39 weeks and several days

so just a quick update....the test results came back and it is simply high blood pressure for now...my kidneys and liver are doing a wonderful job doing whatever they are suppose to do and the HBP isn't effecting the baby...I have been ordered to stay off my feet for the remainder of the pregnancy and keep the stress level down to prevent the HBP from becoming anything else.

Well thats it i guess...just waiting around..even more bored then i was before...for Lizzy to make an appearence!

39 weeks and some days

LONGEST WEEK OF MY LIFE!!!

I am disappointed that after a careful diet and rest regiment my whole pregnancy...my blood pressure has spiked back into the danger zone in the last week....:(
Not too happy about that...they did all kinds of testing this morning and if they get certain results back, they will induce labor to get Lizzy out. I am hoping that maybe she will decide on her own to come out before they even get test results back tomorrow. Other then that, Lizzy's head is still way down...her heart beat sounds great...and she seems to be growing at a good rate....

Only time will tell what happens, At this point I just care about Lizzy being born and being born healthy!!

39 weeks

So we are at the 39 week mark and still very much pregnant! Lots of aches and pains...braxton hicks and contractions coming and going...baby is dropping more and more everyday...feels like she will fall out at any moment.
I walk all the time and when I am not walking, I am reading or watching tv to stay occupied.
Jimmy is always texting and calling to make sure nothing is going on...lol...we are both getting very imatient for something to happen. I am very tired and very sore but have to keep remembering it won't be much longer!
We have a class tonight that we didn't think we would be there for, thought baby would already be here...lol..so because she isn't we will be attending this class. We will learn about swaddling, feeding, bathing, changing diapers...all the basics.
Well maybe something will happen and I will have something exciting to write about.

38 1/2 weeks...warning...complaint session

Well I'm still pregnant....much to my dismay...i understand that she will come out when she is ready and when my body is ready...but i am so sick of being pregnant!! My feet and well everything else is swollen so bad I can barely walk...which is a horrible cruelty because I'm told that walking could help labor along...go figure. Everything hurts and my mind is out of things to do to keep me busy..the house is impeccably clean and organized..the hospital bags have been packed and re-packed...and I just don't sleep at night, Which is frustrating because It makes time go by so slow.

My blood pressure has gone up which is annoying at best because i have worked so hard to keep it down during this whole pregnancy, thankfully it is not horribly high. Good news is that baby is gaining weight but no so much that I am ruled out of a water birth, The midwife figures that she is around 7 1/2 pounds. I have officially gone over my pre-pregnancy weight by one pound...given the horror stories of people gaining 40-60 pounds or more...I guess my one pound isn't so bad...

Well i suppose that was enough of a complaint session...
Will write later when something changes!!

38 weeks!!!

So we are now at 38 weeks...Lizzy weights in at around 7-8 pounds....and 20 inches long...Although it feels like shes more like 15 pounds!

She is perfectly healthy and able to be born anytime...but she is perfectly cozy in there and doesn't seem to want to come out! My Mother In Law's birthday is tom...maybe labor will start today and she will be born tom!...One can only hope! Every time I woke up last night I hoped and prayed that as I stood up my water would break...no such luck!

I thought it was possible that my water broke yesterday so I called the midwife and they send me into the hospital. (Did I mention I HAD to clean my house before going in) This isn't standard procedure but because of my positive Strep B test they need to immediately check out everything. I went in and got some "fun" tests done, and they decided that my water had not broken and sent me home. I did get some information, I am currently 1 cm dilated and my cervix is thinning out nicely. I am having little contractions and my blood pressure is still perfect which is great news. So while I would prefer for my labor to start and my water to break and for her to be born...at least something is going on down there :)

At the moment I am just fed up...i am sure the same feeling most moms get right before they deliver. I am swollen to the point that it looks like im a marshmallow...and my body aches all the time...but since there isn't much I can do at this point..I'll stop complaining...lol...

I have also realized that during this whole pregnancy I have been on this huge kick about natural delivery...no drugs...no medical intervention unless necessary...but as we get closer and closer to my due date and still no baby...I am realizing that I don't really care anymore about HOW she comes out...just that she does indeed come out and soon...funny how when circumstances change...so do priorities!

So that's it for now i suppose..have a midwife apt. on Thursday but im truly hoping that I'm in the hospital for that...anybody think it's weird that I view labor and delivery a break from normal life..maybe I'm just really weird???

37 1/2 weeks

Well so still no baby...but my house is as clean as it could ever possibly be...lots of nervous energy....I think every ache and pain is the start of labor...but not yet...need a good hobby to keep me busy until Lizzy comes...

Jimmy is of course is excited to meet his daughter but I think he is also VERY happy that he can still sleep through the night....lol...I on the other hand wander around the house in the middle of night cleaning...might as well have Lizzy to tend too!!!

Not really anything to write about...nothing is going on...my house is full this week and we have Dory's Birthday party at our house on Saturday...So I have been kept fairly busy but...

A few of my friends are behind me in their pregnancy and I love hearing about what they are going through at the moment...some of it I experienced and some I didn't so it keeps my mind off impending labor ...at least for a moment!

I am still very cranky and am not in the mood at all to be civil...I have done fairly well in just staying quiet and not being cranky to other people...sometimes Jimmy gets a snippy comment though!!

Well that's it for now I guess...Maybe next time we will be writing from hospital!

37 weeks

So here we are Full term and no baby...kinda getting impatient...I know that she still has weeks before she HAS to come out but I am so tired and cranky that I really just want her to be born NOW!!! I feel so cranky that I don't even like being around people at the moment for fear that I might get too cranky with them...my poor poor Husband...Sorry Hunny :)
Midwife visit went well as usual yesterday...Baby Lizzy is still fully engaged and curled right up on my right side...My plug has broken which means my cervix is dilating...at least a little, Her heart beat sounds fantastic and she is growing at a normal rate...(that means that for now, i am still allowed to do a water birth)...
My Blood pressure still is fantastic, which my midwife seemed surprised with, probably because it was really high at the start of the pregnancy. I have gained 2 pounds in the last week...midwife said its perfectly normal and that Lizzy is gaining weight and that means that of course I'm gonna gain weight. I am however still under my pre-pregnancy weight..only by 2 pounds but hey I'll take it...lol...
Now I am just waiting...nothing seems to make her want to come out...so I guess I just have to wait...not my favorite thing to do...I have walked and walked and cleaned and been active and she still seems content to just curl up and go to sleep...oh well...hopefully she is just resting up for the birth..one can only hope!!
Well that's my post for 37 weeks...hopefully there will be no 38 weeks and just the birth being posted next week :)

36 weeks 4 days

So the midwife appt. was pretty much uneventful. I have gained One pound and am measuring perfect, Lizzy is around 7 pounds now and doing fantastic. She is still in the head down position and is engaged in my pelvis...so whenever she feels like it she is ready to be born!
I found out that I carry the Group B Strep disease and will need to be treated for it when I go into labor. It is not dangerous to me but can be very dangerous to Lizzy, when she is born she could contract it from me if I'm not medicated for it...so what will happen is that instead of me being able to labor mostly at home, I will have to immediatly go into hospital either when contractions get closer together or as soon as my water breaks. They will immediatly give me antibiotics and that will prevent Lizzy from getting anything, Thank God for modern medicine!!

So I was having really good contractions and they were getting closer together over a few days and then they just stopped...hopefully they will start again soon...:)

Lots of stuff going on in the next week....so maybe it will just fly by without me worrying every moment if im in labor...Brittnay, Brianna and Charlie are staying with us for the next week, Easter is this weekend, then the kids have lots of activities during the week, Dory is turning a big 2 next saturday and we are having a nice party for her....nice and busy...maybe somewhere in there Lizzy will grace us with her presence!!