I wanted to record this before I forgot.
Danny met me at the hospital for Emma's appointment. I am still pretty sick and felt very weak and yucky, and was disappointed when the Doctor was late, because all I wanted to do was go home and lie down.
Well they saw that my Fundal height was low last time, and that I had been having back pain, and that I had several contractions on Saturday when I went to the hospital for strep, and wanted to check for dilation, so I had to get all undressed and stuff which is an extra chore. But they wanted to make sure I wasn't going to go into preterm labor, which was fine with me because that is something I was worried about as well.
We talked for a little while about different things, namely the stupid glucose test that I still didn't take (and still don't plan on taking). From what I understood it was more like something they were held accountable for more than them actually worrying that I HAVE Gestational Diabetes.
Anyway they checked my cervix and it was still closed, wohoo! and she said she could feel baby's head. So Baby is head down! She also felt baby in belly, and looks like she's head down, butt up, laying on my right side, with her body folded in half so her feet are kicking up by her head instead of in my ribs. She's no longer transverse! She wanted to see if this had helped my fundal height increase so she did that measurement - 33cm!! YAY! All worries put to rest.
Since I've gained 25 pounds, she wasn't worried that I hadn't gained in the past 3 weeks, and said that one week I'll probably shoot up 3 or 4 pounds and not to freak out if that happens. Also, we were recommended to a Midwife for all future appointments, since we plan on a natural birth she said this would help us to achieve our goal without as many "interventions."
Other than the Strep Throat, I feel pretty good, and happy. :)
Monday, January 31, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
34 Weeks
34 Weeks. Wow.
This week has been much better than the previous 2 or 3 weeks, that's for sure. Emma has moved and continues to flip flop around, I no longer feel her head and behind on my sides, but more in an up and down, maybe diagonal way. This is much easier on my back. Though it still hurts an enormous amount if I try to do a lot.
We were able to get the nursery set up and the baby's bedding washed this week. It looks so cute and I am so excited to have that done!
I really wanted to wash her clothes and blankets/swaddles and diapers this week, but I have decided to wait until after the shower that the women at Church are throwing me on Feb 2nd. I almost gave in and did some yesterday until I got a new box full of baby clothes, and decided I should wait.
I don't know why, but I feel like this baby is coming. It's scary and makes me want to do a million things at once but I'm not physically capable of that.
I haven't put on any weight in about 2 weeks, and that worries me a little. Since my uterus was small (and still is, I measured it yesterday, still 27cm) the doctor said that continued weight gain is really important. I got on the scale today and I'm still 148.0. I have an appointment on Monday, 34 weeks 5 days, and I guess we will see at that point what the next step is. It really scares me, there are so many things to watch for. Luckily, she's still a wiggle worm and I can feel her all the time.
Weight: 148.0 (total weight gain: ~25 pounds)
Waist: 38 inches
This week has been much better than the previous 2 or 3 weeks, that's for sure. Emma has moved and continues to flip flop around, I no longer feel her head and behind on my sides, but more in an up and down, maybe diagonal way. This is much easier on my back. Though it still hurts an enormous amount if I try to do a lot.
We were able to get the nursery set up and the baby's bedding washed this week. It looks so cute and I am so excited to have that done!
I really wanted to wash her clothes and blankets/swaddles and diapers this week, but I have decided to wait until after the shower that the women at Church are throwing me on Feb 2nd. I almost gave in and did some yesterday until I got a new box full of baby clothes, and decided I should wait.
I don't know why, but I feel like this baby is coming. It's scary and makes me want to do a million things at once but I'm not physically capable of that.
I haven't put on any weight in about 2 weeks, and that worries me a little. Since my uterus was small (and still is, I measured it yesterday, still 27cm) the doctor said that continued weight gain is really important. I got on the scale today and I'm still 148.0. I have an appointment on Monday, 34 weeks 5 days, and I guess we will see at that point what the next step is. It really scares me, there are so many things to watch for. Luckily, she's still a wiggle worm and I can feel her all the time.
Weight: 148.0 (total weight gain: ~25 pounds)
Waist: 38 inches
Thursday, January 20, 2011
33 Weeks
Hallelujah! One more week behind me. This week has been full of tears and back pain. And some more tears. I'm really starting to see the irrational-crying come around.
And another new development: Skin tags. I didn't know what they were at first but i don't like them! I hope they just fall off after Emma is born. They aren't very big or gross looking but I would rather not have them.
So this week I have decided that I don't hate being pregnant, I love having Emma with me all the time - but I'm disappointed in my own body. I'm disappointed that I can't seem to hold my baby in there in a comfortable way, and that my body is so weak that I'm suffering 24/7 from pain. I don't blame Emma at all. If it weren't for the back pain I could handle the pregnancy and enjoy it more fully, but at this point I say " I can't wait to be done with pregnancy" so I can get rid of that back pain. It is debilitating and I am useless. I can't wait to be a mommy and have Emma here in my arms.
Also- Emma is still in the wrong position, which could be causing a great deal of the back pain. She is what they refer to as "Transverse" meaning that she is laying sideways, head on my right side, butt on my left side, rather than up and down. This position is far less than ideal. A transverse baby cannot be delivered vaginally. I wondered why I never got kicked in the ribs, but now I know why - her feet aren't up there!
At our last appointment, my belly (aka my uterus) was measuring 5 weeks behind. Instead of measuring like a 32 -weeks pregnant belly, it was stuck at 27 weeks, which is where it was last time at my 28 week appointment. This had the doctors worried, even though Emma was clearly doing a dance routine while they were measuring. They did an ultrasound and found that even though my uterus is small, Emma is not. She's just laying sideways and weighs 4 pounds. a perfect and healthy weight for this gestation.
Goal for this week: Flip the baby. There are some exercises I can try to get her to move. They are impossible to do on my own, but luckily Danny is here to help me :)
Weight: 148.5 (EEEEEEEK! It's freakin' me out.)
Waist: 37.75 inches
Sorry, my card reader is broken! I can't get the photo from my camera on to the computer. This mobile upload will have to do, I know it's cruddy!
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
32 Weeks
Ok. NOW I feel 8 months pregnant. *sigh*
I've gotta say, I'm pretty exhausted. I could literally sleep all day, and still be tired and want more hours in the day for more naps. Snow outside doesn't help, because I can't actually go anywhere to do anything.. not that I am physically capable of doing that right now anyway.
You see, yesterday my back gave up. It had been painful on Sunday, and the intensity of the pain grew day by day. Monday I took a bath (I haven't had a bath in YEARS) to try to ease my pain, and it did help. I felt good for about 20 minutes - long enough to get ready for bed and snuggle up comfortably in a supportive position. Tuesday the pain was raging from the moment I got out of bed. Before, actually, since I get up several times a night to use the restroom. I got up about 4 times and I think the 3rd or 4th time I got up I noticed in the mirror that my belly looked huge, and it took me a while to get back into the bed. Anyway I got up in the morning and scooted down stairs to eat breakfast. I ate cereal. I sat around trying not to move too much for a while and got hungry again, so i reheated pizza, the easiest thing I could find. I ate the pizza and scooted back up the stairs to bed. I was stuck in bed until Danny got home, when he rubbed my back and I ended up going back to sleep for a little while. I came back downstairs and decided the pain was too much to sit upright, so I went up to take a nice hot shower, to help the pain a little bit.
I was doing alright, I was able to get my pants on myself and scoot back down two flights of stairs to get socks (all of the clean folded laundry is in the basement, since I can't carry it up myself, the "man cave" seems to have turned into my closet). Well this is when my back decided it had had enough. I went to climb back up the stairs to the main level and I got stuck. I couldn't force myself to take one more step up the stairs. I leaned on my knees, and put my hands down, attempting to climb the stairs as a child, or a dog, would, but still I couldn't move. Danny had to come and help me up the stairs and onto the couch. It was painful and i just didn't want to move. I didn't move for several more hours, Danny brought me dinner on the couch, and I sat. As comfortably as i could. I decided to go back to bed around 11, and Danny helped me climb the stairs, supporting the majority of my weight on him.
I spent the night fighting my instincts to sleep on my back, in the reclined position, as i do nearly every night as it's the easiest position for me to fall asleep in. Everything I've read about back pain in pregnancy says that if it hurts, don't lay on it. Anyway I can move this morning so I think it may have helped to sleep on my sides. I plan on getting a belly brace, a support that helps distribute weight of the belly across the back, rather than all being supported by the lower back (where the ligiments of the uterus attach).
Other than that Emma is still a Dancing Queen. I don't have enough mobility to take my own maternity photo and I have no desire to try to get undressed so I can weigh in today, so I'm skipping all of that. Instead, here's a "what your baby looks like at 32 weeks" diagram... thing. Cute baby.
I've gotta say, I'm pretty exhausted. I could literally sleep all day, and still be tired and want more hours in the day for more naps. Snow outside doesn't help, because I can't actually go anywhere to do anything.. not that I am physically capable of doing that right now anyway.
You see, yesterday my back gave up. It had been painful on Sunday, and the intensity of the pain grew day by day. Monday I took a bath (I haven't had a bath in YEARS) to try to ease my pain, and it did help. I felt good for about 20 minutes - long enough to get ready for bed and snuggle up comfortably in a supportive position. Tuesday the pain was raging from the moment I got out of bed. Before, actually, since I get up several times a night to use the restroom. I got up about 4 times and I think the 3rd or 4th time I got up I noticed in the mirror that my belly looked huge, and it took me a while to get back into the bed. Anyway I got up in the morning and scooted down stairs to eat breakfast. I ate cereal. I sat around trying not to move too much for a while and got hungry again, so i reheated pizza, the easiest thing I could find. I ate the pizza and scooted back up the stairs to bed. I was stuck in bed until Danny got home, when he rubbed my back and I ended up going back to sleep for a little while. I came back downstairs and decided the pain was too much to sit upright, so I went up to take a nice hot shower, to help the pain a little bit.
I was doing alright, I was able to get my pants on myself and scoot back down two flights of stairs to get socks (all of the clean folded laundry is in the basement, since I can't carry it up myself, the "man cave" seems to have turned into my closet). Well this is when my back decided it had had enough. I went to climb back up the stairs to the main level and I got stuck. I couldn't force myself to take one more step up the stairs. I leaned on my knees, and put my hands down, attempting to climb the stairs as a child, or a dog, would, but still I couldn't move. Danny had to come and help me up the stairs and onto the couch. It was painful and i just didn't want to move. I didn't move for several more hours, Danny brought me dinner on the couch, and I sat. As comfortably as i could. I decided to go back to bed around 11, and Danny helped me climb the stairs, supporting the majority of my weight on him.
I spent the night fighting my instincts to sleep on my back, in the reclined position, as i do nearly every night as it's the easiest position for me to fall asleep in. Everything I've read about back pain in pregnancy says that if it hurts, don't lay on it. Anyway I can move this morning so I think it may have helped to sleep on my sides. I plan on getting a belly brace, a support that helps distribute weight of the belly across the back, rather than all being supported by the lower back (where the ligiments of the uterus attach).
Other than that Emma is still a Dancing Queen. I don't have enough mobility to take my own maternity photo and I have no desire to try to get undressed so I can weigh in today, so I'm skipping all of that. Instead, here's a "what your baby looks like at 32 weeks" diagram... thing. Cute baby.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
31 Weeks
Ahh 8 Months Pregnant.
Weird.. I don't "feel" 8 months pregnant, though I do feel very pregnant.
So - This week - Danny lives! He's up and about, going to work and all kinds of good stuff. He painted a little bit yesterday in the nursery and it's coming along! Not finished yet though. I have to admit I'm getting a little impatient. It might be different if the baby's WHOLE ROOM weren't taking up the entire hallway but it is. And it has been like this for 3 weeks now. Danny is not to blame because he was sick for 2 full weeks. If I could paint... but I can't. It's another one of those things you "can't do!" while pregnant.
I was just telling my friend how I can't wait to get down on my knees and bleach scrub the bathroom. I haven't been able to do it in 7 months (weird!) and I just want to do it! Danny cleans the bathrooms sometimes, but you know how it's just different when you clean things yourself?
Also - we've reached one year - we've lived in Kentucky for one. Full. Year. WOW! Scary!
Now.. Pregnant stuff. I'll leave out the weird gross stuff that no one tells you until you go through it, and stick to the less ick-factor parts. Restless legs - something I suffered greatly from in the first trimester - is back. I just want to STRETCH THEM but that hurts, as the muscles cramp up with you stretch them, weird. Insomnia - I'm pooped, and not really sleeping well at night, though I'm sure I get some sleep, my mind wanders at a million miles an hour. Different pains: Braxton hicks contractions have begun to take on a whole new realm of feeling. Before the tummy would just get hard and it was a little uncomfortable for 30 seconds at a time. Now if I'm standing up doing something active when I have one it hurts a little and I have to sit down and relax for a little while. Another pain - some sort of sharp stabbing pain near my bladder or something, it's hard to tell where things are now-a-days. It only happens for a few minutes at a time, max, but it hurts quite a bit. I've been told this happens when baby pushes on different nerves. Oh fun. Sciatic hasn't been AS bad this week but I've also not been doing much this week... minus keeping my kitchen spotless. This is my goal - to keep the kitchen spotless, even when everything else is in disarray, at least I have one room I always have under control. It's helped me to feel better about not being able to do everything in one day. I've also been doing very well for 3 weeks on maintaining the laundry. It's all cleaned folded and put away each Monday.
I've come up with a plan for the next 9 weeks - learn to crochet. It'll keep me busy and I'll be learning a new skill that I can actually use. Fun! We'll see how that actually works out though.
Weight: 144.0 lbs
Waist: 37 3/4 inch
Weird.. I don't "feel" 8 months pregnant, though I do feel very pregnant.
So - This week - Danny lives! He's up and about, going to work and all kinds of good stuff. He painted a little bit yesterday in the nursery and it's coming along! Not finished yet though. I have to admit I'm getting a little impatient. It might be different if the baby's WHOLE ROOM weren't taking up the entire hallway but it is. And it has been like this for 3 weeks now. Danny is not to blame because he was sick for 2 full weeks. If I could paint... but I can't. It's another one of those things you "can't do!" while pregnant.
I was just telling my friend how I can't wait to get down on my knees and bleach scrub the bathroom. I haven't been able to do it in 7 months (weird!) and I just want to do it! Danny cleans the bathrooms sometimes, but you know how it's just different when you clean things yourself?
Also - we've reached one year - we've lived in Kentucky for one. Full. Year. WOW! Scary!
Now.. Pregnant stuff. I'll leave out the weird gross stuff that no one tells you until you go through it, and stick to the less ick-factor parts. Restless legs - something I suffered greatly from in the first trimester - is back. I just want to STRETCH THEM but that hurts, as the muscles cramp up with you stretch them, weird. Insomnia - I'm pooped, and not really sleeping well at night, though I'm sure I get some sleep, my mind wanders at a million miles an hour. Different pains: Braxton hicks contractions have begun to take on a whole new realm of feeling. Before the tummy would just get hard and it was a little uncomfortable for 30 seconds at a time. Now if I'm standing up doing something active when I have one it hurts a little and I have to sit down and relax for a little while. Another pain - some sort of sharp stabbing pain near my bladder or something, it's hard to tell where things are now-a-days. It only happens for a few minutes at a time, max, but it hurts quite a bit. I've been told this happens when baby pushes on different nerves. Oh fun. Sciatic hasn't been AS bad this week but I've also not been doing much this week... minus keeping my kitchen spotless. This is my goal - to keep the kitchen spotless, even when everything else is in disarray, at least I have one room I always have under control. It's helped me to feel better about not being able to do everything in one day. I've also been doing very well for 3 weeks on maintaining the laundry. It's all cleaned folded and put away each Monday.
I've come up with a plan for the next 9 weeks - learn to crochet. It'll keep me busy and I'll be learning a new skill that I can actually use. Fun! We'll see how that actually works out though.
Weight: 144.0 lbs
Waist: 37 3/4 inch
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