39 week recap notes.

One of these days I'll get around to finishing this post, but for now, I'll just post my notes. :)

The. Last.  Photo.

Appt freak out, lying to the Dr saying B was out of town so I wouldn't have to be induced tonight.  Nervous - excited but scared out of my mind - going in tomorrow at 6 freaking AM!  Priority was doing the last chalkboard, worry about packing later.  Total and final weight gain... 60 pounds, hooolleee smokes!  Lime popsicles. Yellow gatorade. No sleep. Lots of movement, lots of energy. Cowboy party...boots didn't fit. No dresses....turned tshirts. Golf tourney...half packed bag...telling B where everything is since the bag isn't packed and just in case. Preggo moment: Trying to swipe ID card for champagne. Seeing friends baby in hospital. Happy, energetic...feel like I'm doing something different, not feeling like "get this baby out!" Fun to tell people when they ask when in due and seeing their reactions. Haha. Tough week politically, appointment and opponent getting back in. Twilight parade...didn't walk it. Back pain, hips out of alignment-pirate peg leg...massage and chiro appts. Tylenol. pics from Challenge...made it! ...turkey timer popped out, must be getting close! Gatorade and chicken ceasar salads... B getting excited, "hey you, come out of there!"  

Yeah yeah yeah....

I know, I know. I'm WAY behind on my postings...especially since my due date is WEDNESDAY.

But really, I promise I have been keeping up with it.  I'm writing this from my phone, so that I can touch base, because that's how busy we are right now!  Pictures and all... I have it!  Just need to spend a few minutes to organize my notes and upload those pics.  Lots going on, which means...lots to share!

I can tell you that as I write this, I feel like she's headbanging in my pelvis.  I keep telling her that 80's hair band music is out, and headbanging is not cool...she's not listening. I think she's having a little "getting ready to move out" party.  Just like her mom, any excuse for a party right?

Well.  Regardless of when she decides to make her debut, I am CAUGHT up on the pics and notes... just not caught up on sharing them with you, sorry. :)

Blog soon!!

Darci

Week 38 in Review

Ok...since I'm stupid behind on these and they've been sitting here collecting e-dust, I thought I would at least post the pictures and my notes from the week...which I usually turn into the journal, which I may or may not do... enjoying mommyhood a little too much right now! :)

Originally written 08/23/12

This chalkboard made me almost wish for fall...so I could have a pumpkin spice latte...and then I told myself I was CRAZY, because I still like summer.  But I really like pumpkin spice lattes....mmmmm.... random.

Crazy Ninga movement
Terrible sleep and kink in my back
Now feel "pregnant" - felt good with a big belly, now I fully feel pregnant.
Bring on the waddle.
Compression Socks = nightmare.
Sleeping at 9pm
Rented movie, popcorn, apples and cheese = date night!
heavy breathing, all the time.
"when are you going to start nesting?"
Going to miss being pregnant, it's a pretty amazing experience.
Hard to really comprehend, oh my gosh, any day this could happen and we'll forever have our lives changed....
Went to Target and got more appropriately sized bras.
Slurged on a few pieces of makeup, as it might be my last chance to spoil myself...ever.
Sleep...tried to use Boppy for cushion, no bueno.  Then tried rolling up blankets to make belly cushion.
EXHAUSTED all the time.
Dilation appt.
Sleep. Waking B up in the middle of the night with all my moving, him complaining about just getting comfortable....what?!
Baby dreams= everything going wrong: csection, taking baby right away, we had to pick up at Dr office, all the shots, and a full on grey moustache and hair!
Finishing up shopping, screaming crazy toddler at Target... oh my gosh, seriously?  Don't ever let me be "that" parent!
Lame weekend of sleeping at 9pm every night.
Prospect at golf course, see lots of people....everyone said I'm too chipper to be as pregs as I am.

Week 37 in Review!

Full Term!  Oh my...

How far along? 37 weeks done...2 weeks to go!  (see, we're really on the beginning of week 38 - cuz that's how I do these) I have to explain it so it makes sense to me, since I still think I messed this whole thing up some how. :)

Total weight gain/loss: 56 pounds. Interesting fact...you know how they say husbands usually gain sympathy weight?  Not B, he's lost weight like crazy!  He's the lowest weight he's been in YEARS.  In fact...we're almost at the same weight.  I have complete confidence that I WILL be heavier than he is by then end.  Let's keep that between us. (wink wink)

Maternity clothes? Totally returned the clothes.  And got nursing bras.  Ugh.  I thought that would be a fun experience, what what I thinking?!  FIRST, pre-pregnancy I was a hopeful 36B - on a bloated day.  Would you believe that when she measured me, she tried to tell me I was a .......40DD.  I didn't have a filter apparently so I immediately responded with, "you're full of "ish" - there's NO WAY." ---and then I apologized - but reassurred her that she was dead wrong.  She tried to explain how much our body changes, blah blah blah - and then said maybe I was closer to a 40D.  I tried on a few, and the cups would have fit on my head!  I came out, told her unless I was going to suddenly have porn star boobs, these were not going to work.  So we compromised on 38C - which I still think are WAY too big.  But, I decided to keep them, keep the tags, and see how things change when "my milk comes in." I also have to share, that nursing bras are a whole other form of birth control, because these are hideous.  I feel like a Grandma.  Maybe Victoria's Secret will start carrying a line of sexy nursing bras...or maybe I need to become a designer.....TM.

Stretch marks? Anyone have recommendations for some magic stretch mark creams/lotions/potions?

Sleep: The previous 9+ months have been managable if not wonderful - so it hit me like a wall this week when all of a sudden, I CANT SLEEP. I wake up every two hours, on the nose, go to the bathroom.  I don't move during those 2 hours, so when I do wake up, I'm still and have sheet wrinkles pressed in one side of my body.  Then, I go back to bed, on the other side, repeat.   ZZZzzzzz....

Best moment this week: Although it was frustrating in the moment, nursing bra shopping was kind of a highlight...it is making is all so real!  I can't believe it...oh and the hilarity of the pack and play assembly..mentioned below!


Best (non-pregnancy) moment of the week: Nothing super amazing that I remember...blame it on the pregnancy brain..you know I can only use the excuse a little bit longer... :)

Anything off this list? We got the pack and play assembled...that was a project!  First we thought it'd be like a popup tent and boom, self-assembly.  Wrong. Then we tried to put it together because we couldn't find the instructions.  Nothing worked.  Then we searched all over for the damn instructions.  Finally found them and assembled.  It is definitely not something that is a quick up and down thing... but, it will come in handy!  Check it off the list!  I also had a good friend come over and help me put together a list of things for the hospital bag...maybe I'll get to that this week... :)

Miss Anything? Sleep is obvious, but I still wake up and work through the day, so I know its doable...I figure this is just prep for the future when I'll be running on no sleep all the time!

Movement: Lots of hiccups and wiggles, the occasional ninja kick that cracks me up - so weird!  I haven't experienced the "foot in the ribs" that a lot of people have talked about, so I guess I'm pretty lucky!

Food cravings: Not craving much, just eating lots.

Labor Signs? Don't think so.  Still getting that pelvic shooting pain once and a while and a TON of bum cramps.  What is up with that?!

Have you started to show yet: I'd feel weird if people didn't know I was pregnant.
Gender: GIRL!

Belly Button in or out? Still flush, I don't think it's going to pop...we'll see!

Wedding rings on or off? I miss my real ring, and I almost made it out to get it cleaned this weekend....almost.

Happy or Moody most of the time: Aside from the sleep and the back pain, still feeling pretty great.  A lot of people tell me I still have a lot of energy for being this close and keep asking if I'm ready to be done - not there yet, we still have a lot to do in the next week or so!  Haha, it's easy right now!

Week 36 In Review!

In honor of the weekly theme, I had to dress in the "watermelon" outfit.  Note: I did not chop off all my hair, although it looks like it, I did however, chop my finger...no bueno, it bled for DAYS.  ....ok, maybe just for minutes, but it was bad!

How far along? Finished up 36 weeks, can you believe it?

Total weight gain/loss: 53 pounds. I was at Costco the other day and I looked at the meat section, you know the BULK meat...where it's like 15 lbs of ground beef.  I imagined 4 of those and thought, holy crap, where the heck am I storing 4 of those packages?! Unbelievable.

Maternity clothes? Went shopping to pick up a couple outfits for our maternity photos this week...may pull a Darci and leave some tags on so I can return them.  I mean, really, I only have a few weeks left, no sense in buying a bunch of stuff that i=I won't want to wear...but maybe I'll just keep them, they are pretty comfy... :)

Stretch marks? Still there, nothing new though!

Sleep: Our dreams have been nuts lately!  Brandon and I both!  I keep having dreams that we're going into labor and then somehow I skip over the labor part and end up having an adorable baby with big eyes looking at me.  It's nuts!  Brandon told me he had a dream that I told him my water broke and he told me to go back to bed and rest up.  I told him we needed to go to the hospital and we bickered about it.  We ended up going to the hospital where I got on the bed, the Dr checked me out and said "oh yeah, you should push!" and then all of a sudden the baby's head and arm popped out and she pulled herself out, in like 5 minutes. LOL  What a dream!

Best moment this week: We got our maternity shots taken!  I'm so excited! I was worried we weren't going to get them done in time and I would have to stuff a pillow in my shirt and fake it.  But we made it, and I can't wait to see them.  Our good friend, Tiffany, took them - and she's crazy talented!  She's not a professional, yet, but she should be!  I'm going to help her start a blog so she can share her work and then people will see her awesomeness and hire her.  I'll post the blog here when we get to that!

I know we got some great shots, but I have to share the one that's probably most "me" ---towards the end of the shoot, we ended up at a playground at an elementary school.  She asked if there were any other photos I wanted, and I semi-jokingly said "yeah, I want to hang upside down from the monkey bars!" Then we looked, and there was a low one that wouldn't require me to get all crazy on the playground equipment, so we totally did it!  There were some middle-school aged kids cracking up looking at us, and how nuts I probably looked - but I can't wait to see if they turned out. Hahaha....

Best (non-pregnancy) moment of the week: The Primary Election was a success!  Brandon pulled 58% of the vote, and the write-in candidate didn't come close - so he's making it to November running virtually unopposed.  I have to give thanks to God for helping take away the stress and anxiety that we were feeling - I found a quote a few weeks ago that is so true, "Faith is believing that the outcome is what it should be, not matter what it is." I kept reminding myself the entire day, that if it's meant to be, it will happen and if it's part of His plan, it will happen.  Knowing it was out of my hands, it really was calming.  And then we saw the results and thanked God and celebrated!  ....by celebrating, I mean, we went over to a friend's house where Brandon and the guys went over PCO statistics and I relaxed on the couch with the wife...until 1am, on a work night!! Brandon was out until 3am - the next day we paid for it...we are NOT that young anymore!!

Anything off this list? I'm switching this one up a bit this week and making it into a positive...like, anything I was able to mark off my list of things to do before baby comes?  To which I will say, YES!  We got the nursery done! ....well pretty much.  Furniture is assembled, paint is done, curtains are up, clothes are in the dresser!  Aaaannnddd.... we installed a dimmer light, which I am weirdlty excited about!  Like, I think it's my favorite part of the whole room!  Haha, the little things.

Miss Anything? With this crazy heat wave, I've totally been missing an ice cold beer.  Or a margarita.  And the free time to sit on the back patio and enjoy it.  Next summer....

Movement: CRAZY movement! I keep trying to get a video of it, but I sit there and recrd a two minute long video where nothing happens and then the second you turn it off, she moves.  It's a fun little game we seem to play.  She's also had the hiccups all the time.  I did get video of that. :)

Food cravings: Kind of the usual.  My daily diet includes: morning - OJ with vitamins, banana or yogurt with dry cereal.  String cheese and a granola bar for snack.  Odwalla protein shake (or coffee) for mid-day.  Something for lunch (that varies) and then usually crackers or trail mix and grapes for a late snack.  Dinner (varies). 

Labor Signs? I wouldn't call it labor signs, because I don't think it is - but I think she's dropped and lately when I walk around I feel like (and I'm sure this isn't what it is, but it feels like) her head is in my pelvis and then she moves it and I get shooting pains in my pelvis.  Like the kind that stop you in your tracks!  Painful!  And then it goes away and I'm fine. But holy smokes...add that to the bum cramps - which I learned not everyone gets (?!) and aye ai ai.  Bum cramps you ask?  The best way I can describe it is you're moving or walking and all of a sudden you can't move because your bum hole has closed up all the way in the tighest cramp!  I know my best friend knows what I'm talking about...but we've learned that people think we're crazy...you're lucky if you haven't experienced these! Haha

Have you started to show yet:  We have high counter and desks at work, so usually you can see mid-waist up.  In the last week or so, I've had quite a few clients look in shock as I move away from the desk/counter and they say something along the lines of "Whoa! When did that happen?!" ---to which I respond, "oh, about 9 months ago!" - they say they had no idea...oh, I have sweet clients.  They may be liars, but they are so nice! :)

Gender: GIRL!

Belly Button in or out? Button is still hiding.

Wedding rings on or off? My bling ring continues to get ridiculous compliments... I started telling people it's a "magic' ring that can even turn your finger green!

Happy or Moody most of the time: Feeling pretty great!  Getting tired a lot more, but still seem to have a lot of energy and not ready to be done with this pregnancy thing quite yet!

Week 35 In Review!

How far along? 35 weeks down.  And I realized this week, I totally screwed this whole thing up.  See.. had I done these blogs at beginning of each week then it would have been perfect!  This week's chalkboard would have been 35 weeks with 35 days to go!  How cool is that?  But, because I do the end of the week recap *and, yeah, this is a few days past that....well, oh well, no use crying over spilled milk...maybe next time.

Total weight gain/loss: I kept it under 50 this week! Woo hoo... little miracles right?  49...still, freakin crazy.

Maternity clothes? Loving this skirt - I pretty much throw it on like sweat pants when I get home.  It's long, it's flowy, and it has stripes - what's not to love?  Kind of wishing I would have got it one size smaller, just so I can continue to wear it later.

Stretch marks? Brandon and I had a good long talk about these this week - it was one of those random car ride conversations where we were both talking about how amazing it is that our bodies can go through what they have been.  And maybe it's wishful thinking but we both agreed that the tummy stretch marks don't look like they're permanent.... ha! We'll see, fingers crossed.

Sleep: Sleep sucks.  I'm sure it's just a prep for things to come.  Exhausted from all we've got going on (just a few more days until the primary!)  When B gets exhausted, he talks in his sleep - and he's been having quite the conversations! 

Best moment this week: Dr appointment this week - I asked if she could tell me how big she though Baby Girl was getting... she did some pushing and moving around and said, "well....my guess is about six and a half pounds - so yeah, she could end up being a big girl!" - holy smokes! And then she asked if we had the car seat (fail), the hospital bag packed (fail), the birth plan organized (fail)....and then I think she quit asking because she saw the panic on my face.  Guess what we did that night?  Stroller/car seat check!  ...along with a few other things on the list, like picking up the furniture!  ....and in true Darci fashion, I semi-freaked out when I saw the furniture box which was all ripped and damaged - like, "ooooh nooo... that is NOT going to be our furniture" which is was - and then I was like "ooooh nooo...we're are NOT leaving without a discount!" And we totally got 10% off, whoop whoop!

Best (non-pregnancy) moment of the week: Well this isn't "pregnancy" related, but it kind of is... I had two friends come over this week and help me go through all my baby stuff!  It's all been in the garage since the showers and intimidating to start on.  Like going to the gym, I didn't want to do it, but once we got started, it wasn't so bad, and I felt so good afterwards!  They were such a huge help..thank you thank you thank you!!

OH, and I can't forget to say that this week we also went to the fair!  Which, on like the hottest day of the year, wasn't as fun as it has been in year's past.  I pretty much sweated through my shirt walking from the parking lot to the A/C convention center - where we volunteered for 4 hours for the CCRP booth.  We also got our photo button (every year baby!) and our milkshake and  our elephant ear. I change my mind, I still love the fair.

Note the mom cheeks.  And...for some reason the paper is super warped on our button...it looks like stretch marks...I can't escape them!

Anything off this list? I've been meaning to mention this for a few weeks...but ladies, let me tell you something about being super pregnant... something they don't tell you.  It is impossible to pee in those damn cups every week once you reach like 32 weeks.  First, your belly is in your view, so you can't see where to hold your cup.  Second, you freakin' can't reach down far enough to get the cup in the stream.  Third, your belly is pushing your bladder all crazy, so where you used to pee isn't the same, so catching the stream becomes a guessing game, and really you just pee all over your hand and hope to get a few drops in the cup.  Lastly, if you're like me... your balance is all off so taking a hand trying to get the whole cup thing down when really, you should be bracing yourself...well...let's just say you may fall off the toilet.

Miss Anything? I think I'm actually really going to miss being pregnant.  This has been such an amazing time, and it has FLOWN by.  I can't believe how fast this year has flown by....when did it become August?? Seriously!

Movement: You know it!  I keep trying to figure out if she's "dropped" since everyone keeps asking...I don't know!  But I have been paying attention to when she moves the most, since I hear that will be similar to their schedule once they make their debut.  Right now she's on an 8am, 11am, 3pm, 7pm crazy movement schedule... I can do that.  Sleep through the night girlfriend, sleep through the night!

Food cravings: I took my Little (through Big Brothers Big Sisters) out to the blueberry farm where we picked a ton of blueberries this week.  We both picked 6.5 pounds...that's a lot of blueberries!!  And guess what?  They're gone. Doh.  They are huge, and delicious, and gone.  I had fun sharing with my Little that her bag of blueberries was the same size as the baby!  She thought that was nuts!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Labor Signs?  Still not sure... asked at the appointment what Braxton Hicks was like, and still, not sure if I'm getting them.. my stomach gets hard once and a while, but it doesn't hurt...and it's not like a full body tightening...really just in the belly.

Have you started to show yet: Oh, I'd say so.

Gender: GIRL!

Belly Button in or out? Button is in.  I think it's staying in!

Wedding rings on or off? Well last week I talked about taking off the ring and wearing it around my neck...well, that just wasn't going to cut it, I was terrified I was going to lose it - so I decided to buy a new blinging ring.  Funny thing was, obviously my fingers are swelling, and they were already big to begin with - so to find a modest fake ring is next to impossible... a size 8 ring = 10 carat plastic...and I've gotten SO MANY compliments on it...c'mon people. :)

BLING BLING.

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!  I can't believe how close we're getting...it's absolutely crazy.