3rd Trimester

29 weeks and 6 days

It really has been forever since I posted on here!  Wow!  I can't believe I am going to be the big 3-0 weeks tomorrow!  10 weeks left.  Woot woot!!  Let's see, how am I feeling?  Like crap!  

Symptoms:

Heartburn

Morning Sickness (still)

Neck Pains

Back Pains (upper and lower)

Rib Pain (from his foot/feet)

Shortness of Breath

Insomnia

Swollen Feet

Swollen Hands

Occasional Constipation (which leads to Occasional Hemorrhoids) 

That might be all!  LOL.  I'm sure there are plenty of other things I am not thinking of but those are my daily complaints, as of today.  I had to get a support belt, which has done wonders, since Paxton found a resting spot on a nerve and makes me think I ham having contractions.  I have actually gone to the ER for this and taken into L&D before I knew exactly what was going on.  It wasn't so much contractions, but it was spasms.  

I have had really nothing scary going on.  My baby shower is this Sunday and I am super stoked about it!!  I hate showers.  I even really had no desire to attend my own bridal shower, but I am SO Excited for this one!  I'm so excited to see everybody that I haven't seen in awhile and I'm so excited for them to see my belly and most of all, I am excited to open presents and see my my son's tiny lil bum will be using.  All fuzzy and soft :) I decided to wear black pants and dressy top (I'm a dress kind of girl) but you know what?  I really don't want to worry about being lady like while I"m sitting in front of everyone opening presents.  I want my legs spread wide with a gift in between them and not worry about who is gonna see undies.  LOL.  I already have a hard time keeping my legs together and crossing my legs cause my big belly gets in the way.  

Speaking of my big belly, I have gained 33 lbs so far.  My OB actually told me I need to slow down on the popsicles and snickers but I passed my glucose test, so it's all good.  She also said that Paxton looks perfect and is head down and his heart rate the last time was 145 and I was measuring right where I should be.  That's all I need to know!  She also said not to be surprised if I go 2 weeks late, but I'm sorry, there is no way that's happening.  I say he's coming 12.12.12 and MH says 12.17.12.  My SIL thinks the last week in Nov.  I personally would be fine with that, if I knew he wouldn't need to be in NICU and was term, but we'll see.  He's the only lil guy that knows.  I can't wait to see how he makes his grand entrance.  I think it's gonna be late at night.  Like 12 or 1am.  

His nursery is nautical themed and is all done!  We get the maternity shoot the 1st weekend in Nov, which is coming up very soon.  Paxton's closet is filled with tons of cute clothes and basically all we need right now, is for him to come! Lamaze starts soon, I'm still going to Steeler games with my dad and actually have been job hunting, even though no one wants to hire my big ass.  

So, I'm gonna go for now.  I'll let everyone know how the shower went next week.

31 weeks and 4 days

So, I'm here to talk about my amazing shower....and some other things.  First off, my shower was amazing!  My mom did such a wonderful job and pulled it off.  Everything was perfect.  I did, however, have some people cancel on me that day.  Like, while we were in the middle of decorating!  I think I had 3 people cancel on me right before the shower, to the point, where I just had to put my phone on silent and not give a shit.  Some people didn't even have the audacity to call.  They just straight up didn't show.  I got lots of fun baby things.  Nothing really that was off my registry and really not too many books, even.  I guess people didn't get the actual memo that was in their invite to bring a book instead of a card.  I got not one pack of diapers.  I did get a lot of gift cards.  So, I just went with MH and spent about half of the amount I had on almost everything.  There are some things that Toys R Us didn't have, so I'll have to go to BRU about 20 minutes away.  No biggie.  

I've basically been losing sleep over what to put in the drawers in the changing table and what exactly I will need, cause I don't even know.  I don't know where I'm going to put the crap in my cabinet that I have to clear out and fill with bottles and liners and formula that I don't have.  I just feel like I've got all the little important things to do, that I've been putting off, cause I really have no idea what I'm doing or what to do.  )If that even makes any sense).  

The other thing I wanted to talk about was my 5+ hours in L&D last Thursday.  I was having contractions 1-3 minutes apart.  I was having them every day until yesterday (Monday) was the first day I haven't had any.  Anyways, they gave me 2 bags of fluid and checked to see if I was dilating at all, but I wasn't.  So, basically, they sent me home and told me to take Tylenol.  I was dehydrated or anything.  They took all this blood work and didn't even send it off?  I felt that was a complete waste of my time and just a joke, in general.  So, pretty much, I've just been dealing with the contractions and hope one day I know the difference between the real thing and what has been going on.  

Still having nausea, my hips and back have been killing me, the heartburn sucks but I've been trying to keep that under control.  My knees hurt and fortunately, I'm having a little bit of an easier time breathing.  I had some people tell me I dropped.  I feel like I have.  I think I look like I have.  Paxton's movements are crazy right now.  I feel elbows and knees just wiggling around in there.  The other day, my right side of my stomach was sticking out.  It was funny.  

Well, gonna go find myself some lunch....

32 weeks and 5 days

Starting last night I started to get new movement.  It's like skiing moves.  He is running out of room for sure.  Tonight is my 1st lamaze class.  I hope it's not cheesy!  I'm really only doing this so that Bobby can know how to offer support.  Cause if I know him, he'll be in the delivery room checking out equipment asking how things work.  I can't believe that there after these classes are over, I'll only have 2 weeks left til Paxton is here! 

34 weeks and 1 day

So, yesterday was crazy as hell!  The night before last at 10:44 pm, I started to have contractions.  They lasted throughout the whole night and I got no sleep @ 3 minutes apart.  I called my OB at 7:40 am and she told me to drink water and in an hour, if they persist, to call the office to make an appointment to get checked out.  I drank water, took a shower, then decided to call office.  They squeezed my in at noon.  So it was about 10 something am and I couldn't take it anymore, nor could I stand the thought of driving all the way to Wexford with contractions...all by myself.  So, I called Ohio Valley and asked them if they would check me out and if I was dilated, I would go to Magee.  They told me they would check me and if I was dilated, they would have to transfer me to Magee via ambulance.  Fine.  So, I go to Ohio Valley and they did an exam and told me I was 2 cm dilated and my cervix was very thin and they were calling the ambulance to transfer me.  So, I called MH (who was 45 min away) and told him to grab the hospital bags and called my mom who had to make arrangements cause she doubles at the restaurant on Fridays.  My dad was still on his way in from Virginia and going to meet us at Magee, as well.  I'm at Magee for a couple hours, and they tell me that they have good news.  So, I'm thinking that I'm 5 cm and in no pain and that all is going to be easy breezy.  NO!  She tells me that I'm not dilated at all!  I mean, don't get me wrong, I don't want Paxton to be 6 weeks early or anything but how do you make a mistake if someone is dilated or not??  Sooooo, needless to say, I was sent home and had contractions for nearly 24 hours.  Today, I finally feel normal, again.  Ugh!

36 weeks and 6 days

Have been having itching for the last week.  OB had me go today for blood test to rule out Cholestasis. My liver enzymes came back elevated and my fluid levels came back low.  I still have to wait about a week for the bile acid test to come back to say if I definitely have it or not.  It kills me to know Paxton may be in distress and that this can affect him.  I wish I could find out news sooner.  I don't understand why I can't stay in the hospital until the results come back and they can monitor him to make sure he is ok.  I've come so far to get here and I just want to know what is going on and if they will do an early induction for me so that I don't have to worry about this anymore.

On top of worrying about all this, I have an u/s scheduled on the 13th to verify if he is breech.  Ya, the OB now thinks he is breech.  Ugh!  Can I catch a break??