Yesterday on facebook I said in my status that "Lauren is glad this baby is fully cooked, because my body is DONE. I've never been in so much constant and intense pain in so many different areas in my entire life."
I got some comments that annoyed me (like someone who thinks she's some sort of poet, writing "___ remembers that once the baby is in your arms the miracle of birth and joys of motherhood shall wipe these uncomfortable moments away....." ummm okaaaay), but one in particular put me over the edge. Someone said "Laughs... Every single woman in the world who has been through pregnancy knows exactly what you're talking about! Dont fret though, almost over!!"
Ummm, screw you. You have no idea what you're talking about.
I couldn't let it go, so I commented this:
"Lady, I'm going to have to disagree! I know plenty of pregnant people who were able to be active right up until the end, and just had some mild discomfort. Most people don't tear cartilage in their pelvis AND develop burcitis in both their hips (so that it feels like my hip bones have turned into sharp spikes digging into me) on TOP of the extreme back pain and all the other aches, pains, and discomforts! Most pregnant people can shift their bodies in bed without breaking out in a sweat from the excruciating pain. Most pregnant people can get out of bed without being forced to use crutches because they physically can't walk. And most pregnant people don't start dealing with all that at 30 weeks!
It's not really your average pregnant scenario. Just had to put that out there:)"
I don't know if that sounds bitchy, but I really tried my hardest to not make it sound how I feel. That smiley face? I so didn't want that to be there. I only put it so that the world wouldn't go "Whoa, Lauren! Simmer down."
They probably still will. Whatever.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
March Break and Pitting Edema
Friday is almost over, which means we only have 5 days left until we're induced. If that doesn't get cancelled for some reason.
Justin is now on March break, but it barely feels like it. I've been on "vacation" for 7 1/2 weeks (otherwise yesterday would have been my last day of work, and today would have been my first official day of being off!), so it doesn't feel like March break to me. And Justin is so concentrated on having the baby that he's not thinking of all the normal break things he'd be doing, like sleeping in, playing video games, staying up late to watch movies, etc. He said today that he actually can't wait for the break to be over, because after it's done he'll be a dad! I thought that was cute:) But I'M not looking forward to the break being over. If things go according to plan we'll only have 2 or 3 days at home together and then he'll be leaving me and Bambino and going to work all day :(
Wow, that is so weird to think of. March break always flies by so quickly. And after this March break is over, our lives as we know them will be completely changed. Nothing will ever be the same.
I have decided that even if my blood pressure is normal at my Tuesday appointment, I'm not going to ask to cancel the induction. The past two days I've been experiencing pitting edema, which concerns me a bit when it's coupled with my high BP. Pitting edema is where your skin stays indented for a long time if you just apply some gentle pressure over your swelling. There's this section on my right leg that starts above my ankle and goes halfway up my calf that just swells up like that. I can push the swelling around and mold it like it's silly putty. It's pretty freaky!
Plus my normally skinny feet are swollen. A lot of pregnant women experience swelling, and my swelling doesn't nearly compare to some of the swelling I've seen on other people's blogs! But for my normally bony, skinny feet, it's out of the ordinary. I don't like that I'm swelling when all I do is sit around all day anyway.
Unless my OB cancels the induction (which I don't think he will), we'll have our baby next Thursday. CRAZY! I'm definitely getting excited. But I'm still a little scared!
Justin is now on March break, but it barely feels like it. I've been on "vacation" for 7 1/2 weeks (otherwise yesterday would have been my last day of work, and today would have been my first official day of being off!), so it doesn't feel like March break to me. And Justin is so concentrated on having the baby that he's not thinking of all the normal break things he'd be doing, like sleeping in, playing video games, staying up late to watch movies, etc. He said today that he actually can't wait for the break to be over, because after it's done he'll be a dad! I thought that was cute:) But I'M not looking forward to the break being over. If things go according to plan we'll only have 2 or 3 days at home together and then he'll be leaving me and Bambino and going to work all day :(
Wow, that is so weird to think of. March break always flies by so quickly. And after this March break is over, our lives as we know them will be completely changed. Nothing will ever be the same.
I have decided that even if my blood pressure is normal at my Tuesday appointment, I'm not going to ask to cancel the induction. The past two days I've been experiencing pitting edema, which concerns me a bit when it's coupled with my high BP. Pitting edema is where your skin stays indented for a long time if you just apply some gentle pressure over your swelling. There's this section on my right leg that starts above my ankle and goes halfway up my calf that just swells up like that. I can push the swelling around and mold it like it's silly putty. It's pretty freaky!
Plus my normally skinny feet are swollen. A lot of pregnant women experience swelling, and my swelling doesn't nearly compare to some of the swelling I've seen on other people's blogs! But for my normally bony, skinny feet, it's out of the ordinary. I don't like that I'm swelling when all I do is sit around all day anyway.
Unless my OB cancels the induction (which I don't think he will), we'll have our baby next Thursday. CRAZY! I'm definitely getting excited. But I'm still a little scared!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
37.5 Week OB Appointment = Eventful
My blood pressure today was 160/90. Not good. Since this was the second week in a row, my laissez-faire OB wasn't thrilled about it either. He asked me if I've been having any contractions, so I told him about the painful contractions I've had the past 3 nights. Surprisingly, he wanted to check my cervix after that. He normally doesn't do cervix checks until 38 weeks, but between the blood pressure and the contractions he wanted to see what was up down there. Nothing too major, just partially effaced and dilated. The baby is head down (like we knew), but he's not locked in position. Which explains why he drops down really low at night, and then overnight he pops back up again. You can still feel his head in the morning, but it's way higher up. It's been like this for weeks. He just won't engage.
He wanted me to come in again on Thursday. I said, "Tomorrow?" and he said "Today is Wednesday? What are you doing here on a Wednesday??" He usually sees his very pregnant patients on Tuesdays - I guess for this reason - but Wednesday was more convenient for me.
Since Thursday is tomorrow he decided just to see me on Tuesday, like normal, because he doesn't see patients on Friday and Monday. He does surgeries and stuff.
However, he did decide he wants to induce me, and he booked an induction for next Thursday. Since my cervix is ready for induction, and my BP is high, he doesn't want me walking around for so long with high blood pressure. But he also wants to give the baby as long as possible inside of me, so he didn't book it until Thursday. If I had protein in my urine and was gaining a lot of weight and swelling up, he would have booked it sooner. Or if I was walking around 3 cm dilated he would have booked it sooner, because there's no point in letting me walk around with high blood pressure when I'm that close to delivery.
I asked him what happens if my BP is normal at my Tuesday appointment, and he said we'll just deal with it then (and then teased me for being such a teacher and always having to have a plan for everything). But somehow I don't think this induction is getting cancelled. Unless my BP is normal and I decide I want it cancelled. Otherwise he'll just keep it.
So, Thursday March 18th might be our baby's birthday. 11 days early.
Induction was not in my plans, and basically throws the rest of my birth plan out the window (you know, the parts that weren't already thrown out the window by being GBS+ and not getting a midwife). I'm trying to adjust my expectations and get excited (despite the incredibly different birth than what I wanted)! The baby is coming in a week!
Justin is pretty pumped. But he's not the one who has to go through the tougher induced labour. I'm glad he's excited, though. It'll rub off on me, I'm sure. The news just hasn't quite sunk in:)
He wanted me to come in again on Thursday. I said, "Tomorrow?" and he said "Today is Wednesday? What are you doing here on a Wednesday??" He usually sees his very pregnant patients on Tuesdays - I guess for this reason - but Wednesday was more convenient for me.
Since Thursday is tomorrow he decided just to see me on Tuesday, like normal, because he doesn't see patients on Friday and Monday. He does surgeries and stuff.
However, he did decide he wants to induce me, and he booked an induction for next Thursday. Since my cervix is ready for induction, and my BP is high, he doesn't want me walking around for so long with high blood pressure. But he also wants to give the baby as long as possible inside of me, so he didn't book it until Thursday. If I had protein in my urine and was gaining a lot of weight and swelling up, he would have booked it sooner. Or if I was walking around 3 cm dilated he would have booked it sooner, because there's no point in letting me walk around with high blood pressure when I'm that close to delivery.
I asked him what happens if my BP is normal at my Tuesday appointment, and he said we'll just deal with it then (and then teased me for being such a teacher and always having to have a plan for everything). But somehow I don't think this induction is getting cancelled. Unless my BP is normal and I decide I want it cancelled. Otherwise he'll just keep it.
So, Thursday March 18th might be our baby's birthday. 11 days early.
Induction was not in my plans, and basically throws the rest of my birth plan out the window (you know, the parts that weren't already thrown out the window by being GBS+ and not getting a midwife). I'm trying to adjust my expectations and get excited (despite the incredibly different birth than what I wanted)! The baby is coming in a week!
Justin is pretty pumped. But he's not the one who has to go through the tougher induced labour. I'm glad he's excited, though. It'll rub off on me, I'm sure. The news just hasn't quite sunk in:)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Day 2 - These Better Be Doing SOMETHING!
Last night after DH and I had sex again, the exact same thing happened with the painful contractions. They were hurting sooo bad for hours. It made me start to freak out a bit more about the pain of actual labour.
Apparently there are 3 emotional stages of labour: excitement, seriousness, and self-doubt. The emotional stages correspond to where you actually are in your labour. Excitement is early labour when things aren't so bad and you're talking and smiling; seriousness is when you're in active labour and can't talk through your contractions and bite people's heads off when they breathe wrong; and self-doubt is when you're really close to pushing and you start to think that you can't do it anymore.
Well, last night I was definitely in the serious stage. I couldn't talk through the contractions, and I wanted to punch Justin. We were on the bed and I was lying on my side and at one point he kept moving his feet around, which made the bed move slightly, and every slight movement made the contraction hurt more. Then everytime he got up and would come back to the bed he would just plop down and make the bed jostle a LOT. After the second or third time, after my contraction was over, I snapped at him and told him if he can't be considerate of me NOW, I don't want him in the labour room and I'll get my mom to come in instead. And I really meant it at the time!
Plus I was really annoyed because I was in a lot of pain, but I was doing everything I'd learned to do from our birthing method - fully relax every part of your body, don't even tense up your face, close your eyes, breathe normally through your stomach... the point is to look like you're asleep. You're not supposed to look or act like you're in pain because it makes the pain worse. So that's what I was doing. Justin was supposed to be doing certain things too. I mean, this is PERFECT practice for real labour: I was in real pain and was having contractions right on top of each other! But he was just fidgeting beside me, moving the bed around and causing me more pain, ignoring me, and watching TV.
I didn't think I would have to be so specific with him after we read the books and I made him an instruction sheet and everything. I really don't have time to give him direct instruction when I only have a minute break between contractions.
Men.
(My husband is a very wonderful person, and is usually very helpful and sweet. I don't want you to think that he is a neglectful, self-absorbed person! I don't know what was up last night.)
Apparently there are 3 emotional stages of labour: excitement, seriousness, and self-doubt. The emotional stages correspond to where you actually are in your labour. Excitement is early labour when things aren't so bad and you're talking and smiling; seriousness is when you're in active labour and can't talk through your contractions and bite people's heads off when they breathe wrong; and self-doubt is when you're really close to pushing and you start to think that you can't do it anymore.
Well, last night I was definitely in the serious stage. I couldn't talk through the contractions, and I wanted to punch Justin. We were on the bed and I was lying on my side and at one point he kept moving his feet around, which made the bed move slightly, and every slight movement made the contraction hurt more. Then everytime he got up and would come back to the bed he would just plop down and make the bed jostle a LOT. After the second or third time, after my contraction was over, I snapped at him and told him if he can't be considerate of me NOW, I don't want him in the labour room and I'll get my mom to come in instead. And I really meant it at the time!
Plus I was really annoyed because I was in a lot of pain, but I was doing everything I'd learned to do from our birthing method - fully relax every part of your body, don't even tense up your face, close your eyes, breathe normally through your stomach... the point is to look like you're asleep. You're not supposed to look or act like you're in pain because it makes the pain worse. So that's what I was doing. Justin was supposed to be doing certain things too. I mean, this is PERFECT practice for real labour: I was in real pain and was having contractions right on top of each other! But he was just fidgeting beside me, moving the bed around and causing me more pain, ignoring me, and watching TV.
I didn't think I would have to be so specific with him after we read the books and I made him an instruction sheet and everything. I really don't have time to give him direct instruction when I only have a minute break between contractions.
Men.
(My husband is a very wonderful person, and is usually very helpful and sweet. I don't want you to think that he is a neglectful, self-absorbed person! I don't know what was up last night.)
Monday, March 8, 2010
37 Weeks!!!
I am officially full-term! Bambino may come anytime he wants, because his mom is in excruciating pain. If I wasn't, I actually think I'd be really patient at this point.
In the past week (or maybe a little more) my back has gotten sooo bad. I had a really bad back in the first trimester, and part of the second. But I've been seeing my chiropractor regularly for 3 1/2 months, and for the past 7 weeks I've been seeing him 3 times a week, so my back hasn't really been hurting much. Until now. Something drastically changed with my belly. I don't know what it is, but my back is just terrible. So not only do I have horrible pain in my hips and pubic bone, but now my back pain is horrible too. (At least this is something that happens to almost every pregnancy woman, unlike the burcitis and the torn cartilage in the pubic bone).
I was at the chiropractor on Friday and he said to me (again) "Hang in there, you only have a week left!" (Remember, he's convinced that I'm going to go this week, sometime before the 14th.) I said to him (again) "Yeah, according to you. I don't think I'll be going next week." He replied that next week (now this week) he's going to use a technique he hasn't used with me before called the Webster Technique. This technique is apparently used (very successfully) to turn breech babies (works over 80% of the time) and to bring on labour. I think it can only bring on labour because it gets the baby in the most optimal position, so if your body is ready to go, the baby getting into that perfect position can make you go into labour. In that way it's like any other natural induction technique... it would only work if your body is ready for it to work.
As soon as he said that I said "DO IT NOW!!!!!!!!!" in almost a threatening sort of way. He said no, we'll do it next week and I replied "DO IT NOW!!! I'm a couple of days from full-term and I am in SO much pain, just get it started now!!" He wouldn't give in. He just said he'd do it at every visit next week.
So today will be the first time... we'll see how it goes.
In the meantime, I'm doing everything I can to get this show on the road. I'd be jogging the block if it was physically possible for me to do so. I bounce on the birthing ball, I massage the right accupressure points, and last night Justin and I had sex. Interestingly, immediately following the sex I had the most frequent, regular, and painful contractions I have ever had.
If you follow my blog you know that I'm a huge recipient of Braxton Hicks. I get 50-100 of them everyday. And everyday I have a few hours where they come like clockwork. Sometimes every 2-3 minutes, sometimes every 4-5 minutes, depending on the day, but still totally regularly.
Last night they were all at least 60 seconds long, one on top of the other (I maybe had a one minute break between contractions) and they hurt! Whenever I have contractions I relax my whole body and breathe through them, so they don't hurt. Normally they only hurt if I'm forced to be walking around during them. But last night I was completely relaxing and breathing through them and they actually hurt pretty bad! I know they weren't hurting as much as they will when I'm in real active labour, but they were painful enough, long enough, close together enough, and went on for long enough that I was starting to wonder if I might actually be going into labour. They were bad enough that I had Justin going from room to room fetching everything I needed to pack the baby's diaper bag with (this was one of the last things on my to-do list... I wanted to get Bambino's stuff out of my hospital bag and into his own).
After a couple of hours they didn't hurt so much anymore, and I was able to fall asleep. I was still contracting regularly all night long, just not painfully. I had to pee every 45 minutes (not kidding, I didn't make it a whole hour once the entire night), and everytime I got up to pee I had at least 4 contractions before I was able to fall asleep again.
And once again I woke up stupid early and was unable to fall back asleep. It was 4:30 this morning, which is actually kind of late for me.
Regardless, I'm going to take a nap now. Or try, anyway.
In the past week (or maybe a little more) my back has gotten sooo bad. I had a really bad back in the first trimester, and part of the second. But I've been seeing my chiropractor regularly for 3 1/2 months, and for the past 7 weeks I've been seeing him 3 times a week, so my back hasn't really been hurting much. Until now. Something drastically changed with my belly. I don't know what it is, but my back is just terrible. So not only do I have horrible pain in my hips and pubic bone, but now my back pain is horrible too. (At least this is something that happens to almost every pregnancy woman, unlike the burcitis and the torn cartilage in the pubic bone).
I was at the chiropractor on Friday and he said to me (again) "Hang in there, you only have a week left!" (Remember, he's convinced that I'm going to go this week, sometime before the 14th.) I said to him (again) "Yeah, according to you. I don't think I'll be going next week." He replied that next week (now this week) he's going to use a technique he hasn't used with me before called the Webster Technique. This technique is apparently used (very successfully) to turn breech babies (works over 80% of the time) and to bring on labour. I think it can only bring on labour because it gets the baby in the most optimal position, so if your body is ready to go, the baby getting into that perfect position can make you go into labour. In that way it's like any other natural induction technique... it would only work if your body is ready for it to work.
As soon as he said that I said "DO IT NOW!!!!!!!!!" in almost a threatening sort of way. He said no, we'll do it next week and I replied "DO IT NOW!!! I'm a couple of days from full-term and I am in SO much pain, just get it started now!!" He wouldn't give in. He just said he'd do it at every visit next week.
So today will be the first time... we'll see how it goes.
In the meantime, I'm doing everything I can to get this show on the road. I'd be jogging the block if it was physically possible for me to do so. I bounce on the birthing ball, I massage the right accupressure points, and last night Justin and I had sex. Interestingly, immediately following the sex I had the most frequent, regular, and painful contractions I have ever had.
If you follow my blog you know that I'm a huge recipient of Braxton Hicks. I get 50-100 of them everyday. And everyday I have a few hours where they come like clockwork. Sometimes every 2-3 minutes, sometimes every 4-5 minutes, depending on the day, but still totally regularly.
Last night they were all at least 60 seconds long, one on top of the other (I maybe had a one minute break between contractions) and they hurt! Whenever I have contractions I relax my whole body and breathe through them, so they don't hurt. Normally they only hurt if I'm forced to be walking around during them. But last night I was completely relaxing and breathing through them and they actually hurt pretty bad! I know they weren't hurting as much as they will when I'm in real active labour, but they were painful enough, long enough, close together enough, and went on for long enough that I was starting to wonder if I might actually be going into labour. They were bad enough that I had Justin going from room to room fetching everything I needed to pack the baby's diaper bag with (this was one of the last things on my to-do list... I wanted to get Bambino's stuff out of my hospital bag and into his own).
After a couple of hours they didn't hurt so much anymore, and I was able to fall asleep. I was still contracting regularly all night long, just not painfully. I had to pee every 45 minutes (not kidding, I didn't make it a whole hour once the entire night), and everytime I got up to pee I had at least 4 contractions before I was able to fall asleep again.
And once again I woke up stupid early and was unable to fall back asleep. It was 4:30 this morning, which is actually kind of late for me.
Regardless, I'm going to take a nap now. Or try, anyway.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Hormones = Insanity
I've been trying not to write this post, because I didn't want to put this out there. But I feel like I'm about to explode so I HAVE to say something. As a disclaimer, I would like to say that I'm aware it must be purely late-stage pregnancy hormones making me this insane.
SOMEONE (who will remain nameless) is driving me CRAZY!!!!!!!!!
To start, a week or two ago we were having a conversation about us needing our carseat cover before the baby comes. She started telling me about those "bundle" things (they come in various brands) that are like a big sleeping bag that you put in the carseat. I told her that we don't want one of those. They cost at least $70, and our baby is due at the end of March and would most likely be too big for it next winter, so we'd get about 2 weeks out of it. It's just not worth the price.
She completely ignored my totally legitimate reasons for not getting one and went on and on about how all her younger cousins have this "bundle-me" and they just LOVE it and it's just sooo awesome because you don't even need to wrap the baby in any blankets or put any extra clothes on it because the bundle me is just soooo warm and wonderful!
I restated my arguments. She once again ignored them.
THEN, my husband went there on Wednesday night to pick up a gift that included our carseat cover. The next morning I opened it and was remarking to him that it was much thinner than I thought it was. He, out of nowhere, says "Isn't there like a sleeping bag type thing that you can put the baby in in the carseat?"
ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDING ME?!?! Obviously he doesn't know about these things on his own, so I said "Did you get that idea from _____?" Justin replied "Yeah, she was talking about it last night."
So she completely disregarded every legitimate reason I have for not wanting to spend a ton of money on a stupid bundle bag thing and tried to go over my head to my husband to make HIM want to buy one. FOR PETE'S SAKE, it's my dang decision whether I spend almost a hundred dollars on something for MY child's carseat!
This may not seem like anything to some of you, but it is how she repeatedly works. She gets this idea in her head and it doesn't matter if it's MY life and MY decision, she tries to go past me to make what SHE would do happen.
It happened repeatedly when we bought our house. For example, she thought we should buy stainless steel appliances. We were planning on having kids right away and all I had ever heard about kids and stainless steel was awful, because of fingerprints allll over everything. Plus stainless steel was more expensive. So we were looking into white. It didn't matter to her that it was our house and our money and our decision, she tried everything to get us to buy stainless steel. It got to the point that when she brought it up one time I actually left the room. You know what? If you want stainless steel appliances that badly, GO BUY THEM! Don't try to force your style and opinions on us!
I was well aware that stainless looks way better than white, but the fact that she was trying so hard to force it on us pissed me off so much that I didn't want stainless just because SHE wanted us to get stainless.
We ended up getting stainless. And it killed me.
Another example from when we were buying the house. Right off our kitchen is a hallway leading to some of the bedrooms and one of the bathrooms. There is also a closet in that hallway. We hadn't moved in yet, so I didn't know how everything would fit, and I was thinking we would use that closet as a linen closet because we had so much cupboard space I figured all our food would fit in the cupboards, but we didn't HAVE a linen closet (except the closet in the bathroom, which only fits towels and toiletries).
SOMEONE thought that closet should be a pantry. I said "I think we're going to use it as a linen closet." It's our house, it's our decision. End of discussion, right?
Wrong. She proceeded to say to everyone over and over "This is a pantry, right? Not a linen closet." WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, WOMAN??? Why can't you just let us make our own decisions and not try to force your will in every situation?!?!
That closet is now half linen closet, half pantry. We have sooo many dishes and appliances that they took up most of our cupboard space, and we had to use a couple of the shelves for food. But man, one day I'd like to rearrange things and move the food from that closet into the cupboards and just have LINENS in that closet!
....
Back to the present day
The other day she called to give me some addresses of people for thank you notes. She asked me if I had a pen nearby. I said no. She asked me if I could get one. I said no, I try not to get up unless I have to, so could she please send me the addresses on facebook for something? She said "Oh, maybe I'll just email them to you. I don't really trust facebook." Ummmm... okay crazy. It's not like I asked you to post the addresses on my friggin wall! Plus, even if you did, what's the worst that will happen? People who I know will see the address of someone - someone who they possibly ALSO know. GASP!! Think of all the horrible things that could happen! She never did email me those addresses.
Then last night she called. As a quick background, this person is someone who is never doing "good." If you ask her how it's going she's say something like "it's going..." or "oh... you know..." ALWAYS. She can never say that things are going well.
So last night she asked me how I was doing. I said "I'm okay." She answers with, "Just okay???" as if she cannot believe that I wouldn't reply with "I'm doing GREAT! Thanks for asking!"
Um, yes, lady, I'm JUST OKAY. I'm 37 weeks pregnant, uncomfortable as heck, and in excruciating pain from an injury I've been dealing with for 6 1/2 weeks and is only getting worse. I just found out I'm GBS+ so I have to be on an IV during labour, and my blood pressure is through the roof. Do I not have the right to be "JUST OKAY"? (Of course, I didn't say any of this).
Then our whole conversation is filled with her giving me pat responses like "Well, now we wait," and "This too shall pass," and bunch of other ones that made me want to throw the phone through a window.
She goes on to tell me, for the millionth time, that she wants the baby to come during March break. She has told this to me and to EVERYONE who will listen. Because she's a teacher, so she's off during March break. And then SHE can come see the baby and "help out" (read: hold the baby so that I can do chores) whenever she wants.
Well, you know what? My baby is not a boiled egg. He will be ready when he is ready, and he'll come when he comes, not when it's convenient for you. Besides, I don't want you over at our house everyday. If he comes during March break it will be nice because HIS FATHER is a teacher and HIS FATHER will be off work and HIS FATHER can help out and bond with him and get to know him. But of course, those aren't her reasons for wanting him to come during March break.
I'm so sick of hearing about when it will be convenient for her for me to have the baby that I almost don't want to baby to come during March break. I want the baby to come when it's INCONVENIENT for her. Like, if they go out of town for a weekend.
Then I remind myself that it would be nice for the baby to be born when Justin is home for a week. And that I can just tell him to tell her to back off.
I told her not to count on him coming during March break and she sounded sooooooo disappointed. It was absolutely ridiculous. Why she would even THINK that would happen is beyond me. He'd be 2 weeks early! Why would she count on that?
This is the longest post I think I've ever written. If you read this long, thank you. It was cathartic. But I'm still annoyed.
SOMEONE (who will remain nameless) is driving me CRAZY!!!!!!!!!
To start, a week or two ago we were having a conversation about us needing our carseat cover before the baby comes. She started telling me about those "bundle" things (they come in various brands) that are like a big sleeping bag that you put in the carseat. I told her that we don't want one of those. They cost at least $70, and our baby is due at the end of March and would most likely be too big for it next winter, so we'd get about 2 weeks out of it. It's just not worth the price.
She completely ignored my totally legitimate reasons for not getting one and went on and on about how all her younger cousins have this "bundle-me" and they just LOVE it and it's just sooo awesome because you don't even need to wrap the baby in any blankets or put any extra clothes on it because the bundle me is just soooo warm and wonderful!
I restated my arguments. She once again ignored them.
THEN, my husband went there on Wednesday night to pick up a gift that included our carseat cover. The next morning I opened it and was remarking to him that it was much thinner than I thought it was. He, out of nowhere, says "Isn't there like a sleeping bag type thing that you can put the baby in in the carseat?"
ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDING ME?!?! Obviously he doesn't know about these things on his own, so I said "Did you get that idea from _____?" Justin replied "Yeah, she was talking about it last night."
So she completely disregarded every legitimate reason I have for not wanting to spend a ton of money on a stupid bundle bag thing and tried to go over my head to my husband to make HIM want to buy one. FOR PETE'S SAKE, it's my dang decision whether I spend almost a hundred dollars on something for MY child's carseat!
This may not seem like anything to some of you, but it is how she repeatedly works. She gets this idea in her head and it doesn't matter if it's MY life and MY decision, she tries to go past me to make what SHE would do happen.
It happened repeatedly when we bought our house. For example, she thought we should buy stainless steel appliances. We were planning on having kids right away and all I had ever heard about kids and stainless steel was awful, because of fingerprints allll over everything. Plus stainless steel was more expensive. So we were looking into white. It didn't matter to her that it was our house and our money and our decision, she tried everything to get us to buy stainless steel. It got to the point that when she brought it up one time I actually left the room. You know what? If you want stainless steel appliances that badly, GO BUY THEM! Don't try to force your style and opinions on us!
I was well aware that stainless looks way better than white, but the fact that she was trying so hard to force it on us pissed me off so much that I didn't want stainless just because SHE wanted us to get stainless.
We ended up getting stainless. And it killed me.
Another example from when we were buying the house. Right off our kitchen is a hallway leading to some of the bedrooms and one of the bathrooms. There is also a closet in that hallway. We hadn't moved in yet, so I didn't know how everything would fit, and I was thinking we would use that closet as a linen closet because we had so much cupboard space I figured all our food would fit in the cupboards, but we didn't HAVE a linen closet (except the closet in the bathroom, which only fits towels and toiletries).
SOMEONE thought that closet should be a pantry. I said "I think we're going to use it as a linen closet." It's our house, it's our decision. End of discussion, right?
Wrong. She proceeded to say to everyone over and over "This is a pantry, right? Not a linen closet." WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, WOMAN??? Why can't you just let us make our own decisions and not try to force your will in every situation?!?!
That closet is now half linen closet, half pantry. We have sooo many dishes and appliances that they took up most of our cupboard space, and we had to use a couple of the shelves for food. But man, one day I'd like to rearrange things and move the food from that closet into the cupboards and just have LINENS in that closet!
....
Back to the present day
The other day she called to give me some addresses of people for thank you notes. She asked me if I had a pen nearby. I said no. She asked me if I could get one. I said no, I try not to get up unless I have to, so could she please send me the addresses on facebook for something? She said "Oh, maybe I'll just email them to you. I don't really trust facebook." Ummmm... okay crazy. It's not like I asked you to post the addresses on my friggin wall! Plus, even if you did, what's the worst that will happen? People who I know will see the address of someone - someone who they possibly ALSO know. GASP!! Think of all the horrible things that could happen! She never did email me those addresses.
Then last night she called. As a quick background, this person is someone who is never doing "good." If you ask her how it's going she's say something like "it's going..." or "oh... you know..." ALWAYS. She can never say that things are going well.
So last night she asked me how I was doing. I said "I'm okay." She answers with, "Just okay???" as if she cannot believe that I wouldn't reply with "I'm doing GREAT! Thanks for asking!"
Um, yes, lady, I'm JUST OKAY. I'm 37 weeks pregnant, uncomfortable as heck, and in excruciating pain from an injury I've been dealing with for 6 1/2 weeks and is only getting worse. I just found out I'm GBS+ so I have to be on an IV during labour, and my blood pressure is through the roof. Do I not have the right to be "JUST OKAY"? (Of course, I didn't say any of this).
Then our whole conversation is filled with her giving me pat responses like "Well, now we wait," and "This too shall pass," and bunch of other ones that made me want to throw the phone through a window.
She goes on to tell me, for the millionth time, that she wants the baby to come during March break. She has told this to me and to EVERYONE who will listen. Because she's a teacher, so she's off during March break. And then SHE can come see the baby and "help out" (read: hold the baby so that I can do chores) whenever she wants.
Well, you know what? My baby is not a boiled egg. He will be ready when he is ready, and he'll come when he comes, not when it's convenient for you. Besides, I don't want you over at our house everyday. If he comes during March break it will be nice because HIS FATHER is a teacher and HIS FATHER will be off work and HIS FATHER can help out and bond with him and get to know him. But of course, those aren't her reasons for wanting him to come during March break.
I'm so sick of hearing about when it will be convenient for her for me to have the baby that I almost don't want to baby to come during March break. I want the baby to come when it's INCONVENIENT for her. Like, if they go out of town for a weekend.
Then I remind myself that it would be nice for the baby to be born when Justin is home for a week. And that I can just tell him to tell her to back off.
I told her not to count on him coming during March break and she sounded sooooooo disappointed. It was absolutely ridiculous. Why she would even THINK that would happen is beyond me. He'd be 2 weeks early! Why would she count on that?
This is the longest post I think I've ever written. If you read this long, thank you. It was cathartic. But I'm still annoyed.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Random Thoughts
-Last night I was having so many non stop contractions that after about an hour I decided to time them. They were all 60-90 seconds and 2-3 minutes apart. I timed them for an hour, and then got really sick of doing it and stopped (the contractions did not). In that hour I had 18 contractions. It's like this for me almost everyday. I sometimes wonder if I'll even be able to recognize labour when it comes.
-Today is one of my two "don't-leave-the-house" days this week. I normally only get one of those, but this week I got two. I usually like these days, but I'm not sure how I feel about this particular one. I like when my "don't-leave-the-house" day is on a Monday. It makes the week seem shorter somehow.
-I'm done all the thank you notes from my baby showers. This is amazing! I am usually horrible with making myself sit down and write thank you notes, but I got about 50 of them done in a week and a half. Tomorrow I'll go to the post office and spend a fortune on stamps to send everything away.
-Yesterday I went to another store I needed to exchange things at. I got some adorable Carter's clothes for the exchange, and then went through the clearance rack and got some more Carter's stuff - winter clothing for next year. Size 12 months. It was so cheap and so cute. I couldn't resist. By the time he'll need winter clothing, everything will be full price because it will actually BE winter. Carter's is my favourite brand. And I think this store, which I had never been in before, is my new favourite children's clothing store. It's waaaaay less expensive than I thought it was!
-I got my belly bandits in the mail yesterday. Size medium and small. I'm so happy they're here. I feel so much more confident about how I'll look after delivery now that I have these.
-I received a belated baby shower gift that included my change pad cover and carseat cover. Yay! The carseat cover isn't as thick as I thought it was... I'm not really sure what I'm going to do. I'd exchange it for a thicker one, but I don't have a gift receipt so I'd get the last sale price in the past 6 months, which won't give me much toward the nicer cover. I might just use a blanket underneath it, and basically just use the cover to protect the baby's face from the wind (since the cover will stay off the baby's head, as opposed to a blanket that would drape itself right over his face).
-Why do people give you clothes as a gift and completely take the tags off? I can see cutting off the price, but why take the tags off completely? It's just so rude. We just got a 3-6 month winter outfit. Here, I'll do the math for you: our baby will fit into it sometime from June to September. If the flippin tags were still on I could at least exchange it for another size, if not return it all together.
-There was a sale on diapers. We now have 1200 diapers in sizes 1 and 2. I calculated, and that's 4 months worth of diapers if the baby goes through 10 a day. I think I'm addicted to buying them, though. I keep looking through flyers for diaper sales. It's a bit ridiculous.
-We also have about 1500 wipes.
-Our health insurance through Justin's work is being a pain in the ass. They keep saying that I have other coverage when we try to put something through, even though we've cleared this up with them already! It's stressing me out.
-My kitchen table is an absolute mess and it's driving me nuts. I have thank you note paraphernalia, tax stuff, flyers, birth plans, and magazines on it. I don't know what to do with everything! I want it all gone, but I can't face trying to clean it up right now.
-Speaking of tax stuff, I need to do our taxes. Unfortunately, when I had the motivation and drive to do it, we didn't have all of our tax stuff. Now we do, and I don't want to do them anymore. I think it's because they're going to be more complicated this year than last year. This year we have health expenses and new tuition credits (as opposed to the past tuition tax credits I've been using for the past several years). I don't know if that stuff makes things more complicated.
-We have a busy weekend. On Saturday we have to drive 2 1/2 hours away for my nephew's 1st birthday party. There will be a ton of people there, so I'm not looking forward to it so much. It'd be better if it was just my family. Then on Sunday it's my soon-to-be-sister-in-law's bridal shower an hour away. The first of three, all of which I have to attend because I'm a bridesmaid. Boooo. I didn't make my bridesmaids come to all of my bridal showers!
-I want to buy some nursing camisoles, but I can't find any for a price I'm willing to pay. I guess I'll see if I can make it without before I invest. However, I'm a major camisole person. I wear one under everything. It's been driving me nuts that I haven't been able to fit into my pregnancy camisoles for months now. And almost all of my pre-pregnancy shirts require a camisole. So I don't know how I'll do without them. And I don't think my regular camisoles will work well for nursing, since they all have a built-in-shelf bra.
That's enough thoughts for now.
-Today is one of my two "don't-leave-the-house" days this week. I normally only get one of those, but this week I got two. I usually like these days, but I'm not sure how I feel about this particular one. I like when my "don't-leave-the-house" day is on a Monday. It makes the week seem shorter somehow.
-I'm done all the thank you notes from my baby showers. This is amazing! I am usually horrible with making myself sit down and write thank you notes, but I got about 50 of them done in a week and a half. Tomorrow I'll go to the post office and spend a fortune on stamps to send everything away.
-Yesterday I went to another store I needed to exchange things at. I got some adorable Carter's clothes for the exchange, and then went through the clearance rack and got some more Carter's stuff - winter clothing for next year. Size 12 months. It was so cheap and so cute. I couldn't resist. By the time he'll need winter clothing, everything will be full price because it will actually BE winter. Carter's is my favourite brand. And I think this store, which I had never been in before, is my new favourite children's clothing store. It's waaaaay less expensive than I thought it was!
-I got my belly bandits in the mail yesterday. Size medium and small. I'm so happy they're here. I feel so much more confident about how I'll look after delivery now that I have these.
-I received a belated baby shower gift that included my change pad cover and carseat cover. Yay! The carseat cover isn't as thick as I thought it was... I'm not really sure what I'm going to do. I'd exchange it for a thicker one, but I don't have a gift receipt so I'd get the last sale price in the past 6 months, which won't give me much toward the nicer cover. I might just use a blanket underneath it, and basically just use the cover to protect the baby's face from the wind (since the cover will stay off the baby's head, as opposed to a blanket that would drape itself right over his face).
-Why do people give you clothes as a gift and completely take the tags off? I can see cutting off the price, but why take the tags off completely? It's just so rude. We just got a 3-6 month winter outfit. Here, I'll do the math for you: our baby will fit into it sometime from June to September. If the flippin tags were still on I could at least exchange it for another size, if not return it all together.
-There was a sale on diapers. We now have 1200 diapers in sizes 1 and 2. I calculated, and that's 4 months worth of diapers if the baby goes through 10 a day. I think I'm addicted to buying them, though. I keep looking through flyers for diaper sales. It's a bit ridiculous.
-We also have about 1500 wipes.
-Our health insurance through Justin's work is being a pain in the ass. They keep saying that I have other coverage when we try to put something through, even though we've cleared this up with them already! It's stressing me out.
-My kitchen table is an absolute mess and it's driving me nuts. I have thank you note paraphernalia, tax stuff, flyers, birth plans, and magazines on it. I don't know what to do with everything! I want it all gone, but I can't face trying to clean it up right now.
-Speaking of tax stuff, I need to do our taxes. Unfortunately, when I had the motivation and drive to do it, we didn't have all of our tax stuff. Now we do, and I don't want to do them anymore. I think it's because they're going to be more complicated this year than last year. This year we have health expenses and new tuition credits (as opposed to the past tuition tax credits I've been using for the past several years). I don't know if that stuff makes things more complicated.
-We have a busy weekend. On Saturday we have to drive 2 1/2 hours away for my nephew's 1st birthday party. There will be a ton of people there, so I'm not looking forward to it so much. It'd be better if it was just my family. Then on Sunday it's my soon-to-be-sister-in-law's bridal shower an hour away. The first of three, all of which I have to attend because I'm a bridesmaid. Boooo. I didn't make my bridesmaids come to all of my bridal showers!
-I want to buy some nursing camisoles, but I can't find any for a price I'm willing to pay. I guess I'll see if I can make it without before I invest. However, I'm a major camisole person. I wear one under everything. It's been driving me nuts that I haven't been able to fit into my pregnancy camisoles for months now. And almost all of my pre-pregnancy shirts require a camisole. So I don't know how I'll do without them. And I don't think my regular camisoles will work well for nursing, since they all have a built-in-shelf bra.
That's enough thoughts for now.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
36.5 Week OB Appointment... Not Great
I was at the OB today and it was not such a great appointment. For starters, my blood pressure was 156/95. That is REALLY high. It concerned my OB (who never gets concerned about anything) enough to take my BP again himself. It was a little lower, but still high. But seeing as once again, I didn't gain any weight, there was no protein in my urine, and I'm already on weekly appointments anyway, we're not doing anything about it.
I've been having BP issues since 30 weeks. I've had several appointments where my BP was around 145/85. But my OB was never concerned about it. He never even mentioned it, in fact. I find this interesting, because everything I read on hypertension in pregnancy says that that IS a number to be concerned about. Whatever.
The best news (note the sarcasm) of the appointment was that I tested positive for Group B Strep last week. So now I have to be on IV antibiotics while I'm in labour and afterward. And who knows what's going to happen to the baby.
I just want to cry.
I've been having BP issues since 30 weeks. I've had several appointments where my BP was around 145/85. But my OB was never concerned about it. He never even mentioned it, in fact. I find this interesting, because everything I read on hypertension in pregnancy says that that IS a number to be concerned about. Whatever.
The best news (note the sarcasm) of the appointment was that I tested positive for Group B Strep last week. So now I have to be on IV antibiotics while I'm in labour and afterward. And who knows what's going to happen to the baby.
I just want to cry.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Getting Ready
Yesterday I went to Babies R Us to return some shower items and buy the rest of the things I wanted before the baby comes. I only ended up getting $40 back from the returns, which was kind of lame, but I guess it was better than nothing. I didn't have gift receipts for any of it, so I had to get the lowest sale price in the past 6 months.
Everything I bought was right off my registry, and it ended up being pretty expensive. It made me kind of annoyed that so many people completely ignored the registry and bought us things that we didn't need (or want) instead. I guess I just don't understand why people don't pay attention to the registry. Showers are supposed to be helpful to the parents. They're supposed to offset some of the gigantic cost that comes with having a baby. You spend all that time and effort researching products and putting a registry together so that people can actually help you out by buying the things that you need, and then half the people completely ignore it. And you end up spending a fortune on your own.
I bought:
2 car seat protectors (for under the carseats)
3 swaddlers
2 pack and play sheets
2 sets of scratch mittens
5 packs of 50 scented diaper disposal bags
3 packs of 6 washable nursing pads
1 pack of 60 disposable nursing pads
1 Mommy Hook (to put on the stroller handle to hold bags)
1 care kit with brush, comb, toothbrush, nail clippers, tweezers, thermometer, etc.
1 nursing cushion slipcover
1 jar of vaseline
1 carseat weathershield
It all came to a little over $200. I was shocked. I guess I wasn't adding things up in my head while I was shopping (like I normally do) because these were all necessities that had to be bought one way or another. Somehow I thought I was going to get out of there only paying like $100. Clearly the pregnancy is affecting my brain.
Thankfully I had $15 worth of coupons, $40 from the return, and $140 in gift cards. I only had to pay a little over $5 of our own money. But still, I was hoping to have been able to use those gift certificates for something else, like buying a small umbrella stroller to use in the mall when the baby is a bit older. Now we have no more gift cards!
There are still 7 registry items that have been bought that we haven't received yet. Some of them we can wait for, but one of them we need before the baby comes! It's our carseat cover, since the weather will obviously be very chilly when the baby comes. I'm not comfortable draping a blanket overtop of his face. I'm worried he'll suffocate on it. So I need that carseat cover. I'd buy it myself, but my registry says someone has already bought it for us. I hope it appears soon.
I'd also like someone to give us our change pad cover soon, since that was bought off our registry as well. It'd be kind of nice not to change our newborn on the cold material of the change pad.
Other things we can wait for, like the stroller weathershield, forehead thermometer, pack of 9 oz bottles, and the clothes people have bought that we're going to return anyway.
Tomorrow when I go into town I'm going to go to another store and return things. Unfortunately we haven't actually received all our gifts, because some people didn't make it to the shower this past Saturday and have been dropping gifts off at my inlaws. There are at least two sets of clothing that we haven't received yet that I know we're returning. But it's to the same store that the majority of our returns are going to, and seeing as I'm in so much pain, I don't really want to make that trip more than once. So I might wait before making the trip to Sears. But there is one clothing store I can go to in the meantime.
Just as an update, we literally have 30 0-3 month sleepers. If one more person buys us one I'm going to flip out.
Everything I bought was right off my registry, and it ended up being pretty expensive. It made me kind of annoyed that so many people completely ignored the registry and bought us things that we didn't need (or want) instead. I guess I just don't understand why people don't pay attention to the registry. Showers are supposed to be helpful to the parents. They're supposed to offset some of the gigantic cost that comes with having a baby. You spend all that time and effort researching products and putting a registry together so that people can actually help you out by buying the things that you need, and then half the people completely ignore it. And you end up spending a fortune on your own.
I bought:
2 car seat protectors (for under the carseats)
3 swaddlers
2 pack and play sheets
2 sets of scratch mittens
5 packs of 50 scented diaper disposal bags
3 packs of 6 washable nursing pads
1 pack of 60 disposable nursing pads
1 Mommy Hook (to put on the stroller handle to hold bags)
1 care kit with brush, comb, toothbrush, nail clippers, tweezers, thermometer, etc.
1 nursing cushion slipcover
1 jar of vaseline
1 carseat weathershield
It all came to a little over $200. I was shocked. I guess I wasn't adding things up in my head while I was shopping (like I normally do) because these were all necessities that had to be bought one way or another. Somehow I thought I was going to get out of there only paying like $100. Clearly the pregnancy is affecting my brain.
Thankfully I had $15 worth of coupons, $40 from the return, and $140 in gift cards. I only had to pay a little over $5 of our own money. But still, I was hoping to have been able to use those gift certificates for something else, like buying a small umbrella stroller to use in the mall when the baby is a bit older. Now we have no more gift cards!
There are still 7 registry items that have been bought that we haven't received yet. Some of them we can wait for, but one of them we need before the baby comes! It's our carseat cover, since the weather will obviously be very chilly when the baby comes. I'm not comfortable draping a blanket overtop of his face. I'm worried he'll suffocate on it. So I need that carseat cover. I'd buy it myself, but my registry says someone has already bought it for us. I hope it appears soon.
I'd also like someone to give us our change pad cover soon, since that was bought off our registry as well. It'd be kind of nice not to change our newborn on the cold material of the change pad.
Other things we can wait for, like the stroller weathershield, forehead thermometer, pack of 9 oz bottles, and the clothes people have bought that we're going to return anyway.
Tomorrow when I go into town I'm going to go to another store and return things. Unfortunately we haven't actually received all our gifts, because some people didn't make it to the shower this past Saturday and have been dropping gifts off at my inlaws. There are at least two sets of clothing that we haven't received yet that I know we're returning. But it's to the same store that the majority of our returns are going to, and seeing as I'm in so much pain, I don't really want to make that trip more than once. So I might wait before making the trip to Sears. But there is one clothing store I can go to in the meantime.
Just as an update, we literally have 30 0-3 month sleepers. If one more person buys us one I'm going to flip out.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Pregnancy and Pictures at 36 Weeks
How far along: 36 weeks
Total weight gain: 15 lbs since 8 weeks.
Stretch marks?: The tops of some of the stretch marks on my sides have grown a little bit, but not much since I first started mentioning it. And just in the past half a week I started to develop tiny stretch marks under my belly button in the middle of my tummy to go with the tiny little stretch marks on the top and bottom of my belly-button ring hole. They're itchy. I would really like Bambino to come early so that I can stop growing stretch marks. I made it so far with so little action in that area, and now right at the end it's happening!
Sleep: It's exceptionally brutal. I don't even want to talk about it.
Best moments this week: I had a baby shower on the 20th and on the 27th. I have an awesome time at both, and Bambino got some amazing gifts!
Food cravings: Junk food. Mainly Mars bars right now. I think this is partially to try and drown my pain and discomfort.
Sex: Boy
Labor signs?: I'm still about 2 cm dilated, at least 50% effaced, and have at least 50 Braxton Hicks everyday. Sometimes they are accompanied by crampiness through my lower abdomen and back. Often in the evenings I have regular contractions (every 3-5 minutes) for several hours at a time. The baby has also dropped even further.
New Symptoms: My new symptom this week is a very strong tingly/numb feeling on the top right side of my stomach right by my ribs (where Bambino usually has his bum). It feels like someone put a conductor from a Tens machine on my skin and turned it up really high. Other than that it's the same old stuff: insomnia, hip pain, pubic bone pain (gets worse almost everyday), baby's bum and feet in my ribs, dizziness, trouble breathing sometimes, the occasional leg or foot cramp (these have lessened), fatigue, and being exceptionally warm at night time.
Belly Button: Popped.
What I miss the most: I'm going with my answer from two weeks ago, because it's only more amplified now: I miss living pain free. I wish I was just your average uncomfortable pregnant person. I hate having to use crutches.
What I am looking forward to the most: Having my darling munchkin on the outside, and then a healed pelvis so I can sleep and walk like a normal human being.
Milestones: 36 weeks! We're in the Month of Bambino! Or it better be the month of Bambino. If April becomes the month of Bambino I'm going to be quite annoyed.
Total weight gain: 15 lbs since 8 weeks.
Stretch marks?: The tops of some of the stretch marks on my sides have grown a little bit, but not much since I first started mentioning it. And just in the past half a week I started to develop tiny stretch marks under my belly button in the middle of my tummy to go with the tiny little stretch marks on the top and bottom of my belly-button ring hole. They're itchy. I would really like Bambino to come early so that I can stop growing stretch marks. I made it so far with so little action in that area, and now right at the end it's happening!
Sleep: It's exceptionally brutal. I don't even want to talk about it.
Best moments this week: I had a baby shower on the 20th and on the 27th. I have an awesome time at both, and Bambino got some amazing gifts!
Food cravings: Junk food. Mainly Mars bars right now. I think this is partially to try and drown my pain and discomfort.
Sex: Boy
Labor signs?: I'm still about 2 cm dilated, at least 50% effaced, and have at least 50 Braxton Hicks everyday. Sometimes they are accompanied by crampiness through my lower abdomen and back. Often in the evenings I have regular contractions (every 3-5 minutes) for several hours at a time. The baby has also dropped even further.
New Symptoms: My new symptom this week is a very strong tingly/numb feeling on the top right side of my stomach right by my ribs (where Bambino usually has his bum). It feels like someone put a conductor from a Tens machine on my skin and turned it up really high. Other than that it's the same old stuff: insomnia, hip pain, pubic bone pain (gets worse almost everyday), baby's bum and feet in my ribs, dizziness, trouble breathing sometimes, the occasional leg or foot cramp (these have lessened), fatigue, and being exceptionally warm at night time.
Belly Button: Popped.
What I miss the most: I'm going with my answer from two weeks ago, because it's only more amplified now: I miss living pain free. I wish I was just your average uncomfortable pregnant person. I hate having to use crutches.
What I am looking forward to the most: Having my darling munchkin on the outside, and then a healed pelvis so I can sleep and walk like a normal human being.
Milestones: 36 weeks! We're in the Month of Bambino! Or it better be the month of Bambino. If April becomes the month of Bambino I'm going to be quite annoyed.
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