TWO WEEKS LEFT!

Today I am 38 weeks. yesterday I had my 38 week appointment and I have to be honest I was Pretty let down. Last week I was 1 cd dilated and 60% effaced at a -2 station I thought for sure i would be at least a little bit more effaced this week.. No such luck. I am still at 1cm dilated 60% effaced and a -2 station. So basically no progress WHAT SO EVER! The one exciting thing that did happen was she i guess got a better hold of his head this time and she was like shocked as to how much hair she felt. Not a huge suprize to me because From what i hear the day I was born I had over an inch and a half of hair that the nurses put into a pony tail : )

On a good note the doctor said she really doesnt think I will go past my due date and that I shouldnt need to be induced which is a plus because induction was something i wanted to stay away from!

Just to make sure that i dont go past my due date she will be stripping my membranes(membrane sweep) next week on monday at my 39 week appointment. That way if i dont go into labor by my 40 week appointment she can do a second membrane sweep and from what she tells me most woman will go into labor after having two membrane sweeps.

I however am hoping i go into labor the weekend of the 9th which is right before my due date because the following weekend(weekend of the 17th) we are having a mini family get together that i would like to feel good enough to attend.I kind of have a strange feeling he will either be born on or i will go into labor on the 11th but who knows. not much else has really happen this week : ( I am really looking forward to my next appointment, next monday, to see if my body has made any progress!! I am going to try really hard to get a lot of walking in this week to help him drop but at the end of the day Aries is going to come when he is good and ready and... I am okay with that : )

9 1/2 months preggo! he is going to be such a monster! they say he is in the 80% for how big he is! Cant wait to meet my little peanut.... well i guess my giant peanut!!! : )

SOO EXCITED!

It is kind of a peculiar feeling to go to bed every night thinking tonight could be the night I go into labor. Then to wake up every morning with the same feeling … Today could be the day I go into labor. I would focus on my due date and start getting more excited in a week or so but in all reality only 5% of women go into labor on there due dates. Everyone else is just kind of up in the air plus or minus 14 days. I did however have an early ultrasound at 5 weeks and 7 weeks so the accuracy of my due date is supposedly correct plus or minus 3 days but just knowing that I am getting so close and literally being able to feel a difference in my body and feel things starting to change its hard not to be excited every single day. It is pretty much the only thing I think about all day long. It is close to impossible to focus on anything else besides labor and deliver and making sure everything is done the excitement of knowing its only a matter of time before I meet my soon is overwhelming in the best way possible. And now Jacques is getting over the top excited which just makes me more excited! He actually suggested that I allow the doctor to sweep my membranes on Monday. LOL he said enough is enough I am ready to meet my son!

On a side, slightly annoying, note I love my mother with all of my heart and i know she is excited for this baby to come just as much as me(almost). I know she is excited for her first grandchild and i know she is excited because its a boy and she has all girls but i am getting really kind of annoyed with the fact that she keeps calling aries her baby. Like no pretty sure you have not been pregnant for the past 9 1/2 months and pretty sure you are not going to deliver the baby. It was funny and cute at first but now she does it all the time and tells EVERYONE that I am having her baby soon. oh well i guess im just being a brat she is my mom and i know she is just excited. I just hope she doesnt get offended when im the one who takes the baby home from the hospital and not her.

FULL TERM!!!!

FIRST OF ALL I AM FULL TERM!!! So excited and thankful to God for making it to this point! Pretty excitting for someone the doctors told would never have a baby! What an exciting day. So today I was supposed to have a really quick boring ob appointment, but it turned out to be a very exciting one. First I didn’t gain any more weight this time which is good since I hit my 30lbs last week which was my goal for the whole pregnancy and I was worried I was going to gain a ton more but i seem to be at a stand still. Second he is measuring right on track again which is good because for awhile he was measuring 3 weeks ahead now he is measuring on time. and THRID... I am one centimeter dilated and 60% effaced and he is at a -2 station. My doctor was so proud of me which made me excited she was like oh you are progressing straight out of the text books. at this rate you will be 2 or 3 centimeters dilated by your due date and 100% effaced she said she thinks I will literally go into labor on my due date which I guess doesn’t happen often. so yeah ahhhhh : ) I am excited. 3 weeks left but I know they are going to fly by!!!! I am so giddy!... on a not so pleasant note... I HAVE NEVER HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM SO MANY TIMES DURING THE DAY IN MY LIFE!!! LOL : )

body changes

Ahh I cant believe I am full term on Tuesday. The time is going fast but at the same time it is starting to go really really slow! Or maybe it is just this week. I think it’s just this week. Or maybe I am just anxious? I am not sure I think I am anxious and excited and time is going slow… ahh so many feelings its so overwhelmingly exciting!
Anyway I have been looking for a picture from the beginning of my pregnancy for a long time because I lost them all and I just wanted something to remind myself of the drastic change my body has made and even though I am really embarrassed it is still something that I think is amazing. lol so here is a picture of me at 7 weeks and at 36 weeks. I know if it’s on my blog I will never lose it and that’s good because this is something I NEVER want to forget! The change my body made with my first child and it will be fun to later compare it to my second…

I can’t believe how big of a difference there is. I thought I was chubby before I got pregnant but now I will NEVER complain about weight again lol wow is all have to say I wish I would have had
a picture of myself the day I found out I was pregnant(at just 3 1/2 weeks) but I didn’t think to start taking pictures until a little bit later. I guess it wouldn’t have mattered since I lost them anyway. but man oh man lol I look in the mirror and I can see that I am pregnant but looking at these side by side I’m like in disbelief.... pregnancy is amazing!

Random Rant about sex on tv

I just heard the most insane thing in the world that I quickly have to vent about. I am watching the vampire diary's on the CW and in this one scene one of the girls whats like "i don't get why you dont just jump his bones already. It makes no sense Boy likes girl plus Girl likes boy = SEX." WHAT IN THE WORLD IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD. I could hardley believe my ears when i heard that i mean does the CW not know how many 15-18 year olds are watching that show? I am pretty sure that is the target market for that show.... Its no wonder 15 and 16 year olds think its okay to have sex. What happen to waiting until marriage or at the very very least until your older. I mean i am fully aware that I am not the perfect example given I am not married. But I will proudly say I did not have sex until I was engaged! I mean seriously why does the world teach young people its okay to have sex just because you like someone. It is supposed to be for THE ONE YOU TRULY LOVE and want to spend the rest your life with. The one you have a commitment with. ehhh the world grosses me out sometimes!

36 weeks!!!

I am 36 weeks and the time is flying again. Next week I will be 37 weeks and my son will be full term. Meaning he is fully baked and he can really come at any time. It makes me very excited. Although I would prefer to make it as close to my due date as possible. I overall(minus a few bad days) LOVE LOVE LOVE being pregnant. And I think I am going to really miss it after I give birth. I mean I WONT miss the 30 extra pounds I have gained and I WONT miss not being able to sleep well at night but I will miss feeling his every movement and just the general miracle of being pregnant. So the closer I get to 40 weeks the better. I wouldn’t even mind if he came a little after but I think my little(big) man is going to probably come around 39 1/2 weeks.So today at my doctor I did find out that he is engaged in my pelvis and he is "dropping" so basically he is in the right position and has even started to descend down a little bit. It is all so exciting. Later today Jacques and I are going to go buy the last few items for my hospital bag(like socks and lotion and other little random things) we are also going to pick up some dreft so we can wash his clothes as well as we decided that we were going to buy a new swing. My cousin gave me two hand me down ones but we are going to give it to my mother and put the other one in storage, JUST IN CASE. We decided on a new one because we do eventually want more kids and new swing will probably last longer than the hand me down. I am just thanking God he has blessed us with the ability to buy all these things for our son. I hope everyone is doing well!

Week 35 Calm & Quiet

So it has been a really quiet calm week. I am in awe that I have so little time left. Starting next week I have appointments every week. I only have 4 appointments left until Aries is here. I am just excited. My mom and everyone makes me laugh everyone is starting to guess when they think he is going to come. Every one thinks he is coming early not a lot early but a little. He is due on the 13th and everyone thinks he is coming like the 9th 10th or 11th. I am not sure what I think. I think he will come close to his due date. Maybe give or take 3 days. I honestly dont care. He can come when he is ready rather its a little early or a little late. I am just so excited to hold him in my arms for the first time! But I dont think he is going to be one of those babies that come two or more weeks early. I am pretty sure it will be at 39 weeks or after. But... We shall see. = )... ON a side note I do have to say I feel like he is starting to "Drop" He used to be right under my chest and now my belly is a little lower and even when he does go under my rib cage he doesnt quite go as high... he decent seems to be starting!!

Medical Scare

So First I think I will start by saying I am 34 weeks and 1 day and can hardly believe I have just under six weeks to go. I figured it had been a while since I did pictures so I put up two new ones. So now... what a crazy week it has been. We spent all of last week buying more stuff for our apartment and for the baby room as well as new furniture for both bedrooms as well as the living room. Last week for the first time I experienced a new symptom… swelling. For the first time in my pregnancy my feet and fingers have started to swell. If I walk around for more than 45 minutes my ankles and fingers balloon out. I know understand the term cankles!! And my fingers they look like little sausages!!! It is so sad. Previous to pregnancy I spent a good portion of my time staying fit so to be this unfit feeling is really hard.

Any way, so last week busy week and finally last Thursday things started to slow down and Jacques and I were sitting on the couch watching a movie and we both kind of realized at the same time we don’t remember the last time we felt Aries move so we started playing with my belly trying to get him to move… NOTHING. So I decided to do my kick counts which is where you pay attention to your tummy for two hours and count every movement. In a two hour span you should feel your baby move 10 times. The first time we did it we only felt 5 movements so we waited and hour and then did it again and only felt 6 movements. So we got a little concerned we decided that over the weekend we would pay attention and if his movements didn’t pick up or if they decreased more we would call the doctor on Monday. Over the weekend we had our second birthing class where we sat for 8 hours which was a great time to do kick counts through out the whole day it was pretty much the same every two hours that passed there were only between 5-7 movements so of course first thing Monday I called the doctor and moved my appointment up from next Wednesday to today. At the doctor they wanted to do a fetal non stress test which is where they hook me up to a monitor to record the baby’s heart beat for twenty minutes. Unfortunately they could not get the machine at my doctors to work so they had to send me to the hospital and there they figured it out and recorded the baby’s heart beat but refused to tell me anything and said to go back to my doctors so of course I get nervous. However thank God when I got back to my doctor she assured me that Aries is fine he is just growing faster than my belly is at this point so that mixed with the fact that I have quite a bit of amniotic fluid, and the fact that I have a short torso and the fact that he is a slightly bigger baby means he does not have much room to move around at this point. : ( I feel bad like I am squashing him but there is not much I can do. I am just so relieved that everything is okay. My doctor also said that is probably best if I take it easy the next two weeks so that I don’t end up on bed rest or have the baby a little early. I think I am okay with that though. Because I feel VERY SLEEPY! And I am not really enjoying my cankles or sausage fingers so I am ready for the swelling to go down. Any way I hope everyone is having a blessed week!