30 weeks So upon the request of my lovely sister I am back to update. 30 weeks and probably only 8 more to go. Due to the insurance issue with work my Doc has agreed to consider an early induction so we can have the baby before the year ends. I am hoping we will schedule the delivery for December 28, but we won't know for sure until mid December. Speaking of December- my birthday is coming up soon. Not like I will be able to do anything exciting but oh well, another year older- 23 just sounds so much older than 22. I had my baby shower with work on Sunday and it was really nice. we have so much stuff now that it no longer all fits into the hall closet and the dresser in the room so we are going to have to start setting some of it up before Christmas otherwise the things we get from Alex's family will not have anywhere to go. Every day I come home with work with another gift or two- it is nice to feel so loved! I am really excited that the Doc is understanding with the insurance situation. I really wanted a December baby anyway. Poor Alex was really looking forward to 1 more New Year's Eve without the baby but I told him he can still go out and enjoy- I really mean it too- My mom will be in town and really what is the point of ruining his New Year's Eve? Me and the baby will still be here when he gets home- I guess he feels guilty though. I am going to try and work until Christmas day. That way I will still get Holiday pay and my last check will be a big one. The short term disability is really going to help but it is not going to be enough to pay our bills so I am saving as much money right now as we can afford. Since I am probably going to have a C-section I will be off work a minimum of 2 months... I have not taken that much time off from work EVER. I was thinking that our tax return will help us pay the bills but I have been doing some research and it takes about 8 weeks to get the babies social security number in Nevada so I will have to wait probably until the end of February to file my taxes which means I will be back to work by the time the return comes so that won't really help us. I am sure everything will be fine- everything always has a way of working out. I am so excited to get the babies crib set up - we should have it within the next few weeks and I am going to make Alex put it together immediately! I started my labor and delivery classes last night at the hospital I am going to deliver at. Even though the chances are I will have a C-section the Doc said it was a good idea to go because they talk about the medication that will be used and during the final class a pediatrician comes in and does a Q&A session for like 2 hours. The class is cool- it is once a week and there are like 7 other couples- all pretty young like us. The hospital is only like 5 years old and is really nice so it is very comfortable. I don't really feel like my belly has been growing much in the past few weeks. I am seeing the Doc every 14 days now and whenever I go in he keeps telling me the baby is growing right on schedule but it seems like nothing has changed in the last 4 weeks. I can feel my uterus inside my rib cage now and it is getting a little bit harder to breathe, especially while I am laying down. I can not sleep for longer than 2 hours without getting up and having to walk around for a little while. It seems like the baby NEVER sleeps. She is active all the time now. I have to do a kick count once a day to see how long it takes her to move 10 times and it never takes longer than 10 minutes. I finally had 2 days off this week and I am thoroughly enjoying them- somehow I will still manage to hit 50 hours this week. I am exhausted from working so much but the Doc said as long as I am not in any pain the baby should be alright. I actually have very little back pain compared the beginning-middle of the pregnancy and I think it is because I am so active that my muscles get a good stretch everyday. Now that we are into November the hotel will start to slow down a lot and I will have more time in the office than walking the floor. I really couldn't have timed this pregnancy better we tried. The 2 months I am going to be off are forecasted to be the slowest since the hotel has opened and the Pool is closed- so our lead server out there will be covering my leave of absence and as soon as I come back she will go back to the pool to begin the 2010 season. Alright Shannon, I think this was a pretty decent update : ) I will write more after my next appointment next Wednesday... and I will update some pictures for you right now... -Kacy
2009-10-10 (26 weeks)
26 Weeks and it is has been soooo long.... Well it has been a really long time since I have written anything and I promised my sis I would update. I am 26 weeks now- 2/3 done! I am so ready for Nia to be here enjoying the world with us. Everything is crazy for me right now at work but nice and chill on the home front- nice change of pace. We went up to The Bay for our baby shower at the end of September and had SUCH a GREAT time! It couldn't have been more enjoyable. I have been writing thank you cards for like 2 weeks and I am finally ready to mail them out... We got so much stuff! It was really nice to see all of my friends and family because it has been such a long time and I really do miss everyone even though I love living out here is Vegas- being here for over a year and half and going back to Fremont made me realize how happy I am that I left there to start my own life minus the fact I am so far away I don't get to see everyone on a regular basis.
Well I went to the doctor's office on Tuesday and had a check up... everything is good with the baby. I only gained 3 pounds in the past 4 weeks but that is fine with me : ) Nia is growing just like she should be and the doctor said I have nothing to worry about. We are going to try not to do a c-section unless she gets so big we have no other choice which makes me really happy. I am going to a new hospital tomorrow afternoon to do the tour of the maternity area and make my final decision on where I want to deliver. It may sound crazy but it is really important to Alex that we have the baby IN Las Vegas, not Henderson, so I think we may end up going to Spring Valley hospital depending on how things go tomorrow. I have heard a lot of good things about staff there and since they are not as busy as Sienna, the hospital I am currently registered at, I would get a lot more attention there. I am gonna check it out tomorrow and then I will let you know what I decide.
I have been trying not t be so baby crazy since we got back from the Shower and have taken it easy with constantly looking at stuff to buy on the internet, lol. I figure I better enjoy the last 3 months of "non" motherhood while its here. Alex is starting to get more nervous by the day- I can tell. I am only going to be off work for the minimum amount of time after Nia is born due to certain circumstances there so I think it is starting to occur to him that his days of sleeping till noon are soon going to be over. LOL, we have such different schedules- I am up daily at 5am and he literally has just gone to bed. He has usually only been up for a few hours when I am coming home from work around 2 or 3 so I guess in the beginning it won't be so bad - when I am sleeping he will be up with the baby and vice versa.
I love Alex so much- we have been through a lot but things have really calmed down for us within the past 6 months. He always said that having a child would change him for the better and right now I am definitely seeing that- I just hope the stress and anxiety when she is born isn't too much for him to handle.
I have read like every single baby book known to man and my doctor said he recommends that I start researching labor and delivery now- he said the more I know the less I will be freaking it out when it actually happens, which makes sense. I think I am going to head over to B&N when it opens and find a book just on that topic to start reading. Only 13 weeks left to brush up on my knowledge : )
So work has been crazy for me lately! My management team has been getting smaller and smaller since I worked there. Right now there are 4 of us- me and one other supervisor, a manager from a different department who has been helping us since August and our Assistant Director. The manager just got a job at the RC Lake Tahoe which is scheduled to open the first week of December and he is going to be leaving in November to relocate. My co-supervisor just took a position at The Mandarin- one of the new hotels opening on the Strip at City Center. Not only that- several of our hourly staff have also gotten jobs at City Center and we opened positions at our hotel for the first time in over a year. There is going to be a lot of transitions happening and I am a pretty key person in Food and Beverage so taking 6-8 weeks off couldn't have come at a worse time. All of my upper management are being very supportive and have told me whenever I need to start my leave I can but it looks like I am going to try and work through the holidays to support my team. It will be better that way so I can spend the majority of my time off at home with the baby instead of anticipating her arrival.
Well I think that is a pretty decent update for now. I am having another baby shower with some peeps from the hotel on November 1st and I will be sure to update more then... Kacy
2009-08-18 (19 weeks)
19 Weeks and My Belly Is Shrinking! Alright well it is not actually shrinking but it sure isn't growing like it was. I can feel my uterus growing bigger inside of my belly and getting closer to the skin but my bump hasn't really changed in size... the last 3 weeks I measured it at 34 inches and today I measured it at about 34 1/2. I haven't got any stretch marks yet which is a relief. One of my coworkers is about 34 weeks right now and she started getting the worst stretch marks around this time. I have been lotioning everyday too : ) Only about another 5 weeks till the baby shower in Cali and I am so excited! I can not wait to see everyone. For most of my friends it has been about a year and then about 6 months since I have seen the family. Way to long! I really want to make sure Nia gets to see her family as often as possible. My little sister told me last week that her boyfriend had mentioned moving out here and now I am going to harass her about it until they do... how nice would like be for our daughters, only 6 months apart in age, to grow up together. Dojia went to a new home today : ( I am really sad about it. I actually broke down in tears at work twice today when I was telling people about it. Alex and I have had Dojia almost the entire time we have been together. I love that dog so much and that is why we had to find her somewhere she could be herself and run and play all the time. With only one dog it will be a much better environment when Nia arrives... way less commotion and stress. Alex's mom found her a really good place to live with one of her coworkers and his mom. I didn't even say bye to her... She went to Alex's mom's house yesterday while I was at work and then by the time I got off today she was already with her new family. I know it was the best decision for us and her but I'm still pretty sad about it. Anyway off that topic- I have been having the worst back pain lately! It hurts so bad and I refuse to take any medication so I have just started soaking in the bath like every night. My doctor said it is only going to get worse : ( Well I am bout to go eat some of the delicious cheesecake in the fridge... -Kacy
