The Tease

What’s been annoying lately is that I am having contractions but I’m not really progressing that I know of. The contractions sometimes hurt and depending on how the baby is either are regular contractions or back labor. I’m having other “issues” that go with labor as well that are TMI and doubt anyone really wants to know about. LOL!

I was worried about the size of the baby but the doctor says she’s not concerned. On Monday she felt around and says the baby feels normal sized. She did say, “If you can’t pass the baby then we’ll just section you.” I said, “Yeah that’s my worry. I can’t do a c-section. I have a 4 year old at home and the recovery from a vaginal birth is a whole lot easier.” She kind of blew me off. I mean obviously I know that if I can’t pass the baby for whatever reason, c-section is really the only option but I seriously hope it doesn’t come to that.

I think though no matter the size of this baby I will be able to birth her vaginally. Notice how I don’t say naturally. I think that’s offensive to say that c-sections aren’t natural. No one wants a c-section (well some do but I think  those are people who don’t know what they’re asking for) and many who get c-sections are doing so for the safety of themselves and their child. That’s natural to me.

Anyhow I think I’ll be able to “pass” a baby of any size really because frankly it feels like my hips and pelvis have detached from the rest of my body. LOL! I think I’m a lot more “flexible” than I was with Kaylee. Every joint hurts in my legs and lower torso so I take that to mean I will be able to “expand” as needed.

I do take some comfort in the fact that I am almost 38 weeks. I never made it to 37 weeks with Kaylee. And she came early because she was sick. So our belief is that this baby isn’t sick and thus in no hurry to be born. I seriously hope this is the case. And with the doctor saying the size of the baby isn’t big, which I know wasn’t so for Kaylee, I remember clearly the appointment two days before I went into labor with her the surprised look on the doctors face over her growth, and also the fact that she hasn’t come out yet, I think she’s going to be healthy. But healthy vibes are appreciated as well.

After the baby is born I’m going to be writing three articles on the experience. I’m trying my best to make some extra money with what I can do, which is writing. I can usually BS any paper but writing articles is a completely different experience, and you really can’t and shouldn’t try to BS an article. I’m sort of hoping to get into the freelance writing thing.

I’m also thinking of revamping this blog. I want to basically turn it into a money maker if possible. Not sure how to do that, I’d have to cut back on the personal life thing and focus more on certain subjects. I mean I’m going to be breastfeeding for the first time ever so I could chronicle that adventure and the adventures of a newborn. I’ll have to figure it out though. I think the main thing is reaching people and getting hits up on my site. Then I can add advertisements on the site.

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Can this come already…

Seriously things are really going downhill on the pregnancy front. I drink tons of water but apparently enough, doctor says it’s probably because of it being hot out. Then I increase my water intake and have extreme heartburn. Even Pepcid AC can’t block all of the heartburn. But it does help so that’s good. I’m going to take the Pepcid daily now in the hopes that it prevents heartburn in general.

Then I’m excessively tired. This might be part dehydration or just might be pregnancy in general. I can’t stand for long periods of time or walk around without getting totally winded. It’s too bad because I really wanted to go to the Cajun Festival today but I don’t think I could do it without feeling like I am going to pass out. Oddly enough this sort of feeling started at church on Sunday because I stood for the worship part.

I’m shaky but I think this is just a byproduct of the extreme heartburn I had yesterday and thus couldn’t eat as I would have liked. I wonder how I’m going to do the grocery shopping. I typically do it by myself because it’s quicker that way, but I’m a bit worried. Although if I skip church and do shopping instead I might be able to get it done without an issue.

Other than that being in pain all the time is just normal. LOL!

It’s just so odd because I didn’t have these issues with Kaylee at all.

Here’s something for fun:

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We’re coming to the end…

And my patience is running thin. I’ve officially gone “Crazy Pregnant Woman”. LOL!

Anything and everything is annoying. There are days where I just want to pull out my hair. It’s hard to control it as well. I try but sometimes you feel like you have to go ahead and just yell or release or else you’ll crack and go insane.

But I’m seriously ready for this pregnancy to be over. Friday I’ll see the doctor and we’ll talk about how large the baby is and what the plan is. I don’t necessarily like inducing early but I’d like to also birth this baby. LOL!

So that’s my complaining post of the day. I’m miserable, falling asleep in the middle of the day (this is not normal at all), tired, out of breath all the time, and in pain. But we’re almost done. So just a few more weeks to complain. LOL!

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Are we there yet…

The being insanely tired at the end of pregnancy has kicked in for me. It comes and goes though. For instance I was good this morning. Around noon I was insanely tired. Then it got better, then after dinner insanely tired. Now I’m back to being okay. I don’t nap or anything, mainly cause Kaylee doesn’t nap. So I’m not sure why the energy comes and goes. Perhaps that’s when the Braxton Hicks kick in and those tire me out?

Last night I put Kaylee to bed and told her that if she wakes up to go to the potty and then get back in bed and wait for one of us to come in. Said not to come into our room. Now I only meant if she were to wake up at like 2am. She took it literally though. She woke up about 6:45am and although she didn’t stay in her room she did not come into ours. Instead she played quietly in the living room and her room for about 40 minutes before I said she could come in.

It was nice to be able to sleep in until 7:30ish. Well not sleep in because obviously I was up at 6:45 but I was able to continue to rest. Last night wasn’t the best of nights for sleep. I was cramping up (not anything baby related) so I didn’t sleep very well. That shouldn’t be an issue tonight though. Hopefully.

I ordered Kaylee’s cupcakes for her birthday party. White cake, pink frosting, red sprinkles. She said that was perfect. How and when I’m going to be able to purchase the other food for her birthday is beyond me. I want to get most of it from Fresh and Easy, I think it might be cheaper to do so, but I’d literally have to do that the day before. And the day before I also have to spend cooking. I mean I guess I could technically do it while she’s at school. I don’t even know if I want to cook though. I have all these cute ideas, I wonder if perhaps I can still do them but purchase most of it pre-made. I’ll look into it for sure.

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My trip to L&D…

So today I went to Labor and Delivery because I was having consistent contractions. They hooked me up to the monitors and I was in fact having contractions but my cervix is totally sealed and not even ready to go so it was probably Braxton Hicks. They gave me a shot of something to stop them and then juice to drink. I thought I was drinking enough but apparently am not. So I’m going to have to increase my water intake. The discharge papers said I could resume normal activities as I feel fit. Oddly enough the minute I got back to “regular” activities the contractions came back. So I’m going to try my best to limit my activities (not that I do much). I have to work on my stress level as well. Kaylee can sometimes grate on my nerves so I have to learn to ignore it because that seems to set things off as well. I need to get more sleep and eat more as well, according to the doctor. I’m not sure how to do the sleeping more, but I guess I can eat more, just have to find stuff to eat. It’s the one thing of pregnancy I have an issue with. I just don’t feel like eating anything. Nothing is appealing and if nothing is appealing then I don’t see a need to eat it.

Labor and Delivery was nice though. Quiet and not much going on. We went through the labor questions they’ll ask when I go in for real. So I won’t have to do it then which is nice. What was most interesting was finding out that I’ve been having Braxton Hicks for quite some time just had no idea I was. What I thought was the baby moving (turning across my stomach) was in fact contractions. So that’s interesting.

I think the general consensus was that if they got worse or didn’t stop after a few hours then I should call the doctor again and go in to Labor and Delivery. But I could probably not worry about it unless I was having period like cramping, back pain, and it got progressively worse. We’ll see. I think now that I know what it is I won’t worry as much and they probably won’t come on as they did today. I think today may have been a combo of not eating/drinking this morning, lots of walking, and stressing out over it in general.

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