Wow! It's been a little while since I've posted so there is alot of catching up to do. This first post (there is very likely a chance to be multiple posts today) will try to keep strictly to updates about the pregnancy and Baby Boy (no still no name picked out :-P)
Today I am exactly 30 weeks and 5 days and I have been doing pretty well. In my previous post I mentioned my awful case of pregnancy carpal tunnel. It got pretty bad there for awhile, to the point where I was wearing wrist braces as often as possible. My hands and fingers would tingle and go numb at various points during the day. But there was also a dull shooting pain all the way up my arms to my shoulders. It was hard, even painful, to type, write, hold any kind of utensil, put on make-up...you name it. It was hard to sleep at night because being pregnant I have to sleep on my side, but whatever side I would sleep on that hand and arm would fall asleep. I learned that if I propped enough pillows under my head and shoulders, I could sleep on my back with my arms out to my sides, and that seemed to help for a while. Lucky for me for the past 2 weeks or so the carpal tunnel has been practically indistinguishable and I've been sleeping much better and not having the pains. A friend of mine loaned/gave me a maternity pillow that has been a lifesaver for me and I am so much more comfortable sleeping on my side. It was great! But of course all good things must come to an end...and starting I would say a day or 2 ago, the carpal tunnel has come back--not as bad as it was before, but the joints in my hands and fingers have been swelling a bit, and the tingly numb sensations have returned, especially at night. Man I can't wait to have this kiddo so I can feel normal again! lol
Let's see...what else to catch up on? At 26 weeks I did the glucose test for gestational diabetes and everything came back normal and fine. Then at 28 weeks I had to get the RhoGam shot. Simply put (and this is to the best of my understanding--if you want more info about it Google it cuz I'm not a great source of info :-P) because I am Rh-(negative) and Chris is Rh+(positive) I have to have this shot to make sure that my white blood cells or antibodies or something don't attack the baby thinking it's some foreign virus/bacteria/nasty thing that is invading my body. Its not a big deal at all....just a shot in the butt which I'm fine with. No weirdo side effects or anything to worry about. That same day, my OB office asked if I would like to take the flu shot while I was there since they had it and it's a good idea to get it if you are pregnant (well i guess it's supposed to be a good idea to get it no matter what, but whatever). So Syd held my hand while I got both shots and told me to be a big girl :-) and I was. I've never had a problem with the flu shot before (or any other vaccination) so the nurse told me I should be fine, that I shouldn't have any side effects and besides it was not a live culture of the flu virus in the shot so no big deal. Well, that's what they SAID. The next day I felt AWFUL! Nauseated all day, tired and gross--just awful. At one point I threw up and heaved so hard I popped a blood vessel in my EYEBALL and had a huge red spot in the corner of my eye (i still have a small red dot in that eye...at least it doesn't look as bad as it did) Thankfully grandpa had taken Syd for the day so I was able to just lay around and be miserable and the next day was Saturday so Chris could play with Syd while I laid around being miserable. I was still a little gross that Sunday too, so I missed church, but by the end of the day Sunday i was feeling much better. I still am not sure if it was just some 24 hour bug or if it was due to the flu shot--but either way it sucked!
At my 26 week appt with my OB I mentioned that I wanted to be induced again this time around. I was induced with Sydney 3 days before my predicted due date and it was wonderful to be able to have a date pinpointed and take some of the stress of worrying about when I would go into labor off of my shoulders. Also with Syd my blood pressure started to get a little high towards the end, so the Dr. would have ended up inducing me anyways--whether I had scheduled it or not. This time I knew I wanted to do the same thing because I wanted to know the exact date (i mean unless baby boy comes earlier) and I wanted to be able to know for sure who would be able to come and be able to let those that are coming know when they needed to be here. My dr and the hospital won't induce before 39 weeks (which I am totally fine with and agree with 100%) the earliest I could be induced was the 6th of December. I mentioned that I would be happy with the 8th or 9th because that was a Thurs or Friday and it would give both Chris and my mom a couple of extra days off without having to take more time (though Chris gets plenty of paid time off and mom is taking her vacation...it just gives a couple more "free" days lol). Also it just sounded like a good time. Well, anyways, when I went back for my 28 week appt (and shot) my OB told me they had already gone and scheduled my induction! yay! So, as long as Baby Boy doesn't come earlier, we are scheduled to be induced on December 8, 2011 @ 6:00AM. How exciting! I'm so stoked! Mom is planning on being here and so is my BFF Adrienne (though I'm sure she won't want to be there for the actual delivery ;-P) Since we will have a full house, Chris' mom Sandi, and Gran-David will come either the following week (which happens to be Chris' birthday anyways) or for Christmas--since there is NO WAY we are going to be able to travel to NOLA for the holidays with a 2 week old and a crazy toddler :-) Larry (Chris' dad) has already offered to take Syd the day of the induction but we haven't ironed out all intricacies of what we'll do with Syd while I'm in the hospital. I'm sure it won't be a problem for someone to stay with her at the house at night, and once baby is born she can come to the hospital....but anyways...we can wait a little while before all that needs to be worked out (not very long but a little bit at least lol)
Baby Brother still doesn't have a name yet. I gave Chris an ultimatum a little over 3 weeks ago. I told him he had a month to decide on a name and if by the end of that month he did not, we were going with my top choice--and then he can decide on the middle name. I thought for a while we were set on one particular name that Chris seemed to like at first. But now, Mr. Indecisive has changed his mind. Anyways, he has a little less than a week to decide or else :-P
Baby Brother's nursery is pretty much all set up. The room is painted--we decided on a sagey kind of green to go with the bedding. The crib is all set up and made with the cutest bedding--its different shades of green and cream and brown and covered with Teddy Bears :-) We are pretty much all set on clothes and almost everything else we could possibly need thanks to trading and/or buying from good mommy friends. The only thing we really need to get is a swing...but we are hoping to either get it as a gift or wait till closer to the holidays to get a better deal. I also REALLY REALLY REALLLY want to get the Sit and Stand Stroller by Baby Trend and the matching car seat/carrier, but Chris and I have come to the decision that it isn't something we really need, so we can either wait till after the baby is born, or keep fingers crossed some loving soul will gift it to us :-) We are registered at both Target and Babies R Us, but it is mostly for small things like towels and swaddlers, butt paste and wipes and whatnot--and mostly because I'm pretty sure both places offer some sort of discount if you buy (whatever you don't get) off your registry yourself--i mean it's only like 15-20% but better than nothing right?
Ok so that about sums it up I think for an update on the pregnancy. I'm going to have to do this more often so that my posts aren't like novellas once I do get around to it. Its just hard to set aside the time with a busy toddler and an exhausted pregnant mommy running around after her :-P Till next time! :-)
