Curious how I'm feeling now that I'm 8 months?!? Can you say EEEEKKK!!!! And the anxiety begins. When there's a "me" time, I get frantic and worry about not only the pain that i'll endure because how in the world is that baby going to come out of little ol' me...hehe. I'll leave everything in god's hand. I hope and pray that he'll take care of me and baby. I'm also concerned about her constant crying and hopefully knowing what to do when she does. What's going to be hard also is the loss of sleep that Kris and I will experiencing. But, 3 months will fly by and hopefully she'll get use to us and we'll master her language in crying . I feel better just thinking of that show, Jon & Kate + 8. If they handle 8, I can handle 1. Everything will fall into place and I know we'll be fine. I guess the anxiety's all part of the last trimester symptoms .
Currently, you know how people say it looks like you're carrying a beach ball, well to correct the statement, it's more like you're carrying a 15 pd. bowling ball!!! Suddenly every move I make, it get's harder and harder. I can't remove this bowling ball, so sometimes I'll get restless especially when I drop something and it's hard for me to bend over and pick it up. So, god forgive me when I drop stuff from home, to work to a store, I'll just leave it there...hehehe. Before I use to be able to sleep on my back, well with the weight, gravity will take it's toll and have no choice but to stay on my side when I sleep. My bladder has suddenly gone out of control too! At night I wake up about 3x to urinate. It's not fun, but luckily I can fall back to sleep. I still don't eat at night, but the minute I wake up, I'm super hungry and thirsty. I'll have some pancakes and a glass of cranberry juice then another glass of water. My yoga instructor has always reminded me to us to drink 2 full glasses of water every morning because as days progress, we'll sometimes forget to drink. That's one thing I never forget to do because I'm always so thirsty. My amniotic fluid has been great, so no worries there. They say you're suppose to drink 3 litters of water a day!!! It sounds a lot but it's do-able. It's like drinking 6 bottles of water a day.
I've also been so much more hungry this month. I am craving more sweets too, which is bad, but I'm controlling my appetite and only allowing myself to eat certain things a few times a week. Every "white" thing that I eat l iike rice, pasta and what not, it's all whole wheat. It's just overall better for her and me. Well, fatique is playing a role once again. It's feeling like the first trimester again but with more aches. So, by 9-10pm, not by choice, my feet is up since I feel like I just can't move anymore. I'll then crash by 11.
I'm really getting tired of the weight gain and I totally miss my long hair!!! But, in no time, I'll be back in shape and I know my hair will grow again. I'm looking forward to that again!!! I have a treadmill and this one waist workout chair that's just sitting in my garage waiting for my return. WIth Jenny's wedding next summer, it'll give me a reason to shape up again. I'm counting the days!!!
Oh, another thing is my body temperature has risen too. I think I get more HOT than Kris now....hehehe. I sometimes sleep with the fan or AC on. I was fine with a few symptoms the first and 2nd trimester, but when 3rd trimester came around, it's all crashing in now I just keep telling myself just 1.5 more months!!! I'm absolutely dying to meet her, but she needs to stay in there longer before she can come out into this world. So, with the contraction scare the other week, I'm trying my best to rest when I feel exhausted. Baby will always come first!
2008-04-30 (33 weeks)
Breast Feeding Class Yay...this was our very last class! It's been hard these past weeks with work and having to attend classes in the evening. They do offer Sat. morning's, but it would've interfered with my yoga class. Was this class worth taking considering they'll offer it for once the baby's out and you're still recovering in the hospital? At first I didn't think it's worth it since they'll offer it again, but I think it's better to do it now since I'm not all drugged up from labor. There are methods on feeding her right and I'm glad all the husbands showed up. We do need them to assist on certain parts of the feeding when the wives all tired. They did go over on how to burp the baby correctly which is good for daddy's to learn. It's just overall good for them to attend with you, since I will forget to do certain things like keeping a record her feedings and pooping and what not. Sounds fun doesn't it? hehe...
2008-04-27 (32 weeks)
4D-Ultrasound2 I had my appointment to come back in hopes that we can see our baby more this time. Since some friends were interested in seeing our video of her, I decided to invite some of them to join us since our family showed up last time and didn't wanted to waste their time again in case our girl get's camera shy again. I hope it was a great experience for them because all that we got to see were her foot in front of her face, hiding her face even more so than last time. I even went to the restroom in hopes that she'll move, but no luck. I guess at 32 weeks, she doesn't have much room to move : (. At least we know, she has 5 toes. In reviewing the pictures, last time she did give us some good shots of her face. There's a photo that's captivating. It looks like her eyes are open and looking right at you. It's so cute!!! The lady there said she's starting to see her hair too. I came home constantly looking at our girl. She's almost here!!!
As far as this ABC imaging place, i would go and research the place more. See how the staff is and how good their pictures are. I wasn't too crazy about where I went. I wanted to see more clearly of what could've been. I've been through Kris's niece's ultrasound and I honestly thought they did do a better job. The second session was too short and I thought she gave in too soon. Oh-well, that's my opinion. I'm probably too hard on them because I didn't get to see all that I wanted because we paid a lot. But, I have to look at it on the bright side, there were a few good pictures.
2008-04-25 (32 weeks)
Baby Saver...very scary class! OMG!!!!! Last night's class was incredibly scary. This was the worst of it all!!! All along i'm just excited to meet her not realizing the dangers it involves. That class just put us in reality. We both left the class in anxiety. Now, Kris wants to sign up to be certified cpr person, which is great. I think I'll join him too. I wish we could've taken this class way before the shower. There's certain things that we got and now need to return because it's too dangerous for her. We apologize if I need to return yours, but it's whatever is safest for our baby girl. I'm really happy that I ordered a land line. The paramedics can come to us sooner, just in case.
I really appreciate it when people offer to babysit our child, but I think she'll be with us for a few years. Once you're a mom, you'll know what I mean. Wherever the baby goes, the person's house has to be 100% baby proof, and someone needs to know CRP. otherwise we'd have to watch her like a hawk. So, don't take it personally if we say no for now. All it takes is just a few seconds and they can choke on something or hurt themselves or even drown. She also told us some horror stories when they're at their babysitters. Basically NEVER let our guards down wherever you are. One story, a girl saw her dog drink out of her bowl and she copied and she drowned. With her head being the heaviest part of her body, she had no way of lifting it. All it takes is just 2" on water anywhere for her to drown into. Here's another scary story. This one boy loves cheese parmesian, so while his mom was on the phone and wasn't paying attention, he went into the kitchen cupboard and found ajax and thought it was parmesian cheese, so he opened it up and it burned his eyes and his mouth when he put it into his mouth. Who knew, that was the last time he would ever eat again. He now has to have many surgerys and a feeding tube into his body. Just devastating!
Here's a scary statistic. Sleeping with your baby in bed is a big NO NO. In LA County, the rates went up to 76% of death from suffocation. In Orange County, the worst choking hazard item is a water bottle. We like to not close our bottle cap too tight, so when the baby get's a hold of the bottle, she'll immitate you and put the bottle in her mouth and the cap falls into her mouth and then she chokes. Who knew huh? Anything is possible I guess.
There are too many other stories to tell, but they're all things you would've never thought could happen, but did. That's the scary part, is the unknown. So, if we could prevent the unknown from happening, we will. Being first time parents, can you blame us for being paranoid? I'm sure we'll relax more when we get the hang of being a new parent. But, for now, like she said, we can't keep our guards down.
. I feel better just thinking of that show, Jon & Kate + 8. If they handle 8, I can handle 1. Everything will fall into place and I know we'll be fine. I guess the anxiety's all part of the last trimester symptoms .
I just keep telling myself just 1.5 more months!!! I'm absolutely dying to meet her, but she needs to stay in there longer before she can come out into this world. So, with the contraction scare the other week, I'm trying my best to rest when I feel exhausted. Baby will always come first! 
All along i'm just excited to meet her not realizing the dangers it involves. That class just put us in reality. We both left the class in anxiety. Now, Kris wants to sign up to be certified cpr person, which is great. I think I'll join him too. I wish we could've taken this class way before the shower. There's certain things that we got and now need to return because it's too dangerous for her. We apologize if I need to return yours, but it's whatever is safest for our baby girl. I'm really happy that I ordered a land line. The paramedics can come to us sooner, just in case.