Baby is full term and I am so damn excited.
Mission get baby out started 4 days ago. I’ve got Raspberry Leaf tea, pineapples, dates, etc. Any other suggestions are encouraged.
I arrived a week before my due date and my husband arrived on his due date. I am my mom’s second and he is his mom’s third. So that may play a factor in it, but I’ve been lecturing this little babe about being on time and the fact that there is a wedding the day AFTER his/her due date that he/she needs to keep in mind.
The great thing is my OB supports my goal in having Mexipino home and settled before Christmas.
She checked my cervix at my recent appointment and wow, it was so uncomfortable. I kept thinking, damnit stop being a weeny! A watermelon will be exiting this canal and I was already on the verge of tears from a basic exam. I pray that I will find some comfort through the delivery process. Who wants to bet I’ll ask for the epidural the moment I feel a full on contraction?
I was closed and thick. Maybe baby is really holding out for my mom to come back. Or maybe I’m just a first time mom 🙂
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My OB confirmed that what I’ve been feeling every now and then is definitely Braxton Hicks. (Which I’ve been feeling since week 30.) Otherwise known as practice contractions, I feel them mostly at night when I’m trying to fall asleep. This makes her wonder if I will go before my due date but her exam makes her think I will go after my due date.
I still have pelvic pressure, especially when I’ve been standing for a long time.
This may be weird, but in the middle of the night I woke up to really bad cramping and I swear it was my cervix opening or something.
Baby moves all the time, mostly at night after dinner. I love feeling his/her movements.
I’ve been eating A LOT of toast and peanut butter lately.
Mexipino is measuring 36.5, so no growth restrictions on this babe!
My pregnancy-induced carpal tunnel reached a new level when I started feeling “tingling” in my right hand. I can’t tell you how much it hurts to do simple things. I got a compression wrist guard and it doesn’t do much for me.
Kroger Click List is my new jam. Order my groceries online, drive to Kroger, and they put the groceries in my car. It’s so great because I can’t do grocery by myself anymore, especially standing in line. Plus, I don’t spend as much money.
Bump’s first thanksgiving was christened with a flooding kitchen. How I didn’t go into full on labor beyond me! Someone’s water broke but it wasn’t mine. I did have some uncomfortable Braxton Hicks later on though.
Obtaining a pediatrician is probably one of the easiest processes, ever. I called the office and they’re like “yeah, the hospital will call our office and one of our providers will come to the hospital within 24 hours to assess the baby and that’s it. Then make an appointment at our office 3 days after discharge.” It was like when I went to Social Security to change my name. It should feel like a process but it wasn’t.
I’m exhausted. On the days that I work, I’ll eat dinner then take a two hour nap then still sleep through out the night.
But I do have nights of insomnia.
People keep asking me when my last day of work is. Girl, I’m working until I can’t work no more. And I think my job may be afraid my water may break so I’ve been confined to the phone most of the day. I don’t know how that is helpful since some patients really test my patience on the phone. #dontkillthemessenger
Speaking about patience, I don’t have a lot of it. My poor hubs gets the brunt of it since the majority of my patience is spent at work and then I come home restless and spent.
I’m nesting. I’m getting very particular about where everything is in the house. I hate it when my hubby moves something or makes the smallest suggestion of where to put something. I even laundered the couch covers and pulled apart the vacuum to deep clean. I’m practically Danny Tanner over here.
