Okay, it's 10:51 p.m. I am thinking about going to sleep! I'm already in bed watching HGTV. LOL.
Tonight I hit it hard...had a bottle and a half of BLUE GATORADE. :) Kurt and Belle played some games while I wrote some thank you notes. Ahhhh, the joys of being 100 months preggo on New Year's Eve. Hehe. Actually, I adored our relaxing NYE and think I might plan on the same type of night next year (without the 100 months pregnant thing)!
So, expecting nothing to happen tonight but will post again in the a.m. :)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love,
~Us
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Thurs. Afternoon Update!
...*drumroll*
Nothing!
*cymbals*
Yes, nada has happened. I tried to spice out the sweet babe with some extra spicy basil noodles from my fave thai place. He appears unphased.
My next plan is to paint. I cannot stand looking at this white kitchen for one more day. I figure if I'm doing something REALLY important that I absolutely NEED TO BE HOME TO FINISH, it will happen then. :) And if it doesn't, no more white walls! Yay!!!!! So after a quick trip to Home Depot, we are all set for Plan B.
Happy New Year!!
Love,
~Us
Nothing!
*cymbals*
Yes, nada has happened. I tried to spice out the sweet babe with some extra spicy basil noodles from my fave thai place. He appears unphased.
My next plan is to paint. I cannot stand looking at this white kitchen for one more day. I figure if I'm doing something REALLY important that I absolutely NEED TO BE HOME TO FINISH, it will happen then. :) And if it doesn't, no more white walls! Yay!!!!! So after a quick trip to Home Depot, we are all set for Plan B.
Happy New Year!!
Love,
~Us
Thurs. Early A.M. Update
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE, EVERYONE!!!!!!!!
Ahhhhhhh...one of my favorite holidays! I've had so many great NYE's in my life thanks to my awesome friends and husband! Surely this will be the most uneventful but most relaxing one to date!
No news to report this a.m., as I suspected. Ugh! But thought I'd post a blog quickly to let everyone checking the blog know that I'm not in the hospital and well on my way back into my True Religions. Trust me, they are waiting for me...byebye Motherhood Maternity jeans. :)
I'll definitely post later! Hope everyone has an awesome day getting ready for tonight and a super fun and safe night!
Much love,
~Us
Ahhhhhhh...one of my favorite holidays! I've had so many great NYE's in my life thanks to my awesome friends and husband! Surely this will be the most uneventful but most relaxing one to date!
No news to report this a.m., as I suspected. Ugh! But thought I'd post a blog quickly to let everyone checking the blog know that I'm not in the hospital and well on my way back into my True Religions. Trust me, they are waiting for me...byebye Motherhood Maternity jeans. :)
I'll definitely post later! Hope everyone has an awesome day getting ready for tonight and a super fun and safe night!
Much love,
~Us
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Wed. P.M. Update :)
Hola!
So I went back to my spa for my foot massage and reflexology treatment. Nothing happened but it was fabulous and worth it! :) I guess all of those contractions last night weren't brought on by yesterday's pedicure after all.
We then went to my in-laws' casa for my mother-in-law's b-day dinner. She really wanted to share a birthday with the baby but it's looking pretty grim considering it's 9:24 p.m.
New Year's Eve is tomorrow. We've had some great and fun offers of things to do but I'm hesitant to make plans with anyone due to how I can feel awesome one minute and be sleeping in a chair the next. lol. We may just stay home and hope our lil tax deduction comes out to fill out his line on the tax return. Haha. I AM an accountant married to a farmer!
Now that there is an end in sight and only five days away, the wait seems better. Now for some T.M.I. - I forgot to mention my midwife has an excuse to induce me due to protein in my pee. Sorry for the grossness. I told you I hate all things medical. I thought I'd add this just so no one thought she was recklessly inducing me at 40 weeks and 1 day for no reason. :)
I'm super tired tonight so I think I'll go to bed early for once :)
I'll post scoop in the a.m. but I am expecting a quiet night.
Mucho love to everyone and thanks again for checking on me!
Love and hugs,
~Us
So I went back to my spa for my foot massage and reflexology treatment. Nothing happened but it was fabulous and worth it! :) I guess all of those contractions last night weren't brought on by yesterday's pedicure after all.
We then went to my in-laws' casa for my mother-in-law's b-day dinner. She really wanted to share a birthday with the baby but it's looking pretty grim considering it's 9:24 p.m.
New Year's Eve is tomorrow. We've had some great and fun offers of things to do but I'm hesitant to make plans with anyone due to how I can feel awesome one minute and be sleeping in a chair the next. lol. We may just stay home and hope our lil tax deduction comes out to fill out his line on the tax return. Haha. I AM an accountant married to a farmer!
Now that there is an end in sight and only five days away, the wait seems better. Now for some T.M.I. - I forgot to mention my midwife has an excuse to induce me due to protein in my pee. Sorry for the grossness. I told you I hate all things medical. I thought I'd add this just so no one thought she was recklessly inducing me at 40 weeks and 1 day for no reason. :)
I'm super tired tonight so I think I'll go to bed early for once :)
I'll post scoop in the a.m. but I am expecting a quiet night.
Mucho love to everyone and thanks again for checking on me!
Love and hugs,
~Us
Dr. Update
So we went in = no changes. She did some "stirring" (ugh - I hate anything medical). Apparently, if my body is truly ready to go, that should work within a few days. She said I wasn't rating high enough on the Bishop (?) Scale to warrant inducing me and it sounded like the labor would be pretty hard if she did it today. Yikes!!!
She's super awesome so she decided she'd induce me on Monday or Tuesday if I haven't had the farmbaby by then. This is great news since I can't imagine having these contractions and back labor for another two weeks. lol. :) Things have slowed down since about 1:30 a.m., though.
I'm going back to the spa (ahhhh....) for some reflexology and a foot/leg massage today. Did I mention how much I love Winter Shutdown?? :) Anyway, maybe that will send me into labor again. Hehe.
Thanks to everyone who has called or texted to check on me. Sorry if I haven't gotten back to you yet - I will. :) I'm having a hard time keeping up :) but I really appreciate all of the calls, texts, emails, comments and facebook notes!
Will post later!
Love always,
~Us
She's super awesome so she decided she'd induce me on Monday or Tuesday if I haven't had the farmbaby by then. This is great news since I can't imagine having these contractions and back labor for another two weeks. lol. :) Things have slowed down since about 1:30 a.m., though.
I'm going back to the spa (ahhhh....) for some reflexology and a foot/leg massage today. Did I mention how much I love Winter Shutdown?? :) Anyway, maybe that will send me into labor again. Hehe.
Thanks to everyone who has called or texted to check on me. Sorry if I haven't gotten back to you yet - I will. :) I'm having a hard time keeping up :) but I really appreciate all of the calls, texts, emails, comments and facebook notes!
Will post later!
Love always,
~Us
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Good & Bad News!
OMG I am FULL of good AND bad news tonight!!!!!!
Got my fabulous hair color and cut by Brian today!! Love him and the hair!!!!!!! Also got a fabulous pedi in a fabulous color (Affair in Red Square) and my friend Heather met me at our favorite spa to chat during this event.
Throughout the day, I was having worse contractions than I had before and they seemed way different than the Braxton-Hicks ones. Ay! They were totally the same awful things from Belle's bday back in 2001!! My back was KILLING ME during them which I'm sure is a sign of wretched back labor to come. So I called my friend Mandy to see what the deal was. She basically said it sounded like it was the start of real labor but that it could stop. I was whining about being in pain and she said, "It's all fun and games getting knocked up...until you have to have it!" lol. She is the mom of three lovely ladies so who am I to question her!!?? So true, so true.
So I got home and they got worse and worse and worse and were about 4 mins apart, then 2 mins. I wasn't "dying" in pain or anything but I was definitely sitting with my head down knowing I was going to the hospital!
Anyway, we checked into the hospital around 6pm to get monitored to see if I was in real labor or not. I'll spare you the details :) but in general, I'm having pretty strong contractions very close together BUT no progress in three hours so they couldn't keep me. My midwife really seemed like she would have been happy to let me stay but with the no progress thing going on, it just wasn't happening. The baby's head isn't far enough down on the cervix to create progress during contractions. So even though I'm having them...apparently nothing is happening?? No bien. I'm going to see her tomorrow and she said she is going to "stir things up." Ew. Getting checked it HORRIBLE ENOUGH...I am not sure what the stirring entails. Double ew. She also said if I've made any progress at all by my appointment tomorrow, she will re-admit us.
I was/am so tired though while we were there I just kept saying "I want to go home." Hehe. It's like I want the baby...I don't want to HAVE the baby!! I was also starving even though I ate a little something before we left the house. Next time, I'll be eating a lot of something before we go in. :)
Anyway, so it's definitely weird to leave the hospital still having these contractions but really this is just the way it is so I am getting used to it. It's better to be at home than there, though, that's for sure. My bed is much more comfy! The nurses were really sweet though so I am grateful for them!
My midwife said she'd try to get this baby here by the New Year :) Kurt was happy about this as he was encouraging his little tax deduction to make an appearance. lol.
I'll post again after my appointment tomorrow!!
Mucho love!
~Us
Got my fabulous hair color and cut by Brian today!! Love him and the hair!!!!!!! Also got a fabulous pedi in a fabulous color (Affair in Red Square) and my friend Heather met me at our favorite spa to chat during this event.
Throughout the day, I was having worse contractions than I had before and they seemed way different than the Braxton-Hicks ones. Ay! They were totally the same awful things from Belle's bday back in 2001!! My back was KILLING ME during them which I'm sure is a sign of wretched back labor to come. So I called my friend Mandy to see what the deal was. She basically said it sounded like it was the start of real labor but that it could stop. I was whining about being in pain and she said, "It's all fun and games getting knocked up...until you have to have it!" lol. She is the mom of three lovely ladies so who am I to question her!!?? So true, so true.
So I got home and they got worse and worse and worse and were about 4 mins apart, then 2 mins. I wasn't "dying" in pain or anything but I was definitely sitting with my head down knowing I was going to the hospital!
Anyway, we checked into the hospital around 6pm to get monitored to see if I was in real labor or not. I'll spare you the details :) but in general, I'm having pretty strong contractions very close together BUT no progress in three hours so they couldn't keep me. My midwife really seemed like she would have been happy to let me stay but with the no progress thing going on, it just wasn't happening. The baby's head isn't far enough down on the cervix to create progress during contractions. So even though I'm having them...apparently nothing is happening?? No bien. I'm going to see her tomorrow and she said she is going to "stir things up." Ew. Getting checked it HORRIBLE ENOUGH...I am not sure what the stirring entails. Double ew. She also said if I've made any progress at all by my appointment tomorrow, she will re-admit us.
I was/am so tired though while we were there I just kept saying "I want to go home." Hehe. It's like I want the baby...I don't want to HAVE the baby!! I was also starving even though I ate a little something before we left the house. Next time, I'll be eating a lot of something before we go in. :)
Anyway, so it's definitely weird to leave the hospital still having these contractions but really this is just the way it is so I am getting used to it. It's better to be at home than there, though, that's for sure. My bed is much more comfy! The nurses were really sweet though so I am grateful for them!
My midwife said she'd try to get this baby here by the New Year :) Kurt was happy about this as he was encouraging his little tax deduction to make an appearance. lol.
I'll post again after my appointment tomorrow!!
Mucho love!
~Us
Tues. A.M. News...
...is nothing!!!!! Haha!
I do adore being off work and waking up to a silent house full of sunshine...with nowhere to rush off and go. Pretty soon I'll be waking up to a screaming hungry baby :)
Belle is actually a really late sleeper (she is making up for the years she never slept as a baby/infant/toddler). I'm guessing she'll wake up here soon and want to play Wii. Hehe. I'll have to tell her mama needs a Super Mario hiatus but that I'll watch her play MarioKart or Cooking Mama and play with her if she wants me to. I can handle playing those games without wanting to toss the remote across the room. lol.
We also have some new board games left to try out and of course the Barbie Lair. Fun times.
Regarding KID #2, nothing to report. Surprise, surprise! :) I'm going to see my midwife tomorrow a.m. so maybe I will have some scoop then. I'm having some random somewhat strong contractions but they are very short in duration and there is absolutely no type of pattern to them (as in sometimes it's like a couple minutes in between, sometimes 7 hours). However, when I lay down, they stop. Not a good sign for being in labor but maybe the baby is finally getting tired of apartment life and starting to think about packing his bags??
Just in case, I'm going to read some "signs of labor" for the 3,999,999th time...just in case I missed something the first 3,999,998 times I read through the list! Ha!!
Happy Tuesday!! :) :) :)
Love,
~Us
I do adore being off work and waking up to a silent house full of sunshine...with nowhere to rush off and go. Pretty soon I'll be waking up to a screaming hungry baby :)
Belle is actually a really late sleeper (she is making up for the years she never slept as a baby/infant/toddler). I'm guessing she'll wake up here soon and want to play Wii. Hehe. I'll have to tell her mama needs a Super Mario hiatus but that I'll watch her play MarioKart or Cooking Mama and play with her if she wants me to. I can handle playing those games without wanting to toss the remote across the room. lol.
We also have some new board games left to try out and of course the Barbie Lair. Fun times.
Regarding KID #2, nothing to report. Surprise, surprise! :) I'm going to see my midwife tomorrow a.m. so maybe I will have some scoop then. I'm having some random somewhat strong contractions but they are very short in duration and there is absolutely no type of pattern to them (as in sometimes it's like a couple minutes in between, sometimes 7 hours). However, when I lay down, they stop. Not a good sign for being in labor but maybe the baby is finally getting tired of apartment life and starting to think about packing his bags??
Just in case, I'm going to read some "signs of labor" for the 3,999,999th time...just in case I missed something the first 3,999,998 times I read through the list! Ha!!
Happy Tuesday!! :) :) :)
Love,
~Us
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