Baby update

Went to the doctor today for week 36. (Can't believe I'm already 36 1/2 weeks).

Cervix is still very much closed, and she still couldn't tell if the head was down or not. That means next week I see her on Wednesday, then get an ultrasound on Thursday to make sure the baby is in position.

I've got this nasty cold going on, so she gave me a list of things I can take to help with it, so I'm looking forward to some remedies.

I also had to get my warts checked up on (they're on my feet). Had to do another freezing. So basically, I just hurt everywhere. :)

Other than that, things are good. Baby is active, I've dropped a lot, heartbeat is strong, no extreme things to cause any concern. It's nice :)

Snoring

All right, this is by far the most annoying thing in this pregnancy. I can deal with the tendonitis, I can deal with shingles, I can deal with the 5 minutes it takes me to just get up from a laying position to standing. However, this recent occurrence of snoring is something I am VERY annoyed with.

I've read up, and have found that it's normal for some pregnant ladies to snore. I don't care if it's normal, I still hate it :) It wakes me up even more than I wake up to go to the bathroom, my sinus passageways are killing me, and my throat just flat out hurts. Combine these together, and it makes for quite the headache. I do not like snoring.

I've been up for two hours now, and my throat is still aching from all the snoring I did last night. I know I'm snoring loudly because the vibrations are so strong from snoring, that it wakes me up (remember, I sleep with my hearing aids out, so I don't hear a thing). This better go away after the baby is born, that's I've got to say.

Baby update

Well, we went to the dr. today. It was the first time bryan's been with me since Brazil, so it was nice to have him there instead of taking the camera to record the sound of the heartbeat. :) Today for the first time in a long time, she found the heart beat as soon as she put the doppler down. Usually it takes her awhile to find it. His heartbeat is healthy and strong. :) I'm 35 1/2 weeks now, so the dr has started checking the cervix. Totally closed, which is what I wanted to hear as I do not want this baby coming until thanksgiving week so I can work everything out with my classes. I can wish, dream, pray and hope all I want, so I'm going to do that :) She couldn't tell if the baby's head was down or not, so she'll check again next week on Wednesday. If she still can't tell then, we'll *have* to get an ultrasound. don't get me wrong, I don't want anything to be wrong, but I would LOVE to see another ultrasound, free. So we'll see how that goes.

I had a very small and intimate baby shower with a bunch of deaf/signing friends this past weekend. It was a fun one, there were only 6 of us total there, which was more than I expected to be honest. I need to take pictures of the gifts for my friend to update the scrapbook with. But it was a fun theme. Everyone was to bring a favorite children's book. I ended up getting 12 books, (two friends sent me their books, one is in Japan, and the other one had a very fussy kid at the time the shower was going on). It was an open house type of baby shower, which I loved. Just a time for me to sit down, catch up with people, ask questions to experienced moms, etc. It was very fun.

The next baby shower will be on November 1st. This one will be interesting. It was originally my mother and I who were going to plan it, but due to some family drama, my aunt and my grandma are now completely in charge of it (long story, not worth rehashing). Also due to a last minute engagement within the family, it'll be a baby shower/bridal shower. My cousin is getting married on the 21st of November, and the 1st was the only time she could have a bridal shower, and the 1st is the latest my grandma and aunt were willing to have my baby shower. We had to talk them out of doing it this Saturday since I'm gone all weekend for a conference, and won't be able to go to it until 6:00, which is apparently too late for everyone. So ta-dah! Baby/bridal shower it will be. This one is not only my family, but for all my friends who don't sign as well, this way, no one is playing interpreter. Also because my deaf friends don't really know my non-signing friends, and vice versa. It'll be fun, and I'm excited because that means ALL family members will be there since my cousin's having the bridal shower as well.

I can't believe how much closer we're getting. His, the baby's, due date is exactly a month from today. Insane!

Ginormous

our uterus — which was entirely tucked away inside your pelvis when you conceived — now reaches up under your rib cage.

Yeah....HUGE!

In other news, things are still going well. He's been moving like crazy the past couple of days, which is great, but dang, I want sleep! :)

To you moms out there, did your ribs get sore? Mine feel like they're bruised on the inside of them. It doesn't hurt to push against them from the outside with my hand or to lean on something. But it hurts to shift around, yawn, or sigh.

I have my next prenatal on Thursday, that's when I start going weekly. I can't believe there's only 5 weeks left until the due date.....insane.

Baby update

Just had my prenatal check up for the upcoming week 34. It'll be 34 weeks on Sunday, so crazy!

The heartbeat was strong and normal. I'm measuring to be the right size, everything feels right. I go in again in two weeks, in which she'll start checking the cervix and making sure the baby's head is down. Crazy that it's getting to be so close!

I just got over my second bout of shingles. She gave me antibiotics to make it go away faster, and I finished those up yesterday. Today I start my suppressant therapy to keep the shingles from coming again. I just want to make sure I do not have shingles while giving birth, as that could cause some complications.

I'm getting bigger, and I can REALLY feel it now. It's almost impossible to get up off of the floor, let alone in one easy move. Getting off the floor usually consists of the following:
Sitting position
Turning to sit on hip, supporting self with hands and arms
Sliding knees up, preparing for kneeling position
ROLLING over to my knees
Push my torso up
Find a nearby stable object to hold onto
lift one knee up to allow foot to take place, push
get other foot on floor.
This whole process is very slow.

Getting out of bed isn't as hard, but it definitely takes time. It also now definitely takes some serious effort to roll in bed from one side to the other.

I haven't had any major swelling since the airplane ride home, but it's now becoming an everyday thing where my feet are swollen by the end of the day. Normally they're back to normal by morning. I'm not concerned about it, and neither is my doctor.

I now understand what women mean when they say it feels like their child is MARCHING on your bladder. I'll be sitting there, and won't have any feeling of urgency to go to the bathroom. Then all of a sudden, I feel a kick/movement, and I have to go REALLY bad. That sense of needing to go will go away if it's only one kick, however, if it's continuous, like a freaking march, I gotta go. TMI maybe, but dang, he can really push sometimes!

It seems my overtiredness was just for a couple of weeks, and that was in between my two bouts of shingles. This week, I've actually been waking up to go to the bathroom two or three times a night. I'm not NEEDING naps, though they are still nice :) I'm definitely doing better on the energy front.

just 6 1/2 more weeks until the due date, which I sincerely hope happens. I have classes this semester, and I don't really want to miss any. If the baby comes on his due date, then it'll be the week where I don't have classes the entire week. So yeah, I REALLY hope he's full term (40 weeks). *Crosses fingers*

3 years

Happy anniversary Bryan :) Just one more week till you're here at home.

Miss you and love you!

I CAN be productive

Yes I'm preggo, but I can be productive...sometimes :)

What I did today (just because I need to share it somewhere):
Did an observation for a class.
Completed check list for said observation (harder than you think....it's more of a test)
Summary of observation
Background of family from observation
Went to work and worked two hours
Went to the Dr's, confirmed I have shingles, gave me meds (two different ones), 1 for the strong one now to hurry this current bout, and the other will be suppresant therapy, also got a flu shot while there
Went back to work for two hours
Stopped at home to get other meds to refill
Went to walgreens
Went to store
Went back to walgreens, picked up little caesars for dinner so I could focus on homework
Went home, did a humongous assignment that required 8 separate documents (this took a lot of time)
Looked at classmate's assignment for this as well, and add appropriate comments (she did on mine as well)
Did a load of laundry
Did another paper (4 pages)
Did another load of laundry
Read a research article
Started journal response on research article, realized brain was dead, will continue tomorrow
Cleaned fish bowls

and Now I've noticed my feet are cankles again, indicating I've been doing too much today and have not been drinking enough water. That means...time for bed :) (YAYNESS)

I love you....not?

So, I've read a lot of my friend's blogs lately, ones i've lost touch with a long time ago. And they're all on blog spot. There's been this meme going around, and it's about their husband. One of the questions is "who said I love you first?" each and every single one of them knew, AND they knew exactly what happened that day when it happened.

I feel like a freaking loser. I can't remember the day, or who even said it first. I'm pretty sure Bryan did because I did NOT want to say it first, I didn't want to rush things, and I was a lot more sure of my feelings than he was, so I didn't want to scare him away.

Am i the only one who can't remember?

The Good, Bad and Ugly

Good: Thyroid is normal, apparently just super exhausted all the time :)

Bad: Shingles are back, this time on the right side of my collar bone. Going into the doctor's tomorrow to get it looked at. *scratch scratch*