Abbreviation trip

Well our trip this time wasn't to the ER but to L&D.

Yesterday morning at around 3:30 AM I was woken up with excruciating pain in my right pelvic area that shot up to my ribs. I almost screamed from the pain it was that bad! I held still until the pain went away and tried to go back to sleep. yeah, right! I was woken up again by the pain about an hour later. after the 3rd time of trying to go back to sleep I moved to the couch to watch TV and hope that I could fall asleep. I was sitting up and drifting to sleep so I started to lay down and the pain hit again! This time I almost passed out from holding my breath. I sat back up and got on the computer and held very very still. I started getting really light headed and felt very nauseated. I was going to try and take one of my Zofrans but was afraid to move and cause pain. Around 10:30 after a lot of advice to call my Dr, I called. I left a message with the Dr on call and she called me back almost instantly! She recommended we come in just to make sure everything was ok. We got there and they hooked me up to a monitor to track her heart beats and my contractions. Wouldn't you know that other than getting out of the car I didn't feel the pain the entire time we were there! ARGH! I laid on my back and was SO uncomfortable!!! but her heartbeat was fine and I had had a few mild contractions but nothing extreme. After about an hour they sent us home and said they think it could be more ligament pain. :( I had ligament pain around 22 weeksish and this was like the 3 days of ligament pain combined into 20-30 seconds of shooting pain. This also started a lot lower, nether regions, and came all the way to my ribs. The day before I had also felt 2 contractions up high that hurt like hell. But other than me being in pain, the usual, everything else was ok. The nurse gave me a belly band to help try and "hold everything in" so the ligaments weren't so loose. We came home and I sat on the couch and drifted off to sleep for about 30 min was all. Bed time I tried to lay down and almost died! The pain happens when I lay down!!! and mainly on my left side which is better for Charlie. Can't I get a break anywhere?! I tried laying on my right side and it hurt but not nearly as bad. Turning over is such a task... I get winded from holding my breath trying to move ever so slowly so I don't cause more pain.

I have another appt on Tuesday with my Dr's nurse midwife since he will be out of town. Not worried about that since I've met with her before.

The back pain this week has been killer as well! I've had back pain before but this is nuts! I don't even more and it hurts... and it's not just a "oh that hurt" it's an almost "drop you to the floor in pain" pain.

Again, I'm very glad she's still doing wonderful and growing but I'm very ready for her to be here and to be out of this constant pain!

nothing.. nada.. zilch... zero!!!

I was really hoping at our appointment today that there would be some progress to Charlie getting here! My hips have been killing me, and my back is aching so badly!!! I can't sleep, and I'm constantly in pain! I thought maybe all this pain meant that there was some dilating happening and we were getting close. NOPE! They checked my cervix and I'm not dilated at all!!! :( I know that keeping her in there as long as possible is the best, and that I shouldn't complain since it's so good that we've come this far... but it's hard to when I hurt like this! My Dr said with my condition that I was going to have more discomfort than what's usual but UGH... This sucks! :(

I can't wait for her to be here!!! her laundry is all done and everything is set and ready to go!!! I just need her to finish it all off :)

Jaime and Erica threw me a shower on Saturday and it was great! It was an open house so people could come and go as they pleased and I think it worked out great! We got some really great stuff for Charlie! Jaime made the cutest name blocks for her! I have it all set up for her :) Everyone has been so extremely generous to us and I appreciate it oh so much!!! It has been so great over the course of the showers to see all the friends and family I haven't seen in a while!

100th post! and 34 weeks!

40 days to go... 40! and that's if we go ALL the way! I'm honestly hoping for the end of January. I'd be happy with that. She'll be 37 weeks by then so she should be pretty much done cooking :)

My aunt MarDee and pretty much aunt Connie threw me a shower yesterday and it was amazing! I got to see a lot of the people I only generally get to see around Rodeo time and a few of my friends and family members. It turned out really REALLY good! Charlie is sure gonna be spoiled!!!! She's currently taking up more closet space than me and Taylor combined lol

I can't wait for her to get here and get to put on all these clothes! and then I can put what ever it is that I'm gonna need for her on a daily basis all put together and such.

She got 2 cute lady bugs to go in her crib, some adorable little Nike shoes, tons of clothes, amazing homemade blankets, and lots of goodies to last her at least a while :)

32 weeks!

And for lack of a better comparison I feel like Bella Swan with little Renesmee trying to rip out of me! every once in a while her kicks and punches feel like she's gonna bust right through! or she gets so low in my pelvic that it feel like she's gonna drop right out. lol

Update, results and growth

So we had our appointment today and it went GREAT! Charlie is right on track for growth!!! So awesome since before she was measuring a little small. They said my placenta is still large and odd but other than that she's great! She's weighing in at 3lbs 11 oz. We got to see a 3d scan of her, which I use to think was creepy! but when it's your own its not nearly as bad! :) We got to see the cord on the scan which was weird but cool. After we had our US apt. I took a tour of the Postpartum area which is really nice. Less stress seeing where I'll be. I met again with a different Dr since mine had to rush off to do an emergency C section. I was able to get my glucose test results. I was at 104 and at 140 is where you'd have to do the second round of testing so I was very happy to hear that! They also gave me my iron levels which were good as well. I got some Ambien to see if that will help me sleep better. I sure hope it does! I'm exhausted!!! We were also able to finally get the crib home from my dad's office where it has been hanging out. I can't wait to put it together!!!

here are the newest US pics and one of the 3d shots :)

The little bubble like thing you see near her face is the cord.

30 weeks tomorrow.

Seriously?! 30 weeks!? AH!

After all the scares and complications we went through early on it's so nice to be this far! To think that at 20 weeks the Dr was talking about if we needed to get her out 23 weeks or later would be the best. We've passed 23 weeks up long ago!!! :)

My last appointment went well. I asked the Dr if the weird, almost spasms I was feeling were normal. He said yep! Sometimes they just like to freak out for a second. I also did my glucose test which actually didn't end up being as bad as I thought, until I got home. The drink was just like fruit punch, pretty good actually. The blood being drawn wasn't nearly as bad either. I think the older I get and the more it is done correctly it's calming my fear. The only problem I had was that I was so nervous I was going to "fail" the test that I ate breakfast but didn't eat lunch. I couldn't eat the hour I was waiting so by the time I ate I was on a sugar rush starving stomach. :( I ate when I got home and ended up falling asleep. I felt like crap! I eventually got a really bad migraine, which if you know me you know how bad I get them. Taylor had gotten us dinner and about 20 min later I was throwing up :(
I also mentioned to the Dr about my lack of sleep. I can usually fall asleep pretty quickly but staying asleep is a thing of the past. I wake up every 30-45 min and am up for another 30-45 min before I can get back to sleep. He said he could give me some meds to help or I could try doing a no TV about an hour before bed to help ,y mind relax. The past 2 nights i haven't fallen asleep to the TV, which is huge, and it's helped a bit. I still wake up but it's about every 2 hours or so. Usually at 6 AM I am moving to the couch because my hip is killing me. I don't know why the couch helps, but it does. And then the sleep talking/mumbling begins. I don't know if it's the pregnancy or my mind just not getting enough rest that I have begun talking so much. I know I would do it every once in a while, but this is every night now. I get mumbling (never anything decipherable) so loudly that I wake myself up. Good thing I'm on the couch so I don't wake Taylor up :) I get an U/S at my next appointment on the 21st! I'm excited to see how big she's gotten. We haven't had one since Oct 23rd, so it'll be about 2 months since we've seen her.


First shower is this weekend. It's the family shower :) I'm hoping to see some family I haven't seen in a while!!! My Aunt Christine couldn't come, they live in WA, but she still ordered me something. It got delivered yesterday and I was SOOOO EXCITED!!! She got us our Travel Set!!! It's beautiful!!! So generous of them to get us this gift!!! I don't know that I'll ever be able to thank them enough!!! Finally Taylor is getting into the excited mode :) I was just going to take it out of the box so i could see it and he ended up building the stroller :) We went through the manual and figured out all the little gadgets and functions. It was so cute!!! I have it sitting in the front room and I just can't wait to put her in it!!! not only do I know that she'll be safe in it, she's going to be so cute!!! Thank you so much Aunt Christine and Uncle Chris!!!!!

Taylor started reading a book last night called The Baby Bonding Book For Dads. It was cute to hear him "humph" while reading and be like "I didn't know that." I think he was able to get a bit of insight on what to expect. I think he's going to be such a great dad. I'm glad he's finally showing his excitement!

28 weeks!

I love that we're getting so close!!! I am now meeting with the Dr every other week. which can either make things feel like it's getting closer faster or slower. Having to drive all the way to the U isn't the funnest thing. But i know we are in the best place we can be to deliver.

Jaime came with me to my appt on Tuesday which was so nice! We got to take a tour of the labor and delivery area and thank goodness Jaime was there! She was able to ask questions I wouldn't have even thought about. Next time I have to do my glucose test which I'm so not looking forward to. I hate having my blood drawn!!! And I have to stick around for a while. :( I'm hoping all goes well with the test mainly so I don't have to do the 3 hour test!

I had to ask Jaime and the Dr exactly what a Braxton hicks feels like. Then I realized I had had a few. Nothing major. I had a pretty intense one last night while stuck in traffic but nothing followed it so i wasn't worried.

Last week was Brooke's baby shower which was a lot of fun! It was so fun to see all the gifts that she got for Morgan! I can't wait for these crazy girls to get here!!!

I had my first dream last night about Charlie :) The dream was that she was just born, born 9 weeks early but was full grown??? it was weird. But i was holding her and she was so damn cute!!! I cant wait for her to get here!!!!

Her kicks have been getting stronger and stronger. Keeps me up most nights but I wouldn't trade it for anything. I wonder what in the world she is doing in there that she's kicking that much.

I can't for my shower to get here! Jaime is throwing, what I think is going to be an amazing shower!!! HELLO Chocolate fountain! how can you go wrong??? LOL My Aunt and friend Connie are also having one, which is so nice that some friends I wouldn't have normally invited can come and others who can't come to Jaime's can come too. Than Taylor's mom is having a family one as well. I told him not to bother her with it since I was already having 2 but, he did anyways.