Baby size: 38 weeks! Baby is the size of a leek. Literally all I ct is Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (which I've never seen) when someone screams "there's a leek in the boat!" I Love me some puns! ;)
How I feel about being pregnant: Exhausted. I can't wait to meet my little guy! Seriously, kid, you can come out annnny time you like. ;)
What I miss about pre-pregnancy life: Sleeping comfortably. And on my tummy. I can't wait to sleep on my stomach again! Or just sleep. Baby thinks 2-5 am is prime play time, no matter how often I tell him otherwise. Silly boy.
Symptoms: Still heartburn and a lack of sleep. Oh and I finally had to take my wedding ring off. :( I'm REALLY going to miss it. I saw this picture the other day of someone who had to have hers cut off and it was so terrifying I decided to just give in. I'm pretty sure my finger isn't even swollen, but it was THAT disturbing.
Food Cravings: Hmmm I actually haven't been craving much lately. With cute little feet constantly pressed into my stomach, it makes it hard to WANT to eat anything. Though if you mention a cupcake and don't actually give me one, I will probably give you a really dirty look. Haha. I even told Makaelah the other day "You don't go around talking about cupcakes in front of a pregnant woman if you don't have one. That's dangerous." She just looked at me like I'm nuts. Which seems fair. LOL
What I'm most excited about: Getting to meet my sweet baby soon! He's going to be the cutest thing ever. :-D
Something I've done to prepare for baby: Baby Shower #2! Aunt MarMar and Aunt Krystin threw a "Little Man" themed shower for us, and it was AMAZING. We played lots of crazy games, and it was tons of fun. Thank you, beautiful ladies!
We also ordered his bed (with attached changing table)! YAY somewhere to sleep and change diapers! ;)
{Obviously I wrote this post WEEKS ago. I was all "oh I'll add some pics tomorrow, then post it. False. This is so not my strong suit.}
Special moment: Any time Shane talks about our baby and/or our family. He is so sweet, and he's going to make such a wonderful father! <3
Thanksgiving Week!
Monday we had dinner with our friends that live locally (aka within a 1 mile radius). I did the majority of the cooking (though props to Travis on his delicious carrots and sweet potato casserole). Let me tell you, Thanksgiving dinner is EXHAUSTING when you're 8 months pregnant. OMG. The turkey turned out really awesome though, and I wanted to marry the mashed potatoes, so all in all I'd say it was a good day. ;) [I'll probably post on my other blog with the recipes I used]
Wednesday night we had a "bonfire" with s'mores, and hung out with some awesome people! :)
Thursday we had lunch with my family, and I made ENTIRELY too much sweet potato casserole. :-P It was wonderful to see everyone and to be home and with family this year for Thanksgiving.
We also went to hang out with the Thompsons, since my ability to participate in Christmas this year is rather questionable. We had lots of fun, and all got our butts kicked in Yahtzee by an 8 year old. :-P
Funny moment: The other day, Makaelah came over and Kaden was kicking up a storm, so I asked her to tell him to stop kicking me. She looks at me all slowly and says "He's KICKING you?!" with these super wide eyes. Then she came up and screamed "Stop kicking her, Kaden!!" a few times. It was SO freaking adorable and hilarious.
How baby's growing (from BabyCenter):
Trip to the ER/Labor & Delivery:
So, yesterday {which was like December 1st or 2nd -_-} I woke up a few times with back pain but it went away so I didn't worry too much. Then around 4 o'clock the pain concentrated in my left mid-back and just wouldn't stop. I was crying off and on and absolutely miserable. Nothing helped. Shane finally called my midwife and she said it was probably my ligaments stretching from him moving and shifting and told him to put a pack of frozen veggies on my back {He was SUPER proud of himself because he had actually suggested that about 30 minutes before}. After an hour or so it wasn't getting better, and if anything it was getting way worse. I was having horrible contractions from it, too. Shane got freaked out and decided to take me to the ER. I will say that the only good thing about being a pregnant woman in the ER is you don't have to wait. They took me immediately to L&D. They hooked up all the stupid monitors and stuff (which is one of the reasons I won't be doing actual labor in a hospital). Then she said I was super dehydrated so they hooked up an IV of fluids. I agreed to pain meds b/c my back pain was completely out of control. I was worried it would take a while to kick in, but it literally was half-way in and I couldn't talk. My test results came back positive for a UTI, so they added antibiotics to my IV. I was out most of the rest of the night. People kept waking me up to ask me questions and such, which I wasn't super great at answering. Then she came in and said I needed a shot to stop the contractions. "It might burn a little." PUH-LEASE! That thing felt like freaking lava being injected into my arm. OMG. Then she came back not too long after and put another one in the other arm. Ugh. Luckily it worked, though. He definitely needs to cook a little longer. I'm sure he'd be fine now, but I'd much rather he go as close to term as possible. Poor Shane stayed up with me until we got home at almost 2:30, then had to wake up for work at 4:45. He's such a sweet husband. Even though he was super freaked out seeing me in so much pain, he did a really good job staying calm and taking care of business. I'm proud! I'm also grateful for my parents coming to visit and for feeding him. I just have to take it easy and drink lots of water for now. Hopefully we don't have to deal with anything like this again until he's really ready to come out. For now, I'm just glad my little guy is safe. <3
And as I waited to upload pictures until the next day, I can include the follow-up 5 day stay in hell, I mean, the hospital:
The pain came back with a vengeance the next night. We went back to the ER, and this time people decided to listen to the fact that I said it was my kidney, not back labor. I thought before that kidney stones were the worst pain in the world. THEN I got to experience kidney stones with massive contractions. Even the doctor felt bad for me. "Kidney stones hurt worse than childbirth and you're facing both right now..." Deeeelightful. I was in absolute agony and they withheld the drugs until I could get all the forms signed. Pretty sure my name was "Tiffany dkjfoawiflwkejf" on half of them. -_-
It was basically 4 days of the doctor saying way more was wrong than actually was and threatening to do horrible tests and deliver the baby. Blargh. None of which, thankfully, actually happened.
One night I had the world's WORST nurse. Seriously. We nicknamed her "Shuffles" b/c she literally never picked her feet up. Naturally I had her the night that my pain was the absolute worst and she took forever to get my medicine. I was starting to wonder if Shane or Lisa would snap first, and Marlen wasn't far behind. They sent Lisa for a walk so there was no blood-shed. She finally got my meds in, but they took forever to work b/c she had taken so long to get them to me. I finally passed out, only to wake up at 1:30 in the morning with my right hand 4x the size it should be. I was completely freaked out and she was just standing there. Finally, Shane was like "is it possible the fluids are going into her hand instead of the vein. Shouldn't you take it out?" So she did, and unfortunately he had to leave for work. She then tried to redo my IV in my left hand and blew 2 veins. I looked over and my hand was already swollen and a giant bruise. On top of all this, the pain was back and I couldn't get medicine b/c I had no IV. She went to get another woman who "never misses". False. She missed twice. They brought in a third nurse who thankfully knew what she was doing and got the IV. She probably thought I was losing it b/c I was sobbing by that point. Because what I really need when I'm facing horrific pain is people repeatedly poking me with needles. Ugh.
The pain came back with a vengeance the next night. We went back to the ER, and this time people decided to listen to the fact that I said it was my kidney, not back labor. I thought before that kidney stones were the worst pain in the world. THEN I got to experience kidney stones with massive contractions. Even the doctor felt bad for me. "Kidney stones hurt worse than childbirth and you're facing both right now..." Deeeelightful. I was in absolute agony and they withheld the drugs until I could get all the forms signed. Pretty sure my name was "Tiffany dkjfoawiflwkejf" on half of them. -_-
It was basically 4 days of the doctor saying way more was wrong than actually was and threatening to do horrible tests and deliver the baby. Blargh. None of which, thankfully, actually happened.
One night I had the world's WORST nurse. Seriously. We nicknamed her "Shuffles" b/c she literally never picked her feet up. Naturally I had her the night that my pain was the absolute worst and she took forever to get my medicine. I was starting to wonder if Shane or Lisa would snap first, and Marlen wasn't far behind. They sent Lisa for a walk so there was no blood-shed. She finally got my meds in, but they took forever to work b/c she had taken so long to get them to me. I finally passed out, only to wake up at 1:30 in the morning with my right hand 4x the size it should be. I was completely freaked out and she was just standing there. Finally, Shane was like "is it possible the fluids are going into her hand instead of the vein. Shouldn't you take it out?" So she did, and unfortunately he had to leave for work. She then tried to redo my IV in my left hand and blew 2 veins. I looked over and my hand was already swollen and a giant bruise. On top of all this, the pain was back and I couldn't get medicine b/c I had no IV. She went to get another woman who "never misses". False. She missed twice. They brought in a third nurse who thankfully knew what she was doing and got the IV. She probably thought I was losing it b/c I was sobbing by that point. Because what I really need when I'm facing horrific pain is people repeatedly poking me with needles. Ugh.
There was a lot of other horrible stuff that made me super thankful I will be at a birthing center when I have Kaden and not a hospital. (Not that all my nurses were horrible. I had one SUPER sweet one and a couple that were nice enough.) There is absolutely no way I could have a baby in that environment. Not that I think there's anything wrong with a woman choosing a hospital birth. I just personally would hate it. My midwife was super sympathetic, as was her nurse when I looked completely horrified at the idea of getting my blood drawn b/c I was still covered in needle marks and bruises.
Also, after 4 days of being pumped full of fluids, I looked like an overstuffed sausage. Omg. I've never felt so gross in my life. I had also gained way to much weight despite not being able to eat the whole time I was in the hospital. After about a week it finally went away.
I'm feeling better now. At least as far as all this is concerned. Just getting everything ready and waiting for my little man to make his appearance. Soon, hopefully. I want to see him! And preferably not deliver an 11 lb baby. We shall see!
Sorry this was so long. I saved way too much for this post.
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