Baby is size of: Jackfruit-still the same apparently!
Final Weigh: 175.2
Change since last week: +.4
Weight gain total: 28.2
Fun Fact: as you anxiously a wait baby's arrival, she's plumping up a bit more
Symptoms: Continued stiffness in thighs, pelvis and hips, some acid reflux, sleeping getting more uncomfortable, getting full faster, still lots of movement from baby, not as many kicks, more movement. Restless legs continue every night, it's really getting annoying. It's getting REALLY hard to walk for long periods of time, Dan also says I snore really bad, this has been going on for a while, just haven't mentioned it. I'm just about ready to be done!!
Being that the last month has been crazy, I haven't had time to blog, but I remember it all like it was yesterday and don't want to miss writing it all down.
Final Grocery shopping trip!-Monday, November 25
Everyone has been wanting to babysit me since I'm overdue, but I convinced Dan to let me go shopping by myself and he would come when I was ready to load up the car. I literally bought everything in site! I wanted to make sure that we were stocked up for when the baby came. But BOY was I tired! Who knew pushing around a cart and walking around Pick N Save would be so exhausting! I had to call Dan to come help me load up the cart on the convier belt. It felt good though to know that we were stocked up. This is when I realized that I am pretty over being pregnant. It is getting way to hard to move around!
Non-Stress Test Appointment, Tuesday, November 26 2:30 pm, Dr. Dobbs
Since I am now overdue, I have non-stress test appointments. Basically, they hook me up to a fetal monitor to monitor baby movement and another monitor to watch baby heart rate. This is done for 20 minutes. Every time I feel baby move, I hit a button. She wasn't too cooperative at first, so I had to drink apple juice and water. That got her moving. This went on for about 20 minutes till the doctor said everything looked good. I then went into her office. I never met her before. She was okay, kind of dry. I have had basically no dilation so I was excited to see if anything had changed. Yep..NOTHING!! Still a finger tip. She talked with me about induction. I hate that word and really want to go naturally. She said that they would not let me go longer than the next Tuesday, which was December 3. I was okay with that considering I would be going on 42 weeks at that point. I was frustrated after the appointment but really, what can I do??
That night I had a lot of cramping on and off and I was hoping this was it! I ended up falling a sleep and woke up to NOTHING. I was so frustrated. I really want that feeling of going into labor and rushing to the hospital! I really don't want to be induced.
Work DONE!
So, Wednesday before Thanksgiving was my last day of work before my Maternity leave. Work has been so crazy and I have been just itching for it to be over with! I love my co workers but I need some much needed time off. No work officially till February 24th, 12 full weeks!
Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 28
Now, I really wanted to deliver some time in the next few days as Dan's family was in town. I felt so much pressure and really wanted them to be there! Thanksgiving was nice! We spent some time by my Grandpa Kater's apartment. My Aunt Donna was also there. We watched a really bad Packer game, they lost terribly. We also spent some time with Dan's Grandmother and family in Racine. We always eat good at his Grandma's. We visited and played a card game. I heard a lot of Dan's family's birth stories. It's funny, when you are about to have a baby, everyone wants to tell them their story too. It is interesting to hear. I can't wait to tell someone my birth story! It feels like this pregnancy is never going to end. Everyone was anxiously awaiting baby's arrival.
NST Appointment, Friday, November 29 1:15pm Dr. Lloyd
We had our appointment again for the NST. This time, the baby was really having a hard time getting to move. We then saw the doctor. I was supposed to see a nurse practitioner but given that I was so overdue, she wanted the doctor to consult with me. She checked me, I was actually 1 cm dilated!! She told me that she wanted to induce me sooner than later. She then said, "how about tomorrow at 6:00 am?" I was overwhelmed by the thought. I agreed. I then asked who was on call that day. I was so excited to hear it was Dr. Hayes! He was one that I wanted to deliver me, him or Dr. Jaglan. She said she was going to order the pitocin and I was to show up to labor and delivery the next morning! I was also told to eat a light breakfast. Dr. Hayes was there and spoke to us briefly and said he would be privileged to deliver our baby.
I called Mom and told her that November 30 was the day! She said that they want to be there the whole time. Dan called his father and sister. His father was supposed to leave Saturday but changed his flight. His sister planned to stay till Monday.
After that, we went into a zone. We were still in disbelief that we could have a baby in 24 hours. We went right to Walmart and purchased any food we thought we needed. We also purchased things we forgot to buy: a baby monitor, mattress pad for the crib. We also went to Target for a few things as well. We then were hungry so we went to Cousin's and bought subs for dinner. Labor and Delivery called around 6pm and said to call around 5:00 am tomorrow to see if they are able to still get me in at 6:00 am. They didn't want me to come and wait around so I agreed to call early in the morning. We then put up all the Christmas decorations as we knew that we wouldn't have any time once the baby was here. Nick Driver stopped over that night with a gift and him and Dan hung out for a while. I packed the rest of the things for the hospital. I was really nervous. I hardly slept that night, even though I know I needed the rest before delivery. I was nervous about birth. Induction scared me as it has a high risk of having to end up with a cesarean birth. I also wondered if I could do this birth naturally with being induced. I kept thinking how different life was going to be and about being a parent. Could I do it? No going back! It was all so overwhelming!!....
Next entry......The Birth Story!!!!
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