32 weeks today...only about 8 weeks to go!
I had my appointment on Wednesday. I gained 4.8 pounds since my last appointment, so my weight gain seems to be right on track (I've really worried that I haven't been gaining enough with this pregnancy...I'm up 20.8 pounds, though, so I should definitely hit the 25-35 pound goal). My blood pressure is still PERFECT which is an absolute shock and blessing. I'm sure the stress of Hazen's upcoming deployment and not knowing if Ian would be born before he left had an influence on that last time, though.
I forgot to ask what position she is in, which really frustrates me. I think I'm going to start some of the "spinning babies" exercises anyway. Couldn't hurt, even if she is head down, right? The things I feel are odd, and I just can't figure out what I'm feeling. Her hiccups are extremely low in my abdomen, just above my pelvis. I can feel a lump at the top of my uterus, but haven't been able to figure out if it's her head or her bottom. Supposedly if you push on the head, that will be the only thing to move. If you push on the bottom, the entire body will move. I have a stubborn baby, and if I push on it, nothing moves. I also have some body part wrapped around my right side which is not comfortable. It's long and hard, so I'm guessing a leg or an arm. But I really have no idea.
I am feeling nervous about a c-section. I don't know why I'm feeling that way this time...the thought never even crossed my mind with Little Man. I'm hoping that my worry about it isn't some sign that it's going to happen. I am really wanting a "natural" birth this time...no labor inducing drugs, freedom to walk around, bounce on my ball, use the bathroom, no pain meds. So maybe that is increasing my worry that I'll need a c-section? Plus, the fact that we will be moving so shortly after her birth (she's due March 25...we are likely moving mid-late April) means that a c-section CAN NOT happen. I need to be able to drive, and so I think I'm worrying about that possibility, too. I need to take a breath and think positively...pheeeeew.
I'm ordering the last of my newborn-15 pounds diapers next week. I can't wait to get it ALL and take pictures of my entire stash. I have quite a bit already, but am missing some necessities (diaper covers, for example!). In my cart is 24 small GMD (Green Mountain Diapers) prefolds, 5 Thirsties Duo covers, two pail liners, pins, Snappis, one small AIO (all-in-one) Bum Genius, and two medium AIO Bum Genius. That combined with all the goodies I have (and my 13 one-size pockets that will be usable around 10 pounds) should have us mostly set with our diapers. So far, the grand total for cloth diapering is $319. I still need to get a few more pockets, and I will likely pick up some fitteds and more covers along the way, but since I have the VAST majority of my diapering supplies now (or will once I place next week's order!), I think it's safe to say that we will save a significant amount of money by using cloth over disposables. I am SO EXCITED to never have to think "do we need diapers?" when we walk into the grocery store.
My next appointment is February 23. At that point, I get my super fun GBS test done (yay) and will be checked for dilation. I cannot believe that at my next appointment, I am going to be checked. It just seems way too soon...I'm in complete denial that I am this close to being a mommy of two!
Friday, January 28, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
30 weeks!!
It's very exciting to hit the 30-week mark. It seems like things slowed down quite a bit once the holidays ended, but then I realized it's already mid-January...things are going to go fast now.
I'm feeling pretty well. The aches and pains are really picking up, sleeping is a joke since I'm up every 1-2 hours to either adjust position or pee, and the mood swings are starting to hit again (sorry, Babe!), but overall I'm doing fine. Nothing has me at that "I'm done" point, that's for sure. And I'm still not doing that silly thing pregnant women do where they think they'll get more sleep once the baby is out...I'm hoping I don't start to get that crazy thought again (definitely had it with Ian!).
Some pics of me (and one with my little man who isn't feeling well) today:
I am starting to hit panic-mode a little bit. I was a couple of weeks ago, but being in the 30 week range and knowing she could healthily come in as little as 7 weeks...eek! Still haven't bought her any clothing, poor thing, though I did find some really cute little newborn hoodies at Target that I'm going to pick up. Took everything I had to put them back down the other day. We're doing Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University and they were not in the budget...they are now, though. ;) Still have a few diapering necessities to pick up, too, but we are about ready for her in that regard.
I'm feeling pretty well. The aches and pains are really picking up, sleeping is a joke since I'm up every 1-2 hours to either adjust position or pee, and the mood swings are starting to hit again (sorry, Babe!), but overall I'm doing fine. Nothing has me at that "I'm done" point, that's for sure. And I'm still not doing that silly thing pregnant women do where they think they'll get more sleep once the baby is out...I'm hoping I don't start to get that crazy thought again (definitely had it with Ian!).
Some pics of me (and one with my little man who isn't feeling well) today:
I am starting to hit panic-mode a little bit. I was a couple of weeks ago, but being in the 30 week range and knowing she could healthily come in as little as 7 weeks...eek! Still haven't bought her any clothing, poor thing, though I did find some really cute little newborn hoodies at Target that I'm going to pick up. Took everything I had to put them back down the other day. We're doing Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University and they were not in the budget...they are now, though. ;) Still have a few diapering necessities to pick up, too, but we are about ready for her in that regard.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
28 weeks (well, almost)
I will be 28 weeks tomorrow...only +/- 12 weeks until we get to meet the Little Miss. I know it's going to go so quickly, it's almost scary.
Had my GTT test on the 28th (two days ago) and got my results at my appointment yesterday. I passed it with no problems (yay!) along with my other labwork (checked my iron and urine). My fundal height was 28, so perfect, I have gained 16lbs, bringing me up to 143, and Little Girl is breech. She still has plenty of time to turn, and she had better do it! I have until 36 weeks before they worry about it, so if at my next appointment (32 weeks) she is still facing the wrong way I will start the exercises to help get her in the right position. And I am so not opposed to asking for an awful, painful external version to attempt to turn her and avoid a c-section...though hopefully it doesn't come to that!
I have realized that I really need to get on the ball and start purchasing things for her arrival. We have most of the big stuff--place for her to sleep, carseat, etc--but the smallest article of clothing we have is 6 months. So I really need to get her some clothes. I have no real excuse...there are plenty of newborn+ lots on Craigslist and braggyardsales for very reasonable prices, I just haven't bothered to inquire about any of them yet. I need to make sure the clothes are for the right season-Spring/Summer-since we'll be here in North Carolina when she is born and then head off to Texas in April. Both places get very warm very early, and stay very warm for a very long time.
I also haven't gotten any of my birthing supplies. I need my exercise ball, nursing nightgown(s), some more wool socks, Depends (if you haven't given birth, trust me...Depends are a good buy!)...I think that's about it. I need to load up my IPod with labor friendly music, too.
So my goal over the next four weeks is to order the last couple of things I need for newborn diapering, to buy her newborn-3 months clothing, to pick out her coming home outfit, and to get my birthing supplies ready. She's going to be here so soon!
Had my GTT test on the 28th (two days ago) and got my results at my appointment yesterday. I passed it with no problems (yay!) along with my other labwork (checked my iron and urine). My fundal height was 28, so perfect, I have gained 16lbs, bringing me up to 143, and Little Girl is breech. She still has plenty of time to turn, and she had better do it! I have until 36 weeks before they worry about it, so if at my next appointment (32 weeks) she is still facing the wrong way I will start the exercises to help get her in the right position. And I am so not opposed to asking for an awful, painful external version to attempt to turn her and avoid a c-section...though hopefully it doesn't come to that!
I have realized that I really need to get on the ball and start purchasing things for her arrival. We have most of the big stuff--place for her to sleep, carseat, etc--but the smallest article of clothing we have is 6 months. So I really need to get her some clothes. I have no real excuse...there are plenty of newborn+ lots on Craigslist and braggyardsales for very reasonable prices, I just haven't bothered to inquire about any of them yet. I need to make sure the clothes are for the right season-Spring/Summer-since we'll be here in North Carolina when she is born and then head off to Texas in April. Both places get very warm very early, and stay very warm for a very long time.
I also haven't gotten any of my birthing supplies. I need my exercise ball, nursing nightgown(s), some more wool socks, Depends (if you haven't given birth, trust me...Depends are a good buy!)...I think that's about it. I need to load up my IPod with labor friendly music, too.
So my goal over the next four weeks is to order the last couple of things I need for newborn diapering, to buy her newborn-3 months clothing, to pick out her coming home outfit, and to get my birthing supplies ready. She's going to be here so soon!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
99 Days!
That's right, double digits--the lil' miss is due in 99 short days! I know it will be here so much faster than I realize!
Some pictures of the belly to remember this awesome day (and my sweet little boy had to be in on the action, of course):
This week has been PAINFUL. I've gotten all sorts of pregnant comments, some that I mentioned in a previous post, so apparently all that pain has been the little one and I growing. Ouch!
My belly button is doing the "super cute" thing it did with Ian--the top half is popping out while the bottom stays in/flat. I think I'd prefer if the entire thing could decide to do one thing or the other, but oh well.
Here is the first, and currently only, little girl thing I have bought:
If she's like her mommy and big brother, she is going to be bald. For a long time. And when she does have hair, it will be transparent...and short. Headwraps are a must. ;)
My diaper stash is almost complete, which is exciting! I just got 12 Bum Genius 3.0 one size pockets for $50...they are about $18/each new. They need the velcro replaced on them, but my sister-in-law is a fantastic sewer and has said she will do it for me. Hopefully it's an easy fix, but for a savings of almost $200 over buying new...well, even if I have to HAND SEW the velcro on there, it will be worth it.
Some pictures of the belly to remember this awesome day (and my sweet little boy had to be in on the action, of course):
This week has been PAINFUL. I've gotten all sorts of pregnant comments, some that I mentioned in a previous post, so apparently all that pain has been the little one and I growing. Ouch!
My belly button is doing the "super cute" thing it did with Ian--the top half is popping out while the bottom stays in/flat. I think I'd prefer if the entire thing could decide to do one thing or the other, but oh well.
Here is the first, and currently only, little girl thing I have bought:
If she's like her mommy and big brother, she is going to be bald. For a long time. And when she does have hair, it will be transparent...and short. Headwraps are a must. ;)
My diaper stash is almost complete, which is exciting! I just got 12 Bum Genius 3.0 one size pockets for $50...they are about $18/each new. They need the velcro replaced on them, but my sister-in-law is a fantastic sewer and has said she will do it for me. Hopefully it's an easy fix, but for a savings of almost $200 over buying new...well, even if I have to HAND SEW the velcro on there, it will be worth it.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
25 1/2 weeks
I don't know what happened, but 20 weeks hit and suddenly this pregnancy is FLYING. I'm sure Thanksgiving and Christmas had a little something to do with it. In less than three weeks, I will be in my third trimester--crazy!
I think Lil' Miss must have hit a growth spurt. I've been unsatiably hungry the last few days and yesterday Ian said to me "Wow, Mommy. Your belly is BIG". He hadn't said a thing about my belly until then, and now today he followed it up with "Your belly is getting really big. You can't drive? The baby is gonna come out?" I don't know where he came up with not driving, but he definitely made me smile--he can be pretty cute. ;)
I'm going to tell a secret: our front running name is Teagan Ella. I like it and I don't, and here are my reasons. 1. Teagan and Ian sound very similar. I'm imagining yelling at them for dinner/to stop fighting/to get off the dog/etc. It just doesn't flow well. 2. When we came up with Ian's name, I just knew--that's his name. Teagan hasn't hit me that way, at least not yet. It wasn't an instant "that's it" at all. 3. I'm getting my little girl. The name just doesn't seem "girly" enough, as silly as that probably is. Ella is non-negotiable--it's the name of my great-grandmother who passed away 5 years ago.
So, my "job" is to keep looking for names. But, so far, I haven't found anything I like more than Teagan. 3 months to keep looking...I'll figure it out.
In other news, I LOST one of my eBay auctions. I was so angry about it, too! I had been the top bidder for 2 days, I checked it one hour before it was up and I was still winning (by a lot...my max bid was $20 and we were only up to $15.50...where we had been for TWO DAYS), I go to the grocery store and then come home to find that I lost. Some sneaky woman snuck in there and stole my diaper covers. :p But, the good news is that I did win one. I got 14 barely used prefolds for $22.95 (that was with shipping). And then I found 12 more newborn, organic, prepped only (means they were washed several times to fluff them out and get them ready for use but never used) for $22 with shipping. So my 26 prefolds combined with my small all-in-ones and small pockets mean I am about set for the newborn stage--woo-hoo! Will probably need more covers, though, and I still need to make the supplies purchases--wipes, liners, wet bags, diaper pail, pins, Snappis, etc. But those don't count as newborn necessities...those will stick with us until this baby potty learns and until the next one (fingers crossed) does as well. ;)
I think Lil' Miss must have hit a growth spurt. I've been unsatiably hungry the last few days and yesterday Ian said to me "Wow, Mommy. Your belly is BIG". He hadn't said a thing about my belly until then, and now today he followed it up with "Your belly is getting really big. You can't drive? The baby is gonna come out?" I don't know where he came up with not driving, but he definitely made me smile--he can be pretty cute. ;)
I'm going to tell a secret: our front running name is Teagan Ella. I like it and I don't, and here are my reasons. 1. Teagan and Ian sound very similar. I'm imagining yelling at them for dinner/to stop fighting/to get off the dog/etc. It just doesn't flow well. 2. When we came up with Ian's name, I just knew--that's his name. Teagan hasn't hit me that way, at least not yet. It wasn't an instant "that's it" at all. 3. I'm getting my little girl. The name just doesn't seem "girly" enough, as silly as that probably is. Ella is non-negotiable--it's the name of my great-grandmother who passed away 5 years ago.
So, my "job" is to keep looking for names. But, so far, I haven't found anything I like more than Teagan. 3 months to keep looking...I'll figure it out.
In other news, I LOST one of my eBay auctions. I was so angry about it, too! I had been the top bidder for 2 days, I checked it one hour before it was up and I was still winning (by a lot...my max bid was $20 and we were only up to $15.50...where we had been for TWO DAYS), I go to the grocery store and then come home to find that I lost. Some sneaky woman snuck in there and stole my diaper covers. :p But, the good news is that I did win one. I got 14 barely used prefolds for $22.95 (that was with shipping). And then I found 12 more newborn, organic, prepped only (means they were washed several times to fluff them out and get them ready for use but never used) for $22 with shipping. So my 26 prefolds combined with my small all-in-ones and small pockets mean I am about set for the newborn stage--woo-hoo! Will probably need more covers, though, and I still need to make the supplies purchases--wipes, liners, wet bags, diaper pail, pins, Snappis, etc. But those don't count as newborn necessities...those will stick with us until this baby potty learns and until the next one (fingers crossed) does as well. ;)
Sunday, December 12, 2010
New addiction--eBay
I am trying very hard to buy my newborn diaper stash used. Based on Ian's size at birth, I don't expect newborn prefolds/covers to fit Little Girl for more than 6-8 weeks...tops. I've been checking diaperswappers several times a day for the prefolds I want. I just read on another board that they are hard to get used for a couple of reasons: 1. Everybody loves them so much they don't sell them, and 2. When somebody does sell them there are about 40 mamas trying to get to them. I've thought I was "first" trying to get a couple dozen, but the stinking site won't let me PM so I'm pretty sure I'm missing out by having to post on the thread. I'm getting frustrated. The only ones I seem to stand a chance at are the ones I complained about before--the used ones that cost as much or more than the new ones.
So, I wandered over to eBay. I am currently the top bidder for three newborn Thirsties covers at $15.50 (they are $11/each new--auction ends in 6 hours), and 12 GMD newborn prefolds plus two size small Swaddlebees prefolds at $11.50 (they are $21 for the GMD new...dont' know the price of the Swaddlebees--auction ends in 9 hours). I've been the leader for a couple of days, so hoping no one comes in and scoops these up! :)
Buying cloth diapers is fun. Buying them for a good price is much MORE fun. ;)
So, I wandered over to eBay. I am currently the top bidder for three newborn Thirsties covers at $15.50 (they are $11/each new--auction ends in 6 hours), and 12 GMD newborn prefolds plus two size small Swaddlebees prefolds at $11.50 (they are $21 for the GMD new...dont' know the price of the Swaddlebees--auction ends in 9 hours). I've been the leader for a couple of days, so hoping no one comes in and scoops these up! :)
Buying cloth diapers is fun. Buying them for a good price is much MORE fun. ;)
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
24 Weeks-VIABILITY!
If baby were born now, she would have about a 40% chance of survival. And since I'm closer to 25 weeks than 24 weeks at this point (oops), she is actually nearing a 50% chance of surviving outside of the womb. Of course, we're hoping she spends at least another 12 weeks right where she is, getting big and strong and ready to come home with us.
I had my 24-week appointment last week. I am now GAINING weight, so everyone is happy. My weight gain is following Ian's almost exactly. I started at 127 3/4 with him, and was at 136 3/4 at 24 weeks. This time, I started at 127 even and was at 136 even...so exactly 9 pounds gained at 24 weeks with both babies. I think I'm on track for another 30 pound pregnancy, which is just perfect. If I continue following my Ian pattern, I will gain another 6 pounds between now and December 29 (my 28 week appointment). Doc said to just keep doing what I'm doing--I'm healthy and my weight is perfect. Yay!
Fundal height was exactly 24cm, so also perfect. Blood pressure is still normal, I'm very thankful for that. I was actually surprised to have good BP since I had spent 20 minutes looking for a spot before parking on an unmarked curb, practically running to the entrance, then being angry because I was not checking in 15 minutes early, but right on time...on the day I had to get out of there on time to pick Ian up from school to avoid a $1/minute late charge. And of course they took my BP within two minutes of walking in, so I was sure it would be out of control.
Next appointment is the 29th, and on the 27th or 28th I have to do my GTT (glucose tolerance test) and some labwork to make sure my iron and all that is normal. The third trimester is creeping up--just over three weeks to go! It actually starts on hubby's birthday, the 31st, so that will be an exciting day. :)
And now, the belly:
I am losing my belly button...it is going flat on me, so I know it's only a matter of time before it pokes out. Uterus is almost to my ribs, so in the next few weeks I should start to pop out and really show...takes a little longer with my long torso. ;) I was about 28 weeks when people started to really notice I was pregnant with Ian, so I'm expecting to "pop" right around then this time, too.
I had my 24-week appointment last week. I am now GAINING weight, so everyone is happy. My weight gain is following Ian's almost exactly. I started at 127 3/4 with him, and was at 136 3/4 at 24 weeks. This time, I started at 127 even and was at 136 even...so exactly 9 pounds gained at 24 weeks with both babies. I think I'm on track for another 30 pound pregnancy, which is just perfect. If I continue following my Ian pattern, I will gain another 6 pounds between now and December 29 (my 28 week appointment). Doc said to just keep doing what I'm doing--I'm healthy and my weight is perfect. Yay!
Fundal height was exactly 24cm, so also perfect. Blood pressure is still normal, I'm very thankful for that. I was actually surprised to have good BP since I had spent 20 minutes looking for a spot before parking on an unmarked curb, practically running to the entrance, then being angry because I was not checking in 15 minutes early, but right on time...on the day I had to get out of there on time to pick Ian up from school to avoid a $1/minute late charge. And of course they took my BP within two minutes of walking in, so I was sure it would be out of control.
Next appointment is the 29th, and on the 27th or 28th I have to do my GTT (glucose tolerance test) and some labwork to make sure my iron and all that is normal. The third trimester is creeping up--just over three weeks to go! It actually starts on hubby's birthday, the 31st, so that will be an exciting day. :)
And now, the belly:
I am losing my belly button...it is going flat on me, so I know it's only a matter of time before it pokes out. Uterus is almost to my ribs, so in the next few weeks I should start to pop out and really show...takes a little longer with my long torso. ;) I was about 28 weeks when people started to really notice I was pregnant with Ian, so I'm expecting to "pop" right around then this time, too.
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