Wow, today I am 39 weeks and 6 days pregnant. Tomorrow is Abby's due date!! I've been trying to figure out WHERE the last nine months had gone?!?! It went so fast and what scares me is how fast it will continue to go once she gets here! Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away, and then Christmas will follow shortly after..crazy!
I got maternity pics done (37 weeks) with my sis Jen from Classy Capture Photography that I've added to here! Thanks again sis, I love them!
Last week at my 38 week appointment, Dr. Beller checked me and I was still only at 1/2 cm (if theres even such a thing lol) BUT I was really close to being completely effaced, so that made me feel a little better, ok some progress, I'll take it!
This week on Tuesday (11/9), I had another Doc appointment and I thought I was going to be checked again, but Dr. Beller was like, "well I will if you want me to, but it's really unnecessary since you've had no changes or contractions" So I was like ..ok... a little disappointed, but at the same time I agree with him, if it's not necessary, please don't do it lol! We have another appointment next Tuesday the 16 and if she isn't here by then we'll talk about inducing....! I told her it would be a lot easier if she would just come on her own before then lol, we'll see what she decides!
This whole week I've been going crazy thinking every little pain is the start of contractions. I was really crampy all week in the evenings so I kept getting excited thinking this is it, this is the night! But the crampiness would either go away, or not get any stronger.
Wednesday (11/10) we ended up going into the hospital because I was feeling kind of funny! About 7:00 that evening, I just got done eating dinner and my head just exploded with a pounding headache. It was so sudden and strong that it kind of freaked me out! I took two extra strength Tylenol and laid down on the coach. About 45 min later, my head became even worse and I started getting nauseous! My friends and family suggested I call my doc to make sure I was ok. I called my mom and asked her if this was really necessary, I'm like it's just a headache, she agreed with me, but said it wouldn't hurt to get checked out. So I called the on call doc and she said she also thought it was a headache because I didn't have any more symptoms related to preeclampsia, but she said she'd recommend me coming in anyways and get my blood pressure checked out just to be safe.
So I go and tell Justin the news and he got all worried and jumped up to help me get ready. The drive was torture, and you all who experience migraines KNOW what I'm talking about! Every bump in the road, every headlight, street light, noise etc just kept torturing me...and my nausea got worse, I was so scared of throwing up in the Miata lol! I'm sure Justin would forgive me, but man I'd feel horrible!! We got to the Hospital, McKenzie Willamette, and they took us up nto labor and delivery, I was very thankful because the ER was not very busy, but stressful, and we got to go hang out in the birthing suite and relax! :-) They turned all the lights off for me, had me lay on the bed and hooked me up to all their monitors. I loved hearing her heartbeat and the nurses were so fabulous, I was really relaxed and started feeling better. The nurse even brought me ice right away as if she's known me my whole life! :-) My blood pressure was normally low as usual, so she said we get to go home! I was like..well we're already here, can you just keep us?? I love McKenzie Willamette, I know a few of the nurses there, I've always had a good experiences with my sis' labors and now that I was a patient for a little bit it felt even better! I hope we can have Abby there...
Wait what? Why wouldn't we? WELL, according to our Doc, some tech staff at McKenzie Willamette are going on strike the 15,16, and 17 for better pay/benefits etc. SO if Abby comes on the 14 or later, we will probably be going to River Bend. Our Doc recommends us to go there otherwise we might not get the best of care at McKenzie. So we'll see what happens!
Yesterday, Thursday the 12, I finally told Mike and Shawn I was done working... the previous week I cut my hours and stopped working the afternoon shift and just came in in the AM. But that morning I was like..I should really be done.. I'm 39 weeks and 5 days pregnant, and I need to go home and get ready for Abby lol! I'm already missing work..weird huh? Well, I love my job..not ALL parts of it, but I really am happy there! I like seeing all the horses and some of the boarders daily and I love walking in the barn in the morning to have all the horses nicker and neigh at you. They all LOVE you at feeding time lol! However, I REALLY REALLY enjoyed sleeping in this morning...! I usually only have Mondays off and therefore only slept in once a week..if I could, so this morning was nice! I was even able to make my hubby lunch this morning which I haven't done in a while.
I've tried a few things to get Abby to come out lol! I took my dog Izzy for a walk and we played ball at the park, nothing, I cleaned the entire house and did laundry, nothing and then decided to try the "eating spicy foods" myth to help move her along. So last night, Justin and I got four tacos from Jack In The Box, those are really spicy for me, so I was like ok this will either help to get things going, OR give me extreme heartburn lol! I decided chance it! Well four tacos later..nothing but a little bit of heartburn. :-) Other things have been tried too, but she just can't be rushed. She will come on her own time and I will have to accept this lol!
I've decided that God is teaching me patience through this! :-) Psalm 37:7 "Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for him." Ok, I understand! I got it! Can she come now?!?! haha!
Here are just some things I've thought of that I'm looking forward to and not!
Things I'm looking forward to:
-Holding and kissing my baby girl!
-Seeing Justin be a Daddy!
-RIDING!!! I'm dyeing to get back in the saddle...!!!!
-Starting my horse TrisKit under saddle..she will be 3 years old soon and she needs to be worked!!
-Celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas with our little girl!
-Picking out a Christmas tree with Abby!! (I don't know why I'm sooo excited about this, but I really really am!)
Things I'll miss:
-Her moving inside of me in general!
-Her hiccups! :-)
-Her stretching from top to bottom, lol, weirdest feeling ever..!
-Her being shy about moving for others lol!! Grandma Porter felt you once! :-)
-Her responding to me pushing on her, we once played for about 10 min of me pushing her foot in and then her pushing it back out! She really didn't like it when I scratched my belly and responded by pulling her foot in fast and then slowly trying to stick it back out!! LOL! Loved it!!
-Hearing her heartbeat each week at our doc visits!
-I will miss sleep!
2 comments:
Love it! You're such a great mom already!!!
Since I've never reached the point you're at (Evie was 13 days early and Eden 12), it's impossible for me to relate to the anxious waiting. However, I know what you mean about things to look forward to and things you'll miss. We are looking forward to meeting little Abby!!
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