boystruckx2's I-am-pregnantblog

boystruckx2
	Age: 28 Country: US Province/region: Kentucky City: Louisville Partner: Brandon Children: Yes, 2 Pregnant: No Occupation: Childcare and Mommy to 2 Boys!!
	Online: More than 3 months ago Last updated: 518 days ago. Member since: 1931 days
\| Profile \| Photos (17) \| Children (2) \| Blog (31) \| Polls (8) \| Agenda (51) \| Comments added (304) \| Notepad

Members

Write a new blog

29-5-2008 - Third Trimester

My mood while writing this blog:
exhausted yet excited

January 30, 2008 Dr. App. 10:10 (27 weeks + 3days)
-weighed: 209 lbs (up 5 lbs) total of 4lbs
-bp: 120/80
-urine: neg
-FHT: 144 bpm (by doppler)
-GD: 93 passed :)
I had to arrive early to do the gestational diabetes test AHHH! I had to drink this highly sugary orange koolaid stuff in 5 minutes. Than I had to wait an hour and they would draw my blood to see if I passed. The stuff made me dizzy and feel pretty funny, but they said it was normal. Results: 93----I PASSED woohoo :) The Dr. said my uterus was
measuring about 28 weeks. Because of the frequent contractions I have been having already they are moving my appointments to every 2 weeks now. I also discussed with the Dr. that baby Sean always stays on my right side. She said its his comfy spot and its absolutely normal. I also discussed the very painful pressure I was having in my girl junk area. She said it's because he is already head down. All I know is I feel like Im gonna sit on his head when I sit down. lol

**new symptom- the baby is officially waking me up in the middle of the night kicking! He is most active from 9pm til 4am.**

February 9, 2008
Moved into new house! WooHoo :) Which this is a really good thing. On February 1st I had my first bout with timeable contractions!!

February 11, 2008
Mommy turned 25 years old!!

February 13, 2008 Ultrasound 10:30 am & Dr. App. 11:10 am (29weeks + 3days)
-in the room: me and Brandon
-FHT: 132 bpm
-weight: 2 lbs 6 oz
-EDD: April 27, 2008
Believe it or not baby Sean was in the exact same difficult position that he was in in our last ultrasound. Ha Ha! Being difficult already. He looks perfect and we double checked, to be sure, :) It was hard but they got to see the parts they didn't get to see last time, him being bigger helped.

His face with his hand on his chin He is still lyin on that same side

Look there's my babydoll Sean Those pouty lips are precious

The all important beautiful profile oh yes, he's still a boy!

Continue to Dr. App. . . .
-weighed: 214 lbs (up 6 lbs) total of 10lbs
-bp: 136/86
-urine: neg
-FHT: 132 bpm
-EDD: April 27, 2008 (Dr. took due date in the middle)
The Dr. let me know that there was no way possible he was going to approve me to have a VBAC. I have a funnel pelvis and I am just not made to deliver babies. It was disappointing, but at the same time I knew it was coming. He wants to schedule my c-section around April 15. He told us to go home and think about it. I also found out that all the trouble I am having out of my right arm is common in pregnancies. My middle, ring, and pinky finger tips are asleep all the time and my arm is not working as it should. It falls asleep alot while im sleeping or doing anything at that matter. He said its pregnancy induced carpal tunnel syndrome and it will go away after the baby is born. Its all the excess fluid in my arms squeezing on my nerve endings. I have actually gained alot of water weight, you can tell in my hands and arms and face. I am supposed to be checking my blood pressure at home now and I should call if it gets any higher than 150s over 90s.

February 27, 2008 Dr. App. 9:30 am (31weeks + 3days)
-weighed: 218 lbs (up 3 lbs) total of 13lbs
-bp: 130/90
-urine: neg
-FHT: 135 bpm
Dr. said that baby Sean is still head down in the same position. Our c-section has been scheduled for April 14th, no time yet. My blood pressure is concerning him some and said we will take everything weekly. Today was the first time that Brandon got to feel Sean having the hiccups!!

Feb. 28, 2008 (31weeks + 4days)

March 2, 2008
My friends at work gave me no choice and threw me a baby shower for baby Sean. They said its been about 5 years since I had my first son and that I needed another one. Besides this is Brandon's first baby. We had a blast. Can you believe it took 13 sheets of toilet paper to fit around my stomach. lol We got alot of stuff that we needed. There is only a few other things that we have in mind :)

Polka dots and footprints! I loved the theme

March 11, 2008
I have been feeling icky since this weekend (couldnt have been the 15 inches of snow we got) but finally decided after waking up barely able to get out of the bed this morning that I needed to head to the doctor. So I went. They said I had an acute sinus infection which is causing my asthma to act up (not to mention I cant breathe anyway cause Seans feet are in my lungs lol) plus I have a double ear infection. They put me on an antibiotic thats safe. I feel so bad for Sean though cause every time I cough I feel him jump and I know im scaring him to death. Poor baby

March 12, 2008- Dr. App. 1:30 pm (33weeks + 3days)
-weighed: 220.5 lbs (up 2.5 lbs) total of 15.5lbs
-bp: 148/88
-urine: neg
-FHT: 150 bpm
Dr. said we will know the exact time of the c-section probably next time we come in, but it will most likely be early in the morning. Not too concerned about my bp cause it is staying pretty much the same. Im measuring just a little ahead at 34 weeks. She also thinks Sean has dropped into the launch position lol. So little Sean has offically dropped!! This has caused me already to be dialated .5 - 1 cm. The ultimate question is will he hang on until his birthday. :) The Dr. also said my legs are pretty swollen that they are squishy...lol Well I get an ultrasound at my next appointment to check on Seans weight. I cant wait :)

Mar. 21, 2008 (34weeks + 5days)

March 21, 2008
So today I did something I swore I would be extremely careful about and never do. I FELL getting out of the bathtub. DUH! I felt like such a tard. I really only banged up my knee though. But than I had timable painful contractions for a good hour, as soon as the panic set in, they stopped. Whew!
Taking a peaceful QUIET bubblebath - ($4.00 for bath and bodyworks),
Jumping out to let your four year old in so he can do the #2 - ($6.00 for a pack of underwear),
Having your fiance run in on you trying to balance you and your belly in all your nakedness - (PRICELESS)

March 25, 2008
So its happened. I have finally pushed my body to its limits. Of course I didnt think it would happen this time because my first baby hung on to my ribs and refused to come out. Little Sean here, well, lets just say he started screaming that he was done today. I had contractions all day long. My doctor has taken me off work until he comes. He wants me to hit 37 weeks at least. I just wanna make sure his little lungs are ready. I go back to the dr on Friday. I also have this nasty side of effect of pregnancy in the lower half of my legs called pitting adema. Its Gross! If I push in on my legs it leaves an indention for a couple minutes, damn fluid retention.

March 28, 2008- Ultrasound 10:00 am & Dr App 10:20 am (35weeks + 5days)
-in the room: me and Brandon
-FHT: 133 bpm
-weight: 6 lbs 11oz (79th percentile) :)
-position: completely engaged *launch position*
Baby Sean has gotten so big and he is not little anymore, but now above average. When we started the ultrasound the very first thing he did was flash us what he has. SHOW OFF! lol They did all his measurements today, he looks to be a good size if he comes early like he wants too, which made the doctors happy. If the measurements are correct they took today he is goin to be short & fat! Just how I want him to be :) Since he is so big, it was hard to get good pictures. Plus his head is so low in my pelvis we really couldnt even see his face :( BEIN SNEAKY! He had a hand in his face (always) and today his foot also! (silly boy) No good pictures to post though.

On to the Dr. visit. . . .
-weighed: 221 lbs (up .5 lbs) for a total of 16lbs so far :)
-bp: 147/84
-urine: trace protein
-FHT: 133 bpm
-dialated: 2cm!!
-effaced: 50 percent!!
So today the doctor discussed the time for our scheduled section will be 12:30. Which means we wont have to get up early...lol That makes daddy happy. Sean has dropped even lower and no one is sure if we are gonna make it to our date. My contractions are obviously doin quite a bit. So it could happen any day. WOW! They also did the group B strep test I will find the results out to that next week. I didn't have it with my first so I dont expect it this time.

April 3, 2008
Starting at 8:00 pm I started having contractions about 6 minutes apart. Some of them hurting pretty bad, some of them just cramping, and others not really hurting at all just a little uncomfortable. We timed them until a little after 11:00 pm. I was about to go to the hospital, but we had some really bad storms hit and I didn't think we should be driving in it. I decided to try and go to bed and if it was TRUE labor it would get worse. Also I had a doctors appointment in the morning so I was not too concerned. I finally fell asleep about 2:00 am. At 5:00 am the contractions woke me up and I knew something was going on. I got in the tub and tried to relax. Didn't really help I just whined in the tub lol. But I held on until my doctors appointment.

April 4, 2008- Dr App 9:50 am (36weeks + 5days)
-weighed: 224 lbs (up 3 lbs) for a total of 19lbs :)
-bp: 159/103 (was having contractions though, pain induced)
-urine: trace protein
-FHT: 135 bpm
-GBS: positive (i had to get antibiotics anyway cause of the section)
-dialated: 2cm STILL
-effaced: 75 PERCENT!!
The doctor said that since I was having painful contractions and my effacement had changed that she was sending me to the hospital to be observed and that if I dialated anymore we would be having a baby today. So i was so excited.

on to the HOSPITAL . . .
I get to the hospital at 11:30 am and they hook me up to everything. I had contractions the whole time about 2-3 minutes apart and the pain was just like the night before. Some really hurt and some weren't so bad. They watched me until about 2:30 pm and then came in to check me. I WAS STILL 2cm!! So guess what they did? They said it was still considered pre-term labor cause Im not yet 37 weeks so they sent me home..lol Until there was a change in my cervix it was not considered ACTIVE. (REMEMBER IM A SCHEDULED SECTION, SO I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THEY DIDN'T WANT ME TO GO INTO ACTIVE LABOR, BUT I GUESS I WAS WRONG)
They told me to come back when it felt different. (whatever that means...lol)