This next part might be gross to you so you can skip over it if you would like but I want to remember EVERYTHING so I will write it down. I have been checked for dilation 3 times now, each time I get checked it hurts worse. This last check was the most painful. I don't know what he was doing in there, but he was in there for a while and it felt like he was digging and scraping around!! When he got done I said that really really hurt and he said I know I'm sorry I'm just trying to help you along. So... I'm not quite sure what that means, but OUCH! I think I have been pretty tough, I only had one or two tears fall down my cheek! This next part is kinda cool, I thought! So I have been having a pain for the last few weeks that is constant and gets worse when I push on it on my lower left side, right under my belly. Well I asked him what that was, so he pushed around and told me that that was the baby's head! He even let Jesse feel! SO I have been pushing on the baby's head for a few weeks now.. hope she doesn't come out with a big dent! Baby still weighs about 6.5 lbs. I can't wait to see if that is really how much she will weigh or if it is totally off!!
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| In the ultrasound she was yawning and sucking her thumb |
Jesse and I have a lot of emotions going on right now. We are both SO incredibly excited and cannot wait to meet our little girl, but, we are extremely nervous for labor and delivery at the same time. Every time I think that she will be here soo soon I start to get all teary eyed and nervous! We both just wish we could skip that whole part and have the baby delivered to our front door step! It hurts so much to just be checked for dilation I cannot image what labor is going to feel like. So ya.. I'm freaking out just a little.
I am feeling really great actually. I am 37 weeks and my feet and legs are feeling it! They ache like you wouldn't believe, just standing in place kills me.. They are just very tired. Thank goodness for my crocs! Ya they might be nerdy but they have saved my legs and feet for the last month! I have started to retain some water and have a little bit of swelling in my face and legs but not a ton so I'm thankful.
I have slowed down a lot. At work, it takes me forever to clean up a room.. or do anything really. My coworkers laugh at me because I have become extremely forgetful just within this last week. I forget EVERYTHING, and I mean everything. I walk in to a room and can't even remember why I went in there in the first place. I will be telling a story and right in the middle forget what I am even saying or I won't be making any sense at all! It is really embarrassing!
I also found out this week that Maelee means "beautiful" in chinese!! I was so excited!! She IS going to be beautiful! Not sure what is going to happen this week, but I'm excited to find out! Wish me luck :)
2 comments:
k so the part when you talked about it hurting really bad and the dr was down there for awhile.. well i had my dr do that for me and its when they swipe your membranes that lines your uterus.. it releases hormones and can start more intense contractionsand basicly just gets things moving. i had the dr do that for me on a thurs, i started labor the next friday and had Kinsey early sat morning. So it works!! even though it HURTS so so bad haha I am so excited for you guys!! dont worry about labor at all! are you going to get an epidural? any pain you feel during labor you will forget about as soon as you see that sweet face! Trust me, i did 17 hours of labor all NATURAL and i dont really remember what the pain felt like :)
I thought when you said it was about to get gross and we could possibly skip the next part that you were going to say you were trying out the sex theory. If you have not tried it out you should if you can stand it. The semen releases something that may or may not start labor. When I hit 32 weeks and started contracting like labor that was one thing the Dr. told me that I could absolutely not do. If I make it to 38 weeks though I shall give it a try. I don't care how many times you get checked it is painful! I never had to get my membranes stripped and that does not sound fun. However, do not be worried...once you get that epidural labor shall be a piece of cake and it makes getting checked a breeze. I can't wait to hear all about your labor story and see pictures of your little princess!
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