04-4-2008 - Third Trimester Cont.

My mood while writing this blog: Patience is running thin

April 5, 2008
So its 1:00 pm and I am STILL having contractions. Do I feel different than yesterday? not much. So Im about to go hit the steps and do some jumping jacks or something. I won't be able to handle these contractions like this until my scheduled day. PLEASE PLEASE WISH ME LUCK!
1:30
Started walking and walking around the house (chasing my 4 year old also)
3:05
I think I have just lost part of my mucus plug!! sorry TMI (I hope this means something)
5:30
Contractions are a little harder, im a little crankier. So im going to my moms for dinner to try and
get my mind off things for a while. Im thinking things look good!!
9:00
So im still under the impression the only reason they didn't deliver me on friday was because I was still considered pre-term. I will be 37 weeks tomorrow. If im still hurting I will probably go back and get checked. Me and Brandon did some speed walking (to the best of my abilities) around my moms neighborhood. I actually tried to jog a little. This is getting old fast. My moms comment of the night was "you have an irritable uterus". Well let me tell you thats not the only thing! :(



Apr. 6, 2008 (37weeks)

April 6, 2008
Woke up at 5:30 with contractions that were Awful. They continued to be awful and give me nothing but pressure until 6:30. Then they just kind of settled down again. :( FALSE LABOR SUCKS I have still had contractions throughout the day, but they get better within an hour. I go back to the doctor on Tuesday. I am just praying for that centimeter. I don't think Sean can get any lower. NONE of my shirts are long enough anymore as you can see above. I have loved having him in there, but come on..lol Sigh





April 7, 2008
Still Pregnant!! So after having another miserable night of these off and on hardcore contractions I went to the grocery store on a rampage. I have heard alot about this raspberry leaf tea helping induce labor when your cervix is already soft and your uterus is ready. So guess what I have been drinking all day? Trust me alot better with ice than hot. My contractions have actually gotten a little more consistent and a little rougher. Whether its the tea or its all psychosomatic, I dunno? Doctors appointment tomorrow afternoon. Ill find out then I guess ha ha! I think this is Sean's way of telling me he wants to pick his own birthday.





April 8, 2008- LAST Dr App. 1:40 pm (37weeks + 2days)
-weighed: 225 lbs (up 1 lb) total of 20 :)
-bp: 155/91
-urine: trace protein
-FHT: 133 bpm
-dialated: 2.5 CM!!
-effaced: 100 PERCENT!!
So I pretty much came to the conclusion that my doctor is a masochist. He enjoys my pain..lol Even though I was having active contractions in the office in front of him, my labor was JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH. He really wants me to make it to the 38 week mark, which is Sunday. My section is scheduled for Monday. So he pretty much said SUCK IT UP (hence he is a man, so he knows the pain "rolls eyes") and Ill see you Monday. So Im kind of depressed, but I want Seans lungs to be the best they can be :) I will go through this pain a little longer, but only cause I love him :)





April 9, 2008
Today has been awful! I was so tired today that I couldn't get anything done. I seriously slept all day. Then I still had to force myself to get up. Sean has been up to no good today. He has figured out a new position to lay in and i don't like it at all. Through my whole pregnancy the lil man has maybe kicked my rib once, but today he was testing me I think. He wasn't actually kicking my ribs as much as he was just resting on them. lol Then tonight starting at like 6:30 the hardcore contractions started again for about 2 1/2 hours. They were bad enough that tears were coming out of my eyes. Than they just disappeared. WTF? I don't understand. Ha Ha jokes on me I guess. So its a little after midnight and as of right now I am still having some pretty painful ones. Does it mean anything? I DONT KNOW ANYMORE? I am so confused..lol I guess if it's something I will need to worry about it will just get worse.....sigh. My frustration level is out the roof!





April 12, 2008
Still miserable ::sigh:: Today is Thunder Over Louisville!! The biggest firework show we have here and I will be watching it from the front row seats on the comfort of my couch. But besides the fireworks, let me tell you how my morning went first. Just because you have already had one kid don't think you know everything, because embarrassment is just around the corner. :) So starting yesterday day I noticed I was leaking "downstairs a little" it was enough that I had to change. I didn't think much about it until I woke up this morning and it happened again, quite a bit. So I thought "OMG I'm leaking amnioti fluid". I called the doctor and he told me to go to the L&D. So I go. I get there and they use the paper to test the fluid and it was a BIG O FAT NEGATIVE. So the nurse said I'll give you 30 minutes and see what happens as she hooked me up to everything. Well it was very uneventful except for the few good contractions I had on the screen. She tested me again and it was NEGATIVE, "of course it was". So i was POSITIVELY urinating on myself. I was sure I was not, but obviously you don't always know when you pee on yourself. As I was checking out of L&D I did get to feeling a little better, because the other two girls who were checked in when I was were on their way home for peeing on thereselves too. It must of been in the water...lol ****Helpful Hint**** When asking for advice when you think you could be leaking amniotic fluid, when someone tells you to SMELL IT.....::whispers:: it doesn't work lol

April 13, 2008
So tomorrow morning I go to the hospital for my scheduled section. Who thought I was gonna make it to this day?? I really didn't. But this whole pregnancy has been a rollercoaster. I am nervous, but excited that it is finally time. I'm ready to meet my lil man and fall in love all over again. I can't eat or drink anything after midnight so I am going to go get my fill one last time. Wish me luck . . . its ALL or NOTHING :)