Mother to be

Things are finally starting to settle down and I think the postpartum baby blues have completely left my body now.  It feels nice to be on my computer again since little Monkey is sleeping.  I know that I’m supposed to sleep when he does, but I can’t grasp napping during the day just yet.  (Maybe I’m just not tired enough?!)

I wish things weren’t so crazy when we first got home because I would have loved to blog about how I was feeling.  I’ll try my best to recap my feelings for you now, but I feel completely different now, which is such a good thing!

I couldn’t wait to be discharged from the hospital last Saturday.  I was ready to go!  It was an exciting time to have Tarzan pack up the car and for me and Monkey to be wheeled down to meet him at the car.  It was also a scary [click to continue…]

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Finally, I found time to blog about my full labor and delivery story!  It all started after a night trying to induce labor that was full of sex, sitting on the birthing ball, and eating pizza with pepperoni and pineapple.

Later that night, Tarzan and I fell asleep on the couch and love seat in the living room.

At 2 am I woke up to go to the bathroom and there was nothing unusual about that.  I woke up again at 4 am to find my panties soaked and a circle of wetness that leaked onto the shorts I was wearing.

Hmm… Could this have meant that my water broke? I wasn’t sure.

I first noticed that it was a clear liquid, so no green there.  (Yay!)  I took a whiff to see if it smelled like urine and it didn’t.  There was actually no smell to it.  At this point, I was thinking that all signs were leading to the fact that my water [click to continue…]

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Wow!  I’m so unbelievably touched by how caring and just plain nice all of you have been to me (and Tarzan, too).

I told T. that I didn’t want to get on Twitter or blog about anything because I just feel let down.  Obviously I’m new to all of this and I hate that it isn’t black and white.  That would be so much easier!  I’m really surprised at how excited I got last night.  I definitely got my hopes up that “this is it” and I can’t even begin to describe how let down I felt earlier.  I am feeling much better, thanks to all of the many comments on [click to continue…]

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Dear Baby T,

Hi there! I hope you are doing good swimming in my belly.  It’s nice having you in there & I hope that it’s been a great home for the past 9 months.

So I just wanted to talk to you real fast about something…

Here’s the thing:  As you know, or actually I’m guessing that you [click to continue…]

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Today started off just like every other day.  39 weeks pregnant and still waiting… But then something strange happened that will (hopefully) make this day stand out as a little different from the others.

A couple of my girl friends were in town and they wanted to meet us for lunch.  We settled on Cafe Express at noon.  Tarzan didn’t really feel like getting dressed, but I persuaded him to go and am glad that he went.

Anyways…

Lunch was great!  I enjoyed my huge greek salad with chicken and Tarzan [click to continue…]

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Pregnancy Weight: No change at 39 weeks pregnant!  Again I just want to reiterate how freakin’ awesome the end of the third trimester is.  In not one word of a lie, I have been eating dessert daily and the scale has not moved.

Who wouldn’t love this?!

And mark my word, I will continue on this path until this child is out of my ute.  Because we all know, after he comes out I will be saying no to [click to continue…]

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Back when I was newly pregnant, we got tickets for the Aerosmith concert.  Sure, we calculated how many weeks pregnant I would be (39 weeks pregnant), but there were a few things that I just could not have known at that time.

Like how uncomfortable being 39 weeks pregnant is.  Like how my little babe loves to press on my bladder and make me pee every 5 minutes.  Like how slow I would move.  Like how hot I would be in the middle of July in Houston.

Oh, and did I mention that the concert is at [click to continue…]

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On Twitter the other day I asked people’s opinions about whether or not I should bring my own unopened bottle of Ibuprofen and stool softeners.  (Ibuprofen for any after birth pain and stool softeners to make things come out more easily in case there is tearing involved after labor and delivery.)

Many people told me not to worry about it.  ”That’s what insurance is for”, they said.  Oh, I only wish [click to continue…]

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38 weeks pregnant and counting… and waiting.  Are signs of labor during my pregnancy starting?

It’s funny because I know that I’m 1cm dilated and 80% effaced and I keep getting my hopes up with every little sign.  I’m also quite aware of the fact that dilation and effacement doesn’t necessarily mean a thing.  It’s such a tease really.

I find myself looking for signs of labor approaching and then I think “Is this it?” and it never is.  I need to remain calm and stop worrying.  I really just don’t want to have to worry about being induced, but no sense in worrying about that now either.

I had my last pregnancy [click to continue…]

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