Today I have had it

The day started out with Kendra not going to school because she was up a lot during the night. She apparently was having bad dreams about Seymore...the elephant. Go figure. She is scared of Big Bird too. What can I say? Maybe we should not let her watch PBS. I was fine with her staying home even though Kevin has school tonight. That means that I have to contend with the kids all day and night pretty much. It's just a lot now that I'm 39 weeks pregnant. I love them and I want to be more patient...but I'm not there yet.

To make this short: Kendra was good, Brady was into everything - everything meaning the refrigerator. I had to clean up the kitchen floor three times...water, milk, spagetti sauce, and peas. He had the eggs out but thank goodness didn't open the carton. I'm beat. I've mopped the kitchen more times today than since we lived here I think and ran washes for towels as well. My body is worn out though I made it through the day and I didn't scare the kids...little screaming and more being blunt and calm. I think it has something to do with my sore throat again...happened after last chiro. visit too. Bummer but good things are moving out. I digress...tomorrow I am going out to buy a refrigerator lock. Geesh, everything in the house is pretty much locked up now. Kevin is afraid however about what he will find next to get into since all the stuff he is used to getting is now being locked. Me too!

Baby wise: moving still. I don't think he will be that big. I'm having some mild cramping and discharged has changed (TMI). Was very uncomfortable last night until I got on the couch. Baby was moving a lot and felt like he was trying to come out through my stomach. It wasn't fun. I have hemorrhoids already. Doctor said it is from the weight of the baby...great. Something else to content with while going through labor. Nobody tells you all this stuff when you're trying to get pregnant. I don't think I ever had any with Brady but then again, I didn't get this far along.

I go back to the doc. next Tuesday unless by a miracle (God, please.) I go into labor before then. This weekend would be great. In a hurry up and wait state -

Almost 39 weeks

Yeah, so I'm jumping ahead. I'm excited becuase I didn't make it this far with Brady but I'm also anxious about the unknown. I just keep praying and knowing that God will take care of everything- He brought us to this point.

Yesterday the baby was very slow to move. Today I have felt him a pretty good bit...not the kicks he was doing but more just moving around. I'm having some irregular contractions but they don't hurt...20 min, then 10 min, then maybe 40 min. I think my uterus is starting to prepare.

I'm extremely tired today. I got up and helped get Kendra ready for school and went back to lie down in bed. Though it is hard to sleep or rest when Brady is around. I think I am going to have a black eye from the number of times he threw his head back on my face while sitting with me. He can't seem to ever just sit down and watch cartoons. :-) I am going to try to rest as much as I can. I would like to take the kids to the park today when Kevin gets home. He has a half day of work! I love those days.

May God grace us with the presence of Carson James this weekend...if it is time.

Feeling Really Good

I'll start by saying that I feel really good today and I assume it is from the great night of sleep I got last night. I went to my chiropractor yesterday and she straightened out the crap going on in my head (cold) and helped me with the giant pain in my ars! :-) No not the kids or Kevin but the real pain I have been having. I'm wondering now why I have waited 5 months to go see her. Well, money but besides that...it was well worth it.

The baby was moving like crazy yesterday, before my adjustment and after. Today he is pretty quiet. I was getting worried this morning because he really didn't move much at all before 11 am. WOW. But once I got in the car he started moving about a little. I haven't felt the kicks on the right side like usual but I think he is just napping, kind of like I felt after my appointment yesterday. It just made me feel good. Maybe he just feels good. :-) After the kids go to bed tonight I'll try a kick count. I've just been doing so much today it is hard to realize his movements.

I also got a phone call back from our neighbor who is a massage therapist. I am thinking about having her come here while I'm laboring at home and do some massage. It will give Kevin a break and she is trained. Not in natal but she is talking to others who are. She is coming over in the next few days to do a test massage. Cool! Not sure we will use her but I thought it might be nice to have her on standby in case I feel the need. Not going through a normal labor before I don't really know what to expect. I don't know how I will want to relax. I do know that massage is the biggest form of relaxation for me so I wanted to give it a whirl.

So, hopefully any day now Carson will want to join the world. While we're waiting, I have an OBGYN appointment Tuesday, massage appointment Sunday or Tuesday and another chiro. appointment next Wed.

Full Term!

We are full term! YAHHHH!

Went to the doctor today and saw the NP. I only had a measurement and listened to the heart. I think I may get checked next week. I wasn't planning on it until I went into labor but I'm getting anxious.

I've had very few contractions, well until last night. I woke up a few times with my whole stomach tightening. I've had several today also. So, maybe there is actually something happening. I feel like nothing is happening and I'm getting so close to be term. The docs won't let me go over 41 weeks or maybe even 40 since I had a prior section. Though I want to have a natural labor, at this point I'm just wanting to see Carson's sweet face - however he gets here.

I've been sick the last couple of weeks and now my throat is starting to hurt pretty bad. I feel like I have been sick for months. I know God will help me through this all. I am just ready to have him here and to feel better.

On a better note, I found the bedding set that matched the nautical lamp we already had. It's been two years that I have been trying to find the perfect set for the nursery. On the clearance shelves at Marshalls there just happened to be a bedding set just sitting there. They usually don't carry that stuff and I had gone out that day looking to change to the whole room to match the bedding I already had...because none of the decor really matched it. Wow! I was shocked and also because I had a gift card and it was marked down to $39! A 6 piece baby bedding set and I only paid $20. Incredible. So, now I feel Carson's room is pretty much complete. I have to buy one more window valance and that is it. :-)

I'll posts pics when I get to it.

Welcoming in 2010: Baby being born

No not ours......

Kevin and I decided to stay in and watch a movie before the ball dropped. So, we have taken a liken to the "FREE" movies you can watch instantly on Netflix. We watched a doctumentary on the food additives and other stuff. I think it was called The Beautiful Truth. Pretty good. I think we are going to order the book from the doctor who was talked about in the movie. Then we took a break and with 1 1/2 hours until the ball dropped, we decided to watch another movie.

Earlier in the night while browsing through the instant play movies, I came upon the one that Ricki Lake produced. I know it sounds corny but I heard it was supposed to be really good. The Business of Being Born it's called. So, at midnight we were watching a baby come into the world. It was a rather interesting film. Kevin now thinks that he has to get all of his fillings out and we can't have our baby in the hospital...all after watching these two films. Both were enlightening. That's why we love to watch documentaries. Side bar: we didn't watch the ball drop but we did do the New Years kiss at 12. :-)

I want to state that after watching the Ricki Lake film, I do know more of what I am going to be prepared for at the hospital. I think Kevin does too and I also know what I am going to discuss beforehand with the doctors and how to get my needs and feelings across to them now. I have a birth plan and they have all read it but I want to make sure that they "really" understand our goal for this birth. God willing and us praying, we will be able to have our natural childbirth, complication free this time.

Only time will tell now what will be. I'm almost 37 weeks, full term! I'm getting excited and anxious wondering how this will actually happen. I'm relying on my faith in God that it will all work out just as it should. I know it will, even if what we want isn't in the cards. But a little prayer never hurt anyone (I hope!).