it out and deliver vaginally. It will kind of suck to think we're going to have a baby on March 4th and then he turns, but we won't have to have a C-section. Ah, the good and bad! I have been feeling okay. I get enough sleep, so I may be one of the lucky ones! It's hard to move around! We had our kitchen floor tiled all weekend so my kitchen is in shambles! Ugh! It looks beautiful but too many steps to go through!
Tip: If you are washing baby socks and you have a front loading washing machine, put them in a lingerie bag or pillowcase or something like that. Ours wouldn't spin and it cost us $75 for the guy to pull out 3 baby socks! Great! Baby boy's already causing trouble!!!! Good luck to all! Can't wait to hear the good news from everyone!
36 weeks 2 days
EDD March 21st
Probably will be induced by March 12th
I am doing okay, I can't wait to have this baby and be off of bed rest! I am going on 12 weeks of bed rest, and the doctor hasn't said that I will be off anytime soon. She said she wants me to deliver by 39 weeks, so she is looking at March 12th as the date to induce me. As of Thursday, I was having some irregular contractions, but I was not dilated at all. :( The doctor also said that she didn't want to induce me if my cervix wasn't favorable, so really, who knows!!
All the normal complaints, I am so very sore down there, and my hips and back hurt constantly. I am sleeping okay, waking up every couple hours to pee, and struggling to change positions, but better than it sounds like the rest of you are sleeping.
I finally had my baby shower this weekend, I cannot believe how much stuff we got!! Thankfully my mom came into town, and she did almost all of the baby's laundry, so her room is all put together and pretty dang close to being done.
I can't believe we are all so close now, good luck to everyone, I can't wait to hear all the birth stories!! :)
EDD March 21st
Probably will be induced by March 12th
I am doing okay, I can't wait to have this baby and be off of bed rest! I am going on 12 weeks of bed rest, and the doctor hasn't said that I will be off anytime soon. She said she wants me to deliver by 39 weeks, so she is looking at March 12th as the date to induce me. As of Thursday, I was having some irregular contractions, but I was not dilated at all. :( The doctor also said that she didn't want to induce me if my cervix wasn't favorable, so really, who knows!!
All the normal complaints, I am so very sore down there, and my hips and back hurt constantly. I am sleeping okay, waking up every couple hours to pee, and struggling to change positions, but better than it sounds like the rest of you are sleeping.
I finally had my baby shower this weekend, I cannot believe how much stuff we got!! Thankfully my mom came into town, and she did almost all of the baby's laundry, so her room is all put together and pretty dang close to being done.
I can't believe we are all so close now, good luck to everyone, I can't wait to hear all the birth stories!! :)
Edd march 31
35 weeks
I am soooo excited for some of you almost there!!!! I am sure you are ready, excited and scared all at the same time.
I am feeling ok, tired and I feel huge, but everyone has been saying I am so small so they scare me. I amazinly am sleeping pretty well only up 2 times to pee, but rolling over is a huge ordeal. I am sooo thirsty though. I actually got one of my wisdom teeth pulled today, so that ***** and hirts but i broke it last week and it was very sensitive.\
I had my 1 st shower yesterday, so her room is finally looking like a nursery, yea!!!!!!. SHe is already a spoiled girl. DId any of you return any clothes.l I got sooooo much I don't think she will be able to go through half of them.
35 weeks
I am soooo excited for some of you almost there!!!! I am sure you are ready, excited and scared all at the same time.
I am feeling ok, tired and I feel huge, but everyone has been saying I am so small so they scare me. I amazinly am sleeping pretty well only up 2 times to pee, but rolling over is a huge ordeal. I am sooo thirsty though. I actually got one of my wisdom teeth pulled today, so that ***** and hirts but i broke it last week and it was very sensitive.\
I had my 1 st shower yesterday, so her room is finally looking like a nursery, yea!!!!!!. SHe is already a spoiled girl. DId any of you return any clothes.l I got sooooo much I don't think she will be able to go through half of them.
36 weeks
I AM OFF OF BEDREST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But let me tell you, my hips and knees are protesting big time.
I now have to start have biophysicals done twice a week. Mu sugars are dropping plus i've been cutting back on insulin, and now with me being up they are more likely to drop even more. Apperently this is not normal usually at this point you are increasing insulin
My dad took 2 days off work to work on our nursey. So it is done and my mom washed all the clothes we have and my hospital bags are packed
Oh and i gained 8lbs this week alone....retaining fluid i guess.
I AM OFF OF BEDREST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But let me tell you, my hips and knees are protesting big time.
I now have to start have biophysicals done twice a week. Mu sugars are dropping plus i've been cutting back on insulin, and now with me being up they are more likely to drop even more. Apperently this is not normal usually at this point you are increasing insulin
My dad took 2 days off work to work on our nursey. So it is done and my mom washed all the clothes we have and my hospital bags are packed
Oh and i gained 8lbs this week alone....retaining fluid i guess.
35 wks 3 days
EDD March 27
I am using the batheroom alot more...like every 10-30 mins...sleep is non existenve I cant seem to get into a good position to save my life. Mostly now I am pretty much sleeping sitting up but thats pratical the only way I can sleep. I am still eating like no tomorrow but cant take much in..very tired to walk alot. Other than that I am okay just packing on the pounds i can admit I am alot more thirsty nowawaydays
EDD March 27
I am using the batheroom alot more...like every 10-30 mins...sleep is non existenve I cant seem to get into a good position to save my life. Mostly now I am pretty much sleeping sitting up but thats pratical the only way I can sleep. I am still eating like no tomorrow but cant take much in..very tired to walk alot. Other than that I am okay just packing on the pounds i can admit I am alot more thirsty nowawaydays
edd March 8 ( still praying for a healthy and normal baby)
38weeks
hips are hurting more and more these days and I get tired easily while walking. Its hard to breathe after a meal so I get DH to tap my back and I feel better. Last internal check I am no where to being dilated. I did some mild exercises to maybe help open things up and will find out later if it worked. I am now 38 weeks but since I am only 5'3" I am feeling the pressure everywhere and the strain in my back. I am really ready to see our son. He moves alot nowadays too.
Our baby room is only half way done we still need to stick the wall stickers and put away some more hand me down clothes from friends who recently had baby boys.
Any of you having mild headaches every now and then? I am wondering if it's just me not wearing my eyeglasses at home since I started my mat leave a few weeks ago.
good luck to all of us ladies! labor dust! may our labours be short and easy and may we all deliver healthy and normal babies.... cant wait I am getting excited
38weeks
hips are hurting more and more these days and I get tired easily while walking. Its hard to breathe after a meal so I get DH to tap my back and I feel better. Last internal check I am no where to being dilated. I did some mild exercises to maybe help open things up and will find out later if it worked. I am now 38 weeks but since I am only 5'3" I am feeling the pressure everywhere and the strain in my back. I am really ready to see our son. He moves alot nowadays too.
Our baby room is only half way done we still need to stick the wall stickers and put away some more hand me down clothes from friends who recently had baby boys.
Any of you having mild headaches every now and then? I am wondering if it's just me not wearing my eyeglasses at home since I started my mat leave a few weeks ago.
good luck to all of us ladies! labor dust! may our labours be short and easy and may we all deliver healthy and normal babies.... cant wait I am getting excited
EDD: March 1 (praying for this week!!)
39w1d
Pretty much the other complaints
*can't sleep
* therefore tired
* HEAVY belly
* irregular BH
* pressure in my vajayjay
My swelling from last week has gone down considerably, which is great! My feet & ankles were so bad they had this purple ting to them and my hands were so bad that they looked red & blotchy & my veins were just sitting at the top. Gross! So, glad that is better :) I went to Walgreens and checked my blood pressure this weekend to make sure it wasn't high, and it wasn't. I have not heard back from my doctor about my pre-eclampsia results. So, my guess is that I am fine! Although, I will let you all know for sure once I actually talk to someone from the office.
And... our doctor told me to drink 2 tbs. of Cod Liver Oil mixed with a glass of lemonade. Yummmm! We bought the Cod Liver Oil, but I haven't braved it yet :) I don't know if I want to induce diareah (can't spell that work!) just yet! hahaha...
39w1d
Pretty much the other complaints
*can't sleep
* therefore tired
* HEAVY belly
* irregular BH
* pressure in my vajayjay
My swelling from last week has gone down considerably, which is great! My feet & ankles were so bad they had this purple ting to them and my hands were so bad that they looked red & blotchy & my veins were just sitting at the top. Gross! So, glad that is better :) I went to Walgreens and checked my blood pressure this weekend to make sure it wasn't high, and it wasn't. I have not heard back from my doctor about my pre-eclampsia results. So, my guess is that I am fine! Although, I will let you all know for sure once I actually talk to someone from the office.
And... our doctor told me to drink 2 tbs. of Cod Liver Oil mixed with a glass of lemonade. Yummmm! We bought the Cod Liver Oil, but I haven't braved it yet :) I don't know if I want to induce diareah (can't spell that work!) just yet! hahaha...
EDD March 1
39 weeks
Oh my. I am ready. My stomach just HURTS. It is stretched to the max and heavy and sometimes I move too much and make it hurt extra or something. I am trying to get the last minute odds and ends ready for Blake! I am sooooo scared that I am not going to get something finished in time. Not really for Blake's benefit as much as for when family comes into town. I have said from the very beginning of this pregnancy that my husbands family (who all live in Arkansas) are NOT staying with us, no matter how much they assure us they won't be a bother, because it is not fair to ask me to be a hostess. I know no one would intentionally ask me to be one but you can't have people at your house and NOT worry about cleanliness etc. Not to mention I just don't want all the extra bodies in my house when I bring my baby home. My house is going to be crazy enough thank you very much! haha
Anyways, I am nesting as much as I can (bending over tends to be an issue) and I am waaaay tired. I am soooo glad that I didn't take any classes this semester...I feel for you Kele. I couldn't imagine. I have an interview for Dental School one week after I am scheduled for my induction! AHHH! I hope she comes early so I can have a little more time to prepare to leave her for those 4 hours...I need to pump at least a couple bottles!
I have been having strange pains that I can't really figure out. I hope they are contractions. I am going to have a glass of wine tonight..and probably have a foot massage and maybe some sex..haha. THAT is how bad I want to have her. Jk :) I am not brave enough for the castor oil..yet. We shall see...
39 weeks
Oh my. I am ready. My stomach just HURTS. It is stretched to the max and heavy and sometimes I move too much and make it hurt extra or something. I am trying to get the last minute odds and ends ready for Blake! I am sooooo scared that I am not going to get something finished in time. Not really for Blake's benefit as much as for when family comes into town. I have said from the very beginning of this pregnancy that my husbands family (who all live in Arkansas) are NOT staying with us, no matter how much they assure us they won't be a bother, because it is not fair to ask me to be a hostess. I know no one would intentionally ask me to be one but you can't have people at your house and NOT worry about cleanliness etc. Not to mention I just don't want all the extra bodies in my house when I bring my baby home. My house is going to be crazy enough thank you very much! haha
Anyways, I am nesting as much as I can (bending over tends to be an issue) and I am waaaay tired. I am soooo glad that I didn't take any classes this semester...I feel for you Kele. I couldn't imagine. I have an interview for Dental School one week after I am scheduled for my induction! AHHH! I hope she comes early so I can have a little more time to prepare to leave her for those 4 hours...I need to pump at least a couple bottles!
I have been having strange pains that I can't really figure out. I hope they are contractions. I am going to have a glass of wine tonight..and probably have a foot massage and maybe some sex..haha. THAT is how bad I want to have her. Jk :) I am not brave enough for the castor oil..yet. We shall see...
hang in there Kele - not much longer now!
My husband is nesting. I am not - I mean I have been doing her laundry and getting her room ready - but he has been cleaning like a mad man. No complaints there by me! If it were up to me - I'd hire someone.
Achy back and sleeping is rough - and now having this brownish tinged discharge since my last internal on Thursday. But otherwise feel more of the same - big - and baby moving lots all day long. Lots of hiccups, and I sense she is running out of space.
I was 1.5 CM dilated at my last appt on Thurs - and she is head down. Will see where we are next week. She has not dropped.
My husband is nesting. I am not - I mean I have been doing her laundry and getting her room ready - but he has been cleaning like a mad man. No complaints there by me! If it were up to me - I'd hire someone.
Achy back and sleeping is rough - and now having this brownish tinged discharge since my last internal on Thursday. But otherwise feel more of the same - big - and baby moving lots all day long. Lots of hiccups, and I sense she is running out of space.
I was 1.5 CM dilated at my last appt on Thurs - and she is head down. Will see where we are next week. She has not dropped.
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