37 Week Appt!!! So we went to the doctor this morning and all is well. The baby HAS moved down further into my pelvis but he has not yet dropped. Harriett (my fabulous midwife) thinks that he is going to come closer to his due date but I am hoping not!!! LOL...she also let me know when she was on call with the hospital so I can do my best to go into labor while she is there. Not quite sure how I am going to do that but I am going to try really hard!!!!!
Other than that nothing to exciting going on!!!! Oh, I DID put Aiden's dresser together. It has been sitting on his floor for 2 weeks because Paul was convinced that we were missing parts...well we were not!!! LOL...so I came home after the appointment and went straight to his room and went to work!!! It was kinda fun because now I feel like I contributed more than organizing his clothes to his room. Paul got to paint and put all the other furniture together. Paul does not know yet...lol...but I am sure that he will know soon enough. I guess I will show him when he gets here and I am sure that he will be pissy about it. Oh well...what is done is done...and he still has the glider to put together whenever it comes back in stock. We ordered it but they refunded Paul because it came damaged. And NOW they are on back order!!!! UGH...so there is no telling when we will get the glider. No worries though.
Mom invited Paul and I for a little cook out tonight. So that is where we are going. Should be fun...probably won't stay too late though. We are also in the process of clearing out stuff that needs to go before the baby gets here so we are not worried about it. So that is great!!!!
Until next time...
2008-07-30 (36 weeks)
Feeling Pressure???!!! Okay,
So I went to an event last night for work...the President's Ball...and for what I believe is the second time in the past 9 months, I had the nerve to wear heels...lol. Yeah I know...what in the HECK was I thinking. Well this is what I was thinking. I did NOT want to buy a pair of gold flats just for one night...just as I did NOT want to buy a maternity formal dress for one night...lol. But the dress worked out perfectly so I am very happy about that. Okay back to the shoes. So I planned to stay siting most of the night because I knew that my feet were in the process of rising like dough. By about 10:30pm...they HAD to come off!!! And I stayed seated until we left. I dont know what I was thinking but at least that is over.
So BD and I went to the bar to wait for the event to start. I sat my butt down and BANG the first painful contraction of the night. (Now I have already stated in a previous entry that I think that he has dropped because I am feeling more pressure in my pelvis) So I try not to hold my breath thru it...yes ladies it feels like a really bad menstrual cramp and holding your breath is suppose to make it all go away right...lol. I get through that first one and about 45 minutes later when we are in the elevator I have ANOTHER one!!! This one I try and breath through and it does not last as long...thank GOD!!! Then about another 45-50 minutes later I have ANOTHER one while siting at the table. By this time I am freaking out because what if this is the beginning of labor (at least I was in a room FULL of doctors and my old OB/GYN that I love love love was sitting right behind me...lol). So I told BD that I have been having too many of these painful contractions and I think that it is something that we should watch. And what did he say..."Aiden is not going to come until the middle of the month so dont worry". What the HELL...did he not just hear me say that I have been having consistant painful contractions. I am not imagining these happening so why would he just dismiss me like that!!! And does he have a glass ball that has predicted the future that I dont know about? I mean is this guy for real!!!!! Maybe it was the 2 long island ice teas and the glass of wine...I need to stop making excuses for his behavior.
Oh so in reference to the title of this blog...the pressure on my pelvis is severe to the point that when I get out of bed to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night it feels like the baby is going to just pop out. I mean doesnt this pressure make the water break? It feels like he is just sitting at the top of my pelvis ready to pop out...very uncomfortable...and it makes it pretty hard to walk!!!!
So I get home and my ankles look like my calfs...yuck...and I decide that I am going to take it easy today. I have to go into the office for a minute because I have not been all week and need to get some things done so I dont have to go back in this week. But other than that I am going to prop my fat ankles up and chill for the rest of the day. So this is me gettin gout of the bed to go into the office for an hour!!! (what a waste of gas...lol...BD needs to set up my network acess so I can get stuff off of my desktop without having to go in).
2008-07-29 (36 weeks)
Sorry about the delay...lol... So I have been super busy since my last entry...and my wireless was down in the house so I was without internet access unless I used Aiden's dads computer. And since he is on that thing 24 hours a day I am just now getting to post (because the wireless is back up...lol)
So I had my doctors appointment on Wednesday and there really was not a vaginal exam. They did some strep 3 test but that was just a q-tip swab. So all in all it was a pretty normal visit. Aiden is still a mad man in my stomach so getting comfortable is less likely these days. But I do still get to sleep at night so I am thankful for that...lol.
Lubby and Bob-Bob stayed with us on Thursday night and it was good to see them. And BD's cousin and her husband came over as well. So we hung out for a while. It was nice. Then Friday they left for Orlando and later that night BD and I went to an Atlanta Dream (the WNBA team) game with my mom, her boyfriend, my brother and my uncle. Jessie (mom's boyfriend) got us tickets and when we got there we realized that we had floor seats!!!! We were sitting right next to the Dream players. That made the game more enjoyable for BD since he feels as though women should not be playing professional basketball...yeah I know, what a sexist thing to say. The game was great and I had a great time.
Then I had to get up and the butt crack of dawn to attend a run/walk & healthfair that I have been assisiting in the planning of since February. Boy am I glad that is FINALLY over. So I was there from about 7:30am-noon. Then I came home to rest my back and aching feet for a while until I had to go to an art show that my job was putting on. Man was I beat when that day was over!!!! BD went to his daddy boot camp on saturday as well, unfortunately there were no babies brought by veteran dads so it kind defeated the reason that I wanted him to go but he seemed to enjoy it...I guess.
Then I had my lazy Sunday which turned out to not be so lazy...lol. Did my normal weekly grocery store visit (why i am still going to the store at 9 months pregnant and SOMEONE else is not doing it is beyond me...but that would probably be gender bluring), came home and put a roast in the crock pot, and started washing clothes. I had something to go to for work but I was just not in the mood so I decided that I would go ahead and wash Aiden's clothes. WHAT WAS I THINKING!!! It took me like 4 hours!!! I had to take everything off the hanger that was newborn to 6 months ( I will wait to wash the rest later) sort them by color, wash and dry them, fold them or hang them. Man am I glad that is over. Now if BD would just put the darn dresser together I would have somewhere to put the clothes that I had to fold. We are missing on piece to the dresser (that I ordered today) an it is the very bottom piece. Something that you can not see and has no structural importance. But he will not put ANYTHING together until he has that piece. So what that room is just going to have parts all over it until we get the missing piece in 2 weeks!!! I dont think so. If at least the drawers are not put together by this weekend I am going to do it myself.
Tomorrow I have a black tie event to go to and I was NOT looking forward to buying a formal maternity dress. 1. because they are not cute 2. because it would have cost too much and 3. because I was only going to wear it once. I have on dress that I can wear pregnant but since my back is like 4 inches wider (ugh) it was not going to work. Until I realized on Saturday that I could just get it altered and it should work. So that is what I did today...I dropped the dress off to get altered. Please God let this work because otherwise I am n rouble because I have no plan B...lol.
I have been having more frequent contractions but nothing too bad. I had one really painful one today in the middle of an Asthma reception...lol. I was doing my best to keep my poker face. I think that Aiden has dropped (and with all that walking I did on Saturday I would not be surprised) because I am feeling more pressure on my pelvis. I am really looking forward to this weeks appointment and the pelvis exam (yeah I cant believe that I said that either) because I am curious to see if they say that he has dropped as well.
This Saturday is also my second baby shower and I am so excited about it. It is a tea so much girlier than the mixer of a shower we had last time. But it will be fun. I think that I know what I am wearing but I have no shoes. Anything other than flip flops are not comfortable and I am not sure that they would be appropriate. So i will have to play that one by ear.
I am sleepy now and I have a LONG day ahead of me tomorrow so goodnight. And hopefully I will remember to blog again before the doctors appointment. But if I dont I will definately do so afterward!!! Nighty Night....
2008-07-22 (35 weeks)
Medela SNS So I had my breastfeeding consultation about a week ago. I thought that I blogged about it but I guess I forgot. I went to a lactation specialist because I needed a little one on one attention and I had some...well a lot...of questions...lol.
About 9 years ago I had a breast reduction. At the time I had no idea that I would EVER have children, but I went to the best surgeon in Atlanta so the likelyhood of him butchering my milk ducks and nerves was slim to none. After the surgery my nipple sensitivity was enhanced so that was a good sign and I dont have inverted nipples so that is a good sign too. Either way the one thing that has worried me while being pregnant is that I may not be able to breast feed. There is a web site that helped me feel a little better...and I mean a little and that is www.bfar.org. It is a site dedicated to breastfeeding after breast or nipple surgery. Pretty cool huh?
Back to the lactation appt...so I went and watched a video and she taught me some feeding positions and let me ask my million questions. She told me about the Medela SNS(supplemental nursing system) that I had already looked into but she was able to tell me that I need to begin using it while I am still in the hospital because it will help stimulate my milk production. So I am going to go ahead and order the darn thing this week so I have it in my hospital bag. Hopefully by the time I go home from the hospital I will be well on my way to producing enough milk for Aiden. But even if I dont I will be able to get the same bonding experience with the SNS!!!!
Tomorrow I have a doctors appointment where they starts doing the dreaded vaginal exams and then my appointments will be weekly. That means that I am really down the home streatch!!!! How exciting and scary all at the same time...lol.
