Tuesday, February 26, 2008

I think the baby dropped.... Hmmmm

So it's been a week since my last post... Sorry bout that!!! Let's see what all has happened....

We had Jacob for the weekend. I can't believe he is 14 months old now. Seems like just yesterday we were at the hospital waiting for him to be born... Now we're waiting for our little one to be born. He is so well behaved and is such a cutie!!! Looks just like Jen did when she was his age. It's so cute. Of course Jen decided to go out clubbing Saturday night instead of spending time with her son... I mean after all it was her birthday *dripping with sarcasm*. At least she saw him Friday night, for about an hour Saturday, and a couple hours on Sunday... Better then nothing I guess.

As I mentioned, it was Jen's birthday on Saturday. She is now 20 years old.... No longer a teenager. And as Paul said "So stop acting like it!" lol... Of course he said it jokingly to her, but there's a lot of truth in those 5 words!

I didn't go with Paul and Jen to get Jacob on Friday. I didn't feel like sitting in the car for 3 hours. Plus it gave them 3 hours of alone time together... Hopefully they enjoyed it. I doubt Paul talked to her about anything "important", but at least they were together and alone.

I was so sick all day yesterday... It all started Sunday night. I had the worse acid reflux (TMI alert, it was like I had throw up stuck in my throat). It kept making me cough, but when I coughed I felt like I was gonna puke... It was horrible. So I was up most of the night dealing with that. And then I had to poop a lot... That's been happening A LOT at night lately... It seems like every night I'm up pooping at like 1-2 a.m. It's weird.... And I don't poop just a little... I fill up the whole stinkin toilet (no pun intended hehe). It's crazy weird... Wonder if that means anything? I've heard that your body tries to rid itself of all the feces before you give birth so you won't poop on the delivery table... But every night for 3 weeks?!?!?

So anyways, I was up Sunday night sick to my tummy. So I didn't get much sleep. I woke up at 9:15 to go to the chiro and was back home by 11:15 and in bed. I was so exhausted. I stayed in bed until 2:40 when I realized I hadn't eaten anything but a protein bar at 10:00. I was still nauseous though... So I made myself get up at 2:45 to eat some oatmeal. Of course because I hadn't eaten in so long it made my tummy hurt like crazy... Like doubled over in stomach cramps crazy.

So after I ate, it was back to bed for me!!! lol... I stayed in bed until after 5 when Paul got home with chicken noodle soup and ginger ale... how sweet of him (of course I had to ask him to get these items for me, but it was still sweet none the less) lol.

At 9 I was back in bed... I got up at 4:30 this morning with Paul and ate some breakfast. Went back to bed at 6 and didn't get up until almost 11 today. Now keep in mind I wasn't sleeping the whole time I was in bed!!! I spent a lot of time just dozing, or petting Pebbles. Geez, if I had been sleeping the whole time I was in bed that would be what... 28 hours in a 36 hours time span... Granted most of that time was spent sleeping... I certainly wasn't watching TV; we don't have a TV in our bedroom.

It was nice sleeping as much as I wanted, when I wanted though. And I figure, I'm never going to get a chance to do that again! lol

I woke up today feeling energized and ready to go!!! It was great. I wanted to get out of the house and do a couple errands, but it was snowing today, so I stayed in. Tomorrow I have a chiro appointment and then my dental cleaning at 11:40. I would like to return the nursing bras I got from JC Penney in between those two appointments, if I have time but I don't know if I will.... So we'll see. If not I'll just return them on Thursday or Friday.

As my post title states- I think the baby has dropped!!! I'm not sure, but I was looking at my belly in the mirror and it looks like the baby dropped. My belly is definitely lower then it was the other day! And the movements seems to be a little lower as well... And man has he been active today!!! He's probably making up for all that sleeping the past couple days! lol

So I have another midwife appointment on Thursday... Yipeee I am so going to ask her when this kids coming out! I am sooo ready for this kid to be outta me now! lol Don't get me wrong - I've really enjoyed being pregnant, and have had a really easy pregnancy... but these last couple of weeks have been rough. I've gotten noticeably uncomfortable, I'm exhausted all the time... And it feels like I've been pregnant F-O-R-E-V-E-R!!!

But on the other hand I know I am really going to miss being pregnant. I love rubbing my belly, and feeling the baby move. I love when the baby sticks it's butt out at me and rolls around... it's an amazing feeling.

Oh yea, I almost forgot. I pointed out to Paul that he rarely touches my belly... and of course he started feeling bad and I said "Are you afraid of the belly?" and he said "yes"... Apparently he thinks it's very weird, and finds it scary!!! lol... So we talked and I think he's feeling a little bit better about it. Don't get me wrong, he touches the belly, just not very often... And he never wants to feel the baby move. Come to find out, to him it's not real yet!! Can you believe that??! Because he can't see it and can't touch the baby it's not real to him yet. I understand where he's coming from, especially given that I know how damn logical he is! I just thought it was so cute that he would be "scared" of the belly.

And apparently he is very nervous about the whole labor and delivery part! No surprise there. That's the main reason we hired Jenny (our doula). And I know he's nervous about all the other changes that are coming after the baby is born. Paul doesn't like for his routine to get messed up, or schedule changed... and of course we all know that's going to happen!!! He's working month end, but made sure to tell everyone that it's possible I could go into labor, so Vince and Joe are apparently on call as well! lol... How sweet of them!!!!

I jokingly asked Paul when the baby was coming out and he said "In 8 days"... I got to thinking and 8 days is March 6th!!! That's the day I've been thinking the baby is going to be born on since like October, BUT I NEVER TOLD PAUL!!!!!!! Can you believe that?!?! So maybe there is something about March 6th... Guess we'll see in 8 days!!!

Not much else is going on here. I couldn't sleep (surprise, surprise lol) so I thought I would get up, watch a couple DVR'ed Reba's, surf the net, post a blog, and then maybe try to sleep again... I am tired and want to sleep... Hopefully I can sleep tonight!!!! Wish me luck!!!

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