I feel like I have been saying all month "this could be the day" or "this could be the week" and I was starting to get very frustrated with how off I was. Until I realized this morning, I haven't entirely been off. See, I have essentially been in early labor for the entire month of March! It sounds crazy, but since I have been having contractions and dilating, I am technically in early labor. Talk about one drawn out labor!! Not that I mind at all! I will take these painless "practice" contractions and progression over screaming in the hospital for an extended period of time any day!
That being said, here is the latest... according to the fabulous doc, we are now "as far dilated as possible without being in active labor." And these "practice" contractions are coming every couple of minutes. I would say about 5 minutes apart most of the time... but not all of the time. It really and truly could be anytime now. This is not just me being crazy anymore!
In fact... the doctor is convinced that if it doesn't happen in the next couple days, it is uncomfortably likely that it will happen this weekend (anytime after noon on Friday) and we will be stuck at West Houston with a different doctor. Therefore, given that and the progression we have already, he does not want me to go past Wednesday. More details on that soon, but hopefully that doesn't matter.
Daddy is convinced that we will have you in our arms before Wednesday and that you should be born on St. Patrick's Day. Which would be great because we have a cute little St. Patrick's onesie for you. That is also the docs birthday and he thinks that would be pretty special ;) No rush, just something to consider.
I found that this weekend was especially difficult mentally because I had it in my head that you would be here by now. I know, silly expectations. Of course, it didn't help that I was contracting constantly and convinced you were coming any second :) Now that we are past that hump, I find myself oddly at ease. And not just because of the news from the appointment, although that absolutely helped lock in the calmer emotions. Hopefully my crazy mental state is all better, for Daddy's and Austin's sake!!
We did more to prepare for your arrival. We did a little shopping with our gift cards, did more cleaning (I even cleaned out the pantry and wiped down the shelves) and re-cleaning, washed and packed your St. Patty's Day onesie (just in case), washed the new stuff we bought, and recharged the cameras that were in the hospital bag since the charge has been slowly dwindling! I can't really think of anything else that is left to do at the moment.
Another update from your appointment, the doc mentioned that you are starting to feel large. Even more reason for you to go ahead and come today/tomorrow... I do well laboring small babies and don't think you should get carried away plumping up in there!!
That about does it for now. See you really soon!!
And I will do a picture tonight... I keep putting it off and haven't done a timely 37 week photo!!
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Tick Tick Tick
So many updates today! I am apologizing in advance for the long post!
- I spent the entire weekend cleaning like a mad woman! I will typically straighten over the weekends, but I don’t like to do full blown cleaning when I could be spending time with my boys. So I usually save the cleaning for my Fridays off. And then I will pick a few things and knock them out. This weekend, I did every load of laundry that was literally filling the closet to the brim (this is no small feat… really, this alone is MAJOR). I cleaned the kitchen (a couple times), playroom (twice), bedrooms, vacuumed all rooms, swept the floors, swifer mopped the living room, cleaned the master bathroom, and mowed the backyard! I was basically going behind everyone cleaning all weekend. And somehow still had time to get in plenty of bonding with family and friends. If that isn't nesting, I don’t know what is! All that is left is cleaning the baseboards and blinds, toilets, and mopping the kitchen. I wouldn’t mind touching up the paint in certain areas of the house, but that is probably getting carried away :)
- Daddy put together the labor playlist!! I am very excited about this little surprise. And it has been loaded to the fully charged iPod and put in the hospital bag, which is now in my car and ready for delivery day… whenever that may be!
- Those little pangs I mentioned on Friday… I had a couple major, stop-me-in-my-tracks in the middle of Walmart kind of ones yesterday. And I have been having them more ever since my appointment this morning. Still not sure if they mean too much, BUT…
- Since I was 2 cm dilated at my appointment this morning, it is very possible that they might be associated! Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean anything… I could be 2 cm dilated for hours or weeks… it is really up in the air at this point. So here we are, waiting like a ticking time bomb!! When am I going to blow?!
- Beyond being excited about the progress and the possibility of meeting you soon, we got to see you! You are without a doubt, still a boy! I have a very convincing ultrasound picture to prove it! You are 5 lbs. 15 oz. (with a 20% margin of error according to the doctor), and the crazy part… you have hair. Like, hair that we could see on the ultrasound and the tech felt compelled to point out! From what we could see of your face, you look a lot like Austin did. I can’t wait to see if that is the case or not! (Look sideways to see your face, your hand is almost in the way)
- Other than that… group B strep test was painless and easy. Who knows when those results will be in… probably tomorrow, but I didn’t think to ask! They will probably only let me know if it is positive.
- I have gained 4 pounds in about 2 weeks. The weird thing about that is that it happened within a couple of days, and then stopped. Hopefully I have hit the plateau and we are set until you make your grand entrance! If so, 36 pounds is completely acceptable in my book! (much better than the 65+) But the concerns I had last week were completely dispelled this morning when my pee stick was fine and my blood pressure was perfect.
- Warning… too much information! Skip this part if you do not want to hear about some of the more disgusting parts of pregnancy…
I have also had some interesting discharge since the appointment. Before the appointment I had been noticing some occasional mucous-like stuff, but just tiny amounts (mentioned to the doctor, he said it is the plug breaking up). Since then, I have had spotting and then I started noticing blood-tinged mucous-like stuff. More than the little amounts previously mentioned to the doctor. Just spotting after an internal appointment is normal, but the other stuff is likely more related to the mucous plug breaking up… which is another sign of pending labor. BUT… like all the other signs, could mean hours or weeks!
Okay it is safe again!!
- Like I said… ticking time bomb! Doctor said that as far as he is concerned, I am full term and you are welcome to come anytime. However, he would rather you not come this weekend because he isn’t on call and we would have to go to the crowded hospital that is not our first choice during an apparently busy baby birthing month. He is also not available March 20-22.
- One thing that I have not thought through yet is how I would get me and my car (mainly the hospital bags from my car) to the hospital if I happen to go into labor while at work!! Let’s cross my fingers I am at home or somewhere with Daddy when it happens!!
- There is also the shower that is scheduled for Saturday. I guess we can always improvise if necessary? Maybe everyone would like to come to the house to meet baby instead?! Only time will tell on this one!
Needless to say, this morning has been very eventful and now my mind is not on work! Can’t wait to update as more happens! Our next appointment is Monday at 8 am.
- I spent the entire weekend cleaning like a mad woman! I will typically straighten over the weekends, but I don’t like to do full blown cleaning when I could be spending time with my boys. So I usually save the cleaning for my Fridays off. And then I will pick a few things and knock them out. This weekend, I did every load of laundry that was literally filling the closet to the brim (this is no small feat… really, this alone is MAJOR). I cleaned the kitchen (a couple times), playroom (twice), bedrooms, vacuumed all rooms, swept the floors, swifer mopped the living room, cleaned the master bathroom, and mowed the backyard! I was basically going behind everyone cleaning all weekend. And somehow still had time to get in plenty of bonding with family and friends. If that isn't nesting, I don’t know what is! All that is left is cleaning the baseboards and blinds, toilets, and mopping the kitchen. I wouldn’t mind touching up the paint in certain areas of the house, but that is probably getting carried away :)
- Daddy put together the labor playlist!! I am very excited about this little surprise. And it has been loaded to the fully charged iPod and put in the hospital bag, which is now in my car and ready for delivery day… whenever that may be!
- Those little pangs I mentioned on Friday… I had a couple major, stop-me-in-my-tracks in the middle of Walmart kind of ones yesterday. And I have been having them more ever since my appointment this morning. Still not sure if they mean too much, BUT…
- Since I was 2 cm dilated at my appointment this morning, it is very possible that they might be associated! Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean anything… I could be 2 cm dilated for hours or weeks… it is really up in the air at this point. So here we are, waiting like a ticking time bomb!! When am I going to blow?!
- Beyond being excited about the progress and the possibility of meeting you soon, we got to see you! You are without a doubt, still a boy! I have a very convincing ultrasound picture to prove it! You are 5 lbs. 15 oz. (with a 20% margin of error according to the doctor), and the crazy part… you have hair. Like, hair that we could see on the ultrasound and the tech felt compelled to point out! From what we could see of your face, you look a lot like Austin did. I can’t wait to see if that is the case or not! (Look sideways to see your face, your hand is almost in the way)
- Other than that… group B strep test was painless and easy. Who knows when those results will be in… probably tomorrow, but I didn’t think to ask! They will probably only let me know if it is positive.
- I have gained 4 pounds in about 2 weeks. The weird thing about that is that it happened within a couple of days, and then stopped. Hopefully I have hit the plateau and we are set until you make your grand entrance! If so, 36 pounds is completely acceptable in my book! (much better than the 65+) But the concerns I had last week were completely dispelled this morning when my pee stick was fine and my blood pressure was perfect.
- Warning… too much information! Skip this part if you do not want to hear about some of the more disgusting parts of pregnancy…
I have also had some interesting discharge since the appointment. Before the appointment I had been noticing some occasional mucous-like stuff, but just tiny amounts (mentioned to the doctor, he said it is the plug breaking up). Since then, I have had spotting and then I started noticing blood-tinged mucous-like stuff. More than the little amounts previously mentioned to the doctor. Just spotting after an internal appointment is normal, but the other stuff is likely more related to the mucous plug breaking up… which is another sign of pending labor. BUT… like all the other signs, could mean hours or weeks!
Okay it is safe again!!
- Like I said… ticking time bomb! Doctor said that as far as he is concerned, I am full term and you are welcome to come anytime. However, he would rather you not come this weekend because he isn’t on call and we would have to go to the crowded hospital that is not our first choice during an apparently busy baby birthing month. He is also not available March 20-22.
- One thing that I have not thought through yet is how I would get me and my car (mainly the hospital bags from my car) to the hospital if I happen to go into labor while at work!! Let’s cross my fingers I am at home or somewhere with Daddy when it happens!!
- There is also the shower that is scheduled for Saturday. I guess we can always improvise if necessary? Maybe everyone would like to come to the house to meet baby instead?! Only time will tell on this one!
Needless to say, this morning has been very eventful and now my mind is not on work! Can’t wait to update as more happens! Our next appointment is Monday at 8 am.
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