This post WILL have a few points of TMI. You have been warned!
I have been having a LOT of pre labor signs. Lost my plug, crampy contractions getting into a rhythm, dilation and effacement...etc. It all started Sunday night. The night that I was exactly 35 weeks. Hoping that I would be able to sleep it off, and me not wanting to call my midwife on Sunday night late, I waited until my midwife practice was open on Monday to call. They had me go in and get checked and there was change that indicated my body is truly getting ready to have this baby!
With them, they won't deliver until 37 weeks. I knew that going in, and honestly, the more she bakes into a perfect little human, I am happy. They gave me a mega dose of magnesium and upped my anti contraction tincture. They also put me on strict bed rest. This means if people visit, I am laying in bed. If the house is dirty, it stays that way...I plan on cleaning the house October 2nd top to bottom before Marsi comes. If I am bored, I sleep. There are very few reasons to leave bed and I am being a much better girl this time around.
I am hoping to have Marsela the first full week in October. Endrit is getting ready for her to make her debut as well...though definitely not as much as me.
9/20/11
9/15/11
The Nursery
In hopes that Endrit would have a job, I have just been piling stuff in the nursery. I mean really, it was a huge mess. I couldn't set up my pack and play or anything to make it look kinda like it was going to house a baby. Well, today I get a call from a lady in my ward wanting to get rid of her crib. Hey, if it is free, it is free and I will take advantage of it. Well, they are dropping it off tonight. That means I needed to make ROOM for it! I am getting closer and closer to full term and I can't breathe regularly and most of the other 3rd trimester gripes. But, I got into gear and started organizing.
Well, all of my sewing stuff is no longer in that room. Big table gone. Boxes gone (for the most part). Baby clothes are getting washed and organized. Endrit took a ton of things to the basement. There is one more thing I would like to go, but that will have to wait for Saturday. So, I will have a crib today. I wasn't planning on one, but I am excited that it made me organize the nursery. When everything is done, I will take a few pictures and share them.
Well, all of my sewing stuff is no longer in that room. Big table gone. Boxes gone (for the most part). Baby clothes are getting washed and organized. Endrit took a ton of things to the basement. There is one more thing I would like to go, but that will have to wait for Saturday. So, I will have a crib today. I wasn't planning on one, but I am excited that it made me organize the nursery. When everything is done, I will take a few pictures and share them.
9/12/11
How far along? 34 weeks
Baby is the size of a: Large cantaloupe (22ish in. long and 5.5ish lbs)
Total weight gain/loss: + 7 lbs from pre pregnancy
Sleep: It depends on the day. Most times, pretty good though.
Best moment this week: seeing Ike come home from Iraq
Movement: She moves quite a bit. Not too many kicks, but lots of movement.
What I miss: I can no longer breathe when I lay on my back...I miss laying on my back periodically.
What I am looking forward to: Same as last week, holding her in my arms.
Milestones: I had another great midwife appointment! That is always nice.
Symptoms: Aches and pains. Marsi is engaging deeper in my pelvis for sure! I think that even my belly is dropping!
Baby is the size of a: Large cantaloupe (22ish in. long and 5.5ish lbs)
Total weight gain/loss: + 7 lbs from pre pregnancy
Sleep: It depends on the day. Most times, pretty good though.
Best moment this week: seeing Ike come home from Iraq
Movement: She moves quite a bit. Not too many kicks, but lots of movement.
What I miss: I can no longer breathe when I lay on my back...I miss laying on my back periodically.
What I am looking forward to: Same as last week, holding her in my arms.
Milestones: I had another great midwife appointment! That is always nice.
Symptoms: Aches and pains. Marsi is engaging deeper in my pelvis for sure! I think that even my belly is dropping!
9/9/11
It is getting close
The first thing I will say is that I know that what happened with the pregnancies of my Mom and sister have very little merit to mine. Genetics is a small part. When I only "knew" (I was mistaken actually) my Mom's stats with us kids I wasn't too nervous. It didn't mean much. Then my Mom corrected my misunderstanding of her pregnancies, and told me about my sister and I honestly started to freak out a bit.
Reason for my freak out is that I have to make it to 37 weeks to deliver where I would like. I thought, easy peasy...then I went into labor at 29 weeks. Okay, I am going to need to be careful.
I thought my mom delivered the twins at 30 weeks, Phillip at 37 weeks and the rest of us at 36 weeks. Well, I guess I have a brother that was born at 35 weeks as well. oops. Then my mom told me that my sister delivered at 35 weeks. Yeah, I started to freak out because now I know my sister delivered early, statistically speaking, I have greater odds of it rather than it just being my Mom.
So, anyone who reads my blog knows that Braxton Hicks contractions are and have been part of my daily life for months...not weeks, months!
I am 33 weeks 5 days today. Tomorrow Endrit and I are going to Shelley to see Ike back from Iraq. It will be so fun to see the family. And, we think it will be the last time I can travel that long of a distance (in all honesty, I had to convince Endrit to go at all because of being so far along with the issues I have had with pregnancy). I see my brother Fred (Phillip, Warren, Smith) come back at the airport next week (so excited!). I wouldn't have been able to go anywhere if Fred wasn't flying into SLC...I can do a 5 minute drive.
So, since there is ample evidence that I COULD come early, I am imposing 2 more weeks of bed rest starting at 35 weeks. I won't do ANYTHING until I am 37 weeks.
I know that Marsi can be perfectly happy and not coming until she is overdue. That is a possibility that I am thinking about too, but in order to deliver where I would like, preventative measures will be taken to offset the genetic component of this. Oh, and the contractions are just getting more frequent and painful, so...there is another reason why I fear her coming just a bit too soon!!
Reason for my freak out is that I have to make it to 37 weeks to deliver where I would like. I thought, easy peasy...then I went into labor at 29 weeks. Okay, I am going to need to be careful.
I thought my mom delivered the twins at 30 weeks, Phillip at 37 weeks and the rest of us at 36 weeks. Well, I guess I have a brother that was born at 35 weeks as well. oops. Then my mom told me that my sister delivered at 35 weeks. Yeah, I started to freak out because now I know my sister delivered early, statistically speaking, I have greater odds of it rather than it just being my Mom.
So, anyone who reads my blog knows that Braxton Hicks contractions are and have been part of my daily life for months...not weeks, months!
I am 33 weeks 5 days today. Tomorrow Endrit and I are going to Shelley to see Ike back from Iraq. It will be so fun to see the family. And, we think it will be the last time I can travel that long of a distance (in all honesty, I had to convince Endrit to go at all because of being so far along with the issues I have had with pregnancy). I see my brother Fred (Phillip, Warren, Smith) come back at the airport next week (so excited!). I wouldn't have been able to go anywhere if Fred wasn't flying into SLC...I can do a 5 minute drive.
So, since there is ample evidence that I COULD come early, I am imposing 2 more weeks of bed rest starting at 35 weeks. I won't do ANYTHING until I am 37 weeks.
I know that Marsi can be perfectly happy and not coming until she is overdue. That is a possibility that I am thinking about too, but in order to deliver where I would like, preventative measures will be taken to offset the genetic component of this. Oh, and the contractions are just getting more frequent and painful, so...there is another reason why I fear her coming just a bit too soon!!
9/5/11
33 weeks
How far along? 33 weeks
Baby is the size of a: pinapple (19ish in. long and 4.9ish lbs)
Total weight gain/loss: up a little more. I am above my pre pregnancy weight so I am now just trying not to balloon the last few weeks.
Sleep: What does this word mean?
Best moment this week: finding a shirt that I love.
Movement: She is getting a little more cramped. I still feel kicks sometimes, mostly it is just her trying to stretch her environment a little.
What I miss: being able to breathe normally.
What I am looking forward to: Holding her in my arms.
Milestones: I don't know...I haven't gone into labor again! That is pretty good...4 more weeks and she will be considered full term.
Symptoms: Aches and pains.
Baby is the size of a: pinapple (19ish in. long and 4.9ish lbs)
Total weight gain/loss: up a little more. I am above my pre pregnancy weight so I am now just trying not to balloon the last few weeks.
Sleep: What does this word mean?
Best moment this week: finding a shirt that I love.
Movement: She is getting a little more cramped. I still feel kicks sometimes, mostly it is just her trying to stretch her environment a little.
What I miss: being able to breathe normally.
What I am looking forward to: Holding her in my arms.
Milestones: I don't know...I haven't gone into labor again! That is pretty good...4 more weeks and she will be considered full term.
Symptoms: Aches and pains.
9/3/11
Kicking Below the Belt
If I remember right, in boxing, the belt is high because they don't want to have kidney punches. If not, oops, but I am going to use that analogy anyways. Endrit and I were sitting on the couch today watching the USC football game to see what the Utes have to deal with next week when Marsi woke up. Since she is in perfect birthing position she kicks at my back so I only feel a stretching sensation in the front of my belly. Then...I thought I was going to die!!! She kicked my left kidney. It hurt so much! I tried to move her, Endrit rubbed the area of my back that hurt. I wasn't expecting pain like that so it took me by complete surprise. But man...she is so strong and is just going to get stronger until she is out of me. My next hope, she runs out of room and can't do the big kicks anymore! I thought she was already out of room...my bad.
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