It's J day!

Well as you can tell from the time on this post I can't sleep anymore. Damn half an ambien didn't do it for me sis. I am a bit nervous you know with the whole cutting me open part but other than that I am calm. I can't believe in a few short hours I am going to be a Mom again. Crazy stuff I tell ya. Wish I had a laptop to bring to the hospital with me, what will I do without the internet for 4 days? I will be home on Tuesday and I promise to update with pictures then. My sis will be on later will stats and such. WOOHOO I am having a baby!

Last Dr. Appointment

OK so today was my final appointment with Dr. D. All is good as usual. I have gained 20 pounds this pregnancy. The least I have ever gained while pregnant. Jayden is measuring at 40 weeks, heartbeat was around 150. Blood pressure normal. He did check me just in case and I am STILL 1cm. So everything is all set for Friday morning. My sister will post to the blog sometime Friday to let you all know what is going on but no pictures until I get home Tuesday. I am sure I will be blogging before I go but just in case I don't I want to thank you all for the awesome support you have given me through this journey.

Fun

Fun with washable markers

FYI

I am still pregnant and starting to think I will make it until my section next Friday. I have tried the sex, nipple stimulation and walking. Not working but oh well. My back hurts like there are a million little men stabbing me with knifes. I sleep about 90 minutes at a time before I need to pee and the heartburn is killer. This boy better have hair! On the plus side though I am having a baby sometime in the next 6 days!!!!

37.4 week appointment

Well I gained 1 pound. So I think I am back to 19 pounds total? Jayden's heart rate was around 150 as usual, I am measuring 40 weeks. Still only 1 cm dilated and effaced 60%. No signs that this baby wants to come out any time soon. So looks like I will be pregnant for at least another week. I got to ask all my 1000 questions that I never got to ask with Terrell and I am at easy. I wish he was coming sooner but hey I can do 9 more days right? NST on Friday and another on Tuesday as well as my pre admission testing then doctor on Wednesday and baby on Friday. Unless of course he wants to come sooner which would be fine with me.

NST and Oil

My NST today was text book normal. No contractions while on the monitor. Doctor appointment tomorrow morning at 10am. I will be begging to have the baby early. my sister said to try crying so I might have to bring on the tears. Hopefully Monday or this Friday. Pray for me.

Each time we are at the hospital Terrell likes to stop at the chapel and say a prayer. Today was no different. We walk into the chapel and I asked him what he wanted to pray for. He said Mommy I want to pray that the Celtic's win. LOL God I love this kid. So he prayed for a Celtic win and to god bless his family and a healthy baby brother.

So it seems the people from Texas who read my blog have no idea about the whole oil for the house thing. We have Gas for my stove that we pay for. However our building is heated by home oil. It also heats the hot water tank so no oil no hot water or heat. It is a weird New England thing I think because I had never heard of it before I moved here. Not really sure how it all works but it is big business around here. I am hoping when we move to a house that we do not get oil heat. I want good old fashioned gas.

Not Yet

Just wanted to quickly post and let you all know I have not had Jayden yet. He is very comfy in my tummy it seems. Mother's day was nice right until the mother of all migraines hit me. After that it was horrible. Now I am waiting for the hot water tank to heat back up so I can finally take a freaking shower! Seems the landlord let us run out of oil, no oil no hot water. Then they oil guy took all day getting here to prime the tank etc. I just want a shower!!!! Ok done whining for now. Anyway 11 days to go!

Done

A list of the things that are done.

• house is clean except for sweeping and mopping kitchen floor, hubby gets to do that
• laundry is being finished up today
• pedicure is done
• sheets changed
• bottles washed and sterilized

So this now means Jayden is welcome to join us at any time. Of course this means I will go to my section date in 2 weeks as well just because I am ready. I did have a few very painful contractions last night but once again they petered out. I have noticed that I am a bit more irritable too. I am sure Tony and T just love that. I overheard Tony tell T don't worry Mommy is just tired of being pregnant she does not mean to be a grouch. I'm glad he understands. Now that all that is done what am I going to do today???

Almost 37 week appointment

Well I am officially done with work now. I am so very happy. Now I just need to get my house together before I go into labor. Where the hell is my nesting instinct? I need it to kick in soon. I lost another pound, so now a total weight gain of 18 pounds. I am measuring 39 weeks but his head is so very low. It is putting a lot of pressure in my vajay jay. Heart rate is as always in the 150's. I go back next Wednesday. They took blood today to again check my platelet count. If it is to low I will have to be knocked out for my C section as it is dangerous to place a spinal with a low count. It is something to do with the Heparin. So that is what is going on here.

Fenway in pictures

The green monster

Tony, Terrell and John

Aren't we cute?

Terrell so excited!

36 Weeks!

36 weeks

My little floating baby over on my sidebar informs me that I am 36 weeks pregnant today. 20 days until my C Section and I am not yet ready. The bottles are not washed or sterilized. The blanket he will be coming home with still needs to go in the wash and my suitcase sits unpacked. What does all this mean? Friday will be my last day at work. I am hoping after that to finish up the few things that still need to be done. Tony will be installing the car seats soon I hope or I am going to freak out!!!! I am so very tired now. I lay about on the couch like a big slug, I feel sorry for poor T who had to beg for a bath this morning because mommy was too tired. Oh well soon I will be a zombie and it will all be good in the hood again. When exactly is my nesting going to kick in??

35.4 appointment

Doctor appointment went great. I lost 2 pounds, so a total gain of 19 pounds so far. Did my Group B Strep test today and I asked him for an internal. He could not believe I asked for it but I need to know what is going on in there. I am still 1 CM like I was at 27 weeks. Baby is still high too. I measured at 36/37 weeks, so doc thinks Jayden has dropped a bit. I don't feel it but he is the expert. I did ask him to start me back on my Zoloft again because I can feel the old feeling creeping back in, I am hoping this way to avoid the baby blues and PPD. Next week I start NST's 2x a week. So that means I will be doing something baby related 3 times a week until this kid is born. I did ask for an estimated weight for J and he thinks no more than 7 pounds or so. This makes me so very happy.

Stressful NST

I went for my last weekly non stress test today. Let me tell you it was anything but non stress. Jayden was showing no accelerations at all. We tried everything to get this kid moving but he was having no part in it. Finally the nurse tells me I need to go for an ultrasound. Sure once she tells me that this kid is all over the place moving and grooving. Joanne was wicked nice though and still let me have the U/S. I mean how can you dangle a ultrasound over a 35 weeks pregnant woman and then take it away right? Ultrasound tech was not very nice, no pictures and no estimate on weight either. In fact she kept trying to tell me my due date was 5/29 based on my first ultrasound at the hospital when I was 16 weeks. I said thats fine but I know when this baby was conceived and my due date. She then told me maybe I ovulated earlier this time, I then threw the this is an ART/ IVF baby we know when he was made thank you very much. That shut her up pretty quick. Anyway Jayden is fine and scored and 8 out of 8 on his BPP ultrasound. We see the doctor on Wednesday and then start NST's 2x a week next week.

34W 4D appointment

So I had the doctor yesterday. My blood pressure is back to normal, it was only slightly elevated the last 2 times. I did not ask how much weight I gained. My doctor did come in the room and said I really popped. I told ahh so you are a comedian now too? He measured me and I am measuring are you ready for it? 38 weeks. So like 3½ weeks ahead. No freaking wonder I am so uncomfortable! He was ready to pull me from work but I said one more week. I am really going to try and work until the 10th though. I still believe Jayden will be coming early, UGH I hope so I can't sleep, I can't breathe and I pee all the time. Regardless I know I will have a sweet little boy here in 29 days. Sis wanted a picture so here I am in all my big belly glory!

Enough Already!

I want to know just what I did to god to piss him off. I have the post nasal drip that causes me to cough uncontrollable all night again. Seriously I think I peed my pants 6 times last night. I finally had to get up and sleep sitting up on the couch and that did not even really help. Why have I been so sick this pregnancy? What did I do to upset the balance of the world? I just want to be able to sleep for more than a hour or 2 a night before Jayden gets here. I actually hurt my stomach coughing so hard last night.

In other news a few days ago I had my friend Kristin get her pendulum so we could ask some questions. A while back we had asked the age old question every pregnant woman wants to know boy or girl. Well I be darned but the thing was right. So I decided I needed more answers, this time I am documenting them so we can go back and see if it was right. The pendulum says I will not make my c section date but will go between May 15 and 20. I will not go into labor at work or in the middle of the night. My OB will be the one to deliver me and Jayden will be born healthy. It also said I will work until the very end, I am not happy about that one but oh well. 33 weeks today, a baby sometime in the next 5½ weeks WOOHOO!

Baby Shower

I can not begin to tell you how overwhelmed I was by the love and generosity I felt yesterday. I cried 4 times and was so happy to see everyone. Jayden got tons of presents and it was just nice to see everyone. Susan put on one hell of a party. My sister conspired with my friend Sandy and got me the best gift ever, my crib. This my last baby will be the first to ever have a brand new crib. Thanks sis! Now on to pictures:

Not Funny

It is so not funny to wake up and feel fine but within an hour suddenly feel like someone is out to get you. Yesterday morning all of a sudden I felt nauseous, stomach was cramping and I had a fever. WTF I ask myself. I had an OB appointment so off to the doctor I went. Even my doc could tell I was not right. By the time I got home I just wanted to sleep so I dropped T at school and made my way to the bed. Then the vomiting and runs started. Don't forget the fever to round things out. Ahh good times in my house yesterday. On the appointment front I gained another pound so 16 total so far. Jayden's heartbeat was good but I was so sick I did not even ask what it was. I am measuring right on target. I go back in 2 weeks and after that it might be weekly depending on how I am doing. Dr. D wants me to get a CBC tomorrow when I am at the hospital for my non stress test. He wants to check my platlets. Not sure why but I will google it later. Right now I am trying to decide if I am going to work today.

Bulletins

I have so many things going through my head and yet I never post. So in honor of needing to post many different things at once a bulletin post for your reading pleasure.

• Why is it at 14 I got pregnant with no problem?
• Why once I was married and settled did it take 2 years to concieve T?
• Why after T did I have to do IVF in order to add to my family?
• Did the IUD cause my tubes to become blocked? I guess we will never really know.
• My shower is this coming Sunday and I can not wait!
• My baby will be 5 on the 15th of April
• How the hell did that happen?
• I am starting to get quite anxious for Jayden to be here.
• I am wondering about the birth, hoping it will be a bit different from Terrell's.
• I do not want whatever it was they put in my IV once he was born that made me so loopy last time.
• It took about an hour for it to wear off and it was horrible.
• I remember I could not keep my eyes open no matter how much I wanted to hold my new baby.
• I want to try breastfeeding this time but I am nervous about the pain factor.
• Can you believe only 53 days until I am a mom again?

Belly Shot

Picture by Terrell...30 weeks 3 days

Pregnancy stuff

I am starting to get to that uncomfortable stage in this pregnancy. You know the one, if I don't eat I am starving but when I eat I get super full fast and feel sick. I must have a pillow under my belly to sleep and one between my legs. I have no sex drive at all, Poor hubby. I can not see my feet. Shaving is out of the question. I seriously think I am going to have to have Tony shave my legs for me. Let's not forget when Jayden decides it is a good idea to jump up and down on mommy's bladder. I pee when I sneeze or laugh to hard. God I just love being pregnant. The good news is that I only have 60 days to go. I can not wait for this little one to be born so I can get some new baby cuddles. Terrell can't wait because he wants to tickle Jayden's feet. Tony can't wait cause he is sick of me telling him how many more days until J will be here. I think we are all just ready for the real fun to begin.