Ready, Set, wait around for awhile more!

I am officially 37 weeks, which means i am full term and if i were to go into labor they would be ready to deliver and not try to stop anything. This week has been a crazy week for baby and i know a lot of people want updates so here is what happened:

Thursday (8am) i had a doctor's appointment. I was "checked" (for dilation, in simple terms for my friends who don't know pregnancy jargon i need to be 100% effaced and 10cm dilated for a healthy delivery) and the doc said i am more than 50% effaced but only 1 cm dilated. She also said she thought baby might be breach (butt down) so she wanted a sono. She was SHOCKED that i wasn't more dilated and very honestly said that it would be better for me to go earlier, healthier for baby considering how sick i have been and she's hoping it happens in the next week.

** side note for the next week the doctor i really DO NOT want to deliver Cecelia is on vacation, so the timing would be PERFECT if she came sooner because i wouldn't have to worry about who is on call!

After we saw the doc we had our sono and baby is BIG especially considering i technically have 3 more weeks expected to go. She was measuring with a large head, big belly and TALL a 7lbs 13 ounces! Now i know that the measurement can be off, but how i have been feeling the weight lately 8lbs sounds about right. the best part is she is head down and READY to go.

We officially got the say that any day now and it's GOOD news (not scary becuase she's early news). Her lungs look good, her face is down and she's riding low. My belly has officially "dropped" so it'll be no more than two weeks of waddling.

Later that day I came home form work and kel and i did a ton of freezer cooking. as we were finishing i had a random gush of fluid. We THOUGHT it could be my water breaking, but i had had NO contractions and wasn't dilated at all 8 hours before. we called and the hospital told us to come in and get it checked. After one hour it turns out my water had not broken, baby had moved and her large head hit my bladder and i lost my bladder (most embarrassing thing ever!). Apparently this late in the game that happens to MOST women at least once. The weird part was that i was having contractions (the machine measures them) and they were steady and only 2 minutes apart, but i was not dilating AT ALL or feeling the contractions, i only felt a couple and they did not hurt at all.However i am fully effaced but not at all dilated and i need BOTH! Luckily my doctor was on call and she said i should go home, get comfy and wait it out. Since i know i have a high pain tolerance she said to be careful, i might not feel how serious things get. So after getting all worked up and calling in at work kel and  i went home no baby and no signs of WHEN baby was coming.

When we got home we took a LONG walk to my sister's house and took the LONG way back, went to BWW and i ate SUPER spicy wings (Which i NEVER do), saw a rainbow and took another small walk.   Kel went to play poker and two good friends came over and cleaned my house for me (I am SO SO SO grateful for them because my house was a disaster and i had no energy to even TRY to clean any part of it. Thanks to them everything is done including laundry and putting away all baby's fresh clean clothes.) and i relaxed.i definately was having contractions, but they weren't consistent. So i went to bed.

No more contractions.... i apparently slept it off... who does that????

So i woke up feeling fine, no baby today, went to work and have spent the WHOLE afternoon walking AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!

I am super frustrated! i'm ok with waiting another week or two for baby, i was told they will induce me in 2 weeks if i haven't gone because ti will be too risky for me to go later than that, and i'm ok with that. i am also ok with baby coming this weekend as i am EXHAUSTED! either way i really need baby to make up her mind. she is ready, i am set.... when do we go? Either way we need to get an informed decision from this baby.

nesting and swelling and nausea OH MY!

I have been waiting my whole pregnancy to finally hit that nesting stage i heard so much about. Way back when i had just announced i was pregnant a lady i used to baby sit for gave me ALL her old girls' 3-12 month clothes. She had her first daughter in august and said she's been waiting to pass them on to someone who has an august baby, so they are for the correct season/warmth etc. They have been sitting in a bin, unfolded and unsorted for six months. Today i finally took them all out, sorted them and put them away. i have all the 3-6 month clothes in 1/2 my old dresser (organized by onesie, pants, outfit and then the cute little dresses and sweaters are hung up) and the rest is organized by size and put back into storage, in the closet not baby's floor! all the newborn stuff is out and in a pile (we don't have a hamper or basket yet but hopefully will get one soon) to be washed and put away. I still need pretty much everything for baby (changing station, crib, sheets, diapers, wipes, bags, etc) but i know where it will all go so when we get it it's easy to put away! Also we finally got decor on the walls of the nursery (just one wall) and it's SO cute.Once we get the nursery finished i PROMISE i will post pictures!

How far along?: 34 weeks

 How big is baby?: according to the doctor right on track.

Stretch marks?:yes but if anyone is seeing my stomach at this point it's because they are my husband or doctor and neither of them care.

 Sleep?: not bad, i am sick of peeing all night every night

 

Food cravings? nothing, i am back to being sick. literally every time i eat something within 5 minutes i am throwing it all back up. i don't feel nausea or anything, in fact i feel like i am always super hungry but every time i eat i have to excuse myself, get sick, then i can finish my meal in peace. Sorry if that's TMI but it's the weirdest thing. after I'm sick i am able to eat small portions. this has happened every meal for 4 days now. It's easier than when i was sick before, but i wish i knew what caused it. I know it's not WHAT i eat because i have made sure to eat such a variety to rule out anything specific so i can cut it form my diet. I think i will just blame the heat. I've been SO hot ALL the time with this weather that it seems like a good thing to blame.

 

Movement?: not as much lately. i know she is getting a bit cramped in there

Gender?: GIRL!

Belly button?: very stretched out, but still an innie! Kel and i had a bet, he bet my belly button would be an outie by now- i totally won! i bet i never have an outie

What are you looking forward to this week? well i REALLY want to start packing our hospital bag, but i am making myself wait at least 2 more weeks. That plus i have NO nursing bras or tank tops or ANYTHING. we take a class next week on breastfeeding, etc so i want to wait until after that class to buy any of that. plus i have BABY SHOWERS (so pumped) and Kel and I aren't buying anything until after those. But we are both getting overtime on our next paydays so i am hoping to set money aside for diapers (check out www.pinstipesandpolkadots.com to see what kind of cloth diapers we registered for) and other baby needs.


Random question: did anyone else who had a late summer baby ever get swollen hands/feet/legs/everything! yesterday i was outside for the shortest time ever (5 minutes) and afterwards my hands and legs were SO swollen i couldn't make a fist or walk. i immediately laid down, drank a ton of water and Gatorade and iced them. It hurts so much when my feet swell and i was wondering if anyone else had to deal with extreme swelling and HOW you dealt with it.