Baby Makayla is here!!!
She arrived via C-section on May 17! I will post more later when I find the time.


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Officially 36 Weeks Pregnant! & Mother's Day 2011

I had my 36 week checkup on Friday but I did not turn 36 weeks until Saturday. The doctor found protein in my urine. So I have to go back Tuesday to see if there is any change. She also told me to go ahead and pack my bags just in case there is no change or its worse. Im about to freak out!!!!!!!!!!!! I am super nervous about everything. I have fifty-eleven thoughts and concerns running through my head all day long. All I can do is pray. All I want is a healthy baby girl with 10 fingers and 10 toes.

It's Mother's day but I do not feel like a mother yet. I guess that feeling will come soon enough when I lay eyes on my baby. Its currently 6:10 am and she is shaking my stomach because she is hungry. I will update again after my appointment on Tuesday. Maybe I will be posting from a hospital bed or home. Only god knows!

Stiff and Swollen!

My feet are swollen beyond belief. I cant tell if I even have ankles anymore. I cannot turn my feet at all. This pregnant business is for the birds. Take a look at my foot, and thats on a good day.

Bed Rest is not for the weak. Im so tired of it already and its only been 1 week. The doctor notified me on Tuesday that my cervix has become stable but im still on bedrest until further notice. Oh joy. That means a few things. I will not get to have a baby shower. I have already cancelled it. Im not sure how I feel about that yet. Im kind of sad but im not crying over it. Oh well...moving on.

I really wish DH would get me a rocker recliner or a glider soon. Im starting to get very anxious over that. I guess because I will be 33 weeks on Saturday and the fact the baby is already head down. It makes me think that maybe we don't have 7 weeks left. Well I know for a fact we do not. My ob has said that I will be induced at week 38 or 39 because of my high risk status. Thats if she does not decide to come before then because when I say she is low, she is super LOW! yeah OUCH!

Im so stiff, I can hardly move around because of baby's position. I thank god we dont have a two-story home. I would not make it. I have had some crazy pains in areas that have never hurt before. I also believe I have sciatica pain in my right buttocks. It hurts to sit. I cant avoid sitting because im on bedrest. Yeah, let that marinate. Im in hell!

And if thats not enough. My allergies are trying to kill me. I have been suffering for about 3 weeks now. DH ran out yesterday to get me some Allegra. (Thank god for husbands) After trying three different medications, finally Allegra D seems to allow me to breathe. I hope it continues to work.

Getting ready for baby

I have been stockpiling diapers from amazon mom recently. I really love Amazon because I have prime. What's not to love when you get 2 day shipping for FREE?! My brand of choice for diapers are huggies. I have heard some not so nice things about pampers dry max. So I will try to refrain from buying them but if they are gifted to me; I will gladly accept!

Here is my recent purchase from Amazon Mom:




Here is my recent purchase from totsy.com!!


Baby's first robe and slippers! Too cute! I cant wait to put that on her!
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My first stint in the hospital

Well I have been just a tad bit busy!! I just turned 32 weeks saturday and just got out of the hospital Friday. It all started last Tuesday at my 31 week appointment. After a normal sonogram. I went to talk with my doctor who then felt the need to send me to have another sonogram. In the office I had been complaining that the baby felt really low. She wanted to have my cervix checked. Well low and behold, my cervix was measuring short at 2.7. I was put on bedrest and sent home. I was to have a follow up check up on friday. Well friday comes, and my cervix has shorten to 2.5. My blood pressure was running high so i was sent to the hospital for observation. This is the same hospital im supposed to give birth in. I was sooooo uncomfortable there. The room was hot (which my husband eventually fixed). The bed was kind of hard. Looking back I guess the reason I was so uncomfortable was because I was having scatiac pain on my right side of my buttocks. I guess when its showtime comes in the next few weeks, I wont have time to think about how warm or uncomfortable the room is.
Tomorrow I have start a 24 hour urine catch to check for protein in my urine. Oh the joys of pregnancy!

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3rd Trimester and Morning Sickness

Its like the 1st trimester all over again. I'm super nauseous. As soon as I eat something, I feel it creeping back up my throat about 30 minutes later. Morning Sickness has been my evil nemesis through this entire pregnancy. I never dreamed I would have to deal with this though the whole pregnancy. I thought I would get lucky like all those other women who report feeling better at 1st trimester. As for me, NO BUENO! I'm seriously contemplating getting a pregnant again. Its just that horrible. It has consumed my life since the end of September 2010. It has ruined my job. Not that it was that great to begin with but I would like to still be working. Every day I would have to leave work early due to excessive vomiting. I finally just gave up goose and let it go. It was too much stress on me to keep up with the attendance policy and me being sick all the time; despite being on 3 different medications to control it. Now to top it off, Im having hot flashes to go along with it. Morning Sickness completely ruined my 1st anniversary dinner on yesterday. I ended up vomiting in the parking lot. That is the best I could do to keep myself vomiting in the restaurant. HOW EMBARRASSING!!! I cannot enjoy food like all other pregnant women. I have to force myself to eat some days because I know what the outcome will be. Don't get me wrong, Some days are better than others. My good days seem to be the days I have no craving for anything. I can't wait to have my life back.

Japan earthquake/ tsunami

Please join me in prayer for the people of Japan. My thoughts and prayers are with them
In this troubling time.












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