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[28 Jan 2010|05:39pm] |
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I'm gonna make this short and sweet for now.
Soon I'll post another picture post of Amelia.
The surgeon was taking too long to call so I called my doctor who gave me his number. I called and had my appointment with him last Friday. Basically, I went in and he said "this is how the surgery is done" and we booked my surgery.
The receptionist asked if I wanted it done "as soon as possible" and I said "of course." But their idea of as soon as possible is not the same as mine because my surgery isn't until February 12th. (Exactly 3 weeks from when it was booked.) I have to go to the hospital at some point for some tests, they haven't called me about it yet.
It's a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, which I just love saying. I have to be at the hospital at 7am, surgery starts at 9. It should take about 2 hours and then a few hours in the recovery room before I get to go home.
They're gonna make 4 small incisions and I will look like I got in a knife fight afterward! That's kind of cool. They go in and cut the gallbladder away from the liver and common bile duct. Then they suck out the stuff inside the gallbladder and remove it through the hole they cut under my belly button.
Until then I have to avoid as much fat as possible when eating. I can't tell you how bad I want a frisco melt... or fries. Or fried anything. Or chinese food.
Apparently having your gallbladder removed can sometimes make eating spicy foods a digestive problem. I will cry if I can't eat spicy food anymore after this. But at least I'll be able to go back to a mostly normal diet.
15 days til surgery.
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| Holy crapola... |
[15 Jan 2010|06:14pm] |
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So it's been a while!
Things have been really good, just spending a lot of time getting to know Amelia so I haven't really thought about updating.
Amelia is now cooing and making really neat noises other than grunts and cries. Her colic is slowly but surely improving. She is up to 9 pounds 13 ounces, which means she's gained about a pound a week since birth which is just awesome!!!
She's great and being a mom is really freaking incredible.
Now, a story about myself!
A few nights ago I ate a sandwich and got pretty sick. Pain started just under my rib cage and radiated toward my back. The only thing that even came close to helping was taking long deep breaths and eventually falling asleep.
Unsure of what the cause was I had another sandwich the next day and got violently ill. The pain was exactly the same, only even more intense. In fact it was worse than 14 hours of natural labor.
The only thing that helped was finally throwing up.
I knew it wasn't bad meat because Joey had some too and he's doing just fine.
I asked the folks over in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) thequestionclub if they had ever experienced anything similar and a lot of people said it sounded like a gallbladder issue. So I planned on making a doctors appointment and seeing what was going on...
Later that evening I ate some rice and the pain came back. We called 911 but by the time the ambulance got here the pain had subsided. So Joey and I packed up Amelia and headed to Mercy Fairfield, I figured if I might need surgery I want to be closer to my family.
On the way to the hospital we got a flat tire! Luckily Joey's mom was still awake, she picked us up and we went to the hospital. The ER doctor also said it sounded like gallstones but they did not have an ultrasound tech on 24 hours a day (it was 1am at this point) and that I would need to go home and call the next morning to schedule my ultrasound.
Yesterday morning at 10 I called and they said if I could get there by 11 they would squeeze me in. And if not then I would have to wait til after the weekend... so we rushed and got down there at like 11:15 and they took me in! On the way down I made an appointment with my regular doctor because they said they would send her the results. They weren't allowed to tell me anything at the ultrasound, so I had to wait until my doctors appointment today to find out anything.
Turns out I do, in fact, have gallstones and my gallbladder is inflamed. They referred me to a surgeon who is going to call me to schedule surgery. It's an "elective surgery" so who knows when this guy will call. =(
Until then, I can't eat food with fat in it. And somehow all I want is a giant cheeseburger. Boo!!
Here's to hoping the surgeon calls soon and can get me scheduled soon. They told me if the pain comes back and I really need to, I can go to the ER and have them remove it as an emergency surgery, but I really would like to avoid that.
For now I need to start pumping lots of milk for Amelia for when I do finally get to get this damned thing out!
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| 2009 |
[31 Dec 2009|10:53am] |
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So today is the last day of 2009.
Which was what I would easily consider the best year of my life so far.
I don't have much to update about, I just thought I'd throw something in before the end of the year.
Amelia is going through an insane growth spurt so I am going on very little sleep right now. I plan on napping after this so that I can hopefully stay up til midnight!
Amelia actually failed her hearing test at the hospital but I didn't think anything of it because I assumed she just had some gunk still in her ears. We went yesterday to have her follow-up done and her hearing is perfect.
I can't believe she'll be a month old on the third. Neat! She seems so smart already. And advanced, she already picks her head up on her own and will try to look around. She'll also try to sit up by herself when you're burping her. She's an impressive little lady.
Here's to 2010 being an even better year than this one. Thanks to Amelia and Joey, and all of my friends. Especially my new LJ friends. ;)
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| Mostly a breastfeeding post. (I warned you) |
[17 Dec 2009|07:09pm] |
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Breastfeeding is really taxing these first couple weeks. I don't really get a lot of 'me' time... not that I ever need any 'me' time. A shower once or twice a week and I am happy. haha.
Amelia is eating really well. Every three hours like clockwork. The other night she was up to 6 pounds exactly.
I was told by 3 separate lactation consultants that I need to be waking her up and forcing her to eat every 2 hours. This doesn't happen. It can't happen. First of all, she won't wake up and eat... or she'll wake up and then fall asleep at the breast so she's not even eating anyhow. Secondly... if I feed her every two hours and feeding takes an hour, when do we sleep? Yeah.
She's gaining weight and outputting plenty of dirty diapers so I'm not worried.
I called the La Leche League yesterday because I am concerned about Amelia's poop. It's the normal color of breastfed baby poop but it's formed into little balls. They aren't hard... they're kind of spongy and she grunts a lot when she's pooping.
I was told that my milk is "really rich" but I can't find anything online to figure out how to make it less rich. My guess is just to cut out as much fat as I can in my diet. I'm attempting this and we'll see what happens.
Other than some exhaustion from this new schedule things are going great. She's super quiet and simply adorable. She makes the cutest faces ever. I plan on getting pictures of all of her little expressions. Especially the face she makes after she sneezes. She'll sneeze a couple times and then like... yell at the sneezes and make this little old man face. It's pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen.
The cats are still a little weary of her, and they've taken the liberty to start using the bedroom as a litterbox again. I think that they are warming up to her now though and I'm finding less pee in the bedroom. Needy little kitties.
I wish more people would come visit! We don't get out much because it's so cold and we're still getting into the groove.
And for your viewing pleasure... pictures of ( Amelia! )
If we're friends on Facebook (which we should be) you've already seen these pictures. Haha.
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| Doctor drama. |
[10 Dec 2009|12:47am] |
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Took Amelia to her doctors appointment Monday and the place was just GHETTO.
The guy at the front desk barely spoke English and that was my first bad sign. Then the doctor basically yelled at me not to try to switch doctors, even though taking Amelia there involves driving at LEAST an hour and a half.
They said she looked a little jaundiced and tested her bilirubin level. It was a little elevated but nothing to worry about. They didn't even tell me how much she weighed.
I cried so hard when we left because I never wanted to take her back in there.
My sister then called me back and told me she found a new doctor, in Hamilton... so considerably closer. I was willing to try anything at that point.
We took Amelia to that doctor today and we LOVE him, he's just super nice and the place is clean and not ghetto.
She has gained 4 ounces, so breastfeeding is going well! She still looks a little jaundiced and he advised me to sit in front of the window with her to try to lower her bilirubins and bring her back in for a test on Friday.
I am hoping she gets better. She poops and pees a ton, so I can't figure out why she'd be jaundiced. =(
I have been catching up on sleep lately and feeling pretty awesome.
I blow dried my hair today for the first time in over a week. And I have lost 20 pounds since the day I went into labor. For Christmas I want lots of gift cards to I can buy some clothes after my weight stabilizes. I can already tell nothing I own is gonna fit me. I'm gonna break out my pre-pregnancy jeans tomorrow and see if I can wear those for now.
My maternity pants were always a little too big, so after I had Amelia they were just huge. I have been living in pj's and yoga pants. Haha.
I was in labor a week ago right now... and at 7:40am Amelia will be a week old. Crazy! She's the most perfect little girl ever. I love her so so so much.
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| well shoot... |
[06 Dec 2009|11:57pm] |
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Amelia has a bit of a problem... she's quite the beanpole.
She's too small for pants and long sleeved things that are "newborn" sized. But she's too long for the premie sized stuff!
I left today to go to Walmart to try to find stuff to fit her. Joey and Amelia stayed home and I cried the whole way there because I didn't want to leave them! I'm in love.
Tomorrow morning at 8 we have to be in Norwood for her first pediatrician appointment. After that the plan is to find a doctor that isn't an hour and a half away.
My bleeding is tapering off already, which is pretty freaking awesome. My stitches feel really weird though and I can't wait for that action to get all cleared up.
Uhh, I think that's all that is going on.
I keep falling asleep every time I blink, so I should probably just go get some sleep now.
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| 38 weeks? |
[05 Dec 2009|06:39pm] |
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Well, this should be my "38 weeks" update, but instead I present to you Amelia Lucille Dykes' Birth Story:
December 3rd, 2009
7:40am.
5 lbs. 11 oz.
19.5 inches long.
14 hours of natural labor! I AM WOMAN HEAR ME ROAR.
I was in the kitchen making a pie for Joey's birthday and I felt some super warm wetness in my undies... I called Joey in and told him I thought I peed myself or my water had broken. I went into the bathroom to check and sure enough there was lots of blood tinged liquid.
It was Wednesday December 2nd at 5:27 PM, I called my doctor and told him what had happened. He told us to head down to the hospital and get checked out. I hopped in the shower to wash myself off and when I got out I realized I had no pads or anything to use so I shoved a washcloth in my undies and called it a day! When I wiped after the shower it was also very mucousy, so I am guessing that was my entire mucous plug all at once. At my appointment the week before she was still sitting really high and I was completely closed up.
Joey went downstairs to tell his mom where we were heading and she was totally caught off guard but got ready super fast and came down with us.
We drove down to Cincinnati, it took about an hour and a half because of rain and traffic. About halfway down I started actually feeling contractions, they weren't painful just noticeable. They were about 5 minutes apart.
I got checked into triage and they found that I was 4cm dilated and my contractions were 2 minutes apart (but still painless.) They called my doctor and he told them to go ahead and admit me. This was at about 7pm.
The triage nurse was a freaking spaz. She checked my blood pressure and it was high (hello, I'm in labor here and was not expecting it) so she freaks out and is like "Oh you have to lay on your side now and we'll do this again, this is not good. NOT GOOD." Yeah, way to help me out there lady... she checked again and I was fine. She then said "Let's get your IV started!" and I said... "You mean you want to put my Hep Lock in right?" and she goes "Oh well, I guess you don't NEED to be hooked up... that's a good idea!"
She was gonna just hook me up to an IV out of habit? Ugh.
OH! And she asked if I was planning on having medication and when I responded with "I prefer not to." She said to me "Oh, that's what you think now! But you don't know how bad it's gonna get!"
Yeah, great first impression there Bethesda North.
By the time we got up to the labor and delivery room and got settled my contractions were definitely there and slightly painful. I'd say about a 3 on a scale of 1-10.
Our nurse, Amy was absolutely awesome. I love her. I wish I could have taken her home. She even called when she got home to see how I did and check on us. =) I only wish the triage nurse could take a hint from her and be less psycho and more patient care oriented.
After lots of phone calls and texts everyone showed up! Joey's mom came with us, his dad, step-mom and sister also came down. My mom, sister, Sylvia, Renee, and Sammie were all there at some point too. People started to leave at about 10pm, we all thought it could be a while and we'd call them when things really started getting hot and heavy.
I can remember being mad that I didn't blow dry my hair and that I was missing Glee. Haha.
Sammie and Renee were there the entire time though. Just hanging out and being supportive. At some point we watched the video for "Threw It On The Ground" from SNL. So for most of my labor I had that stuck in my head.
I had to be on the monitor for the baby and my contractions for fifteen minutes of every hour, this was always the worst part because lying in the bed made my contractions feel infinitely worse!
After about three hours or so of contractions they checked me again and said I was "almost a 6." I thought hell, we're moving along swimmingly!
Joey was amazing the entire time, he rubbed my back and encouraged me to breathe through the contractions. He helped me pee the 80 million times I had to pee and held me up when I decided I NEEDED to brush my teeth while having contractions.
Hours went by and my contractions would fluctuate between quite painful and barely there, they checked me again and I was "almost at 8cm" at this point it was about 4am and I had been awake since 8 and hadn't eaten since 2. I was so exhausted that when they asked if I wanted to speed things up by letting them break my water, I quickly obliged.
This is when things got really painful. I moved into transition and my strongest contractions made me throw up stomach bile (mmm!) At this point I kept telling everyone (Joey, Sammie, and Renee) that I couldn't do it any more. "I seriously can't do this!" was my favorite line for a while there. On that 1-10 scale of pain, I was definitely at a 10. Everyone would just remind me to breathe and that I was so so close.
In fact, I think Sammie and Renee made a pact with the nurse to lie and tell me it was too late for drugs anyhow!!
I am so glad they did though, I was really begging for drugs. I hated knowing there was something that could make it PAINLESS, no matter how hard I tried not to think about it that thought was always in the back of my head.
Our nurse suggested that I kneel in the shower and let the warm water run down my back so we got that going. Joey held the shower head thing and kept making this number 8 pattern with it. It was nice because it distracted me from the seriously painful contractions. After about 5 or 6 contractions in the shower I felt like I had to poop... like the worst, biggest poop ever. And the nurses were switching over at that point so I had three nurses telling me that this was awesome. I got out of the tub and back to the bed because I couldn't take the pain anymore and I really really just needed to push.
I got back to the bed and they checked me and not only was I fully dilated, I was crowning.
They quickly called Dr. Friedman (Dr. Pranikoff was on call a mere 40 minutes before! I just missed him!) but I couldn't wait anymore so they had to run out and find a doctor. At some point, either before I pushed or right after Amelia was born I told the doctor "You're much better looking than Dr. Friedman."
She came in and told me to go ahead and push. 5 pushes and 7 minutes later, Amelia was born! Joey cut the cord and then ran for the camera. =)
They left the placenta for Dr. Friedman who showed up literally a minute after I had her. He took care of that business and stitched up my 2nd degree tear.
All in all, I would say that it was definitely the most painful experience of my life... but the painful part was only about 4 hours long. I got through most of that without freaking out too. I'm incredibly impressed with myself and even more impressed with my new little family.
We're at home after some drama trying to find a pediatrician for her, but we have one for now until I can find one closer.
It feels so nice to be at home, I feel awesome and I'm getting used to not sleeping much. It's hard to sleep when you're still so excited.
Oh, and of course the part you've all been waiting for... ( PICTURES!!! )
I guess I should make a new user icon. =D
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| my awesome doctor... |
[29 Nov 2009|10:16pm] |
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i always want to post this here but i keep forgetting.
throughout my pregnancy my doctor pretty much starts all of my appointments the same way... just asking questions to make sure everything is okay. this past week the exchange was little different than usual.
Dr.: "Still pregnant? "
Me: "Quite!"
Dr.: "Any vaginal bleeding? Big gush of clear watery fluid?"
Me: "Nope!"
Dr.: "Darn."
haha. he's getting excited too! or he wants one less patient. hmmm.
he then proceeded to tell me i am full term and basically some day between now and christmas i'll be having a baby.
my next appointment is Thursday afternoon so we'll see if anything is happening then.
our kitchen is basically done! we're missing doors for the sink cabinet and ikea discontinued the ones we have for the other cabinets so we'll have to either get the ones that look almost exactly the same or we'll just pick new doors for the whole kitchen. there aren't many cabinets so it wouldn't be a huge deal, plus doors are cheap!
the only thing left to do (until we have money to buy the two more cabinets we want) is mount the microwave above the stove.
i did dishes in my sink, IN MY KITCHEN tonight. it was so nice.
also, we're more or less done with painting the bedroom. a few pieces of trim need some touching up.
however we still don't have the hardware for the crib. i am more than pissed. it's been two weeks since i called them and they said it *could* take 3-4 weeks, but i assumed they were over-estimating like most places do. apparently they were not!
i plan on calling tomorrow and trying to see if i can get a tracking number or something because when they ship them, they are shipping them UPS.
then hopefully we can finish up the rest of the painting and put things where they are going to go.
there's still this corner in the living room that needs some serious help, but we will just have to see if we get to it or not. it would be nice to have it done but it's really not an immediate need.
uh, i think that's all for now. i'm distracted by football.
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| Thanksgiving 2009/37 weeks |
[26 Nov 2009|11:01am] |
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I am 37 weeks pregnant this week. Which means I'm technically full term and Feets can make her appearance anytime she pleases with very little needed help after she's born.
Personally, I think she's gonna hold out until *at least* her due date... if not later.
I saw the doctor yesterday and my cervix is still all closed up and she's still sitting up pretty high. I have cervical checks weekly from here on out so we'll know if any progress is taking place... but I'm sure it'll be a while.
Oh, and since it's Thanksgiving...
I'm thankful for all the things one should be thankful for... family, friends, being alive in general... but mostly this year I am thankful for Joey and Feets. I'm thankful that we didn't have to go through more than what we did to have this little person in our lives and I can't wait to meet her!
We're going to Joey's dads house today to have the Thanksgiving spread of food. I'm excited because I really love turkey.
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| nesting frustrations... |
[21 Nov 2009|12:04am] |
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i have the severe urge to nest and i can't right now because everything is half done. i can't fold Feets' clothes over and over and make the crib up a hundred times because none of it is put together yet. we still have so much work to do and only a few weeks to get it done.
so i cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom and now i'm exhausted and frustrated and crying because i just want this place to be in one piece when she gets here and i'm getting increasingly afraid that it isn't going to happen.
joey sensed my frustration and now we're working on the living room together.
and i wanted to bake cookies tonight but that's just not in the cards.
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| 36 weeks! |
[18 Nov 2009|03:25pm] |
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Last night was birth class. We learned techniques for pushing and watched a birth video. Did more relaxation and breathing stuff. It almost seems pointless but it'll be nice if I can remember all this stuff while I am in labor.
We talked about the medications that are offered but since it's natural birth class we all just sat there disgusted. It was pretty funny stuff.
Three more birth classes left! And the last one is breastfeeding, but I will meet with a lactation consultant in the hospital so we may or may not attend (and my Medicaid assigned nurse is also a lactation consultant!) Just kind of depends on the weather and my general feeling toward going outside at that point since it will be December 8th and 6 days before my due date.
Today was my appointment and I had my group B strep test, so I guess I'll hear about that next Wednesday at my next appointment. Joey even stayed in the room while I had my vagina swabbed, what a trooper.
Feets is still head down, I am guessing she's not going anywhere, because frankly I don't think she has the room to turn around completely. She's still really high up, so he says I "have a ways to go" and I'm wondering exactly what he means by that. Due date? or like... Christmas? Haha. I don't mind either way because I still feel great really. Outside of the pain from SPD which is only bad some days, I really don't have any complaints. I think Dr. Pranikoff is not used to women being comfortable in their 9th month of pregnancy because he always seems so impressed when I tell him I feel fantastic.
We're chilling at Joey's dads house right now and I am hoping that this evening they will take us to Ikea so we can get our dresser. I desperately need to go through all the clothing Feets has gotten from everyone and sort it out by size, wash it, and put it in her dresser!
We went to Target today and got the pack and play, so I finally feel like we have all the "big ticket" items we wanted. I would still like a Boppy and the swing that matches the rest of our set up, but Gwyn told me to leave some stuff for her to buy. Haha.
I also want Joey to talk to his dad about coming out this weekend or next week (since he's on vacation the whole week) to finish up the house. Really we just need to paint one wall in the bedroom and finish the trim.
Repair part of the livingroom wall (that used to be a closet) and then paint that and also finish the trim in there.
Touch up paint in the kitchen, lay the floor and put up the cabinets.
Then we can set up the stuff in the bedroom and be totally ready for whenever Feets decides she's ready. =)
It sounds like a lot but if you saw it all, it's really not a whole lot.
People who want to come visit should seriously do it. We love having company. Plus it gives me a reason to be less lazy and clean!
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| baby shower! |
[14 Nov 2009|08:27pm] |
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Today was the baby shower and it was tons of fun.
Feets got lots of gifts and lots of love from her family and friends. My sister had everyone write notes to the family and they are so sweet! That'll be a cute thing to have to show her when she's older. =)
We pretty much have everything we're gonna need to start our life with Feets here in just a few more weeks. I'm 9 months pregnant today, 30 days away from my due date.
I ended up with two breast pumps so this week I'm gonna take one back and get a Boppy. My grandma gave me a giftcard to get the pack and play, so we will probably pick that up too while we're there.
We still have a few things to get done... I'm gonna make a list.
Finish painting the kitchen, lay the flooring, and install the cabinets.
Finish painting the bedroom and put together the crib.
Joey's dad and step-mom are getting us a dresser, so we will need to put that together too.
Then we have to move our clothes from the dresser they are in now to the new one and put all of Feets' clothes in the old one.
Lots and lots of pictures to come as things start to fall in line.
I'm so tired so I am sure this is lacking in the "making sense" department.
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| bullshit! |
[12 Nov 2009|07:22pm] |
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look, i'm ranting in my PERSONAL JOURNAL, instead of posting it in any/every pregnancy related community on LJ.
we got our crib today and part of the finish is like scratched.
AND the hardware pack (screws and such) are MISSING.
WAY TO RUIN MY NESTING.
i am calling first thing in the morning. jerks.
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| 35 weeks. |
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This is my last week without a doctors appointment for a while. And I'm gonna live it up! By going to jobs and family services to have them fix some stuff. FUN TIMES.
Last night was birth class, and it was pretty interesting. Just learned about stages of labor, how to tell real labor from false labor, and practiced some relaxation techniques. We used birth balls. When I took the hospital tour, they said they have them in every room and I'm like "Yeah whatever, good to have I guess. But after having sat on one for a majority of class last night and then sitting on one while we did fake contractions, it's safe to say I will be using one. =)
We did the relaxation stuff and the teacher suggested that you have your "birth partner" (aka Joey) squeeze your upper arms or your legs to simulate the pain of a contraction. i am pretty sure Joey and I were the only ones who actually did this. I didn't see the point in NOT doing it, I have to have something to relax through or I'm not going to know if my relaxation techniques work. And Joey's deathgrip on my arms was probably the equivalent of early contraction pain, just in the total wrong spot. Haha.
I've never had any worries about my body knowing what it's supposed to do when the time comes but these breathing techniques and whatnot seem like they will be helpful.
I'm getting really anxious about meeting my daughter. I wonder who she'll look like and act like. I can't believe we're only 33 days away from possibly meeting her. So incredibly close.
From what I can tell I haven't had any/many Braxton Hicks contractions, and I am hoping that this will mean NOTHING when it comes time for my body to have real contractions. Maybe my uterus is already super awesome? Maybe!
My baby shower is Saturday which is also pretty exciting, it doesn't appear that many people have shopped off of my registry though so I am hoping we don't end up with doubles or a bunch of stuff we just don't need.
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| 34 weeks! |
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I always forget to actually update. Oops.
My baby shower is all set up and ready to go. I made the invitations myself and i have to say I am quite proud of how they turned out. I forgot to put the time of day on them because my brain is currently liquid.
I even scanned one to show you all!
( it's over yonder. )
Joey's mom bought us a crib and mattress today! We're so excited. It could be here as early as Monday!!!
I’m 34 weeks and 2 days today. We’re down to 40 days until my due date.
Last night we attended the second birth class. it was all about nutrition during the third trimester and during breastfeeding. Pretty boring stuff. Everyone in there seems pretty cool. There’s a super crunchy couple and the woman was up stretching at one point, eating an apple and some cheese she was cutting with a pocket knife, and rubbing her exposed belly.
Another woman didn't get a joke I made and I think I really offended her.
Her husband mentioned they might be moving to Chicago because his office is closing down here, either that or be jobless. And I said "It's almost worth it to be jobless after seeing the way people drive in Chicago!" and she was like "or maybe not since we are having a baby." in a really snotty voice. Get a grip lady, I was kidding.
We missed the first week, last week, because I wrote down that it was at Christ Hospital and it most definitely was not there. So, last week I got home from Chicago, got in my car with Joey and drove down to Clifton to Christ only to find it wasn't there. The teacher and I contacted each other (after she had the wrong phone number for me!) and she told me where it really is and that I didn't really miss anything, so that's good. I'm excited and slightly nervous that Feets will want to show up before the last class, which is on December 8th... 6 days before I am due. Haha.
I had my H1N1 vaccine last Wednesday. I'm still alive. Holy crap, it's not government poison!
My friend Phil is coming over next week and him and Joey are going to finish the kitchen. I am so excited I could explode. I think Joey and I will finish the bedroom this week and get that out of the way. So the only room unfinished will be the livingroom but that doesn't need a lot of work really. Repair part of a wall and pant, and that will be done.
The bathroom is a completely different story but we'll get to that when we have money for a total remodel of that stupid room.
I think there was probably other stuff I wanted to write about but Feets is having a dance party right now and she makes it really hard to type!
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[28 Oct 2009|09:16pm] |
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woke up this morning extra early for some reason.
got a call from the doctor saying they got their H1N1 vaccines in, and if i wanted mine i needed to get there before 5pm or they would give it to someone else! and this prevents me from having to get up tomorrow to go to the clinic and stand in line to MAYBE get the vaccine.
so joey and i got ready to leave.
i checked my bank account to find out that it had overdrafted from some bullshit thing that i didn't want to sign up for but the lady who opened my account sweet talked me. i knew i would forget that the payment was coming out, i just KNEW it. so it came out before 4 other charges (that i had accounted for and put in my ledger and everything, i was doing SO good with my money) and charged me 4 overdraft fees. so there goes $100 of my $156 from unemployment for the week.
i went into the bank to try to see if they could do anything about any of the overdraft fees. they can refund one as a courtesy and two more if i pay two bills online through the banks website (because that gives them revenue and if they are making money off of me they can give me more back? i guess.)
then we went to Aurgroup to see about what to do for the car payment. they basically gave me the month of october off, which was nice but i had to go in to figure out when and how much they were gonna want from me now. we asked about refinancing because frankly the $100 a week bullshit they pulled on us before was just not working out anymore.
we couldn't refinance with Joey's name still on the car because he's currently unemployed with no income. so they ran mine and found that it would work. our interest rate went from an awesome 7% to a not so awesome 12% but my payments now are only $218 a month. which is way more manageable than the $400 sometimes $500 they were getting before. and now i can pay that bill online through my bank, so that will help get some of those overdraft fees refunded. yay!
finally i went and got my H1N1 vaccine. took about 45 seconds, then i had to wait for 15 minutes after to make sure i wasn't foaming at the mouth or anything crazy before i could leave. i feel fine and i'm not dead yet so that's pretty good. haha. i have no worries about this vaccine. and now Feets is vaccinated too, so no sick baby! i'm gonna have a hard enough time just figuring out what i am doing, let alone if she had gotten the flu (of any kind!)
we went out to dinner with my family, it's like a ritual on my mom's payday. and i never turn down free food. Rib City USA in fairfield, by Jungle Jim's... that place is SO GOOD. om nom nom nom.
in other (sad) news, Babe (our kittens mama) is down to under 3 pounds, isn't breathing very well, and isn't eating. they took her to the vet and she's full of tumors, so my guess is that she has feline leukemia. she is almost 17 in human years, so she's had quite a full life. and if you live in the area and have a cat they are most likely related to Babe... she got around, if you know what i mean. i hope that we get to see her again before she is gone, but we won't be able to til friday and it's not likely that she will make it that long. =(
*edit* she passed away today.
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[26 Oct 2009|01:35pm] |
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this week is going to be nuts.
today i am in Chicago.
tomorrow i am in the car all day and then at the hospital for birth class.
wednesday i'm free! but i have to finish my halloween costume and mail out the baby shower invites.
thursday is swine flu vaccine clinic and then Rent at night.
friday is free during the day and then halloween party at night.
if i'm not dead on saturday morning, i will hand out candy to little kids that night.
oh and, i'm 33 weeks pregnant today! 49 days until my due date.
holy shit, 49 days?
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right now i am in chicago with my sister. she's here on business and i tagged along.
we're actually southwest of the city and i'm not familiar with the public transportation (plus i'm trying to avoid getting sick at all costs) so tomorrow i will just be hanging out here while she's at work. then we're gonna go out to dinner.
tonight we went to Portillo's Hot Dogs and holy crap it was delicious! all beef hot dog with mustard, relish, tomatoes, a dill pickle, and "sport peppers" on a poppy seed bun. it was seriously good and serious business.
now we're back at the hotel, christina basically passed out as soon as we got back and i'm just sitting here online. but i am getting sleepy too. stinking car rides make me so tired.
that's pretty much it for now i guess.
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| 30 weeks! |
[07 Oct 2009|09:22pm] |
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i'm 30 weeks 2 days pregnant today, just under 10 weeks left. crazy.
went to the doctor for my normal appointment. talked to him about my birth plan, that went well. sounds like everyone is going to go pretty smoothly as far as that is concerned. i don't really even need a birth plan because Bethesda North/my doctor are really good listeners. plus, he agreed with me that birth plans are kind of insulting to a doctor depending on what you put in it. i mean, he's been delivering babies since i was a child, so i have confidence that he knows what he's doing without me giving him a plan. haha.
he confirmed that i have symphasis pubis dysfunction. he said there's really not much they can do for it anyhow. just take tylenol when i need it, be careful doing the things that really irritate it, and it'll go away after the baby is born. or it won't but that's a bridge we'll cross if we get there.
so the pain sucks, but i will push through it. glad to know i'm not crazy for thinking i have SPD, that is for sure. haha.
i've discovered i have a limit on how much walking i can do before being in excruciating pain though, and today i broke that limit because i am dying right about now. and i think my pelvis/legs hate me.
also, we've decided not to cloth diaper. we're just not in a laundry situation that is really going to work out for us the way we'd like it to. but we are going for all natural/hypoallergenic disposables so hopefully we won't have any problems with them.
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