37 weeks! yayyy full term!!

How far along? 37 weeks. ahhhhhhh my little boy is a full grown baby. i cant believe itttt

Total weight gain/loss: well i already has breakfast.. and ive been eating shit lately cause were in the middle of moving.. (mcdonalds for dinner and brownie/cookie for lunch :/ ) but the scale says 170. not bad i guess. 38 lbs gained so far. hm whatever.
Maternity clothes? nothing new. didnt return those pants. so glad i didnt, i wore them this weekend.

Stretch marks? the same ones, just stretching more and more and the one of my left hip is the worst!!

Sleep: cant roll over anymore. my pubic bone feels like its going to break in half. fun fun. when i wake up in the am its the worst, well at least for the past 2 days.

Best moment this week: im full term! holy holy crap. wow. i cant believe he made it and were going to have a baby, and he wont need to stay in the nicu. wow. im just so happy hes 37 weeks!
Movement: yup, a lot. 2 days in a row this week he was moving non stop. he calmed down yesterday though. i cant wait to see how he reacts to the full moon this time haha
Food cravings: hmmm nothing really. i can always go for some starbucks now, but its not like i need it like idid last week haha
Gender: still a little boy.. hopefully. haha
Labor Signs: nothing. no bloody show, or mucous plug (expect weird discharge as mentioned in other posts), nothing. the midwives dont check for dilation, so i have no idea about that. ill ask to be checked on thursday haha.

Belly Button in or out? same
What I miss: being able to sleep comfortably, and walk, without being in pain.

What I am looking forward to: setting up the room were going to share, meeting him, having a tub to labor in (and use those essential oils i ordered for $30.. it better work! haha)

Milestones: FULL TERM!!!

pelvic pain

ok so today im 36wks and 6 days and its really rainy and grey out. my pubic bone is killllllling me. it feels like its breaking in half. thank god i dont have a lot to do today. colleen has her 40th surprise bday party at the arboretum, i have to hand out some thank you cards and pick up my snowboard from dianas house. jay decided he wants to buff/sand/polish the wood floors at the new house today and tomorrow, so moving is put on hold. hopefully he can take off a day this week and move the furniture, seeing that i dont think noahs going to last much longer. i feel like hes going to rip through my urethra. its painful. i really hope i can deal with the pains of labor.

I bought this bottle of essential oils last night.. it should be here tuesday-ish. its lavender, clary sage and jasmine. combining them makes a great labor potion to help with pain and make labor shorter. I am believing in this oil 100% because i need positive thoughts about my labor and maybe itll have a placebo effect, if it really doesnt work. we have a tub at the new house so ill put a few drops in the tub while im in early/active labor, and all over my belly and back the rest of the time. this is if everything goes as planned. who knows, maybe we wont e in that house yet when i go into labor. sigh... this is so stressful. it is stressful enough having a baby, then add in moving when I'm 37 wks, and also add in that jays re-doing the floors, and i freak out. i want to be as calm as possible going into labor. plus stress itself can out me into labor.. sooo I dont want that to happen yet. not for another week. the 9th is looking perfect still haha.

alright. im going to hang out on the bed and try to get my mind off this stupid pain. the only thing that helps is spreading my legs wide, while leading back so hes not putting all of his weight on the bone. let hope this isnt the start of it all.

oh and p.s- im still having that gooey mucous discharge. its weird, i thought i would start to lose my mucous plug in chunks and then have a bloody show when labor was close.. but now i just have snot like stuff.. hmm

peace out

36.5 week appt

so today i had my appt. I had someone, i think her name was Julie, she was a resident or student or something. she was sooo nice. she told me Noah seems about 6lbs, which means he'll be about 7.5lbs when hes born, if hes born on time. hes also head down :). I didnt gain any weight this week! still at 168, yay!! and ummmm yea. got my GBS test done. it wasnt bad at all. it was a lot easier than a pap. i think im starting to lose my mucous plug, I just wiped and it was like a yellowy thin stretchie type discharge. its deff different, so maybe the mucous plug is to follow.

I visited my grandma and grandpa today and 5 of my gmas friends were over and they said it looks like im ready to go very soon. one of them has 27 grand kids, so i think im going to believe them haha. i dont think im going to make it another 2 weeks. hes going crazy!!! i think hes going to come out around the 4th, the full moon. haha. we'll see!! were moving into the house this weekend, so anytime after all of our stuff is there is fine with me. my mom could always unpack it for us while were still in the hospital haha. alright thats it

:)

crampy :(

so im 36.5 weeks today, and im kinda crampy, nothing serious. i really hope this little boy waits it out at lesat a few more days. i kno all the babies on jays side came early, and so did i.. so im hoping he just waits till like.. monday. thatd be nice. pretty much any day after sat/sunday would be good. were moving into our new apt this weekend.. so everything is in boxes right now.

hes been acting crazy lately. kinda like how he did with the last full moon. haha im curious as to how hes going to be this full moon, now that hes bigger and is closer to his due date. i cant see him making it to the due date. idk what it is. I can make it, but idk about him. hes so active, and really seems like he just wants out haha.

ok going to go pray he waits another week.. bye

the house

sooo i saw the house with my mom and sister today. i love it. it needs some work, but it is deff great for the price. theyre painting the whole inside of the house today, putting up a railing for the stairs (and i saw it, and it uggggly, but w/e), theyre also putting up a runner thingy of carpet up the stairs in a light beige (sweet!). i want to buy it from john once his mom dies and he wants to sell it. its perfect. its right by a brand new, nice neighborhood. its not on a buy street whatsoever. it is JUST LIKE the house we saw in mastic that i liked, besides it needing a little work (ill get to what i'd do it to if we bought it in a bit) and its bigger, annnnd the living room is situated in a way that would work, unlike the other house where the fireplace would be in the way and stuff. i loooove it. ok what i would do to it if we were buying it (not including what they are doing to it already for us). I would sand and polish the floors, take down the wood moulding around the windows and doors, get a new vanity for the bathroom.. it deff has the space for a bigger one, re-do the upstairs. idk what we would use the rooms for, maybe a guest/2nd child's bedroom to the left, then a play room to the right.. most likely. but we'd have to change where the door is.. prob make a little closet, or 2nd bathroom straight ahead, then doors on either side. in the kitchen i would replace the cabinets with nice white ones or a light wood, maybe a dark wood, idk haha, and get a brand new fridge, stainless steel :D. and a new counter top and sink. i didnt really look at the sink or counter top, but im assuming its not as great as i would want it to be in our house. and i would replace the front and back doors, they just replaced the knobs, but the doors are kinda icky. the front of the house is perfect. they really went nuts with the curb appeal. i would just take down the little wall thingy holding up the awning and get a nice wood porch, like the one jay built at his aunts. and in the back yard i would expand the back stoop/porch to the left all the way and make a little deck, big enough to fit a table and chairs and a bbq. i would also want to put up a fence around the back yard and along the sides. and thats it. wow. John the landlord is replacing the cesspool, i think hes putting 2 in? idk what that means, but thats what mom said. there is a washer and dryer and a dishwasher. hes really cheap, and a nice guy, and if his mom goes anytime soon, within like 5 years ,the market will still be sucky, and i KNOW he would give us an awesome price. jay would want to finish the basement.. and its totally doable. i love it. so much. and now moms saying im "taking control" of all of this and she feels like "she found it first, and SHES renting it.." uhhh so are we..... were splitting it. w/e. im just sooo excited to be moving into a house, with a yard! haha.

36 weeks survey!! woot woot

How far along? 36 weeks. holy cow.

Total weight gain/loss: hopping on scale right now... 100% empty stomach.. 167!! i think i lost a pound!! yesss.
Maternity clothes? nothing new. going to return the brown pants and pink flowy top so i can get a few more cami's instead. these things are awesome. maybe another nursing bra too..

Stretch marks? umm i have a complete halo around my belly button.. but whatever. the worst one is on my left hip, its very wide and deep looking.

Sleep: been going good. getting up about 1-2 times a night. last night i felt like crap out of no where. like, i woke up drenched in sweat, and i felt light headed and weird. i think those are signs of high blood pressure, but i think i was just dehydrated. i took a quick shower, and drank some water and felt better. phewww.

Best moment this week: realizing we only have 1 weekend left till im full term. wow. then little noah can come any time he wants! haha
Movement: hes been kicking up under my left ribs a lot.. doesnt hurt though. i think these pregnant women are so dramatic about things. i can feel him move against my cervix, and right by my pubic bone. and of course everywhere else on my belly haha.
Food cravings: still starbucks iced mochas.
Gender: little boy.. cna u imagine hes actually a girl?? ugh.. that would suck.
Labor Signs: umm had a contraction i think on thursday. just one though. but other than that, no mucous plug or bloody show. and im not getting any internals till in 40 weeks.. so we'll never know!!

Belly Button in or out? same
What I miss: sigh. looking at old pictures of myself (and i mean when i first met jay, back in 06 old) i looked soo good.. i want to get back to that again.

What I am looking forward to: hitting 37 weeks, being done with moving and setting up his new room.

Milestones: none this week. just one week closer to meeting our little boy!

moving rant and stuff

so my mom is renting a 4br house in calverton and jay and I are moving in with her. I know its going to be hard living with my mom again after not living wit her for 2.5 years, but the help with noah, and dinners, and savings on rent will outweigh the cons. tomorrow were going to the house and checking it out. the people moving out (who is apparently just as pregnant as i am, what a coincidence!) should be 90% done moving... we'll see about that. so if all goes as planned the landlord (john) is going to paint the entire inside of the house, put up a new railing for the stairs, put up molding for the doors(?) and get the cesspool replaced. ugh. so much!! i really hope he just paints the house asap (like this week coming uo.. before we move in) and everything else kinda gets pushed to the side. unless of course we actually NEED a new cesspool. my mom and sister are asking for the strangest thigns to get done before we move in. i dont get why the house needs to be repainted, or why WE need a railing, when a 8 month pregnant lady did just fine without one this whole time... w/e. i just hope there isnt a lot of construction going on when noah gets here. painting the house while hes here would piss me off so much. what do they expect me to do with a newborn with all those fumes? ugh. its not like there buying the house from him.. which reminds me. he said that once his mom passes hes going to sell the house. and btw, she has like one foot in the grave already! sooo whats going to happen if she dies like... next month? were out of there? hellll no. Jay jokingly said we'll buy it from him. right. well.. maybe. Ive gotta see it first then maybe I'd be on board with that. oh, and gabi is having a shit fit cause mom promised her she could have the whole upstairs for herself, and mom would take one of the rooms downstairs... did i forget to mention gabi's going away to school in January? why would SHE get the biggest rooms of the house and make mom squeezw into a small one?? i dont get it. well now were mving in too, so gabi gets the smallest room upstairs, mom gets the other one upstairs, and we get the 2 downstairs down a hallway. which is perfect so our cat doesnt have to walk throughout hte house (aka deal with the annoying dogs) to get to her food/litter box which will be in the basement.

didnt mean to rant or type nearly that much about all of this stuff.. but that was on my mind.

Im going to be 36 weeks tomorrow. 36 FREAKIN WEEKS! i cant believe it. i have 4 weeks to go.. if i make it to my due date. wow. I just hope he comes after we move, after the paint and after 37 weeks so he's full term. Im so ready for him besides the just mentioned things.

were moving next weekend, hopefully, as long as everything goes on schedule and as planned. i already packed up my clothes, all the odds and ends around the house expect for the dishes, the kitchen stuff (microwave, toaster, etc). i packed up the bathroom stuff, the babies stuff (which is still accessible just in case he decides to come early) and now we just have the furniture to move and we're all set! i cant wait to have a room with a/c. and a final place set for noah to meet the world. sighhh.

so.. about being 35 ks and 5 days pregnant. everyone stares at me. everyone. i feel like they think im an alien, or as if i dont notice them staring at my belly. yes im pregnant, no i still have a month to go, no thats not a long time, yes i feel fine, yes, the summer heat sucks ass and no, i dont wish i was pregnant in the winter. that pretty much sums it all up hahah. the siscomforts ive been feeling: cant move fast. to get to one side of the bed to another takes like 30 secs haha, and its awkward trying to move. my belly is big, my legs dont bend up far anymore, and I weigh just so damn much! i get out of bed on average 2x a night to pee. not too bad. a few nights ago my back was killllling me. i think it was cause i was out and about with my mom and sister for like a week straight to escape the heat in my grandmas pool and run errands. my bacj got better once i stayed home in front of the fan and played Farmville and Bejeweled non stop haha. hmm what else. oh, ive been having random contraction feeling things. deff not Braxton Hicks anymore. I know what those are like. (they are when my belly gets hard, and my belly button area goes in deep, and the 2 sides rise up in hard masses.. fun, i know.) these are different. i think i had 2 in the past week or so. one was after i hurried my ass to the bathroom after one of jays softball games (afraid they were going to lock it up at belmont park cause it was late). it was like a contraction. thats the best way i can describe it. it was a tightness all around my belly, that hurt, a lot. i had to breathe through it and I just felt like either farting my brains out, or puking. then it went away in about a minute, and all was good. this was i think the day after my back was hurting from all the stuff with mom and gabi.. so that might have contributed to it. thats about it with the discomforts. my skin is clear, my hair is getting long (going to cut it this week.. should have actually cut it when i had the gift card to christopher jon salon, but chickened out and just got a trim..boo), i have cellulite all over my body. no really. if i squeeze the skin on my arms i have it, on my calves, my thighs (well duh) my butt, everywhere. and jay told me he saw that i got some more back fat. yayyy thanks. im really hoping what everyone is saying is true. "oh honey, your young and your going to breastfeed! the pounds will just melt right off of you!!' i hope. how about all my pregnancy weight, plus 15 lbs? that be nice. a nice 115 again. i wish.

alright i guess im done now haha.. i figure i dont have many more chances/time to write more blogs about being pregnant seeing that im almost done (!!!!!).. so a nice long update was needed.

survey in the AM with pictures, i promise.

35 WEEK SURVEY!

How far along? 35 weeks! ive hit the 35/35 mark! woo hooo i cant believe it!

Total weight gain/loss: lets see.. i just had half a wrap so hopefully it doesnt show... 168 :( booo. only a little while to go tho, so hopefully it doesnt go up much more...
Maternity clothes? lots of stuff. got 2 camis, a cute pink flowy shirt, an orange shirt that matches my favorite blue one, a plain blue tee, and 2 white shirts that are perrrfect for this hot weather

Stretch marks? i got vaseline hydrating lotion, and it seems to help alot

Sleep: been getting up 2x a night to pee.. im just lucky im not normal and havent been doing this all 9 months haha

Best moment this week: not sure. hes been kind calm lately, and nothings really been happening haha
Movement: slowed down since the full moon last week, but hes still an active little boy.
Food cravings: starbucks caffe mocha, iced coffee, anything thats chocolate or coffee.. or both! haha
Gender: little boy
Labor Signs: lots of braxton hicks. have to drink more water.

Belly Button in or out? sam, out on top, flat on bottom
What I miss: just weighing less, and not feeling like a fatty haha

What I am looking forward to: playing with him, seeing what he looks like, holding his little hand :) and weight loss haha

Milestones: 35/35! wowww. 14 days till full term, and 35 days till due date woo hooooo.

34.5 weeks appt

so i had my most recent appt yesterday with heather the midwife. she was so cool, and sweet. i kinda hope i have her "catch" noah. i just felt like we clicked really well. so, my appt was for 140, and jay took off yesterday cause i was feeling a little crappy the day before, bad headache and just feeling soo out of it. anyway, he wanted to go to IHOP before hand, so we did, and of course i got Nutella crepes and hash browns (yummmm!). i felt kinda bad knowing the scale was going to show that i just ate a huge meal, and was probably going to get another "talk" from the midwife. well. i hopped on the scale a little while after the crepes, and it said 168. 168! the scale there is always higher by like 2-3 lbs compared to my scale.. but last time i was there they said i was at 34 lbs.. so that means i only gained 2 lbs in the past 2 weeks. plus, i just ate a big meal.. i felt so good about myself. ANNND i didnt get a talk this week :) what a relief.

I took maternity pictures with Carlye weds, it was funny. im so camera shy, and dont know what to do in front on the camera, but we got some cute shots from it. were doing more saturday morning outside, which will be nice cause studio (aka my apartment) was so boring and we had nothing to work with.

thats about it. i cant believe ill be 35 weeks sunday!! my 35-35! hollllly crap. 37 days till my due date. wowwww. and even leff till im full term. jesus.

stretch marks.

so. im starting to get this huge halo of stretchies around my bellybutton. ive been using bio oil and earth mama angel baby body butter, and neither of them have really helped. well yesterday i got a sample of vaseline aloe fresh hydrating lotion, and ive been using it a lot and my stretchmarks are definitely improving. when i went to my appt yesterday she told me "you need to use more lotion, its like white girls are afraid of lotion! -heather" haha. so i started using more and this stuff really is helping. i may just buy a huge thingy of it when i run out.

34 week survey

How far along? 34 weeks. hoollllly cow. its really hitting us how close we are now.

Total weight gain/loss: lemme see.. 166. whimper. ugh. well we DID just get back from vaca. we ate alot of pizza and beef jerkey...
Maternity clothes? nothing new

Stretch marks? ones on belly stretching a bit.. but its okay.. they fade sometimes, then get bright.

Sleep: pubic bone is killing me lately.. not last night tho.. but every other night its been terrible.

Best moment this week: not sure. this whole week has been full of baby stuff, between the hospital tours, and getting ready for him.
Movement: more than ever. he is insane!! we'll see if the next full moon makes him come early. this one deff made him act strange.
Food cravings: chocolate. icecream, hot cocoa, anything.
Gender: little boy
Labor Signs: none. a lot of braxton hicks, and a loooot of cramy thick discharge. like very thick. ew, i know.

Belly Button in or out? out on top, flat on bottom
What I miss: not having cellulite and stretch marks everywhere, not weighing 160 lbs, being able to get up/get out of bed/put on my pants on my own haha (same)

What I am looking forward to: holding him.. losing this weight. (same)

Milestones: none this week. but soon 35/35!

34 weeks!!

wow! i cant believe it. we have 3 weeks till im full term and 6 weeks till my due date! wowwww. sooo i just wanted to update everything thats been going on lately.

We took a breastfeeding class and a hospital tour in the hospital this week. i liked seeing where we'll be and what the rooms look like. while we were walking around the tour i started getting realllly crampy. but not like contractions. it hurt like i was running the mile in school and you get that cramp on the side of your stomach.. ugh. but i think it was also due to stress. i was with my mom and sister and they were just bugging the crap out of me. well, my mom mostly. thats when i decided theres no way they can be in the delivery room with me and jay, no matter how much gabi whines. my mom was perfectly okay with it. thank god. i didnt want to hurt her feelings, so im glad she said its fine.

Noah has been CRAZY lately. there was a full moon 2 days ago, and the day before it, and the day of he never stopped moving. and when i mean moving, he was jutting out and kicking everywhere.. quite annoying when it never stops haha. while I type this, he is rolling around while pushing soo hard against my cervix. idk how he doesnt dilate me with his head, and make my water break. ive been having a lot of braxton hicks. i thought it was just him laying in a weird position, but i asked my midwife (maria) and she said, yep those are braxton hicks! well, ive been noticing them all the time now haha. i just know hes going to come early, hes already trying to break out of my belly haha. hopefully, he comes after 37 weeks.

Were installing the car seat today. im going to call the car seat inspecter guy at the fire department and see what side of the car to put it on, and when he can inspect it. jay thnks we dont need to, buti read somewhere that 8/10 car seats are installed incorrectly. sheesh. but i dont want him to think hes going to do it wrong, so ill just say i want to make sure with someone whos certified in exactly this.

Sleep has been okay. when i roll over my pelvic/pubic bones hurt sooo much!!! im using a pillow between by legs, and sometimes when i wake up my legs crack open. ugh. so painful.

We were supposed to get our maternity pictures done yesterday, but jay had an unexpected trip to Odessa, which was AMAZING, so we had to put it off till this thursday when jays at work :(.

Oh, and that reminds me. i think Noah has dropped a bit. its funny though.. all the pregnant women on the boards talk about how they couldnt breathe or eat anything more than a few bites before they dropped and how relieved they were once they did drop. but i dont/didnt feel any of that. i was eating a lot still, and can breathe fine. then they also complain about it feeling as though your holding a melon between your legs when they REALLY drop. i hope i dont get that symptom.

Ive had the easiest pregnancy ever. really. i loved every minute of it and these past few months have been amazing. growing our son in my belly. hes just so amazing, and i cant wait to see him in person. i cant wait to kiss his little face and hands and hold him so close to me. soon! cant believe it!!!

My mom is moving into a 4 br house in a few weeks and jay and i are pretty sure we want to move into 2 of the rooms. the rent would only be 500 plus utilities. which is half of what were paying now. even if we sta for just a few months it would be great for our wallets, and to help out with a newborn. i really hope he doesnt come in the middle of us moving though. ohhh that would be annoying. but hopefully iacn start packing soon, and once move in day comes, we can load up and ship out asap.. without having half our stuff here and half our stuff there. we have to check out the place soon, but theres very little that would make us stay here. theres fleas everywhere, the people downstairs are terrible and we have no yard whatsoever.

alright im done blabbing, survey is coming up in a minute.

33 week survey

How far along? 33 weeks! wow less than 30 days till im full term, and less than 50 days till my due date!

Total weight gain/loss: 163. hasnt gone up at al this week :) although, at the doctors, they got me at 166.. hmm
Maternity clothes? nothing new

Stretch marks? got more bio-oil, stretchies seem to have calmed down a bit

Sleep: this morning i was able to crack my whole back , like i used to before i got pregnant. ahhh sooo nice. sleeps been fine though.

Best moment this week: having mom and gabi video tape my belly moving, and having them feel him at his craziest moments haha
Movement: a lot
Food cravings: cut back on the pancakes.. got chocolate icecream though, but jay is monitoring how much i have haha. but, no cravings really.
Gender: little boy
Labor Signs: so, when my stomach gets really hard, and it feels as though noah is taking up my whole belly, that is a braxton hicks. i thought i wasnt having these, but apparently, I'm having these A LOT. like a few times in an hour sometimes. yesterday at the beach, i thought i had a contraction. it felt like a menstrual cramp, and it was uncomfortable for about a min or a little less. a lot of thick stuff coming from my vag. didnt even know it was there till i went ot the bathroom at the beach yesterday and saw all of it.. it was a lot. and when i went to the bathroom 2 days ago, i saw little chunky white things in the toilet.. but not as big as they describe a mucous plug. when i watch those videos of the lady' belly at 39 weeks the day before she went into labor, her belly moves just as much as mine, and i think (not just for that reason.. but also for the other reasons stated above) that I will deff have him early. like, maybe 37 weeks. well, maybe its just cause I HOPE he comes around 37-38 weeks haha.

Belly Button in or out? out on top, flat on bottom
What I miss: not having cellulite and stretch marks everywhere, not weighing 160 lbs, being able to get up/get out of bed/put on my pants on my own haha

What I am looking forward to: holding him.. losing this weight.

Milestones: hes the size of a honeydew melon! wow.