I'm busy being a Mom..

Phew.. so it's been a while since I've posted, and I had tried to write a few times, but I get interrupted now by the cutest little girl... I wanted to post the story of my labor because as time goes on I'm slowly forgetting details and remembering random things, so I wanted to get it down, so I can save it and one day show the little diva. I'm gonna try this while she's sleeping in her swing, but I have a feeling she'll be waking shortly.

Wednesday 12/17/08

After a disapointing drs appointment the day before I was convinced that labor was never going to happen, and I'd have to be induced after my due date. I carried on the day like normal but had a hard time falling asleep that night before the baby was moving around like no ones business. Something she hadn't done in a while due to the fact that she was running out of room. I had finally fallen asleep at about 3 am.

Thursday 12/18/08

I woke up around 6:30 am to go to the bathroom, something that had become a normal part of my sleeping patterns, and my mother asked me if I was okay. I was I just had to pee. I laid back down and heard my mother leave for work. I didn't fall right back to sleep and at about 7 am I felt this shooting pain across the lower part of my back. I was like wow, that was strange, but didn't really think anything of it thinking that I had slept wrong, but it still felt odd to me. I couldn't fall back to sleep and it happened again, and continued happening about twice an hour. I started to get really nervous but didn't want to call my mom, or my sister because I didn't want them to worry over nothing. I was freaking out. I texted my friend Jennie who just had a baby in August to ask her what she thought. She said it might be back labor, which I had been convinced all along which was what I was going to have. I called my doctor who said that even if it was contractions they weren't regular till they were 5 minutes apart and to call back if that happens. That night me and Jen were going to go out to eat and get some Crab Legs. I sent her a text telling her about the pains I was having and that I didn't want to go out but that we could get take out. She came over around 5:30 and we ate some banging crab legs!! All the while still having these pains in my back at least 1 every 25 minutes.. still unsure if they were even contractions, but I had noticed that every time my back hurt, my belly would get super tight and hard. And they were definitely hurting more than then were in the morning. I carried on the rest of the night with the pains continuing not sure of what I should do. I watched Grey's, and thank God it was a repeat because by this point the pains in my back were coming closer together, but would rotate from hurting to not so bad. I kept googling "back labor" throughout the day and everything that came up, I thought could have been what I was having, but it really didn't pin point it, or maybe it was just that I was nervous and in pain that I wasn't able to grasp what I was reading. At about 11:oo I had one pain that literally made me bend over in pain, and I thought okay, these are definitely contractions, which I guess I always knew they were but I've never had them before so I was all types of confused. I texted my sister to tell her what was going on, and she asked me if I had been timing them, which I hadn't. We texted back and forth for a few minutes and I used those to time when I was having a contraction, and it was about every ten minutes. I woke my mom up to tell her I was just going to call the dr to see what she says. I called the drs answering service at about 11:30 pm and waited for her to call me back. I still have her call back locked in my "recieved calls" section. She called back at 11:39 pm. She asked me what was going on... and told me to go to the hospital and they would call her when they needed to. I started panicking a little bit but was not convinced I was in labor. I don't know if it was fear, or disbelief that I was actually going into labor....

To be continued....

I'm gonna stop this here... I can't copy this to save it and I've typed so much that I don't want to lose it. So I'll try to post the rest soon.

Love this..

I've been known to bust out the "Beyonce Bounce" to Beyonce's song Crazy in Love. A few weeks ago, I tried to bust out the move to Single Ladies, it didn't quite work out with the extra poundage I'm packing at this moment, and after 3 seconds I got a cramp in my stomach. I thought I was going to Beyonce Bounce Avery right on out of there. I would have if I could have though.... I saw this youtube video and it's not Crazy in Love but it's totally gonna be my kid in about 3 year. Dancing Leotard and all!!

heres the link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_0JiIIsWd0

Not nesting.

I'm still preggers. So I guess my nesting wasn't really nesting. Had another fun doctors appointment today, and I've made no progress since last week. It's not really a big deal, but I was hoping for some sort of change. She told me to go about my business and when it happens it happens. Thanks Doc.

nesting or just trying to kill time

This past Friday I was super bored at home that it was cranky and grouchy. So I decided to make a list today of things that I needed to do, or wanted to get done. This was my list.

• Go to Loew's to pick up shelves
• Go to 5below to look for Christmas presents for the boys
• Bring the laundry up from downstairs
• Clean out my car and take it to the car wash
• Write the kids names in glitter on their Christmas stockings

That was basically the list.

I managed to do all the above.. as well as vaccum out my car. I also used an electric drill and screws to put up a retractable gate in front of my bedroom door to keep the dogs out, and hung a coat rack type thing on the back of my bedroom door.

My hands are swollen, and my back is killing me. But I was not bored at all today :o)

I don't know if this would be considered "nesting" or if I'm just looking for any possible sign of labor, but I do know that tomorrow, I'm not doing diddly squat. Oh yeah, except for going to the drs I'm not getting my hopes up for anything, but I'm hoping that I've progressed further than 1 cm.

Here's hoping.. Fingers crossed!!

eff off full moon.

So the full moon had no effect of putting me into labor!!! I guess it's just an old wives tale...

Oh well.

I guess I should be thankful that I have some more alone time, because one A comes I won't have any. I was such a grouch yesterday, that I was hoping for something to happen.

Uggg...

So I've been home on Maternity Leave for 2 weeks now, and I'm officially bored!!! I know once the baby is born I won't feel like that...

I'm definitely ready for her to make her big debut. There's a full moon tonight which some say will stir up labor, so I'm kinda hoping that happens.

Is it wrong to just want the baby here so I'm not longer bored ?

Is it wierd that I'd like to be working right now, just so I had something to do ????

LABOR WATCH 2008

I'm officially on LABOR WATCH 2008. That's what Jen calls it anyways. I had my weekly doctors appointment tonight and I'm officially 1 cm dialiated and the baby's head is super low. Actually te doctors words were "Oh my, the head is really really low" which she said would make pushing easier since she's already pretty far down!! Also told me that she didn't think my baby would be bigger than 7 pounds but that's just her guess.

I will tell you that this internal exam was extremely painful. She said because the head is so low it pushes the cervix back and is harder to get to. Hence the reason I feel like I just lost my virginity all over again!!! Those weren't the doctors words, those are my words. I'll keep the details to myself, but having her try to find my cervix was no ride on the merry go round!!!

I'm starting to freak out about becoming a Mom. I guess it's just a mix of emotions wondering how I'm going to do it all. Wondering if I'm really ready for all of this!!!! I guess no one is really ever mentally prepared to becoming a first time parent though!

I've had an amazing pregnancy. I haven't had any real pregnancy symptoms except for the belly that I now have. I still forget sometimes that I'm not as little as I used to be, and try to squeeze behind chairs and things, but I get stuck often. I do love it though. I've loved being pregnant. I'm going to miss carrying Lil' Diva around with me wherever I go, even though I will be actually holding her in my arms. It's strange. I always knew that one day I wanted babies, but I never actually thought of what it'd be like to be pregnant, and it's more wonderful than I could have ever imagined. I'm sure If I was sick, and if I had gained a ridiculous amount of weight I would still think the same. I just can't wait to see her cute face!!

I thought I'd post pictures.. then and now...

June 2008. About 10-12 weeks

December 2008 36.5 weeks

Oh how I remember when I saw my belly in the first picture I thought it was huge!!! Funny how things change!!!! I now don't remember what it's like to have a belly that little!!!