39 weeks ...my last baby bump post

This will be my last baby bump post. Kinda sad, but exciting!!! I will be induced tonight (9 pm MST) so hopefully Channing will be here sometime tomorrow. 

How far along? 39  weeks 2 days
Total weight gain:  around 35 lbs. I have lost a few
Stretch marks? A few on my boobs. They are not bad so I think they will go away. Still none on my stomach but I have this weird white circle around my belly button. Maybe this means he is done cooking:)
Sleep: Sleeping rather well. Waking up several times a night but getting some good sleep.
Best moment this week: Finally getting a date of when this baby is gonna be here
Miss Anything? just being comfortable and not having to pee every five seconds.
Movement: still lots of alien movements. Had an nst done on Thurs. and he would not stop moving.
Food cravings: nothing!
Anything making you queasy or sick: No. food just doesn't sound yummy.
Gender:  Boy
Labor Signs: Pressure, cramping, backache. I get it all but nothing timeable yet
Wedding rings on or off?  On and off
Happy or Moody:  Feeling pretty good and happy.
Looking forward to: Channing being here!!!
Dr. appt. : On the 31st at my  Dr's apt. I was dilated 1cm and 75% effaced. She said she could sweep my membranes at my next appointment if I wanted to. My blood pressure was high 160/100. I tried explaining I rushed to get there and had drank some pop ( which usually makes it higher).  They checked again before I left and it was still high. So off to L &D triage I went for tests and monitoring. I had no symptoms of pre-eclampsia so I wasn't really worried, but if my blood pressure didn't go down an induction would be a possibility. After 2 hours of monitoring me and the baby my blood pressure had went down to with in normal ranges with a few on the upper end of normal. Then Channing decided he didn't want to be monitored anymore and moved and my heart beat was picked up. So to be safe he was monitored longer and an ultrasound was ordered. In the end everything looked fine. He is measuring small, but this has been the case the whole time and I don't really get why they made it seem like somewhat of an issue now. Plus he weighed 5.6 lbs last week and was told that was good so who knows. I am offically on bed rest. Boring! 

At my next Dr's appointment another NST was done. There was some protein in my urine so they decided to do a 24 hour urine test and blood work again. Blood work came back good but there was enough protein in my urine to give me the status of mild pre-eclampsia. Baby was still looking good he is just measuring a week behind. This has been the norm for him from the beginning.  The Dr was more worried about me. She wanted Channing to have a little more time to develop so we decided to start induction with cervadil tonight and then pitocin in the morning, We did another cervical check and I was now 1.5 cm dilated and 75% effaced. a half cm in four days seemed pretty good to me. 

36 weeks

How far along? 36 weeks

Total weight gain:  not positive this week. I will get weighed on Thursday at my Dr's appointment.
Stretch marks? none so far. hoping i make it through the next couple of weeks
Sleep:  I wake up a few times during the night. when I am asleep I sleep well. I think I could seriously just sleep non stop. I am just so tired now a days.
Best moment this week:  Babies room is almost finished. I will post a few updates in the next few days on what we have done.
Miss Anything? having energy. At this point I really wish I had alot more so things could get done. I don't feel like doing anything
Movement: Still alot. He seems to like to do it the most when I am driving which is really uncomfortable.
Food cravings: Nothing in particular. Food is sounding less appetizing
Anything making you queasy or sick: No :)
Gender:  Boy
Labor Signs: alot more BH contractions.
Symptoms: Acid reflux. I pretty much can't drink any juice anymore. I had some before laying down the other day and about chocked twice on acid coming back up.. No fun at all. My brace I got for my hands have helped alot for the joint pain.
Wedding rings on or off?  On and off
Happy or Moody:  Happy!
Looking forward to:  We are going to a cloth diaper class tonight. I am looking forward to all of the information. We will also be meeting with a pediatrician on Thursday. Hoping this goes well so I dont have to look for another one.

35 weeks

 Running behind on these. I will post the 36 week beginning of next week.

How far along? 35 weeks. Baby is about the size of a large cantaloupe

Total weight gain:  total weight gain 34.9 lbs. I was hoping not to gain any this week to make up for Christmas. Alas, no luck! Oh well I really can't complain. I do not look like I have gained almost 35 lbs. It is mostly all belly (what belly I do have).
Stretch marks? I think i may be getting some on my boobs. At this point I can't say 100%. 
Sleep:  Still sleeping well and alot more. It seems like 8 hours of sleep doesn't cut it right now.
Best moment this week:  The first of 2 child birth classes.  I was glad to see the hospital already did alot of what I wanted. It is also pretty nice that the baby will stay with either me or Eric at all times. If the baby goes to the nursery Eric gets to go with him and stay while they do whatever they do.  We also met with our Doula last Sunday. Since we decided to stay with our OB I am glad I went this route. I feel much more comfortable about having the birth experience I want.
Miss Anything? BEING ABLE TO BEND WITH OUT GROANING :) HA
Movement: feel like he is  trying to poke out of me with his butt! He is REALLY strong. It doesn’t necessarily hurt, but it’s not exactly pleasant. I do love his movements no matter how uncomfortable it gets. I'll try to take a video to post of his crazy movement.
Food cravings: Still cold drinks. The more ice the better. I also really enjoy hamburgers, but try to only have one occasionally.
Anything making you queasy or sick: No :)
Gender:  Boy
Labor Signs: I had a worse than normal Braxton Hicks contraction last night while at Karaoke. I had not really noticed them lately. I am glad it was only one and not several or I may have freaked and though I was going into labor because it was so different than normal.
Symptoms: still joint pain in my fingers. Plan to ask the Dr about this on Tuesday. I find it funny this is the only place i seem to have noticeable swelling
Wedding rings on or off?  Pretty much off. I can wear them but by the time I start moving around my fingers start to swell.
Happy or Moody:  Happy!! I feel pretty lucky to not have had all the emotional mood swings.
Looking forward to: working on the babies room. We got alot accomplished last weekend even with our busy schedule.  This will be another busy couple of days with appointments and what not but plan to start painting the furniture today. I had hoped to put up the map wallpaper I ordered. It said delivery was supposes to be yesterday but no paper :( . Hoping it is not lost.
Dr. apt. update: we did a position scan this week. Is is head down, weighs 5lb 11oz and is measuring right on track. I also have carpal tunnel syndrome which is why my hands have been hurting. Basically there is not alot that can be done except where a brace. It will go away once I give birth. I have another appointment next week so will do another update then if anything interesting is said. 

31 weeks

How far along? 31 weeks.

Total weight gain:  total weight gain 25.2 lbs. Only gained a lb this week. I am hoping the weight gain slows down now. I will most likely end up weighing around 35 lbs. I still don't look huge so I don't care.
Stretch marks? None yet! I am really worried they are going to pop up the last month. If i do get them I just hope it's not bad
Sleep:  Still sleeping well. I think I am pretty lucky here. My acid reflux still bothers me some when I sleep but medicine and adding a few pillows under my head has helped.
Best moment this week:  This past weekend we house/dog sat for a friend in the springs. It was so nice to just have to take a quick drive to run errands. We also just spent the weekend relaxing and cuddling in bed watching tv. Sometimes it is nice to just do nothing. When the baby comes these moments won't be as frequent. We are soaking it up while we can.
Miss Anything? the ease of getting dressed. It really sucks some days trying to find something to wear. I am lucky that most days I can just through on a shirt and yoga pants. It is much more comfortable.
Movement: He is a moving machine! Eric was shocked with my lopsided belly the other day and Channing's crazy movement. I am hoping that he has flipped because I have been feeling more movement up high and in my ribs. One night I swear he was standing on my back and practicing his boxing skills on my stomach
Food cravings: I would love to sit down and drink a whole thing of dr. pepper. It is so freaking satisfying right now.
Anything making you queasy or sick: My acid reflux was really bad the other day and was making me sick. Booo
Gender:  Boy
Labor Signs: nothing major yet. The dr. checked me at my last visit since I will be traveling. He is still up high and everything is still the way it should be.
Symptoms: acid reflux and just pressure in my lower stomach because he is so low.
Wedding rings on or off?  On but tight. I went from a size 8 ring to a 6.5 before I got pregnant. I am pretty sure my fingers want to go back to looking like little sausages.
Happy or Moody:  Happy, but starting to freak out a little. Feb. will be here before ya know it and I feel like I will go early or right around the due date.
Looking forward to: Flying home today. Not looking forward to the whole traveling thing but it shouldn't be to bad as we will only have one layover. Hopefully this time our connecting flight isn't on the other end of the airport so we have time to get something to eat. Last time we almost missed our flight because our phones didn't change time. We thought we had all this time to get food.

29 weeks

How far along? 29 weeks. baby is the size of a butternut squash

Total weight gain:  total weight gain 22.3 lbs.  I am still pretty much all belly so I can not really complain. I really thought I was going to get huge everywhere. I can still fit in a handfull of my prepregnancy jeans with help of a belly band. I did buy a pair of maternity pants the other day. I was getting sick of bending over and my pants coming down b/c they are not buttoned.
Stretch marks? Still none
Sleep:  This weeks sleep has been  up and down. My stomach is definitely getting bigger and Channing has been laying in a way that is putting alot of pressure on my lower stomach. There have been several times laying on my side feels like my stomach is going to rip apart. I think he finally moved of that spot. I am finally feeling some relief.
Best moment this week:  Getting furniture for the baby room. We drove up to Denver and went to ikea. We also walked around the 16th st mall. It was so nice to get out of the house. Now I can finally get all the baby stuff put away.
Miss Anything? being able to move around or even stand with out falling over. I tend to trip over invisible things anyway but the belly is for sure throwing off the balance even more.
Movement: Still moving a good bit. As I said before he has been laying in a funny position. One night I couldn't take it anymore so I lightly was pushing on my belly to get him to move. He was pretty pissed off about it and was just kicking me back. He finally moved but was back in his spot by morning. Stubborn little guy!!!
Food cravings: clementines. I could eat them all day long
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope
Gender:  Boy
Labor Signs: BH every now and then
Symptoms: I have had some acid reflux. it had actually stopped for awhile ( it was happening every night). I have never had acid reflux before. I think its more annoying then painful. Last night I had to sleep upright for awhile until the medicine kicked in. My throat felt like it was burning way to much to lay down
Wedding rings on or off?  On
Happy or Moody:  Still in a good mood. We did put together the ikea dresser yesterday and that was a huge test on my patients. The directions seemed to be awful if ikea directions can get any worse. We actually ended up putting the top of the dresser on backwards. Didn't realize this till we were all done :/ It may just have to stay this way
Looking forward to: Finding a place for everything. I am not the cleanest person in the world. Having things not put in a place normally doesn't bother me. Pregnancy has defiantly changed this. Having so many things that are not organized is driving me crazy. I think I have taken nesting to a different level. I have organized the bedroom and all of our clothes, the bathroom, the hall linen closet. Now i am tackling the babies nursery. Eric thinks I am nuts! We were putting away baby clothes last night. I was having him fold the socks a very specific way. He says " i am surprised you are not sorting these by heavy and light weight socks". I just look at him and show him the two drawer organizers I had going one for heavy one for light. He just laughed. I think he new better then to question my crazy organization tactics.  

27 weeks

I promise I'll add a 27 week photo by tomorrow :) So I totally flaked on last weeks post. I was back in WV and was pretty busy and just didn't take the time. Here is a picture on me and my cousin and the baby shower. I think this is the only side shot I got the whole time I was home.

How far along? 27 weeks.

Total weight gain:  total weight gain 19.8 lbs.  I had no weight gain at 26 weeks and for 27 weeks it is saying I have gained 4 lbs. I personally am not buying it. I think I may be retaining some fluid from flying. 
Stretch marks? Nope! Had a scare at victoria secrets though. I must have scratched myself and in the changing room lights it looked exactly like a stretch mark. I freaked!!! I am also noticing a faint linea nigra below my bellow button. 
Sleep:  Still sleeping well. Except for the other night when I seriously thought Eric was going to push me out of bed. He was like sleeping with a snoring child. It was awful!!
Best moment this week:  got to go back to wv :) and seeing everyone at the baby shower. Also a stranger finally asked me if I was pregnant. I guess the weekly 2lb weight gain all went straight to the belly.
Miss Anything? beer sounds so yummy and refreshing.
Movement: channing is now kicking my in the ass or what seems like it. It is such a weird feeling i had to google it just to make sure it was possible.
Food cravings: fruit and lots of it
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope
Gender:  Boy
Labor Signs: still some BH contractions. Going to talk to the dr about this. They have been more frequent this week and my stomach just hasn't been feeling right. Hoping it has to do with me trying to come down with a cold.
Symptoms:  getting some RLP again and sinus issues
Wedding rings on or off?  On but getting snug
Happy or Moody:  Overall I'm a pretty happy girl!
Looking forward to: Dr's appointment today and baby shower tomorrow. We also will be meeting with a doula tomorrow to see if we want this as an option. 

25 weeks

 

 

How far along? 25 weeks. the baby is now the size of a rutabaga

Total weight gain:  total weight gain 15.8 lbs.
Stretch marks? Nope! still keeping my fingers crossed
Sleep:  Still sleeping well.
Best moment this week:  we went out for Halloween. It is one of my favorite holidays. I painted our faces as skulls and I wore my skeleton shirt.
Miss Anything? the way clothes used to fit. it was so much easier to get ready
Movement: still pretty regular. He is usually quiet a day or two a week.
Food cravings: hmm. nothing in particular still wanting sweets, but i did cut back this week.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope
Gender:  Boy
Labor Signs: none Started getting braxton hicks. This is normal as long as they are not frequent. They don't hurt they are just a little uncomfortable.
Symptoms:  I have been breaking out like crazy!! this is not normal for me so I hate it.
Wedding rings on or off?  On
Happy or Moody: Mostly happy. I had one moody day this week. Between trying to find a nice place to live on our budget (renting in Colorado is just plain expensive) and dealing with some other issues. I wasn't a very happy camper. Eric realized quick asking me if " i was ok" was not the thing to ask. I believe  a really bitch remark came out of my mouth in response. Opps!
Looking forward to: Flying back to WV on Thursday.

24 weeks

How far along? 24 weeks. the baby now ways over a 1lb

Total weight gain:  total weight gain 13.6 lbs. I love Halloween but all of this candy is killing me. My appetite increased this past week. This doesn't bother me but the fact that all I want is candy is an issue. Eric said he would hide it from me if i wanted. I think the evil glare was enough to know to leave the candy where I can find it. I am still right in the middle for weight gain so I can live with a 2lb weight gain two weeks in a row.
Stretch marks? Need to get back to using lotion like I was. Even though I don't really think it will help. Keeping fingers crossed for no stretch marks.
Sleep: Still sleeping really well. I have only needed to use a pillow in between my legs. the past few nights I have not even needed that.
Best moment this week:  Feeling the baby move more regularly is pretty awesome.
Miss Anything? Not really
Movement: every single day.... I have no clue what he was doing in there the other day. It was obvious he had his arms and legs going like crazy. I like to think he was having a dance party in there.
Food cravings: Reese's and snikers. Hence the two pound weight gain.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope
Gender: All Boy
Labor Signs: none Nope!   
Symptoms:  Itchy boob...yes boob, singular.  It's just one in particular and it drives me INSANE!!  I just want to rip off my bra and start scratching like a crazy person but I know I can't!  It's honestly so annoying though. I am also getting hives which is annoying because it is hormone related so not much I can do.
Wedding rings on or off?  On
Happy or Moody most of the time: happy ! My mood hasn't really changed from pre-pregnancy
Looking forward to: Going home in two weeks. Which makes me realize only 4 more months till Channing is here! This is nuts and the time will fly by because of all the holidays. I really enjoy being pregnant so I would like time to slow way down.

***Dr's apt. update***
Last Friday was my monthly Dr's appointment. I must say I was annoyed! I was suppose to see the OB again ( i have only seen her once). Something came up and I was seen by the nurse practitioner for the umpteenth time. I find going to the appointments to be unnecessary and a waste of money. They ask how I am feeling and listen to the baby. That is it! I am seriously in there for 10 min. They never tell me what to expect or what changes will be taking place. I have had to look up everything online as it has happened. I really want to get to know the Dr and make sure we are on the same page. I am beginning to think a Midwife would be a better fit for me. I am going to do a whole post on this later. Besides the lack of attention at the Dr's it was a good appointment. Channing's heartbeat was very strong. They also started measuring my belly this time. I also will not have to go back for another a/s. The tech that did the ultrasound couldn't get a good picture of Channing's heart chambers. The NP said the radiologist was able to see the chambers so everything looked good. I was kinda bummed. I didn't want anything to be wrong, but wanted to see him again and get some better pictures since we didn't get any of his profile. We have decided to get a 3D ultrasound done sometime in November.