Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Bump-date randoms

Here is a little bump update along with some pregnancy randoms

I am currently 33 weeks. 
I can't believe that they consider you full term at 37 weeks.
I was 2 weeks late with Aiden, I will probably be late again.
My contractions slowed down quite a bit but have been crazy the past 3 days...I think a few people at the mall thought I was in labor haha
My motto is that if I can fall asleep with contractions...it's not the real thing. (even though they wake me up all night long)
I am hoping to have a VBAC so these contractions give me hope for spontaneous labor and no pitocin :-) (yes my OB will give me pitocin, even for a VBAC)
My OB's are AMAZING!!!  Every time I leave my appointments I feel like the Dr's are mind readers.  They just get it!!!
I have gained 7lbs and TRUST ME I have earned every single one of those lbs
I am still vomiting and constantly nauseous BUT...
I desperately want the PIC line out...in fact I have been weaning off the IV meds and tried oral meds HOPING that my doc approves the line coming out.  My arm is so irritated from the bandage and I am miserable! My home healthcare nurse has tried to move the bandage to allow healing but it isn't working.
The hubs playing nurse!

The start of the skin irritation blah!
I am on a 2 week trial which ends TOMORROW!  If I maintained my weight (or gained) for 2 weeks, she will let me get the line out.  2 days ago I had lost 4lbs...so I just ate a huge dinner and 2 cookies...hopefully I keep it down long enough for her to pull the line :-).
I HATE maternity clothes...whoever said they were comfortable LIED!!!
I am still wearing my regular jeans...hello 7 for all mankind skinny jeans...they are the bomb!
My normal shirts are starting to get short...uggh if only I could avoid maternity clothes for 7 more weeks.
The past 2 days I have woken up at 4 am starving but chose to hold out until the morning...woke up both mornings too nauseous to eat...bummer!
What's a craving????  I have yet to have one.
I don't believe in eating for 2...a newborn eats 4 ounces...put down the extra big mac people!!!!
With that being said, I am barely eating enough for 1...guess I don't know what it's like to feel good enough to eat for 2 ;-)
Baby boy is so darn active...all day!  I love it!
YES...we have a name :-)
The fabric sample for his bedding arrived today...I love them!  I can't wait to finish his room!
Aiden's big boy room is almost done...Baby boy's room is in full effect!
The best feeling is hearing Aiden talk about his baby brother without me bringing it up...he has so much love in his heart!
Here are some updated bump pics...I embrace the bump :-) it won't be there forever!
Sorry for the cheesy self-portraits but the hubby is gone a lot so this is what I am left with :-)
26 weeks

27 weeks

30 weeks

30 weeks...blurry blurry

32 weeks

33 weeks

I am excited, nervous, scared, and anxious and probably so much more!  This pregnancy has been a lot like my pregnancy with A and so different as well.  I certainly don't want to wish the time away but there is so much to look forward to.  Wish me luck tomorrow :-)

Friday, January 4, 2013

So long 2012

Just when the expression "twenty twelve" starting to have a ring to it, I find myself wondering how the heck you make 2013 sound cool?
Dear 2012,
It is with great sadness that I say goodbye to you.  What I have kept from you this whole time is that I dreaded you like the plague, but as I sit here and reminisce about the memories you brought the only thing I can think of is "Damn that was awesome".  As I approached you, I knew things were going to be tough.  We started 2012 in Newport RI and were somewhat uncertain as to what you had in store for us.  I feared the thought of living in a strange place with very few familiar faces, no family even remotely close by, what I thought (until now) was a tough work schedule for the hubby, and only 6 months of settlement before we were headed to the next place, where ever that may be!  Aiden was in his 2's and I let other people's experiences make me fearful of whatever they say happens when a child turns 2.  THEY were wrong!!!  2 was fantastic to us!  After many bumps in the real estate road, we sold our first home and found our dream home.  Somehow, the good Lord allowed everything to fall into place and we are now right where we belong!  Speaking of the good Lord, boy did we find ourselves pleading with Him a lot in "twenty twelve".  Not in the way you might imagine.  I really tried to reevaluate the way I "went to Him".  I didn't just want what I wanted, if that makes any sense. More so, I wanted to learn to place my trust in Him for what was right and true. (no, I am not going to get all philosophical or preachy) Leif and I spent a lot of time asking for guidance this past year.  Early in the year, after finding a tumor in my head, my sweet husband reminded me to pray.  "That's all we can do", he would say...I am a control freak...there has to be something else that we can do!  But I listened and found myself asking for "whatever was right".  After my surgery in April, everything is just right!  We also asked for guidance in big decisions about our home in Charleston and our desire to sell it.  "It will all work out if it is supposed to" and it did!  Leif and I had discussed our desire to expand our family but, to be honest, no time was what we thought was "the right time".  With deployment approaching and an insane work schedule, not to mention that little thing called fertility, we just knew that if it was the right time, it would happen, otherwise we would wait!  Don't get me wrong, we certainly tried to make it happen and were discouraged by the disappointments but our minds and hearts were ready for "no answer".  Well, as I sit here 8 months pregnant, I am pretty sure I got my answer.  I have so many amazing memories from the past year yet there is one moment that stands out.  It's not the event or the action that precedes the memory that , but the feeling associated with it that has been so abundant this year, that makes this moment so fresh in my mind.  Sitting in a cute little bar having a drink on a surprise birthday trip to NYC prior to seeing a Broadway play, I started to cry!  Leif looks at me and says "What's wrong?"  My response "I'm just so happy" was my reply.  If I am being honest, this year should have really kicked my butt mentally.  A lot happened...but those tears of happiness have not stopped.  For the first time in a really long time, even though things aren't perfect, I am just so happy!!!  Thank you for that, 2012!
2013, you don't stand a chance!  You, my new friend, are going to be a challenge!  Aside from the birth of our newest boy, Leif's deployment pretty much ruins your chances of being the best year!  Sorry friend!  We will still make the most of you!  2014, with Leif's homecoming, you get early bonus points!!!
To anyone who made it through this entire post, HAPPY NEW YEAR and thanks for reading!  I haven't quite finished with 2012 as I need to update on the holidays but this was on my mind so it won some of my spare time!