38 Weeks, Home Stretch!

Well I am now 38 Weeks plus a couple days pregnant and I am D.O.N.E.!  Back when we were trying so desperately to get pregnant I would hear or see pregnant woman complaining near the end about how miserable they were.  How they were sore or tired and just didn't wanna be pregnant anymore and it would annoy me to no end.  I would be angry that they were complaining about being pregnant, something I couldn't do!  But not anymore.  NOW I get it!  I am freaking MISERABLE.  My entire body aches, especially when Lucas moves.  Oh god when he moves it hurts sooo bad.  It makes my back spasm every single time.  I can't sleep more than 1 or 2 hour stretches at night without having to get up to pee or just readust in the bed.  I am exhausted.  I fully intend to go to my doctor appointment today and BEG to be induced next week.  And when I say beg, I mean shamelessly beg.  Tears and all if need be to get what I want.  Okay, so enough of the bad and on to the good!  We are ready!  We have his room all set except for hanging a few decorations..  We picked up the glider half price at BRU on Black Friday, which was our last big thing we needed.  We have drawers and closets full of clothes and diapers.  Car seat is installed and inspected.  We are READY for him!!  Here is what What to Expect has to say about this coming week:

Coming down to the wire, your baby weighs around seven to eight pounds and measures 19 to 21 inches. Those measurements won't change much from now on, but his brain is still growing at an astonishing rate, a pace that will continue for the first three years of life. His pink skin has now turned whitish (even babies who'll eventually have darker skin appear whitish now — they haven't yet developed pigment). His head may have dropped into your pelvis by now, which makes your breathing easier but walking harder.

I will update later today after my appointment with how I make out with my begging!  LOL  :)



36 Weeks Plus a Couple Days. :)

I am now 36 weeks and a few days pregnant.  In 4 days I will be considered "full term".  That is quite exciting!!! According the What to Expect App on my phone the baby is as big as a small watermelon this week. YIKES!!  They also have this to say about the coming week:

With just three more weeks to go and at about six and a half pounds (though weight and height vary from fetus to fetus), your baby is doing just fine. You can expect weight gain to be about half an ounce per day. (Boys, though, are likely to be heavier at birth than girls. And here's a bit of boy baby trivia to back that one up: Moms carrying boys tend to eat more than moms carrying girls — a foreshadowing of teenage refrigerator raids to come.)  Since your little one is considered full-term at 37 weeks pregnant, if your baby was to leave the wet nest this week, he or she would likely thrive. That's because Mother Nature and you have done such a fine job. 

  

So what's keeping your little one busy while waiting it out until D-day? Practice, practice, practice. Your baby is simulating breathing by inhaling and exhaling amniotic fluid, sucking on his or her thumb, blinking, and pivoting from side to side (one day you feel the tushy on the left side, another day it has swung around to the right side). All these are skills needed for his or her next gig  — starring as newborn.

Here's an interesting fact: Your baby's head (which, by the way, is still growing) will, at birth, be the same size circumference as his or her hips, abdomen, and shoulders. And guess what's making an impression (literally) these days on those shoulders and hips: fat — causing little dimples in those cute elbows and knees, shoulders and hip, and creases and folds in the neck and wrists.

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I had my 36 week appt today and Lucas is doing good.  HB is a good rate BUT it appears he might now be heads UP instead of sideways, argh!!  :(  I have to have an ultrasound next Monday and if he is, we will be talking about either a version, which I do NOT want or a C=Section, which I'm not really thrilled about either.  Needless to say I am hoping we are wrong or that he turns his little tush around by next week!  I have been having some feelings that I couldn't tell what they were.  Not painful enough for contractions, but lasting too long to be Braxton Hicks.  The whole top of my tummy will get ROCK hard like a BH but last for like 20-30 minutes at a time.  The doctor said today they are muscle spasms being caused by Lucas moving around.. LOL


Last week I had a nasty cold, which turned into an even nastier sinus infection, the first I have ever had!  I am on antibiotics and feeling MUCH better so that is good..  I swear I woke up last Friday feeling like someone hit me in the face with a baseball bat, it hurt SOO bad. :(


Gary and I are getting so excited to meet Lucas, we just can't wait til he comes!!  Please let the next few weeks pass quickly!!

35 Weeks Pregnant :)

So I am officially 35 weeks pregnant today. :)  Baby is now the size of a honeydew melon and What to Expect has this to say about the coming week:

Forget your aching back (and everything else!) by trying to focus on your baby, who is now about six pounds and 20 inches long, with soft bones and cartilage to allow a safer journey through the exit door. Most of his systems (from circulatory to musculoskeletal) are ready for prime time, though his digestion system — which has done only practice runs so far — will kick into gear as he takes his first suckle at the breast or bottle.

Lucas is getting so big now it is starting to HURT a bit when he moves alot.  Feet in my ribs, head in the side of my pelvis, it is just getting uncomfy and I still have 5 weeks left!!  He is still technically transverse and if he doesn't turn so he can "drop down" into my pelvis I am really gonna be hurting soon, I already can't breathe half the time.. :(  Not to mention if he doesn't turn I will be looking at a C-Section which I would like to avoid if possible!  So I have been doing some little exercises that are supposed to help, I guess we shall see if it works. LOL  His room is mostly done except hanging decorations and getting a few last minute things.  We will be installing the car seat base this week and then on the 17th Gary will be taking it to get inspected. On the 11th I have my breastfeeding class and on the 18th we have a "baby steps to childcare" class that teaches silly basics like diapering and bathing, etc.  I figured it couldn't hurt, right!?  After checking out our clothing supplies we noticed we were low on sleepers in 0-3 mos size so today we went to Kohls and bought some more, plus some outfits so I think we are good on clothes.  We don't have alot in newborn size because I still think he is going to be close to 8 pounds when he is born so I would rather wait and have to buy it later than have too much.. :)  I think that is about all that is going on.. My next OB appt is at 36 weeks and then it is weekly after that.  I have a feeling this next month is gonna fly!! :)


Here is my 35 Week Picture. :)

Happy 35/35 to me!

That is right, I am 35 weeks pregnant and 35 days to go, holy cow!  LOL  I can't believe how fast the time is flying now!  As promised, here are some pictures of the going on's lately. :)

These are from the 3D US.  Like I said, he was sucking on his hands most of the time so was hard to get good pics..

This first one his fingers look like they are up his nose. LOL

 This one is a little blurry but at least his hand was down more by his chin.. LOL

 This one makes me sad, cuz he looks so sad! :(

And here are a few random shower shots. :)

This is all of Lucas's gifts, not including gift cards, which I still need to use up yet! :)

And here is the wall decal we finally put up over the crib. :)

I will come back tomorrow to do an official 35 week post including a picture of my huge ass belly.. I can't believe I still have 5 weeks to bake, I have no idea if I have more room!!  LOL

Yup I'm a Slacker!

Cuz I have totally been neglecting this blog!  So much has been going on that it just slipped my mind!  Let's see in the time since I last posted we:

• Got the crib and got it all set up
• Had our baby shower and got LOTS of awesome gifts!!
• Had our 3D Ultrasound, which was very cool, but little booger didn't want to cooperate and was hiding behind his hands most of the time
• Tammy came out to visit for the baby shower, woohoo!
• Umm, had an unfortunate spike in BP and ended up in L&D for a full afternoon for monitoring
• Found out just yesterday I do NOT have Pre-E according to all my labs, so just higher bp at this point
• Also found out yesterday that little Lucas will not be so little if we go full term.  He is measuring 8 days ahead and 5 pounds 11 oz already!  (which means he already weighs more than Gary did FULL term and almost as much as I did when I was born too, although I was a little early, crazy!)

See what I mean, lots going on!!  :)

So, I am now 34 weeks pregnant.  According to my What to Expect App on my phone the baby is a big as a large cantalope this week. LOL  They also have this to say:

Your baby is standing tall (so to speak) this week at about 20 inches and continues his steady weight gain (he’s about 5.5 pounds). While he won't get much longer, he will continue to pack on the pounds — including large amounts of baby fat — right up 'til delivery day. Something else that's moving at a mind-boggling pace these day: fetal brain development! There’s a lot going on inside that tiny head, which is, by the way, still soft to allow an easier exit through the birth canal.

I have 3d pics and shower pics to post, but can't do it from work, so I will be posting those up in the next couple days! :)