35 weeks!!! Almost there!!!

I am 35 weeks today (Saturday). Almost there!!

I have reached the "I'm DONE" stage and I am so uncomfortable. Last Sunday I thought I was going to have this baby. I started having really bad contractions that were so painful and really hard to time them apart. They seems like they were back to back. They started while in Sunday School (2nd hour at church which was like 2:30pm) and kept going and probably didnt stop until we had been home for awhile (approx 5ish).

My doctor wondered why I waited that long, but I knew that they would probably just send me home. So I drank and bunch of water and just laid down and they did stop.

I had talked to my doctor yesterday (Friday) and she thinks I will go before my due date which is what we all kind of figured, but there is no guarantee. She said I've reached the point where if I do go into full blown labor they won't stop it. As you can see I am carrying very low and pointy and sometimes it just feels like the baby is going to fall out. All my maternity clothes aren't fitting good under my belly because I am so low.

I am still not sleeping too great. Peeing so much, especially at night, acid reflux is still there, and loving my ice chips!!!!!

My next appointment is this Thursday the 13th so I will have another post probably. Thanks to everyone for all the words of encouragement through the end of this pregnancy. It really helps because I tend to get a little on the depressed side at this point.

Summer continued

I had made a bowl of chocolate pudding and it was chilling in the fridge. I wanted to eat it when it was cold. I had to go upstairs to do something and heard from wrestling around in the kitchen. ....

 I guess Brooklind couldn't wait for it to chill and wanted to eat the pudding right away. It was such a mess (all over the fridge, the drawers where her spoons are, the tile flooring and on Brooklind of course). She looks like a zombie with blood all over her.

We went to Mile Square Park because we had some leftover bread. There were soooo many ducks and geese. The geese are so mean they were about ready to bite off Brooklind's fingers a few times. She loved it!!!

Brooklind got a new dress and always has to pose for a picture when she gets something new. She looked so cute in it. 

 

The rest of this summer we have just being playing in the pool and hanging out. I am not much fun right now because I can't walk long distances and I can't run after Brooklind so its hard for us to get out. Plus we still just have the 1 car so that makes it difficult.

33 weeks prego!!

I turned 33 weeks prego on Saturday (August 25)!

I don't see my OBGYN again until September 13 to get a more in depth update on the pregnancy. I am on the home stretch as people would say right now. I am at the stage where I am just done!! Heres a list of things that i forgot about that I wish we didn't have to go through as pregos.

Things that I forgot about in this stage in a pregnancy:

• Can't sleep (belly too big and having to get up to pee every 20-30 minutes)
• sciatica pain (this time it is on both sides of my body and it hurts to get up after laying down)
• Peeing ALL the time literally!!!! (at night is the worst)
• Being pregnant in the summer (the heat is killing me and drinking more water/ice chips is making the peeing just as bad)
• Maternity clothes even start to get too small (have had to get a few more things bigger to last until the end).
• Acid reflux (Just gross and downing the tums all the time it seems)
• Belly is so large 
• sharp stabbing pain under my right boob and above ribs (from the stretching ligament pain)
• Feet hurt and swell (mainly my heals just ache)
• Depression starts to kick in a little because you are so uncomfortable and ready to have the baby

I can probably keep adding but these are the ones that come to mind lately. Well hopefully I can get through the end! I am having contractions more lately and the pressure down there is just bad sometimes. It feels like the baby has almost dropped a little bit because my acid reflux and breathing has improved a little bit. I will put another update after I see my doctor again. Oh the joys of pregnancy!!!!!

Pregnancy update

31 weeks 4 days along

I went to my doctors appointment yesterday (Monday). I am currently 31 weeks and 2 days. All my vitals were perfect (blood pressure, peeing on stick, weight, etc). I have altogether gained 19lbs since the beginning of the pregnancy. My doctors says I have 8 more pounds I can gain so gain them wisely.

As my doctor was measuring my belly she had a very concerned look on her face. I said "what?????" She said that I am 31 weeks but measuring at 32 weeks. It wasn't a bad thing just that I will be earlier than my due date.

She than goes onto to asking me questions like how much did your last weight (Brooklind was 8.75lbs and 21 inch and only a day before my due date). So my doctor knew I could have another good size baby and because I am only 5' 2" she told me that at 38 weeks she wanted to strip my membranes. She told me at the very end that she did not want me to go full term because of all this. It was happy news for me because less time being prego!!!!!!!!!!!!! So 38 weeks that would be Sept 30.

I am so excited that I basically have less than 2 months to be pregnant!!!!!! Especially with this heatwave it has NOT been fun!!!!!!!!

Big Bear Trip summer 2012

Brooklind and I got to spend a week and a half up in Big Bear Lake at my parents house. Brooklind had a blast because she got to play in their big backyard and get dirty! We got to go to the Big Bear zoo, discovery center, and play!!!! At one point during the trip I caught some sort of bug and got sick (I think it was from something I ate at this Mexican food place we went). I had the fun food poisoning symptoms....ewwww!

Toward the end of the week my hubby Stephen got to come up and we got to go to the Fun run car show that they have every year in August up there. It started to pour rain halfway through it. The weather was hot up there but not like off the mountain. We had a few thunder storms with rain so that was nice to cool it down.

 Big Bear zoo

Discovery Center in Big Bear Lake

Playing in the backyard 

Fun Run Car show in Big Bear

Prego update

24 weeks 3 days

I just keep on growing!!! Everything is about the same. No scary contractions anymore because I have learned to take it easy. Not easy to do by the way. At my appoint July 1 I was told that I had only gained 8lbs so far in the pregnancy and that was really good!!! I had to go get the glucose blood test done which was not fun. I did the 1hr one first and failed it!!! Luckily my mom was in town so she was able to watch Brooklind because I had to go take the 3hr test (drinking the nasty orange soda stuff and getting 4 blood draws all within a 3hr period). I looked like a drug addict because of all the bruising on my arms. THANKFULLY I found out the same evening that I PASSED the 3hr test. I was so relieved!! 

Also I found out I was a little anemic so I have to take iron supplements now. This has happened in all my pregnancies, so it wasn't much of a surprise.

28 weeks 1 day

 Now I am 28 weeks and in my 3rd trimester! FINALLY!!! I am on the home stretch. I am just getting so huge so fast it seems like. And it all seemed like it happened overnight. I don't have my next appointment until August 13 so I will find out more on my measurements and such. With how big I am getting its really hard sleeping now. I can never get comfortable! I am up 3-4 times a night going pee as well which isn't helping. My body is soooo sore because when I am pregnant my sciatic nerves act up big time. Its really bad on my right now, but this last week I have noticed it starting on the left side as well. Other than all these usual pregnancies discomforts I am grateful to have a healthy baby so far, normal blood pressure throughout the whole pregnancy, and all of my other blood work come back normal. I just can't wait to meet our Baylee!!

Our summer (July)

So far this summer it has been pretty warm. Brooklind plays outside in her blow up zebra pool and we go to the pool in our complex. We have taken a few trips to get frozen yogurt and shaved ice at this place called 33 degrees and also yogurtland. 

 She especially loves to wear her arm floaties when we go to the big pool. She loves the water, but especially loves to run laps around the pool for some reason. Nap time is great after we have spent a good amount of time at the pool because she is wiped out!

 We love our frozen yogurt!!! Especially from Yogurtland!

 Brooklind watching and does everything we do these days. We have to be careful sometimes! Just yesterday Stephen found her trying to use the pooper scooper to pick up Cobra's poop (our dog). Everytime she sees him go poop outside she says "ewwww". It so cute to hear her say.

 A picture of Brooklind one of the Sunday's before we left for church. Grandma Nat got her this dress. Isn't it so 1940s?? So cute!!! She always poses by the same wall when she wants her picture taken before church.

 Brooklind loves to play dress up!! Especially with jewelry, shoes, and clothes!! I found her in the hallway with ALL of her bracelets on and necklaces. Shes doing some sort of pose for me in this picture.

Also we have spent time just at home watching movies and tv shows like (Yo Gabba Gabba, Sesame Street, and Leap frog). We can't get out much because we still just have the one car for our family.

 Stephen found Brooklind like this in the morning watching her show. She put the chair on the ottoman all by herself and was just sitting there. We are grateful she didn't fall!!