Happy February Girls.... Just waiting for Ash, right??

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Feb?? Really??? Wow, this was a suprise for me this am! Thanks for bringing me back to reality! Too may days of sitting here being an internet junkie and playing the most pointless Wii game ever... Sims I just have no motivation to want to do anything productive. So still no changes. I slept ok last night, but did wake up a few times with lower abd cramping, kinda like menstrual. The RN who dc'd us from the hosp said that this should be the first sign to me that i'm begining to dehydrate again, so I grabbed a bottle of water and drank as much as I could while half asleep. First thing I grabbed this am too... We shall see. I just don't get it, I literally am going through a case of water like every 2-3 days, on top of the juice and gatorade or whatever other flavored bevgs I can talk dh into letting me have! So our appt is at 230 and i'm very excited to see what the OB has to say about all of this. I plan on asking about the contractions and stress they are putting on the baby, but is there anything else I should be prep'd to want to know. I feel like there needs to be one of those questionares where you answer yes/no questions that lead you to diff arrows with other questions, and eventually to an explanation of some sort. I guess that my biggest fear is that I'm not doing something right, or that theres something i'm just forgetting to do???

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Rac, I think (and am prob wrong somewhere along the way... sry in advance) that the actual line up is:

Lisa then Me @ 36 wks
Brandy @ 34
Jen @ 33
Mel & Becky @ 29
Kristy & Allison @ 11

Sry if I forgot/incorrectly placed anyone, it really is hard to try and keep it all straight! (Esp when I cant even remember what day of the week it is )

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Wow, Ash. I didn't realize you still actually have 4 weeks left. Evan needs to stay put a little longer.

So, Lisa it is and baby Nolan!!!

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Yeah, my little stubborn DH is hoping he stays put for atleast another week. I think that he is super nervous about the whole early delivery thing bc of MIL. Dont get me wrong, I know that he's better off in utero than out here for a bit longer, and I was super upset when we went in at 34 wks and they told us we were going to del. I think that I have come to terms with an early del now though bc the more I think of it, I'm thinking that it may be a hereditary issue. My cousin (same age as I) had 2 pre term babies, one at like 26 wks wt of 2.8 oz and one at 30ish wks wt of 4 something. Neither of them had any issues what so ever other than weight. It was a placental nourishing factor that forced the dr's to deliver her both times. I feel as though I already have an advantage bc I'm further along, I know that he weighs more and he's been tolerating the stress of contractions for a few weeks now. I don't know how far my mom was with me, but I know that I was also a bit of an early arrival. I'm super happy to have made it this far, esp with already being 5cm and 70 eff and being admited twice now with contractions 2ish mins apart. Whatever the case, it's just about inevitable that I will del tomorrow bc DH has to go to Washington for the day. (He has already been off and home with me since the 21st if Jan.) I know that if he told his boss he didn't want to go they would make other arrangements, but I think that he's at the point where he's starting to feel like maybe he's taking advantage of them. I don't mind if he goes actually, I'm starting to feel bad for him being stuck in the house with me all the time, I just know that the second his plane leaves, that'll be when everything happens :/ Whatever the case, I'm not completely out of fear from possible complications, but I'm def more prepared now than I was 2 weeks ago

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Lisa ~ Cute pictures from your shower!

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Dont say this! I am so not ready to be done yet!

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On another note, Dave installed the baby carseat today while I was at work today, makes it so much more real. Mia has been asking all day if the baby is here yet, pretty cute!

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Ashley- Donovan was born at 36 weeks. I was totally induced. The only "complication" from the early birth was a little jaundice. You'll be fine!

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Lisa, is there a point when you're ever really ready?? Thursday will be 2 weeks of me being home and I have literally got nothing accomplished! I did order our swing and a nursing cover from off line, but other than that and asking my uncle to come and install the base, I haven't done hlf of what I thought I would. I guess partly bc i'm suppose to be "resting", but mainly bc I just feel so tired and lazy. I just cannot seemed to get motivated at all.

Claire, Thanks! I feel like everything is great honestly. Its weird bc all of a sudden dh is the concerned one?? Its like I have to be the one to keep reassuring him that everything is going to be ok.

So our appt was lame No change at all. Babys hr was in the 160s and I didn't gain anything since last week. Dr wants me to stay on bed rest and is hoping that we can buy atleast another week, poss two. (He said that theres still a 1 in 4 chance of resp issues at this point). I told him that i'll do my best, but that I wasn't making any promises. Then he and dh joked about me going into labor right before the game on Sunday, or possibly mid March sometime (after my EDD). Guess only time will tell, literally! Whatever the case, I'm a bit nervous about dh leaving tomo to go out of town. I'm going to go stay with some family for the night, I just told him that this is total means for labor. Unfortunally with our luck, its almost inevitable!

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Ash - uneventful appts are good ones! Yay for the little one chilling out and staying put. & keep in mind, labor takes a while, so DH should have plenty of time to get back.

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Ash, I am ready as far as what I needed to get done. But this is my last so I am really enjoying every minute of it. Right now I dont have to share him with anyone else and as much as I am getting up at night to pee I know that he is still easier to take care of inside then he will be outside.

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Ash- LOL, my DH suddenly got all concerned when it became real for him that the labor was imminent, I was in *some* danger (pre-e) and there was absolutely nothing he could do. But worry. And yell at the medical staff.

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Thanks Girls...
Jen, I know he's already like its only an hour flight and the hosp is closer to the airport than home so i'll just meet you there. I'm really not too worried. I'm sure i'll be here for a bit longer.

Lisa, Ugh! Mid-night br breaks are the worst. I do kwym about being able to enjoy them now though. I just wish I were able to be out doing things while being able to enjoy the last few weeks (or whatever I have left) of my pg. I think I may have my MIL take me shopping tomo. I can just sit there and have her bring me some things to try on?? She was upset with me when I told her I found somewhere to go stay bc she was looking forward to getting out of the house. We'll see how I feel in the am. I'm also super desp for a pedi and a new spa just opened by us, 75 mins for 35.00... Unheard of! I told dh that thats also on my list of things to do for myself soon. Besides if i'm just sitting there...???

Cliare, Idunno if my dh would say anything??? He's way to passive. He waits for them to leave then asks me or yells at me for whatever he didn;t ike hearing.... MEN

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Ash ~ Cap'n was watching football last night and I HATE football! I told him I was going to have the next baby on SuperBowl Sunday just to spite him and he told me I'd have to deliver without him! LOL, SuperBowl cannot come quick enough, this football season has been especially long and I want my husband's attention back!!!

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Mel I so KWYM!!! I want mine back too... Tis will make you laugh. Dinner convo a few mins ago. He says to me, so I bet you'll be glad to get rid of me for a few days when I leave tomo..., I reply with not really I'm actually kinda nervous bc its inevitable that either I'll go into labor just after midnight when there are no flights left for the day, and you'll have to drive back, or on Superbowl Sunday. His response: No, babies aren't born on Sunday's.

Really??? Too much!

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Ash--this is the last time for a LONG time that you can go to a spa without feeling guilty, I say take advantage and get a mani/pedi and a massage. DH got me a massage coupon over a year ago, and as much as I need one, I always feel too guilty taking time away from Ely and paying for daycare to go get a massage. I have scheduled it 3 or 4 times, but always had to cancel with a sick baby. Seriously, go and enjoy your last bit of time where YOU get to be the most important person!
It would be kinda funny if you made it to your due date (not funny ha-ha, just funny crazy). They told me that I would deliver early at EVERY appt I had, from 22 weeks on (because I had polyhydramnios and was measuring 6 weeks ahead). When I went two weeks past my due date I felt totally robbed; I wish they had never said that I would go early, because it made it feel even longer to go late! Of course, I never went into labor early and wasnt dilated at all until my water broke, so it is a totally different situation, but I do remember feeling really wierd that they had me all prepped to go into labor and then it never happened!

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Krissy

Just got back from my 37 week appt. Looks like Nolan is pretty comfortable, I am still dialated to a 2 (he said he could stretch to a 3) and about 75% effaced. I am really hoping to make it until at least 38 weeks, but now that I say that the baby have differant ideas.

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Krissy, Yeah I think that I am going to go. I was going to do a massage also, but that scares me a little. I don't want to be so relaxed that I go into labor again or something. I'mnot really sure how that all works I'm def planning on a mani/pedi though. And about my dd... I think thats kinda why I'm having mixed feelings about remaining on bed rest. When they told me almost 2 weeks ago that he was coming, I wasn't at all prepared and I quickly adjusted to the idea of not only getting to meet him finally, but also to the mental thoughts of what my daily routein would soon entail (with him being in the nicu and all). Once the contractions stopped, I was greatly relieved bc it bought me some time to come home and try to get a few things that I knew I wanted ready, ready for delivery. Then when I started contracting again, I though for sure it was it. I think that dh and I were both a little excited to finally be able to hold him and have him in our lives. Now that they are telling me poss another 2 weeks of bedrest to try to keep him in, I'm kinda relieved bc i'm not quite all the way ready to let him out, but part of me is sad. I want so badly just to see him and to start bonding with this little bugger whose been keeping me up at night and kicking me so hard it hurts

Lisa, Glad to hear that everything went well. Hopefully Nolan will cooperate with your plans and hang in there for you. (Going back to Rac's post earlier... I'll take one for the team and let Evan come first I'm thinking Friday or Monday would be good for me! That should buy you at least the weekend (If only that were poss eh!)

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I thought Mia was your last?? lol and on a side note, Morgan will be disappointed about Cowboy Brad. No pony for him yet. She'll still love him though.....

LMAO at Ash 'taking one for the team'.

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