38 Weeks

 

38 Weeks and still no Baby E!  Here I thought maybe I'd go into labor early but as of now, it's not looking like that is going to happen.  Although they say, things can change very quickly.  He must be content inside my belly for now that is....which is ok with me as I'm dreading the big Delivery Day!  I had my weekly checkup with the doctor last Thursday and no change in the dilation.  Still at 1cm but now I'm 70% effaced.  So that is a plus :)  I'm measuring right on for 38 weeks and she said my weight gain was perfectly on track.  I'm starting to feel HUGE and definitely out of breath very quickly.  Baby E is the size of a pumpkin this week and man it sure feels like a pumpkin is inside me! haha.  The whole "Lightening" hasn't happened yet hence the shortness of breath.  Baby hasn't dropped.  Not that I want him too as that means more pressure on my pelvic area and bladder = more peeing!  I must say, that for being 38 weeks pregnant, I slept great this past weekend.  Lately my hips have been bothering me but besides the getting up 3x's a night to pee, I slept like a rock!  It was a great feeling. 

 

I was slightly concerned that Friday night I was going into labor, although I have no idea what it is supposed to feel like.  I had a showing in Lake Preston which is about 40-45 minutes away from Aurora.  When we left, I had the urge to pee but figured I could hold it.  Well, on my drive home I started have a hot flash and cranked the AC.  It couldn't get cold enough, fast enough in my car.  My back was in so much pain and the baby was moving like crazy.  I was VERY uncomfortable and wasn't sure what the heck was going on with my body.  I made it to Volga, ran into the gas station and went to the bathroom and all my pain was relieved!  Guess it was just the baby putting pressure on my bladder.  Jeesh, what a scare though!  After that I was totally fine and was able to proceed home in a much more relaxed atmosphere. 

 

Saturday we had the big HOME SHOW at the Swiftel Center.  It was a busy day as I think most people came out on Sat to avoid the bad weather we were to get on Sun.  I worked for about 5 1/2 hours and got to see a lot of friendly faces!  Our booth rocked and we even made the KSFY news!  How cool is that?  After my shift ended, I headed over to Darcy's and she painted my toenails.  I want to have some pretty toes for when I go into labor!  Now I just need to hope the polish will last until Junior arrives!  Curt went down to SF to meet up with Dad at the gun show.  It must have been a good one as he didn't get home until 9 that night.  Crazy to think that men can look at guns ALL day long!  They are two peas in a pod as Dad is the same way. 

 

Sunday, I did some organizing and caught up with the laundry.  I was trying to motivate myself to clean but I just couldn't do it.  I was too exhausted!  I'm working on a project for Junior's room that involves some painting.  Yikes!  I'm no painter so just hoping my plan will turn out how I envision it.  Curt did his husband duties and finally got some things done for me in the baby's room.  He switched out our light switch so we now have a dimmer and I think it will work out great so now I'm thinking we can get by without a lamp.  He got the blinds hung a week ago or so and worked on hanging the valance!  Yay!  I feel the room is starting to be complete :)  Curt spent a lot of time outside plowing the snow.  Not exactly sure how much we got but I think it was around 6 inches maybe even more.  And it is snowing again today! 

 

 

Isn't this the cutest changing table cover ever???  Thanks to Lolly, I picked this out with some money she sent for Baby E.  Love it! 

 

This week we don't have too much going on.  I am trying to convince Curt to install the car seat bases now as he thinks he'll have time "later".  Oh, that famous word later.  I guess it doesn't matter to me, as when the baby comes that is not my concern but that duty falls onto his lap :) 

 

I have another doctor's appt on Thursday to see if I've made any progress.....time will soon tell! 

 

Getting Closer

37 Weeks oh BOY!  Our little man will soon be here before we know it.  Of course, being the planner I am, I feel I have lots of things on my "To Do" list before he comes.  Curt helped with one of the checklist items and finally hung the new blinds in the nursery.  Yay!  They look so nice and way better than the old crappy ones that were in the room.  Turns out Lowe's ordered part of it wrong so now I have to call and get that fixed.  We still have to find a lamp for the room, hang the valance and install car seat bases (which Curt of course says will take no time at all).  We'll see how much time will allow us to get these items done!  I would like to get our taxes done and Curt has his annual review to work on as well.  Let's just hope this baby doesn't plan on coming early as I'm trying to get all the paperwork in line and everything ready! 

I do feel somewhat relieved as I went to SF on Saturday to get some last minute items I needed for the baby.  They have all shipped and heading to our house!  One of these items was the baby book so that is slightly crucial to be here before Baby E arrives as we will need to have the nurses put his hand and feet prints in the book.  I went to Hobby Lobby and rounded up some supplies for another project I want to work on that includes his little hands and feet.  I just need to work on part of it ahead of time so that I can be ready to do the prints when he makes his grand debut! 

Sunday wasn't too exciting.  We went to church and then relaxed and watched the Super Bowl.  It was a nice day and I was exhausted all weekend long!  I didn't sleep good on Friday.  My back was killing me.  The baby was moving in a weird way that seemed to be putting pressure on my back.  So needless to say Saturday I was tired and didn't want to deal with all the stupid people at the stores.  I can't remember the last time I had so many idiots to talk to and help me buy the things I needed.  I knew it was bad as Mom was even annoyed and I had to calm her down.  Hopefully, when my stuff arrives, it is actually the products I ordered and I wont' have to go back to the dreaded Toys R Us store.  That place is a nightmare and I think I'm cursed at that store.  It seems that something always goes wrong when I purchase something from them.  Needless to say, an hour later and 5 items purchased, we left the store VERY unhappy and they gave us a survey to take to enter for a chance to win $500.  Well, Mom and I both did the survey as we wanted to complain about our horrible experience only to find out at the end of the survey, that the $500 chance to win is no longer available.  Are you kidding me?  They entice you with a reward that is no longer available.  I'd like to take another survey to complain about their false advertising.  Ok, enough enough.  I'll get off my soap box for now.  Guess it is times like these, you don't want to piss off a prego mama!  haha. 

This week I have another doctor's appt on Thursday.  Last week's update was: 1cm dilated and 50% effaced.  The doctor said she could feel the baby's head.  EEK!  That just freaks me out.  We'll see if the baby has made progress this week.  We are also taking a baptism class on Thursday night to get that out of the way so we don't have to take it when baby is here.  They are offered once a month so I figure one more thing to check off the "to do" list :) 

It is getting a little harder to breathe.  I should say I'm more easily winded after doing things like walking up the stairs or if I do a daily task I normally do, it makes me tired!  The whole "lightening" stage hasn't happened yet to this mama.  That can come at any time though so maybe all the sudden I will wake up and my belly will have dropped.  I'm not too excited for this to happen anyways as it just puts more pressure on your pelvis and makes you have to pee even more!  How can that be when I feel I'm going to the bathroom every hour! 

And what's with this nesting thing?  All my books say at this phase you are in nesting mode and wanting to clean, organize, etc.  Not me!  Heck no!  I'm too tired by the time I get home and all I want to do is sit in the rocker with my feet up, relax and watch tv.  Maybe in my situation it is backwards since I was so full of energy the whole time that now I'm experiencing my tired phase.  I have zero motivation and hardly even feel like cooking supper when I go home, let along stopping at Walmart or the grocery store!  Ugh, that just sounds like torture! 

This weekend is our BIG annual HOME SHOW in Brookings!  So Friday we will be busy setting up our booth (I will probably be doing more supervising haha) and then Sat and Sun we will be taking turns in the booth visiting with people.  It is a great way to promote ReMax and see past and future clients and remind people what we do!  I'm looking forward to the event plus I have a group of great girls to work with! 

Hope everyone enjoys their week!  Happy Monday!