My 34 week appointment was this morning and it went very well. I got to meet another one of the doctors in the practice and she was awesome! There are only 2 more doctors to meet now. I gained no weight since last time which I was very grateful for!! I am measuring a little ahead at 35 weeks, he was moving so much when she was listening to the heartbeat-she made the comment that he was excited and I told her he must always be excited then because this kid does not seem to quit moving-he must take after Brad's side of the family on that one! While he was moving around, his heartrate was in the 140's and then it settled into the 130s when he was still for a second.
My hemoglobin was great and the backaches and hipaches I have been having are all normal as I suspected. I also mentioned to them that I have been a little down in the dumps emotionally here and there and she said it was all hormonal and that they are there for me and that especially after I have him, it is important to let them know how I'm feeling since there will be such a flood of emotions. I guess I'm on the radar for Post Partum now...my mom had it so I know that puts me at a higher risk for it since depression can be hereditary. I really just think I need to pray about it and I told her that. I have not taken the time to really cover myself and our family in prayer here lately and I know it has made me vulnerable.
So far, all the doctors I have met have been awesome so that's great!! I get to meet another new one next time and that is when I'll have the Group B Strep Test. Kinda awkward to just meet a new doctor and have him swab my tail!!! Brad is totally going with me for that one!! After that, we'll go weekly until he comes. Call me overprepared but I already have some bags packed!
We are making progress on his room. All of his clothes are washed and folded or are in drawers. Brad is almost done with the mural, the glider and ottomon should be in within the week and we should have the crib in a few more weeks. I want to hang some decorative shelves too and that should be it. My work shower is next Sunday and I'm looking forward to hopefully seeing some people I have not seen in awhile.
I can't believe we only have 5 1/2 weeks left! Sometimes I feel like that is a long time and sometimes I feel like we need more time!! We have agreed that this is an awkward place to be in life, ready for something but at the same time, not ready at all. It is a hard concept to really wrap our minds around....I guess it won't feel real until he is here....
2008-08-19 (33 weeks)
33 Weeks I am now 33 weeks, 47 days to go! I had to work this past Saturday which was my last one until after I come back from Maternity Leave! I was off today for working Saturday and was supposed to take our cat back to the vet-she has been mean again!! I could not, however, get her into the pet taxi!! I had to cancel! I went to Target and found two shirts on sale as the some of the ones I have now are too short!! I also got the baby some towels-that is the one thing he did not get at the shower.....then I went to Wal Mart and found a cute diaper bag!! My coworker friend Melissa had our mobile and window valance shipped to us since she is in Jamaica right now and we got them today-they are sooo cute!! The only other things we want/need are the lamp that goes with the bedding set, extra crib sheets, the stuffed dinosaurs that go with the bedding set, more diapers, a rug.....I think that's it..... Brad's sister, our brother in law, nephews and Brad's mom came up last night and brought the dresser, a swing, bouncy, exercauser, stroller and carseat. I cleaned them up today and we are planning to sand and re paint the dresser this weekend. It will definitely come in handy being as all his clothes do not fit into the closet! On a vain, tragic note I have fallen a victim of the tiniest stretch dots!! I already had stretch marks on my hips from puberty and literally overnight there are three dots on my right hip at the tip of the old marks. Call me crazy but in addition to the normal Cocoa Butter with Vitamin E, I put Crest Whitening toothpaste on them to try to fade them. My logic is that if it works on bone, it should work on skin! It can't hurt-LOL! I may even try the whitestrips! I only have 6 and a half weeks so hopefully no more will appear!! As far as the baby goes, he has continued to be very active and I'm pretty sure I have detected the hicups a few times! I think this is all for now........
2008-08-12 (32 weeks)
Baby Shower/4D Ultrasound/Dr's Appt We have had one BUSY and exciting week! Our 4D ultrasound was Saturday. We found out that he is head down, that my fluid levels are great and that he loves to have his hands and the occasional foot in his face! Boy those mittens are going to come in handy. At one point, he actually looked like he was poking himself in the eye!! Another time it looked like he was flasing some sort of gang sign-LOL! It was like an "L" on the side of his head. He has hair, full cheeks and lips! HEewas so darn cute on the video-you can kind of see him in the pics I posted but the video is mich more clear. Neither Brad nor I can figure out who he looks like!! Our shower was Sunday and so many people came that my head was spinning! I was so shocked! The outpouring of support was overwhelming!! I have TONS of thank you notes to write this week!! As far as clothes go-I'd go so far as to say that he is SET for the first year!! I almost feel frivilous to have a shower at work! We do still need some stuff though so I updated my registry and took all the clothes off-LOL! We also got tons of gift cards and I have ordered some cute sorage bins for his changing table and closet with some of them. We are saving the rest for diapers, etc. It was so nice to see some old friends and family that we don't get to see as often as we'd like. I look forward to them being in Baby's life!! (We're still leaning towards Jackson as a name-that's what I call him anyway-Brad's the one who's not sure-LOL). So, today was my 32 week appt and it went by so fast I felt like the Micro Machine Man talking to the doctor-I take it he had somehere to be in a hurry!! It was the first time I'd met him-his name is Dr. Smith. He was FUNNY though!! Talking about how the future of ultrasound could be holograms and stuff! I only gained a pound or so, my blood pressure was 110/70 and IDK what his heartrate was-it was 140 at the ultrasound this weekend. When I told him the baby was head down he said, "Well, good, that means I won't have to push around on your tummy to try to see where he is". I assume they don't usually turn after this point so hopefully he'll stay vertex!! I go back on the 26th at 9:30 for the 34 week appt and then at the next appt (36 weeks) they are going to do the Group B Strep Test. I will go every week from then on, then at 38 weeks they will begin cervical checks. Brad's mom and his sister are bringing up lots of stuff for us either this week or next and then the nursery will be complete!! I feel back into the swing of thigs at work now and seem to have more energy overall. I went for a walk around the block this evening and then did some weights and stretches at home. I can't wait to be able to get back in shape! I feel like my face is sooo swollen and that my thighs are thunderous!! My aunt even commented that, "Oh, Katie has chubby legs, I've never seen her with chubby legs".......and my cousin told me that my butt is huge...... I'm doing the best I can-there are some things that are beyone my control and my body and emotions are two of them....I think some things are better thought than spoken-especially when it comes to pregnant women....Don't I have enough to "worry" about with Labor and Delivery (and not to mention being responsible for another human being) around the corner?? I know they mean well though.....Doesn't family always? LOL! I am blessed to have every joke cracking one of them in my life and thank God for them though!! I think this is it for this week.....Oh-one more thing-this Saturday is my LAST Saturday to work until I come back from Maternity Leave!!
2008-08-04 (31 weeks)
Patience is Wearing THIN! I am noticing that the further along I get, the more easily irritated I get! Today at work was CRAZY! Today's the last day to pay rent "on time" and on a 502 unit property that's 99% full.....yeah! Even with 4 of us in the office! First of all-the apartment I was going to move someone into today was infested with ROACHES! I have never seen so many! So the Pest Control service came in and sprayed it...again....went back in later and didn't see but 2 live ones. I had to postpone the move in-didn't tell the new tennant the real reason why-man, I hate to lie BUT.....the pest control guy said they'd be gone in 24 hours....so guess I get to go in there in the morning and clean up dead roaches. Real fun when you can't bend over but my coworkers are great so I know someone will help me. It was also 98 degrees today which added insult to injury. I later had a smart mouthed resident come in and ask questions regarding the lease. For some reason my brain refused to work for me to answer his smart elic questions (I could feel myself filling with rage and my face getting red so I'm sure that had something to do with it). I am normally SOOO patient-throughout my career people have turned residents like him over to me because I'm normally the one who can diffuse them. Not the case now-I had to turn him over to a coworker (who told him exactly what I'd just told him-wonder why he listened to her and not me-on second thought...who cares!)!! I actually told him to quit giving me a hard time! I'm thinking you see me pouring sweat in this hot office and it's way obvious that I'm pregnant-have some class! The baby was kicking up a storm too-must have been the adrenaline! When I went to the bathroom (for the 100th time) I actually told the baby that he better not ever talk to a woman the way that man just talked to me! To top it off the worst thing is that my Nanny had to be taken by ambulence to the hospital today and she is still in the hopsital this evening. She had some trouble breathing and from what I understand the EMTs had a hard time stabalizing her. She is my last grandparent and we are very close. I prayed so hard for her and am glad she's doing better this evening. I really want the baby to know her and pray that is God's will too!! I was talking to my sister in law about me feeling so enraged today and just melancholy altogether and she said it's normal. I just have to pray that God would put in me what I need to make it through these last 8-9 weeks at work because I do not see me being able to handle it emotionally or physically!! I never thought I'd be saying that! I have determined that I am not working past my due date though. I just pray I don't go much over because I want to spend as much of my 12 weeks with him as I can. So sorry to be "Debbie Downer" and "Whoa is Me"-I really am glad to have a normal healthy pregnancy-guess I'm just going through the "normal" hormonal changes....
