Oh, I've gained 15 pounds this pregnancy also... :(
I've kept 10 pounds each pregnancy from each kid, so I am SO PUTTING DOWN THE COOKIE BAR RIGHT NOW.
*secretly nomnomnoms*
I'm hoping my baby comes sooner rather than later, too. Right at 40 weeks would be good, maybe a week or two earlier. I'm deliberately doing things that I know cause contractions, so I hope that helps. I might just be making myself miserable, but I don't care for now, lol.
I think I'm nesting. I found myself compulsively cleaning out the pantry a few minutes ago...pouring all the bagged stuff into identical size ziploc baggies. I'm not sure what I was thinking. It has gotten jumbled up in there, with multiple bags of the same thing opened, but...seriously? I'm taking that as a good sign, though. I'm also doing a lot of labor processing. I do this every time toward the end. I think it's a must for me before labor starts. Anyway...hoping all this randomness means sooner rather than later. Watch me have a 42 weeker, lol.
In other news, life has slowed down TONS. Our house is coming off the market, so I don't have to keep it spic and span anymore, which means I have time to do things I'd like to be doing (like making a baby quilt, finding the birth supplies, etc). AND, because it is coming off the market, we don't have to move quite so soon, so lots of pressure to have things ready before the baby has eased. I'm still packing, etc, but having another month makes a huge difference.
I could go on...but I'm not feeling very articulate today. I just wanted to say - I'm glad for you that you are at peace with the kind of birth that is best for you and I hope that the surrounding you in real life (and online ;-)) can find it in themselves to appreciate your journey for what it is - YOURS (as in, not theirs) and support you and the choices that are best and safest for you and your baby and family. Wow. That is creepy.
In a not creepy way, dh has been SO excited for this baby to get hear. Last night I said, "Hey, you know I do get to hold it first, right?" He said, with a grin, "Not if I catch it." I told him I hope he's at work and I UC afterall. :) It makes me laugh to think of me dealing with the last few contractions, and he and I fighting over the baby!
LHM - I am a paranoid sort but there have been enough crazy people to do crazy things for babies --- I would be extra careful these next couple weeks.
Totally agree with your post too :)
A little Sandy- I don't care how you birth. The fact your in an MDC DDC to me means you are informed anyway and an AP parent which IMO matters more than anything else. 
So my uterus is dropping like by the inch all day. It's moved down about 4 inches! I feel like this baby is COMING! I know it could still be a while but the way things are moving I feel it will be soon!
So my uterus is dropping like by the inch all day. It's moved down about 4 inches! I feel like this baby is COMING! I know it could still be a while but the way things are moving I feel it will be soon!
I'm super jealous, I'm carrying really high and the pressure on my ribs / lungs / etc is killing me. The midwife says everything looks normal and good, but I cannot WAIT for this kid to drop.
We had the baby shower this weekend so I'm finally preparing the nursery (which is really just the diaper room, since the baby will sleep in our room for a while). After assembling the crib I was so out of breath I had to take a nap.
I am thinking of having a greet the baby party after the baby is born....It is my shameless way of getting some baby shower gifts. :rofl:
Sandy - I also want to echo what the others have said - what matters most is that you (and all of us!) have a shot at an empowering birth that reflects your specific needs and circumstances. and I'm really looking forward to reading your birth story!
Weeks/Days along: 37+1
Appointments: Today at home - still measuring 1 week behind, so 36 this week. It makes sense as I've said all along I'm not really due until about 10 days after the u/s dated me...but I REALLY don't want to go all the way until 5/15 when I seem to have psyched myself out to have this baby in a couple of weeks. I'm not sure how that happened. With dd, I was soooo careful to tell myself I was going to be late and not get my hopes up for anything even remotely early, and I went to 40+5! If that happens this time, for some reason I think I'm going to be a little down. :-(
Symptoms: Sudden feelings of utter exhaustion at about 2pm every day. I go from feeling great to not being able to keep my eyes open or breath without yawning. When I'm not at work, I'm at home with my 2yo during these times, so no naps allowed!
Food: Sugar cravings...trying hard to be good, but it's so HARD!
Exercise: I'm skipping yoga for the first time this week. It's just too much work to get there and back. I miss my regular class. The prenatal one that I've been going to for a few months is just not the same...the teacher is not good at focusing and I can never really get in to it and relax. Instead she gives too much explanation and distracts herself. I'm better off with a dvd (I really love the Shiva Rea one!), if I can make myself do it!
Body changes and other milestones: Still no change in my A-cup breasts, which make my basketball belly look even bigger in contrast! Oh well... I've noticed some sciatic pain if I sit in my office chair for too long, so I'm trying to get better at avoiding that. My hips hurt a ton in the morning if one of my two pillows has escaped from between my legs. Not much other than that though. I'm still feeling remarkably well and am thankful for that! Oh, except for the raging yeast infection.
Thoughts: I'm so excited for my home birth! I'm a crazy over-planner though and need to chill on the list-making and supply-buying. We are finally close to having the guest room downstairs set up for the birth. This was no small feat as we were pretty much using it as a diaper changing/junk collection room and it didn't have a bed in it. We got the bed, moved most of the furniture out, and set up the pool. It feels good to have that done! Dh and I are hypnobirthing slackers...I keep giving dh a hard time about not studying his materials from the class that we took for our last pregnancy, but I'm the same way. Every once in a while we get it together to have dh read a relaxation script in bed and I can NOT calm down. Trying to relax actually makes my heart rate increase and stresses me out. I'm determined to stay focused on my body and the baby this time though, and have faith that I can do it, with dh's help.
Sandy - sounds like you made the perfect choice for you and your family and feel good about it, which is the most important part! I want to hear about what the night before a scheduled c-section is like...I've always been curious. Is it possible to get any sleep at all? There must be so much excited anticipation.
I'm jealous of the people who say they can feel their uterus dropping...I can't distinguish any particular parts. The midwife keeps showing me where the head is and I keep pretending I can feel it! :-)
Callie - So sorry you're sick! I hope you heal quickly!!!
OH, I almost forgot! Dh and I came home from work one day last week to find my parents had hired a landscaper to edge and mulch all of our flower beds! They have been completely neglected for 3 years with only occasional weeding and no hard-core maintenance and they looked terrible. It was my #1 stressor and now they look GREAT! I have the best parents! I can't believe what a load of stress that project took off of my shoulders. I kept picturing me being outside all summer with dd and a newborn surrounded by weeds and messy flower beds.
onemore: we will only have the little guy here for my birth. I want to labor at home as long as I can and then go to the hospital, but I don't know how I'm going to do, so I think it will be better for everyone (me especially) if there are as few people here as possible. The weekend after I'm due is a big music fest that the big kids always go to with their mama (my partner's ex) so they may be gone anyways, and the weekend after that is their mama's wedding. This is all if I go late, but I've been telling the little dude 5/5 is a great b-day and so would be mother's day, so we shall see. I give you kuddo's to having such a large audience there!
I also wanna do a meet and greet after he's here, but no gifts. We don't need anything and have already gotten stuff (for shay mostly, but still).
KM: I want this guy to drop too, so I can breathe and hopefully this heartburn eases up.
Ruby: don't feel bad about slacking, we're in the same boat. But I can have us get our act's together to take everything out of the bathroom and paint it (shall be done in the morning tomorrow. I can't seem to paint and keep the baby happy at the same time, but when DP is here, it's not hard at all. She's superwoman I think).
Onemore - That's actually our plan too. My daughter's birthday is July 1st, and I don't want everyone coming to her party just to see the baby...
So our plan is to have a "Meet the baby" party at the begining or middle of June (2-3 weeks old if I wait until my due date), and then have DD's birthday party two weeks later either just before or just after her birthday. :)
This is completely a TMI question, but I need opinions. Today I started feeling very swollen "down there." I tried to grab a mirror and take a look and the labia (I think that's what it's called) seems bigger, firmer, and redder than usual. I know it's normal for some swelling but it seems pretty sudden and it's sore and uncomfortable. I don't know if all the coughing from the bronchitis did something or if it's because I have been leaking pee due to all the coughing and wondered if some was lingering in there and now it's infected. I have an appointment with my midwife on Wednesday but just curious if anyone has any idea what is up. Thanks!
This is completely a TMI question, but I need opinions. Today I started feeling very swollen "down there." I tried to grab a mirror and take a look and the labia (I think that's what it's called) seems bigger, firmer, and redder than usual. I know it's normal for some swelling but it seems pretty sudden and it's sore and uncomfortable. I don't know if all the coughing from the bronchitis did something or if it's because I have been leaking pee due to all the coughing and wondered if some was lingering in there and now it's infected. I have an appointment with my midwife on Wednesday but just curious if anyone has any idea what is up. Thanks!
This is my first pregnancy, so I don't have the experience, but last week I suggested to someone that they google "blue twinkies." I wasn't kidding! This is something Jenny McCarthy talks about in her pregnancy book. She said her labia looked like, "...two blue twinkies cuddling under really bad carpeting." I think it's totally normal!
But it's always nice to see your midwife and get the a.o.k. from her. :)
Weeks/Days along: 37+1
Appointments: Today at home - still measuring 1 week behind, so 36 this week. It makes sense as I've said all along I'm not really due until about 10 days after the u/s dated me...but I REALLY don't want to go all the way until 5/15 when I seem to have psyched myself out to have this baby in a couple of weeks. I'm not sure how that happened. With dd, I was soooo careful to tell myself I was going to be late and not get my hopes up for anything even remotely early, and I went to 40+5! If that happens this time, for some reason I think I'm going to be a little down. :-(
Symptoms: Sudden feelings of utter exhaustion at about 2pm every day. I go from feeling great to not being able to keep my eyes open or breath without yawning. When I'm not at work, I'm at home with my 2yo during these times, so no naps allowed!
Food: Sugar cravings...trying hard to be good, but it's so HARD!
Exercise: I'm skipping yoga for the first time this week. It's just too much work to get there and back. I miss my regular class. The prenatal one that I've been going to for a few months is just not the same...the teacher is not good at focusing and I can never really get in to it and relax. Instead she gives too much explanation and distracts herself. I'm better off with a dvd (I really love the Shiva Rea one!), if I can make myself do it!
Body changes and other milestones: Still no change in my A-cup breasts, which make my basketball belly look even bigger in contrast! Oh well... I've noticed some sciatic pain if I sit in my office chair for too long, so I'm trying to get better at avoiding that. My hips hurt a ton in the morning if one of my two pillows has escaped from between my legs. Not much other than that though. I'm still feeling remarkably well and am thankful for that! Oh, except for the raging yeast infection.
Thoughts: I'm so excited for my home birth! I'm a crazy over-planner though and need to chill on the list-making and supply-buying. We are finally close to having the guest room downstairs set up for the birth. This was no small feat as we were pretty much using it as a diaper changing/junk collection room and it didn't have a bed in it. We got the bed, moved most of the furniture out, and set up the pool. It feels good to have that done! Dh and I are hypnobirthing slackers...I keep giving dh a hard time about not studying his materials from the class that we took for our last pregnancy, but I'm the same way. Every once in a while we get it together to have dh read a relaxation script in bed and I can NOT calm down. Trying to relax actually makes my heart rate increase and stresses me out. I'm determined to stay focused on my body and the baby this time though, and have faith that I can do it, with dh's help.
Sandy - sounds like you made the perfect choice for you and your family and feel good about it, which is the most important part! I want to hear about what the night before a scheduled c-section is like...I've always been curious. Is it possible to get any sleep at all? There must be so much excited anticipation.
I'm jealous of the people who say they can feel their uterus dropping...I can't distinguish any particular parts. The midwife keeps showing me where the head is and I keep pretending I can feel it! :-)
Callie - So sorry you're sick! I hope you heal quickly!!!
OH, I almost forgot! Dh and I came home from work one day last week to find my parents had hired a landscaper to edge and mulch all of our flower beds! They have been completely neglected for 3 years with only occasional weeding and no hard-core maintenance and they looked terrible. It was my #1 stressor and now they look GREAT! I have the best parents! I can't believe what a load of stress that project took off of my shoulders. I kept picturing me being outside all summer with dd and a newborn surrounded by weeds and messy flower beds.
That's so awesome! Those are the best kinds of gifts. :)
I haven’t made a post in ages, but I’ve been following along. I can’t believe we are getting so close to May!! 
Weeks/Days along: 37 weeks, 5 days
Appointments: I saw my midwife last Tuesday and will go back this Thursday. She checked me for dilation, but so far none at all.
Symptoms: Everything hurts at this point. Swollen feet, heart burn…insomnia…all the usual suspects.
Food: This pregnancy has really cranked up my sweet tooth. I’m trying to balance the leftover Easter candy with some protein and veggies, but I really just want the chocolate and Peeps.
Exercise: no real exercise, my hips/pelvis are just too painful. I do waddle after my son and putter around the house trying to get things done. But honestly, even showering is exhausting at this point.
Body changes and other milestones: My belly feels huge, but it’s measuring right at 37. DS loves hugging it and talking to “baby sister”. This of course makes me completely melt! I hope he loves her as much once she’s on the outside.
Thoughts: I’m going back and forth between being SO ready to meet my little girl and being so not ready for all the changes a newborn will bring to my current family of three. I’m nesting like crazy to prepare/control the things I can control, but I know I’ll soon have no control over my schedule, sleep, my free time, how my son will take all the changes, etc. Frankly, I’m in denial about it most of the time and instead fixating on the fun stuff like washing tiny clothes and decorating her nursery.
This is getting old. I can't take more than five steps without b/h today and back aches too. :( Again, no one get excited. I suppose I should turn this around positive like - my body is definitely beginning to gear up for labor...*sigh* but then I remember with my last DD after 3 weeks of this I called up my mom and said (quote) "Take me to the hospital so I can get a **BEEPING** c-section" as I was in tears. It was still another week before she was born.
lol
I am going to attempt to vacuum and sew some mama cloth while making dinner. This oughtta be fun. I feel you Mswmommy - showering is exhausting even but its all I want to do lately. just stand there. Its the getting in and out (old fashioned claw foot tub type) that I dislike so much!
I swear all the weirdos come out of the woodwork when the find out you're pregnant. I've recently had to FB "friend" like every cousin of DHs it seems. He has like 6 aunts and 1 uncle and something like 40-50 cousins. This one lady friended me and I just kept her in limbo, never accepted or rejected it. She sent me a message this morning asking if I noticed that she friended me. So basically I'm going to have to accept the request. I don't remember why I unfriended her before, but it was probably drama related. Several of them leave these really odd, passive-aggressive status updates about someone needing to quit "talking sh** or running their mouth"...it's really weird and I get tired of reading it. Plus, not all of them get along with each other and I'm not sure who finished Jr. High and who didn't (meaning status updates are sometimes hard to read/decipher). It wears me me out, haha.
I guess the good thing is that I rarely see any of these people. At the most once a year. I update a lot (probably too much LOL), so it's always weird to me when people know more about me and what we've been up to than I realize. I've also had like two FB "friends" start messaging me and we like never talked in HS. I went to a small HS so it's probably why we're friends on FB in the first place. I have no issue chatting with them, it's just odd, haha. Thanks for listening to my rambling. I should be asleep right now, but one of the chickens got spooked and was being really loud so now I can't go back to sleep.
Oh and I think the pictures went really well yesterday. Hopefully I'll have some to post soon!
casmer, did you know you can "unsubscribe" from people without "unfriending" them? It won't stop the agressive folks from contacting you directly, but it will at least keep the irritating folks from showing up in your feed.
I've gotten really strict about who can show up in my feed. If they make my blood pressure rise, they're out. Also if they constantly post those stupid game requests.
If you mouse over a status, a little arrow will appear. Then you can click "unsubscribe from soandso."
This is getting old. I can't take more than five steps without b/h today and back aches too. :( Again, no one get excited. I suppose I should turn this around positive like - my body is definitely beginning to gear up for labor...*sigh* but then I remember with my last DD after 3 weeks of this I called up my mom and said (quote) "Take me to the hospital so I can get a **BEEPING** c-section" as I was in tears. It was still another week before she was born.
lol
I am going to attempt to vacuum and sew some mama cloth while making dinner. This oughtta be fun. I feel you Mswmommy - showering is exhausting even but its all I want to do lately. just stand there. Its the getting in and out (old fashioned claw foot tub type) that I dislike so much!
I'm actually glad to hear that! I've been having some false labor and it's making me really nervous because SO is leaving for El Paso tonight and won't be back until Saturday. I'll gladly put up with this for another week or so!
I swear all the weirdos come out of the woodwork when the find out you're pregnant. I've recently had to FB "friend" like every cousin of DHs it seems. He has like 6 aunts and 1 uncle and something like 40-50 cousins. This one lady friended me and I just kept her in limbo, never accepted or rejected it. She sent me a message this morning asking if I noticed that she friended me. So basically I'm going to have to accept the request. I don't remember why I unfriended her before, but it was probably drama related. Several of them leave these really odd, passive-aggressive status updates about someone needing to quit "talking sh** or running their mouth"...it's really weird and I get tired of reading it. Plus, not all of them get along with each other and I'm not sure who finished Jr. High and who didn't (meaning status updates are sometimes hard to read/decipher). It wears me me out, haha.
I guess the good thing is that I rarely see any of these people. At the most once a year. I update a lot (probably too much LOL), so it's always weird to me when people know more about me and what we've been up to than I realize. I've also had like two FB "friends" start messaging me and we like never talked in HS. I went to a small HS so it's probably why we're friends on FB in the first place. I have no issue chatting with them, it's just odd, haha. Thanks for listening to my rambling. I should be asleep right now, but one of the chickens got spooked and was being really loud so now I can't go back to sleep.
Oh and I think the pictures went really well yesterday. Hopefully I'll have some to post soon!
You can put them all in a group and then change your privacy settings so they can only see certain things. You can even do it on a post by post basis, if you want. :)
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