34 Weeks ~ 8 1/2 Months Pregnant~ Update

So, Yesterday I turned 34 weeks pregnant. Nothing has changed much that I can tell.

Well, I could tell when Olivia had the hiccups yesterday that her head was on the side of my stomach which makes me think she has turned side ways and is no longer head down. Also, her kicks are on the other side of my stomach also. Rather than in my ribs. I hope she gets in position soon and stays that way.

My belly is huge and I can barely walk. My muscles and bones between my legs kill me when I walk, and I surely cannot get in a hurry. Bending over to pick something up off the floor is no longer an option. It sends pains through the lower part of my belly. Good thing I have monkey toes huh? lol

Ed is home every night now until the baby is born. He is driving back and forth to work. But the job site has moved closer, so he is only having to drive an hour each way.

My hospital bag is packed and ready to go. I just need to get Olivia's packed.

I am still as miserable as ever. I go back to the Dr. this friday, on oct 3rd.

33 Weeks Pregnant Today!!

I am 33 weeks pregnant today!! 7 weeks left to go!!

I have started packing my hospital bag.... Ed came home last night and took me to Wal Mart and I got a lot of the toiletries that I need to pack. But somehow I forgot to buy toothpaste to pack even though it was on my list. lol

I have not even started on Olivia's hospital bag yet. But I have made a list of things to pack for her.

I have been having a few contractions here and there. Nothing to be excited about.

I am sooooo sleepy. I have bags and dark circles under my eyes. I am not getting enough sleep. When I lay down to go to sleep, I wake up hurting and have to pee. Then I can't go right back to sleep.

Not to mention, I sleep best on my stomach. And that is just not possible at the moment. So, I wake up to pee, lay back down on my other side, and before I can fall asleep that side is sore and I must switch sides again which is not easy to do these days.

Walking around and standing a lot really makes me feel like Olivia is gonna fall out. lol I find myself holding the bottom of my stomach as if I am trying to "hold her in". According to a pregnancy site that tells me what to expect week by week, she should officially drop next week when I am 34 weeks. I feel like if she drops anymore she will drop right out. lol So, we will see how that goes. lol

I will update more later! Gonna try to get more sleep!! =]

Dr Appt. Update!

I went to the Dr. today and everything is going good!

The Dr. confirmed that Olivia Grace is still a girl! (Good thing or that little boy would be coming home to a pink room! lol)

She is weighing about 4 Lb. and 4 Oz. at the moment. She is head down, and Dr. said she will probably stay that way. Her head and belly are so big that he could not get the full picture of either one on the ultrasound screen at the same time. So he gave me 3 ultrasound pics today and one is the partial head, one is the partial belly and the 3rd one is her little girl parts.

I decided not to ask the Dr. to check me for dialation because if I have started to dialate, that would just worry/scare me... and if I have not, then I would be wondering why I was having all those painful contractions for nothing. lol So I found it easier for to just now know at the moment...

He did say the painful contractions and discharge are perfectly normal and I really thought that they were.

He also said if I were to go into labor this early that she would be fine. But that he would prefer that she cook atleast 2 more weeks. Which I really think she will. I am sooo impatient that I really don't see me going into labor early. Even when it's ok. It's just not how stuff works out for me. lol I always have to wait...

I have not been having anymore contractions and the discharge has even let up. So, I am just waddling around (literally) and begging her to please get her little toes out of my ribs and to please stop poking my bladder. lol

Lisa and I went to the Zoo today and walked around. It was fun, but I had to stop and rest and pee a lot... Kind of reminded me of going to the Zoo with a 3 year old. lol Poor Lisa, she was very patient with me waddling slow and having to pee.. lol

I still have not packed our hospital bags... That is the last thing I have to do. I kind of think in the back of my mind that once that is done I will have nothing left to do to get ready for Olivia.. I guess that is why I am putting it off. But, I have started a pile of clothes to pack in my bedroom, and I am working on toiletries and piling them in my bathroom. So worse case scenerio I may have to throw them in a bag last minute... Oh and there are a few things I need to go and buy to pack still also.

I am not sleeping all night long, and when I wake up I really don't feel rested long before I need a nap. I am taking about 2 naps a day. One in the morning and one in the afternoon/evening. I wake up with my hips killing me and my bladder about to explode. Then once I am awake to go pee, I just kind of stay awake.. I don't remember sleeping being this hard when I was pregnant with Lisa and Charlie. Maybe it's my age. I don't know.

That is all I can think of right now! I go back to the Dr Oct. 3rd! I will be 33 weeks this coming Monday and Lisa's birthday is Tuesday. So I will have a busy weekend getting ready for her birthday. I still can't believe she will be 17. Lisa and this baby will be the same age difference that her and I are. Weird, huh?

Warning... Too Much Information!!

I go back to the Dr. in the morning.

This week I have been experiencing major braxton hicks that hurt and discharge (I warned you!).

I woke up this morning with my bones hurting between my legs as if they are getting ready for this baby's big head. Not to mention my hip bones are killing me as well.

I am really getting scared. This is gonna hurt and hurt bad.

In the morning I am going to ask my Dr. to check me for dialation. I have a feeling that it has started. I hope not, but I think it has.

I am soooo glad that Olivia's room is ready and I did not wait till the last minute to get it done. Now I just need to get mine and Olivia's hospital bags packed. I have everything I need for her bag, but not mine. I need to go shopping for gowns and bathroom things. I decided that it would be easier to buy an extra toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo etc. than try to pack the ones I use daily.

I will update after my appt. in the morning.

32 Weeks Pregnant

Ok so I am not officially 32 weeks pregnant until tomorrow...

I am absolutely miserable. I have been having fake contractions all day long. I am not sleeping good at all. I wake up almost every hour to pee. She is kicking me so hard that at times I jump because I am not expecting it. She thinks my bladder is a squishy thing that she likes to poke. And her little feet are almost always in my ribs. I can barely get up by myself when I sit down. I constantly feel like she is gonna just fall out because of the pressure and the pains I am having.

I am a total grouch and pretty sure my husband can't wait to go back out of town in the morning. I think Lisa wishes she could go with him to get away from grouchy me.

Can this be any more fun???? I would say no, this is as fun as it gets. But, I know better... It is only going to get worse before it's all over.


BLAH!

Olivia's Nursery

Her nursery is pretty much done and ready for her. Here are the pictures:

This is her bed:



Ed hung the border up, I painted the letters, and Lisa helped hang the wall stickers. =]



Her bed is all made and ready for her:



Daddy made her dresser and I painted the knobs.



I made her curtains and the bassinet sheet. Once she is born the bassinet will go in my bedroom and her swing (that is still in the box) will be put together and in the living room.



Her changing table:



I made the pad cover for her changing table.

31 Weeks Pregnant Update

So, I am now 31 weeks pregnant and more miserable than ever.

I had a Dr. appointment yesterday on the 8th, and everything was good. I am now going to the Dr. every other week, so I go back on the 19th. He did inform me that he would not start checking me for dialation until I am about 38 weeks. Unless I have problems before then.

Olivia's room is almost done. It really should have been finished last week, but due to my miserableness, it's not.

I will get pictures up of her room as soon as we are done with it.

I woke up this morning with major lower back pain. I could lay down and get relief, but anytime I moved or got up it hurt really bad. I tried a heating pad which did not help. Then I took a long soak in a hot bath and that did the trick. So far it seems much better.

However, I am now feeling low pressure. So, I am pretty sure that my back pain was due to the position she was in all day. She just shifted so that I feel it elsewhere.

Notice my baby ticker has moved and it is on the second to the last baby! Yay! Almost there! 8 weeks and 6 days left to go! I just wish I was not so uncomfortable.

Hopefully I will get her room done and update with pics by the weekend at the latest!