Thursday, March 8, 2012

3rd trimester!!!!!



How far along: 27 weeks. Only 13 to go. You can't imagine how excited I am. Is it weird that I'm not nervous about pushing something out of my who ha in just in a few months? Maybe it's because I don't allow myself to think about it. Uh oh! Im thinking about it! 

Size of the baby: Cucumber - 15 inches (thats a long cucumber) and a whopping 2.2 pounds! 

Maternity clothes: I still have just a few but am wearing my tops more. Today I wore my regular dress pants to work (unbuttoned and unzipped of course) but by the end of the day I seriously contemplated taking them off in order to drive. At first I thought "What if I get pulled over for something?" But thought I would just hide my legs with my jacket. And then I thought "What if I got in a wreck?" THat would be some crazy explaining to do. I opted to be horribly miserable on the way home instead. I will be wearing maternity pants from here on out.

Gender: Still a BOY!!!! Cambric (still cant decide on a middle name) Tuttle

Sleeping: Horrible. Actually not bad except having to pee so much in the middle of the night. Along with my crazy dreams of leaving my baby in odd places. Thank you mother for passing the "leaving baby" dreams on to me. At least he doesn't have a mustache in my dreams! ;) I also wake up with bad ligament pains. I know your suppose to try to sleep on left side or at least the right side before you sleep on your back but my hips are killing me in the morning. I don't even want to think about what these next few months are going to be like once I start getting bigger. 

What I miss: I still want to lick the bowl of my raw cookie batter but not as badly as before. I miss being able to eat just a cold meat sandwich. I also miss HOT baths. Actually I miss being able to get out of the bath without grunting or not having to hold onto the side without counting "ok. 1.2.3. GO!" 

Symptoms: At this very moment I am experiencing good ol heartburn from eating peaches. STINKING PEACHES!!!! Oh and I almost forgot to mention those wonderful contractions that sent me to Labor & Delivery last week. The antibiotic must be working (along with JESUS) because I am having WAY fewer contractions the last few days. Yesterday I only had 2 and today I've only had about 3. That's great compared to the 3 I was having in just 20 minutes. Whew! Oh and there has been leakage if you know what I mean. Troy has been SO interested talking about breastfeeding but of course when I mention this he got all grossed out. Oh and yesterday he asked me if my boobs were going to just shrink or shrivel or both? Poor guy! :) I really do feel for him though. The "air bubbles" in my tummy have only gotten worse. But I tell him I think they jumped out of him & into me. Sorry mom, but there are women reading this who are trying to have children for the first time and I feel like I need to let them know ALL the symptoms. Good AND bad! ;)

Cravings: Blow Pops! I love me some blow pops! 

Best Moment: Troy and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary on the 24th of last month & spent the night in Dallas last weekend. It wasn't our trip to New York or Spain like we planned before I got pregnant but it was just as special and that's because Troy made it wonderful. Troy is a VERY romantic & thoughtful person. He makes me ashamed of myself ! I'm glad we didn't stick with our big plans anyways. I have a feeling with all those contractions my doctor wouldn't have let me go anywhere. 

The true BEST moment over the last few weeks though was waking up on our anniversary & Troy looked over at me and said "I can still remember waking up 5 years ago at the Adam's Mark Hotel and how beautiful you were." Awwww. Sweet huh? What did I say in response you ask? Well right at that moment the baby pushed against one of those "air bubbles" and well you know. Troy just looked at me & said "Very much NOT like this moment." Oh man, I've never laughed so hard in my life! 

SO I'm guessing by now you know WAY TOO MUCH about Troy and I? ;) 
5 years baby! 

Thursday, March 1, 2012

double digits baby! That goes for contractions too!

99 DAYS... Ok actually today I have 98 days left but when I was going to write this post yesterday something happened & I had to wait till today. What happened you ask? Oh you know I just had to go and get strapped up to a machine to check on the contractions I've been having the past 3 weeks. No biggie! :)

So here is my long story made short. I have been having Braxton Hicks contractions for the last 3 weeks every day. I thought this was normal. Well when I called my OB yesterday to inform her, she did not think this was normal for someone who is 26 weeks. OF COURSE! So I had to go get checked and after 4 hours of monitoring, an exam (UNCOMFORTABLE), blood work, IV of fluids, and around 15 contractions later they found out I have an infection that is causing the contractions. I have NOT dilated & am in NO danger of going into labor anytime soon. So all you worry warts stop worrying. I do not need a call asking me if I am sure! :) I got a nice shot in the butt to get rid of the infection and am on pelvic rest & had to take a day off from work to kind of take it easy and let the medicine do its thing! This infection most likely is from the sinus stuff and wheezing I had going on 3 weeks ago. You know, the same time I started having the contractions every day! WHOOPS!

Let me just tell you it was quite comical. I may not be a worrier but Troy IS!!! I had a small moment of panic when they first told me to go to L & D AND Troy wasn't answering his phone but I was good after that small moment. Troy was not a happy camper though. He just sat there watching the screen. Well as soon as the exam was done and showed I was not in danger of going into labor his WHOLE attitude changed. He was up tapping his feet, taking pictures, and just plain being annoying! lol It was cute though! He confessed that he was glad he saw that I was having contractions cause he thought I was just mistaking contractions for something else. He got a good stink eye for that one! Don't worry, he apologized! :)
Troy thinking he is funny!


Well after that ordeal, I am kicking things into gear starting this weekend! Getting this nursery finished!!!! Ok we actually already planned to do a lot this weekend (after we get back Saturday from our anniversary night in Dallas) but this definitely will keep me motivated. And don't worry, I will not do too much. I'll just supervise Troy! ;)

Oh and did I mention that the nurse said I had some of the prettiest pee she has ever seen! Yep thats right. I have pretty pee!

All's good! Just ignore how I look though!!!!!