7th Prenatal (29 weeks!) saturday
Daddy saw you moving a LOT so we thought grabbing the video camera would be good.
dad grabbed it and started recording...of course you didn't kick near as much :) but we still got a few bumps and pokes from you that show up on the camera. maybe we'll try to catch you again later!
Daddy and Grandpa (my dad) drywalled your closet. you're going to hate the closet later b/c it's sooo small, but right now it's perfect b/c you're so small :) don't worry, we'll put you in a big girl's room before you even begin to like clothing. still sanding and another coat to do, and then it's painting time and mommy's sleeping over at grandma & grandpa's when that happens cuz she's wayyy too cautious :)
today i felt like i rode a horse for 24 hours straight. didn't feel too good! i really wanted to sit on a block of ice! i think you were pushing on me down there or something...
sunday (yesterday)
before falling completely asleep, daddy asked if i was awake...i said yep (even though i was so close to not being!) and he said "i can't believe in 2 months we're going to be parents." hehe, i think it's finally hitting him as that's the first time he's said something like that, and knowing that he was deep in thought about it. it was nice to hear :)
-also, today my mom mentioned your shower will probably be Saturday, Oct 11 as your aunt Lin will be in town for Thanksgiving anyway so that will work out the best without her having to drive up the weekend before too.
monday (today) - PRENATAL appt - 10:45am - 11:25am
first thing this morning: i find i get really agitated if i haven't felt kicking yet in the morning. most days she'll eat breakfast with me *L* and the odd day i won't feel any kicking until i get to work and i feel like i'm really short with Duncan until he leaves for work. i don't mean to be, but i worry :)
daddy came with me again, which mommy likes the company too so it's good...and it's nice that he's taking part in things like this. our doctor put us at 29 weeks, but i said i should be at 29 weeks, 1 day, so that's what she wrote down. haha. i weigh 116 lbs, so she told me i've gained 6 lbs since the last visit (so within a month)...she said it's okay to gain that much because you gain in chunks (as in fatty chunks? haha kidding) and she said some people gain 15 lbs... she also mentioned that next time i probably won't have gained as much, but then she said since i was underweight to begin with, i might gain more b/c i need the fat stores, and she went on to mention gaining in my butt and thighs...i looked over at daddy and smiled. haha. Also, i measure 29 cm and she said that's right where i should be... And i'm 4 cm dialated - JUST KIDDING. but we got to hear your heartbeat again - 148 bpm. i said that's lower than last time, but she said that's normal. our doctor said i was perfect and DH said he tells me that every day. i paused and then said "that's a lie! (haha)"...doc laughed and said well i'm sure he thinks that....and then i said i was just kidding :) i asked about my "riding a horse" feeling, and she said it'll probably just get worse - SWEET. haha. and i asked about if your position mattered right now, at 29 weeks. she said not until 35 or 36 weeks. and daddy asked about her being able to tell what position you are in right now and she said only with an ultrasound...it's like guessing at an unwrapped gift - and that term is so fitting :) BUT when she located your heartbeat, it was slightly more on my left side, under my belly button, so she guessed you're moreso upside down. i think you're definitely diagonal and that your little bum and sometimes feet are pressing against my right side...and actually hurting a tiny bit right now... i can imagine it'll be no time before you're in my ribs over there.
i also found out i passed my glucose screening :) yayyyy! so i have one more test to go - at 36 weeks... it'll be the Strep-B swab. wooo. hooo. haha. i gotta pack that week too :) that's what i'm looking forward too. that's an exciting week (Thanksgiving weekend/shower...packing...maybe the Fair if i can handle it :)
anyway, here's to looking forward to a (much more) sore crotch area! haha, IT'S ALL WORTH IT :)
i called the hospital to book our Pre-Admission, and it's set for Oct 1, at 11am. it should take 1/2 hour. it seems like things are all really starting to happen...slowly....but i'm sure it'll all catch up to me.
i mentioned the shower to Nat, Mic, Mon, & Aunt Jea... everyone but Jea has responded so far and they said it looked good and they'll be there, so YAYYYY :) i'm excited. hopefully Jea can make it too.
time to go home! it's 5:30!!!
2008-08-15 (28 weeks)
36 - 38 weeks along!? a man who works in our building guessed i was 36 - 38 weeks along! pff, i said i wished! my coworker told him it's cuz i'm tiny so it shows on me more. ya man, take THAT.
yesterday i weighed myself, and i'm at 113lbs! i had to literally blink a couple times to be sure i was seeing that right *L* ...so that means 117lbs at the doctor's office.
i have my next appt on monday, and from what i've read, i'll be going every other week after this one. i also read that the doc should be able to get a good idea of the baby's position to know if she'll be breech or not. i'm really hoping i get a chance at a vaginal delivery.... i do think she's sideways right now though... ignore what i said yesterday, cuz her bum - i'm guessing! - is still pressing on my right side, giving my belly a lopsided bulge for most of the time *L* and then last night and today there's been fluttery movements on my left side...more like hands or fingers. i think i felt a punch at lunch time though *L* ya it's fun to imagine. she sure was beating me up at lunch though! her movements are definitely more forceful today and the last couple days. i think she had hiccups for a good 5 minutes this morning while i was eating breakfast though... repetitive light movements. i told DH and he said he didn't think that was even possible... yeppers! :)
DH has been working 7am - 4pm and then heading over to job #2 still, and gets home at about 6 - 6:30pm and then we eat supper... so i'm still eating my fruit loops, even though i'm feeling bad about it. i have a box and a half left though so i feel i should finish them at least (shouldn't take me long since each time i fill up the bowl! haha)... and i do eat fruits, and sometimes veggies, at work. i definitely prefer fruits over any processed crap like all-bran bars or nutrigrains. but fruits just don't fill me up.
anyway, this weekend is looking pretty blah...it's our one free weekend really so it would be great to be able to just hang out with DH but we have garage sale stuff to get ready and i really need DH to do that drywalling/painting before it gets too late.
last night, when i was awake between 1:30am and 4:30am (yep, sleep is really non-existent a lot... i think i'm used to it though, insanely enough), i had some thoughts about the baby coming early and it scares me. i really hope she stays in there for 2 more months at least so she can be nicely developed and healthy. OW, she's pushing my belly! *L* The packing should be interesting around week 36. yesterday i was figuring out a list (one of my favourite things to do - lists!) and i feel like i'm going to be over-prepared. not that that's a bad thing (OW pain... a little while ago i had it on my left side, and i felt it even in my left leg... now it's on my right side.... sharp pains. what's this about?!) but i'd rather not bring a whole suitcase! *LOL* oh well, we're not too far from the hospital, so i'm happy about that.
TGIF
week 29, here we come!
2008-08-14 (28 weeks)
bored i'm at work and we have no work to do. Little Syd was kicking away... or i should say "pushing" away around lunch and this morning...oh there she goes again :) i really think it's her bum pushing...or both feet. perhaps she's upside down already...facing my back, and using her feet to push off something and stretch out...? it's just funny that she's mostly keeping to my right side. i just got some bicycle kicks now.
she was moving around on the left side yesterday.
the lady from the hearing centre now wants us to meet with her and do her magazine and have it printed within a month! is she crazy?!?!?! i think so. she's had 2 YEARS to discuss this magazine, and just put it off. i thought she just wasn't doing it anymore. HAHA i just wrote an email to DH with our schedules for weekends and EVERY SINGLE weekend is booked up (at least ONE of the two days) except for this weekend and Sept 27... and then Oct 18 and past that but i don't want anything written in stone then cuz you never know when Syd wants to meet us ;)
it's freakin insane though! so much to do... there's always weeknights i guess! and the odd weekend day that something might not be going on.
well i guess i won't be bored (as my journal entry title suggests!) and hopefully time will fly by and it'll be Nov before we know it (and miraculously everything will be done and we'll be well prepared. haha funny eh?)
TOO MUCH INFO BELOW...
i had to run to the b-room this afternoon cuz one of my nips started burning and it felt like it was leaking. there was a tiny tiny bit so i just tucked a kleenex in there.
2008-08-12 (28 weeks)
accident prone today (glucose test yesterday); 3rd trimester! flung cantaloupe at my shirt this morning, while making my snacks....
went to put the grapes away and flung scissors...almost landing on my feet.
playing with puppy while saying bye to DH (staying home, not feeling well), and she almost fell off the bed.
i think it's cuz i was distraught this morning... i look forward to eating my breakfast cereal with a squirmy baby, but this morning i MAYBE felt 2 tiny tiny movements. so i was a little worried. i was thinking maybe it was the glucose drink yesterday...she was pretty active yesterday, maybe cuz all the sugar...and then maybe it just knocked her out and she was groggy this morning? ;) haha, that's my theory. thankfully since i've been at work, she's moving around. i've counted 10, but i want some bonus movements just in case. right now, i'm just waiting for 2 more movements.... 1.... YAY! within 8 minutes. that makes me feel a LOT better :)
i left work yesterday at 1:45 to get the glucose test/blood work done (for gestational diabetes) yesterday. i thought the drink was going to be shot glass size of this "orange pop flavoured stuff"...but it's a whole friggin' bottle. it's 10oz of carbonated orange flavoured liquid, and i had to drink it within 10 minutes (even though the bottle says 5... which i think i did it within 5 - somehow!). usually it takes me a long time to drink a pop cuz my eyes water. so i'm sitting in this chair trying to chug this stuff back in time, and holding in my belches (haha)... i must have made a funny face cuz the girl at the counter was smiling at me *L*... i finished the drink at 2:20 and had to sit there for an hour. i ended up going home after cuz we were low on work, and my coworker said she would leave early too (my manager said if it was dead we could leave early...."don't ask, don't tell" she said before she went on her 3 week vacation to Ireland.
well, i'm glad that part's done (blood test). it's another milestone out of the way... hopefully i've passed the blood test and won't get any phone calls for 2nd tests.
i should mention we're in our 3RD TRIMESTER! :) (as of sunday)
time to do some work.
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end of day update...
i thought i was done with this entry, but unfortunately i get to add to it! i also slammed my right middle finger in the office door as i was leaving for lunch. that felt awesome. i guess i didn't realize how long my finger was?! it's funny though cuz my first thought was "will this affect the baby?" HAHA DUHHHHHH. but my brain is thinking instant "protective" thoughts already.
at lunch i scraped my arm on the counter while trying to get something out from the bottom shelf.
wish me luck driving home *L* i was going to go out tonight and do a little shopping, but maybe i'd better not. haha.
i also ended up stubbing my toe on the living room table. the bonus was that Harry made us some steak dinners - no charge - and cooked mine well done (for the baby) and everything was perfect :) mmmm! that was very much appreciated!
