The title pretty much says it all, but I'll go into more details!
Thursday, June 17th, I had my 38 week doctors appointment. I was weighed in at 151 lbs so I was at a total weight gain of 26 lbs from pre-pregnancy weight. I was originally not going to get checked but they ended up asking me, and I caved in said yes. The doctor said that I was 2 to 3cm, much to my surprise! I didn't think I had made any progress at all from a fingertip from the previous week. She asked if I wanted her to strip my membranes. I hesitated because even though I've never had it done before, I've heard that it hurts pretty badly. I told her to go ahead and do it and gritted my teeth and tried to not scream during the process. I headed home and ended up cramping on my way home. The stripping of my membranes occurred at around 4pm, and by 5pm, contractions started. I continued to have contractions off and on for the rest of the evening and I really thought at 1:30am I was going to be waking Willie up to head to the hospital since they were regular and strong, but after I went to the bathroom and walked around for about 10 minutes, the contractions tapered off. I continued to have irregular but somewhat strong contractions until 5:30am. Around 5:30am, most of the contractions stopped and I only had slight cramping. I was able to get some rest finally and slept until around 10am. When I woke up, I continued to have some more cramping and irregular but strong contractions. At around 2pm on June 18th, and the baby having a lack of fetal movement for over 9 hrs and only 2 movements, I called the doctor at the hospital and was told to come in and get checked out.
I arrived at the hospital around 3:30pm. I was put on the monitor for about a 1/2 hour to an hour to check the baby's heartbeat and my contractions. The contractions were strong but irregular still, but the baby decided to move as soon as I was hooked up to the monitors and the baby looked great so there was no worry there. My nurse at the time checked me and she had trouble finding my cervix but said I was a "good 4cm" and told me to walk a little bit and see if I have any changes. I ended up being checked around 2 hrs later though and the nurse couldn't find my cervix and ended up calling my doctor in to come check me. My doctor checked me and said that I was at 6cm. Because I had made a change and I was more than a 4, they admitted me.
Birth story to follow.....
I don't think this pregnancy is ever going to end!
We went to the pool on Sunday for a few hours. I got burnt up a little bit. Nothing too bad, but I should be nice and tan by the end of this month if this continues. I felt pretty good and comfortable on Sunday. Relaxing in the pool, even if it is the baby pool and it only goes up to my waist, is nice.
This week, thus far, has been pretty boring and uneventful. I don't think I'm making any progress still with this pregnancy. It's very frustrating. Yesterday morning I woke up with some intense pressure and decided to walk in the evening since it was cool outside. I had a few contractions while walking and more intense pressure. It equated to nothing once I got home though. Around 10:30pm lastnight (6/15) I started having contractions that were pretty far away. I want to say every 20 to 30 minutes. Nothing to worry about but once I went to sleep around 1am they were a bit closer together. By 4:30am I was awake with pretty intense cramps and contractions. They eventually tapered off around 5:30am and I was finally able to get some sleep. I hate that I've been in so much pain and have made no progress.
The only thing I want from this pregnancy is to go into labor on my own and do it all naturally. I don't think that is going to happen. This pregnancy has been far from easy for me. Between the morning sickness that has lasted nearly 9 months, and the pain I've been in since about 28 weeks, I'm ready for just one thing to go my way. I see the doctor tomorrow, but I'm not going to have them check me. I'll just be disappointed to hear that I've made no progress, I'd rather just not know.
I've been absolutely horrible with my "schedule." I'm just way too uncomfortable to keep up with it all.
It's Saturday, June 12th 2010. Today, I officially turned 26 years old. I am not one to enjoy my birthday. Something ALWAYS goes wrong or it just plain sucks. I figured this year I wouldn't really celebrate it. Willie and I just went to Cove Point Pool with the girls today for a little while, and then dropped them off with my mother in law, then just went out to dinner. We walked around JcPenney and Target before hand since we weren't yet hungry. I was hoping it would help encourage the baby, but so far, I'm failing at getting this baby out sooner rather than later.
I had my 37 week appointment on Thursday. The baby was doing good. I asked to be checked for dilation and she told me that I was only a fingertip dilated. That's pretty much the doctors telling you that you aren't dilated at all but trying to make you feel better about the situation. So, no progress. I walked on Thursday and that didn't help either. I weighed in at 149lbs so I lost a pound from last week.
I posted these on my facebook, but they are definitely times I want to remember so I'm posting them here as well:
Kayliana told Willie the other day that she had to eat her fingers and her toes because she didn't want them to grow.
Tonight's conversation with Addison:
Mommy to Addison: Tell the baby it's time to come out now.
Addison to Mommy: No, I don't want the baby to come out.
Mommy to Addison: Why not?
Addison to Mommy: B/c I'm your baby.
I'm not quite sure what the rest of the weekend holds. I've accepted that my baby isn't coming out anytime soon though. I still hope, but I'm not counting on it.
I am taking things one day at a time. I still have bronchitis and I'm still pregnant, much to my dismay. This week has been uneventful. I have had really bad cramps and back pain the past few days. I've woken up at around 4:30am each morning in agony from them. They usually taper off by the afternoon and come back as a dull ache around the evening. Hopefully the cramping is my body progressing closer to labor. Unfortunately for me, I've never gone into labor on my own, and I'm not quite sure my body will this time either. I made Willie walk with me yesterday (Tuesday evening) for about a mile and no contractions started in the evening from it. The only thing I got from walking was some swelling. I have my 37 week doctors appointment on Thursday and I have yet to decide if I'm going to ask them to check to see if I've made some progress or wait another week at my 38 week appointment. My birthday is on Saturday, and as much as it would suck to be in the hospital that day, I'd love to have my baby around my birthday as my birthday gift. I hate my birthday, so even if I had to share it, I wouldn't be upset. Atleast at that point, I'd have something to look forward to around my birthday.
I've been really bad with my schedule. The girls are getting up earlier, and Kayliana is usually down pretty early, but Addison is still giving me a hard time going to bed at night. I haven't been too crazy strict about it simply because I know things will change once the baby is here and I'll have to get into a new routine anyways. But, the schedule has helped them with their eating habits and such. Addison has been doing really good with being off of the sippy cup too. We've had a few spills, but for the most part she does surprisingly well with it. We've not used one sippy cup in days. I'm so proud of my baby girl.
I'm still sick! It hasn't been fun. I've tried taking Robitussin but it hasn't really helped. Unisom is helping me sleep at night for more than a 1/2 hour at a time but now, today, I'm so incredibly tired. I hate that Unisom makes me groggy all day the day after I take it. I've been lucky enough to not catch a fever with this thus far. My cough is starting to be productive too.
This weekend wasn't so bad despite being sick. Saturday we went to the pool. The girls absolutely loved the water. I was surprised to see that Kayliana wanted to go down the water slides ALL BY HERSELF and that Addison didn't want to go down them again after the first time. Last year was total opposite. Kayliana would absolutely refuse to go down the slides and that is all Addison wanted to do. We have season passes, so I know we'll be there quite a bit this summer. It was nice to relax in the water too even if it was just waist down. My upper back got burnt so that is going to be nice dark and tan while the rest of my body looks super white.
Schedule is still in the works. Tomorrow we start a more strict schedule. Nothing too strict but a normal everyday routine with just about the same things going on each day. We'll probably end up going somewhere (pool, park, etc) once on the weekend and twice during the week. I have the pool and a park for during the week this week, but that really all depends on what the weather does too. I'm also thinking of the zoo on Saturday for my birthday with the kids if it's not overly hot out.
We've also started Addison on real big girl cups. We've taken away her sippy cups so I guess this is her first big step to the big girl world. Potty training is something we'll work with when she turns 3. I really do not want to try that right around the time the baby will be born because I really do not want her to go backwards. Not too worried about having 2 in diapers since I cloth diaper and alot of the diapers I have are One Size so they'll fit both Addison and the baby. So far, though, she's doing great with the cup. We are only filling it up about less than 1/2 way to get her used to it but so far she's been pretty good with it. I need to get some reusable sports bottles for the kids so that I can take those with us rather than sippy cups.
Not much has happened the past few days. It's been a pretty uneventful week thus far. Willie started painting the baby's room yesterday evening and I think he plans to finish up this weekend. He also needs to go get the dresser for the baby's room too. We'll probably even be installing the carseat this weekend as well.
I woke up lastnight coughing nearly constantly and was up every half hour. I got pretty much no sleep and Willie got up at 6am when I was up coughing up a lung. He went out and was an awesome hubby and picked up some Robitussin for me since I can't take much else while pregnant. I'm pretty sure it's bronchitis. Had a low grade fever earlier but took some tylenol and it seems to have gone back down.
Yesterday, we also started the kids on a schedule. I am not being too firm with it right now simply because I'm not feeling well and because I want them to get used to one thing at a time. I cannot take the girls going to sleep at midnight and 1am anymore. Kayliana will still get up by 9am and Addison wants to sleep until noon. So, we've decided to start a schedule for them in hopes to get them sleeping sooner and awake sooner (Addison atleast). They will get their movie/tv down time at 8:00pm, but by 9:30pm they are in bed. Lastnight it wasn't so bad. It took Addison about an hour to fall asleep but being asleep by 10:30pm for her instead of 1am is a huge improvement. Hopefully it works out in the end.
I had my 36 week appointment today! Nothing really exciting to report. I had my GBS test and I guess if something is wrong, I'll know by my next appointment on Thursday, the 10th. I gained more than I'd like in the past 2 weeks. I gained 4lbs, so about 2lbs a week the past 2 weeks. I'm now at 150lbs (WHOA). Blood pressure was normal, and the heartbeat was in the 140's. I was checked and I am not dilated and am about 50% effaced she said. So no progress even though I have been having a lot of pressure and contractions. I also found out that the doctors office does not do checks unless you ask. I probably wont ask next week, but I'll probably ask at 38 weeks if I haven't gone into labor by then. I don't think this baby is coming early or on time though.
I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend. Ours wasn't so bad, pretty good actually.
Friday we didn't do anything, just lounged around the house. But Saturday, I did a bit of cleaning around the house. Willie did too, that was a surprise! LOL! His dad was in town so we met up with him and Willie's little sister for dinner at Ruby Tuesday. The girls did fairly well at dinner time and didn't act up like they sometimes will. After dinner, we went shopping around for something else for me to wear during the end of my pregnancy but I had no luck finding anything at all.
Sunday was my older sisters birthday. She was having a few people meet up at Gilligans Pier and Willie and I thought it would be nice to make an appearance. We dropped the girls off with my mother in law and headed down that way. It was pretty packed and we had to ride the "short bus" to get there. We were going to eat dinner there too so we put our name down and they told us it would be a 1 to 2 hr wait and took Willie's phone number. We hung out outside on the sand listening to the band and catching up with some people that I haven't seen in awhile. I can't believe how many people didn't even recognize me because of my hair. Even my own sister walked right by me. LOL! It was so hot out there though, and I could feel my feet swelling so I grabbed some water and just tried to stay hydrated. After an hour and a half of not hearing from them about our dinner table, we went back and asked for an update and they gave our table away saying that they called but no one answered. Apparently the phone call didn't go through. They told us that we'd get the next available table, so we waited about 10 minutes, watched them clear off a table and give the table to someone else. After that, we decided to just leave and go get dinner elsewhere since it was about 6:30pm and the last time I had eaten was 10:30am that morning. I needed to get food in my system. By the time we got on the bus, my feet were so swollen and even turning purple. It was probably a good thing we left when we did since the heat and standing for a few hours was definitely getting to me. We ended up going to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and it was really good. It was Willie's first time going there and he was pleased.
Later that evening, I had a few contractions in the middle of the night but nothing too bad.
Memorial Day was good. I woke up in the mood to go and do something. I talked Willie into taking the girls to the beach at Flag Ponds. We couldn't find our beach umbrella so we went to Kmart and Walmart looking for one along with a few other items that would be helpful at the beach. We stayed for close to 2 hrs and the girls had an absolute blast playing in the sand and water. It was definitely hot but having that beach umbrella for shade and the cool (but gross looking) water helped me to stay cool. It's a pretty good hike to and from the beach and Addison did not want to walk back to the car. I was smart enough to bring my mei tei sling and put her on my back. I'll tell you what though, having an extra 30lbs on your back when you are 9 months pregnant and walking UP hill the entire way back was definitely killer! My legs were hurting since it's practically 60lbs extra I was carrying with me than I'm used to (30lbs of a toddler on my back and almost 30lbs of weight gain from this pregnancy).
We got home, gave the girls a shower, showered ourselves and Willie went out to get dinner. While he was gone, contractions started in. They were about every 5 to 7 mins for about 5 hrs. They weren't painful, but were uncomfortable. In the middle of the night, I woke up around 2:30am and had contractions, somewhat painful, for 2 hrs every 3 to 5 mins apart. I was able to fall asleep and real labor never did kick in. Today, I'm not feeling so great. I'm more than ready to have this baby!
