Yesterday we had a bit of a scare. At 9:30 PM I started to feel these really weird shaking feelings. At first I just thought they were fast kicks, or fast hiccups or something but then I started to have a lot of braxton hicks contractions really close together so I started to worry. When I called the doctor he said I should have no more then 6 braxton hicks contractions an hour and told me to meet him at the hospital so he could monitor me to make sure I wasn't headed for pre-term labor. That's about the time I started to freak out.
Jeff & I went to the hospital. He took a urine sample, monitored the baby with this machine that wrapped around my belly, and then we had an ultrasound. Everything looked normal and he wasn't concerned about anything so we got sent home at midnight. I was 4.5 cm dialated. The doctor blamed stress. I just read this on the internet:
"Studies have found an association between high levels of stress and preterm birth. The theory is that severe stress can lead to the release of hormones that can trigger uterine contractions and preterm labor."
The baby is 4 lbs 11 oz - getting huge! She looked so squished in my belly on the ultrasound. I am relieved that everything is OK and I'm glad I went even though everything seemed fine because I know I would have worried myself silly all night long. I still woke up in the middle of the night and used the prenatal listener we bought to listen to her for a little while to make myself feel better. Now I'm exhausted and probably have a rough day ahead of me...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
32 Week Appointment & Cravings
We had another appointment yesterday and got to hear our little girl's heart beating (136), I absolutely love that sound! I measured at 32 cm. You should be within 2 cm of how many weeks pregnant you are, but I'm perfect. I also read online that this measurement is highly inaccurate because even the baby's position can throw it off.
My back is doing much better now that I'm seeing the chiropractor so that's a relief. I've been craving nothing but hot wings and chocolate milk lately which is absurd because I don't even like milk, I haven't been able to eat chicken the whole pregnancy, and the two really shouldn't go together... but I've finally mastered making my own hot wings. And by making, I mean putting hot sauce on frozen wings & putting them in the oven. They are awesome though. I've already gone through about 3 bags of the costco frozen chicken wings and I'm averaging about 2.5 gallons of milk a week... it's a little insane.
Right now I'm also in breast pump hell. I thought I was all set with the one I picked out until Jeff & I went to a breastfeeding/breastpumping workshop last weekend. I've spent an incredible amount of time looking at comparisons between the Medela Pump In Style and the Avent Isis iQ Duo. The more reviews I read, the more confused I get, and the more I confuse Jeff talking about it. I originally thought I wanted the avent, ESPECIALLY because I've already decided to use avent bottles, which only makes it more convienent. But the woman at the breastfeeding workshop was a Medela advocate and got me second guessing myself. Now I just don't ever know how I'm going to decide between the two...
My back is doing much better now that I'm seeing the chiropractor so that's a relief. I've been craving nothing but hot wings and chocolate milk lately which is absurd because I don't even like milk, I haven't been able to eat chicken the whole pregnancy, and the two really shouldn't go together... but I've finally mastered making my own hot wings. And by making, I mean putting hot sauce on frozen wings & putting them in the oven. They are awesome though. I've already gone through about 3 bags of the costco frozen chicken wings and I'm averaging about 2.5 gallons of milk a week... it's a little insane.
Right now I'm also in breast pump hell. I thought I was all set with the one I picked out until Jeff & I went to a breastfeeding/breastpumping workshop last weekend. I've spent an incredible amount of time looking at comparisons between the Medela Pump In Style and the Avent Isis iQ Duo. The more reviews I read, the more confused I get, and the more I confuse Jeff talking about it. I originally thought I wanted the avent, ESPECIALLY because I've already decided to use avent bottles, which only makes it more convienent. But the woman at the breastfeeding workshop was a Medela advocate and got me second guessing myself. Now I just don't ever know how I'm going to decide between the two...
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Baby Shower, Nursery, & Back Pain
Lots going on all of a sudden! The baby shower was Sunday and it was great. We got everything on our registry except the breast pump and a whole mess of other things! We have more clothes than she will ever be able to wear and more blankets than she will ever be able to use. I did a little bit of returning and we will use that store credit to buy the breast pump. I wish I would have listened to everyone telling me not to buy anything until after the baby shower but I obviously couldn't wait because I'm so impatient. So baby stuff is now taking over the entire house. Oh well!
The crib was delivered on Tuesday and we set it up and it looks BEAUTIFUL! The nursery is complete. We got 2 gift cards at the baby shower that we will be using for decorations this weekend to add some pink to her room. We're still working on putting everything away but there's no way that we have enough room for everything we have. We might need to pick up some extra storage-type-organizer-things this weekend also.
Yesterday was rough. I woke up and got up to go to the bathroom and fell to the floor. I totally wasn't expecting the back pain. I couldn't even walk or put any kind of pressure on my left leg. I tried to not make a big deal out of it because I knew Jeff had an exam yesterday but quickly realized I couldn't do that. I couldn't even get out of bed. Jeff called the pregnancy chiropractor and even though his office was closed yesterday, he came in for an appointment with me. I'm a very lucky girl! We had to wait until 10:00 for his to get there though so Jeff also called our regular doctor and asked what he could do for me in the meantime. I told him I'd drive him to class and go to the chiropractor by myself but he wouldn't let me. He stayed right by my side the whole time. What an amazing man. He called his school and arranged to make up the class and the exam that afternoon, which worked out perfect. He took care of everything while I layed in bed.
The chiropractor told me that my sciatic nerve was severely inflamed on the left side - and also some other stuff that I didn't understand and don't remember. This is about the time that I remembered I hurt my lower back in track a few years back. He said that since the area was already weak from that, this pregnancy was really affecting that area. He did A LOT of adjusting and even showed Jeff the trigger points that he could massage that would help me and showed him how to do it. Since Jeff is going to school for massage thearapy right now he really enjoyed that. Our appointment took forever between the amount of stuff he did and the amount of talking he did with Jeff. I walked out in worse shape then I went in with Jeff practically carrying me but started to feel better gradually throughout the day. Today I'm limping, but at least I can put some pressure on my left leg. I think it's strange that it's only my left side that hurts, but I guess that's the side that I injured. I have another chiropractor appointment Saturday morning. Hopefully this pain won't last until she's born because it's pretty unbearable!
The crib was delivered on Tuesday and we set it up and it looks BEAUTIFUL! The nursery is complete. We got 2 gift cards at the baby shower that we will be using for decorations this weekend to add some pink to her room. We're still working on putting everything away but there's no way that we have enough room for everything we have. We might need to pick up some extra storage-type-organizer-things this weekend also.
Yesterday was rough. I woke up and got up to go to the bathroom and fell to the floor. I totally wasn't expecting the back pain. I couldn't even walk or put any kind of pressure on my left leg. I tried to not make a big deal out of it because I knew Jeff had an exam yesterday but quickly realized I couldn't do that. I couldn't even get out of bed. Jeff called the pregnancy chiropractor and even though his office was closed yesterday, he came in for an appointment with me. I'm a very lucky girl! We had to wait until 10:00 for his to get there though so Jeff also called our regular doctor and asked what he could do for me in the meantime. I told him I'd drive him to class and go to the chiropractor by myself but he wouldn't let me. He stayed right by my side the whole time. What an amazing man. He called his school and arranged to make up the class and the exam that afternoon, which worked out perfect. He took care of everything while I layed in bed.
The chiropractor told me that my sciatic nerve was severely inflamed on the left side - and also some other stuff that I didn't understand and don't remember. This is about the time that I remembered I hurt my lower back in track a few years back. He said that since the area was already weak from that, this pregnancy was really affecting that area. He did A LOT of adjusting and even showed Jeff the trigger points that he could massage that would help me and showed him how to do it. Since Jeff is going to school for massage thearapy right now he really enjoyed that. Our appointment took forever between the amount of stuff he did and the amount of talking he did with Jeff. I walked out in worse shape then I went in with Jeff practically carrying me but started to feel better gradually throughout the day. Today I'm limping, but at least I can put some pressure on my left leg. I think it's strange that it's only my left side that hurts, but I guess that's the side that I injured. I have another chiropractor appointment Saturday morning. Hopefully this pain won't last until she's born because it's pretty unbearable!
Friday, July 31, 2009
30 Weeks Doctor Appointment
Jeff & I had another doctor appoinment yesterday. I feel like I'm there all the time now that I'm going every 2 weeks. Over the last like 3 days I've had some serious pelvic pain. I asked him about it and he said that it's from the area stretching for the baby. He said now that the baby is head down I'm going to feel more & more "pressure" down there. I love how doctors sugarcoat everything for pregnant women. What I'm feeling is NOT pressure. Feels more like her skull grinding against my pelvic bone. Not comfortable at all. Good news is that he said the inital stretching is the worst & then it will get better.
BUT I measured perfectly, her heartbeat is beautiful, and all is well with our little girl. She wouldn't stop moving when the doctor was trying to measure my belly and he laughed & asked if she's always that active. I didn't realize she was more active then average but I guess she is. That's our girl :)
I've been stalking the tracking page ever since I got the tracking number for the crib. The estimated delivery is August 4th which I'm sure won't change so I don't know why I keep going to the tracking page like it's going to hurry up the delivery. So after the baby shower this weekend and the crib delivery on Tuesday all of her necessary items will be in place and then Jeff & I can just go shopping for fun stuff! I'm certainly looking forward to that :)
BUT I measured perfectly, her heartbeat is beautiful, and all is well with our little girl. She wouldn't stop moving when the doctor was trying to measure my belly and he laughed & asked if she's always that active. I didn't realize she was more active then average but I guess she is. That's our girl :)
I've been stalking the tracking page ever since I got the tracking number for the crib. The estimated delivery is August 4th which I'm sure won't change so I don't know why I keep going to the tracking page like it's going to hurry up the delivery. So after the baby shower this weekend and the crib delivery on Tuesday all of her necessary items will be in place and then Jeff & I can just go shopping for fun stuff! I'm certainly looking forward to that :)
Friday, July 24, 2009
29 Weeks
I don't want to say I've entered what everyone calls "the uncomfortable point" of pregnancy quite yet because I'm sure I'll only get more uncomfortable from now on, but I think I can safely say that I won't get any sleep for the rest of my pregnancy. By far my current biggest complaint is the fact that I just can't sleep. I can't nap & I can't sleep at night. Even if I'm exhausted by the time I get into bed, it still takes me forever to fall asleep and I wake up pretty much every hour from pain or having to pee. This makes me REALLY tired all day long. At work I find myself falling asleep at my desk and class is almost impossible to get through. My professor asked me if I was alright after class on Tuesday because I was falling asleep in his class.
On the other hand I'm getting super anxious. Throughout the pregnancy I've made a lot of pregnant friends and they are starting to give birth since most of them are ahead of me pregnancy-wise. I've been listening to their end of pregnancy struggles / birth stories and it just makes me very anxious to be where they are. I realize we aren't ready for our little girl quite yet, but it doesn't stop from making me want to meet her.
Jeff's mom also got us an iCrib which I didn't even know they made but it's AWESOME:
You can connect your ipod in the back of it and hang it on the crib. That little white thing on top is also a night light. So now I've got to put together an awesome baby playlist and load in on my ipod shuffle for her so it's all ready to sooth her to sleep :)
On the other hand I'm getting super anxious. Throughout the pregnancy I've made a lot of pregnant friends and they are starting to give birth since most of them are ahead of me pregnancy-wise. I've been listening to their end of pregnancy struggles / birth stories and it just makes me very anxious to be where they are. I realize we aren't ready for our little girl quite yet, but it doesn't stop from making me want to meet her.
Jeff's mom also got us an iCrib which I didn't even know they made but it's AWESOME:
You can connect your ipod in the back of it and hang it on the crib. That little white thing on top is also a night light. So now I've got to put together an awesome baby playlist and load in on my ipod shuffle for her so it's all ready to sooth her to sleep :)
We got the crib delivered but it was damaged. Jeff took it to Babies R Us and returned it a couple days ago. That box was so heavy, and I have no idea how he did that by himself or got it into and out of the car, but he did it. I just ordered the new crib on the phone. They gave me 10% off & free shipping for it being damaged & I also found a 15% off coupon for any crib, so I picked out a better crib. Actually I picked out 3 cribs and let Jeff pick out of those 3. He picked this one:
I love it & I think it will look great in the nursery - which is coming along quite nicely if I do say so myself :) Even though I bought the wrong paint, I used it and it looks great. Between the paint and the furniture it kind of has a boy theme, but I'm sure I can accessorize it girly. I'm also really pleased with how the glider looks in the room. We got it for free so it didn't match the furniture at all but the cushions match the trim PERFECTLY! I don't think I could have picked out a better match myself. I thought it would look bad in the room but it actually looks really good. So all that's left is to wait for the crib and then accessorize.
Yesterday Jeff was tapping on my stomach and the baby was tapping back to him which was really great to experience. Now that she can recognize patterns she can tap back exactly what he taps - as long as he doesn't make it too complicated :P
Monday, July 13, 2009
Baby Brain
Let me just tell you a little something about baby brain. It makes it just about impossible to function. I have never felt so stupid or made more mistakes in my life! Let's not even get into the mistakes I make at work, but let's just talk about my daily life. This weekend alone I spent a good two hours doing something only to realize that I shouldn't have done it at all, paid the same credit card bill twice instead of paying the 2 different ones, cooked a meal so wrong that I wound up having to throw it all out, bought the wrong color paint for the nursery, and somehow lost 5 baby socks. So now I have 5 single socks without their match. I still don't even know how that one happened. I'm constantly forgetting to do things, and if I don't forget about it, then I just mess it up. It's pretty frustrating. I never really understood the whole baby brain thing until I started to experience it, but I'm really starting to wonder how I get anything done!
When I got to work today 2 people mentioned that it looked like I had a belly growth spurt this weekend. I guess it's hard for me to see the gradual change but sometimes I look down at my stomach and I'm just amazed at how big it is and I have no recollection of it growing. It's pretty weird. I think I felt baby hiccups for the first time the other day which was pretty exciting!
When I got to work today 2 people mentioned that it looked like I had a belly growth spurt this weekend. I guess it's hard for me to see the gradual change but sometimes I look down at my stomach and I'm just amazed at how big it is and I have no recollection of it growing. It's pretty weird. I think I felt baby hiccups for the first time the other day which was pretty exciting!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
27 Weeks
Things are going ok for me. I'm excited to be in the third trimester but at the same time it's a little scary. Things are definitely starting to get real. The "baby brain" is really getting to me. I find it difficult to concentrate on anything and I'm constantly forgetting everything. Jeff & I took a tour of the hospital already but we did it so early that I think I'll want to go again in another month or so as a refresher and just to ask all of our new questions. I've already been feeling worse and I blame that on totally giving up on excersizing. I've been trying so hard to keep up with just a little bit every day but it's getting exhausting. Jeff & I did some serious grocery shopping this weekend so now I have all sorts of good stuff to eat. After we got back I spent the rest of the night chopping vegetables, cutting up fruit, and making a salad. Now our fridge is full of tupperware containers with stuff I can just grab & eat really quick which is exactly what I need.
In more exciting news, the baby shower is officially planned & ready to go for August 2nd. The best part is that I could schedule it for when Shelly will be in NJ so she can be there! The nursery is really coming along too! Jeff & I fixed the entire wall by ourselves and finished spackling the rest of the room. All we have left to do now is pick a color so Jeff can paint the walls since I can't paint while I'm pregnant. It makes me so happy to see her room so close to being ready. The only missing piece after the paint is the crib. I put the crib on the registry. It's a long shot since it's expensive but I figured I'd take a chance since Jeff & I can get 10% off anything left on the registry anyway. The glider does not really match the rest of the furniture but I don't think the baby will mind :)
In more exciting news, the baby shower is officially planned & ready to go for August 2nd. The best part is that I could schedule it for when Shelly will be in NJ so she can be there! The nursery is really coming along too! Jeff & I fixed the entire wall by ourselves and finished spackling the rest of the room. All we have left to do now is pick a color so Jeff can paint the walls since I can't paint while I'm pregnant. It makes me so happy to see her room so close to being ready. The only missing piece after the paint is the crib. I put the crib on the registry. It's a long shot since it's expensive but I figured I'd take a chance since Jeff & I can get 10% off anything left on the registry anyway. The glider does not really match the rest of the furniture but I don't think the baby will mind :)
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