weekly update

So I forgot to update after my 39 week pre-natal check up. Basically nothing...I'm 1cm dilated and my cervix is soft. Next appt is tomorrow. I guess tomorrow will be the deciding factor in whether or not another c/s is scheduled depending on how my body is progressing. We thought I was in labor Monday. I had contractions on and off all day that were anywhere from 7-20 minutes apart. They fizzled out though. I'm hoping they dilated me more. We'll see.....

Latest Baby Update -38 week check up

I had my 38 week check up yesterday. It was uneventful as usual. The baby is still looking to be in the upper 8 pound range. My BP was 110/78 and no weight gain. Next week I will get another pelvic exam to see if my cervix is softening, ripening, dilating, etc. Send dilation and effacement vibes my way please!

The only day I don't want her to come is 4/14 but that is our wedding anniversary. With my luck, she will come that day. My mom wants her to come on 4/16 and my brother in law wants 4/17 - both of their birthdays.

There is a full moon 4/20....maybe that will be the magical day? I had a pep talk with her this morning telling her I'd really appreciate it if she'd make her appearance over this next week since it would be harder to convince my doctor to let me continue with a VBAC if she stays too much longer. I explained that mommy could take better care of both her and Harrison if I don't have to have her cut out of me. I'm hoping the pep talk did her some good.

I was picking up some things at the store yesterday and the cashier told me that she drank an entire bottle of castor oil mixed with OJ and had her son the next day. Hmm.....

Last night I actually felt like I might have been going into labor. My back just started killing me out of the blue. I had to go lay down with a heating back it hurt so bad. I was having BH contractions pretty consistently for an hour or so but then they went away. I was pretty uncomfortable all night last night. I had lots of pressure in my pelvis and had to pee every hour. Obviously I did not go into labor since it is noon the next day and I'm blogging about it.

Lastly, Harrison was quite a handful yesterday. He was napping when I got home and I woke him up. We played and watched Cars until Chris got home and dinner was ready. From that point forward he was a holy terror. He refused to eat, was super whiny and argumentative. It took forever for him to go to sleep (and he got put to bed during dinner because of his behavior). Then the little stinker got up at 4:30 this morning and played in our bed for nearly 2 hours until he decided to fall back asleep. He actually said some really cute and sweet things during all of that but I can't remember any of them now to save my life. Needless to say he was grouchy when it was time to get ready for school. I'm a ZOMBIE today!

Update on pregnancy # 2 and other stuff

So much for keeping up with this blog..

It was drama trying to recover my password but low and behold, I have access again.

I will be 38 weeks pregnant as of tomorrow. Well Dr Shull has my due date as 4/24 but he isn't right :) Anyway, she is due between 4/22-4/24 but a due date really means nothing right?

Anyway, I'm still pregnant - very pregnant. My belly is hard as a rock and stretched as tight as it will go.

My dr's appts have been uneventful. At my 36 week check up I was tested for Group B Step and my OB did an internal exam. My cervix was still high up and closed at that appointment.

My 37 week check up my Group B Strep came back negative. No more pelvic exams until my 39 week check up. My BP was up a little bit but there was a student nurse who took my BP and she didn't do the cuff right so I don't think it was accurate and my doctor wasn't concerned. Nothing really to report.

I thought she seemed in a hurry to get here but she seems to be changing her mind. I'm still working, albeit miserable, I'm working. I'm over it and pretty useless but I am sitting my desk breathing at work. I look forward to lunch breaks and pee breaks (which are frequent). I thought I might have lost my mucus plug yesterday which doesn't really mean anything if I did.

Nesting comes and goes. I got a lot done last night. Finally got caught up on laundry - just about 2 more loads and I'll be done. Harrison had a pukey stomach bug this weekend so that added about 4 loads of laundry to my already heaping stacks. Our room is ready, we moved our old bedroom suite to storage and rearranged our room. There is a lot more space now and it accommodates Kadie's bassinett much better. Harrison loves it. I think he feels like a king on our bed now. I'm not sure why but he sits in the center of it and just smiles. I've pretty much washed all the baby clothes I'm going to wash at this point since I don't know how big she will be and if she is really a she. I mean our u/s scans show that she is a girl but you never really know until you see them in real life. I think this week I will work on projects like cleaning baseboards and carpets to keep me busy then I will feel like our house is clean enough for a baby. I desparately want to organize my tupperware cabinet and hallway storage but with this giant belly, it really isn't practical. Anyway, I guess I'm at the point where I don't want to go far from home. In fact, I'm content with staying at home until I go into labor, except going to stupid work. Maybe if I look miserable enough on Thursday, he will take me out of work. I think my short term disability will pick up 2 weeks prior to your due date just because. Well, it is time for my lunch break at work. I'll try to update this blog after my next appointment. Peace out.