17-6-2009 - 6 months have flown by...

My mood while writing this blog: takin it easy

First off, I cannot believe it's been 6 months!!! Wow has it gone fast! And I'm so glad I found this site to occupy me throughout all of this, and I sooo love reading about everyone's pregnancies and blogs and experiences! Thanks for being my online pregnancy friends ladies! LOL!

Well, I just got up from laying on the couch with my feet up. I got up before work, and -STOP HERE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR TMI!!!- did the "babydancing" with my man for the first time in about 2 weeks, and then proceeded to get ready for work like usual. I felt fine and my maternity pants felt tight on my lower belly like always, but I ignored it like usual. Then I got to work and started to do my thing, where I started on my first client, and then the pressure started. I could barely move without feeling like I was gonna pee myself. I finished with his haircut, and had to go sit in the back. It felt like baby was trying to push down and roll over my bladder and out of me. I kept feeling tightening, then having to pee, then when I would it would stop for a few minutes and start up again. When I was standing at the chair and bending over the shampoo bowl, it would start all over again. So I finished with my scheduled appointments, and called my boss (who is being induced on the 26th), explained it to her, and she let me go home early, thank goodness. So I came home and put my feet up and laid on my back, and now the pressure has really eased up, and the tightening stopped, and I've been drinking a lot of water. Didn't call my doctor b/c the office was closed already, but I'm wondering could the babydancing have done all this?? And is it too early to have braxton-hicks contractions? It didn't hurt too badly, it was just very uncomfortable, and I have never felt pressure like that. Maybe he was just pushing my bladder extra hard? If you have any thoughts on all this and what it could be, let me know!! Also, do you think I should call my doctor tommorrow if it's all gone away, or just wait til my next visit? I HAVE to go back in to work for 7 hours tommorrow cuz I have appointments, but thank goodness the owner of my salon is pregnant and understands how I feel!

So, I had a dr. appt. yesterday and she said everything looked great, and that he was big just by my belly measurement. I wish I could get another ultrasound soon so I knew just how big! I have gained 7 lbs since my last appt, I think since I have been trying to eat & drink way more dairy, and more meals. Dr. said she was finally happy with my weight gain. So I have gained 13 lbs so far, not bad I guess. I'm just glad it's all stayed in my belly, boobs and butt. I'm so glad I haven't gotten any stretch marks yet also, but I am kind of expecting to get some in these next couple months, but maybe not...fingers crossed!

Little man is still kicking the crap out of me, and now he likes to bend and scrunch up in my right side and push the side of my stomach out. He also likes to roll or flip around. And usually only in the EARLY morning. Uncomfortable sometimes, and hard to sleep through, but I wouldn't change it for anything. I LOOOOOOVE being pregnant. I was complaining the other day to my bf how I'm gonna be kinda sad when he's born, just cuz I feel like he's all mine (and my bf's of course), and when he comes out, I'm gonna have to share him with everyone, lol. And I'm gonna miss feeling him moving around in me.

As for me and my bf, I am feeling better about us than I was a few weeks ago. We had a talk, I told him I was giving him one chance to start getting his sh*t together, and he has made an effort to stop going out as much (he still goes out for dart league but is not drinking like his friends do). I know he has been saving more money, and he just got a promotion at work, which will help him with bills and occupy his free time more, lol. He said he understood everything I was saying and was sorry for not being considerate. I think he will be moving in with me soon, he is cleaning things out of his parents house when he goes there, and we will stay here til Nov when my lease is up, then find a house. I'm happy about all this, and for no reason I got kind of sad last night, and he told me "don't worry, everything is getting better, and it's going to keep getting better and better and we're gonna have a great life together". My man, the always optimistic, LOL. I really do love him though and really feel like it will all work out now as long as we have good communication.

Well, hope all of you ladies are feeling wonderful, have a great week!!!!!!!!!!