Well folks I have made it to 36 weeks. I go to the Dr. this afternoon, I will be going off of my anti contraction meds. I have been contracting the whole time, so now it's about how intense it's going to be. I made another trip to the L&D on Sunday evening. I was having pain that I hadn't had before and lower than before. It was the first time that I really thought they might take him. I say take him because he is still breach.
I am up at the crack of dawn today, usually I wake up with my husband and I am able to go back to sleep. Today, not so much. I have a headache this morning, which I had last night. I also have a ton on my mind. I have decided not to fight it, I can always take a nap later. My list of things to do is growing by leaps and bounds.
Sen. Kennedy died last night, sad to me. I hope the democrats continue to stay strong, lord knows we need it. What a year already for people passing. Weird to think that my son will be born in the same year that all of these influential people passed.
My sister came in yesterday, she is here for a week. It's always good to see her, we miss her here. I do envy her sometimes, single, independent, living in another city. It is kinda sad to me that she won't be here when Austin is growing up, that being said, I am very sure she will be his favorite auntie :)
I will post more after my Dr. appointment. Until then, here's to crossing things off of my list!!!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
weekly update
Had my weekly appointment with my OB. I have been contracting since Sunday, even with my pills. So I go in, get strapped down. She gave me the option of going to the hospital or going home and waiting it out. So I chose to go home. I hate my reaction to the shot they give me.
After next week I will be off of the pills, the Dr. said that she suspects my contractions will continue to get stronger.
Austin is still breach, which I knew because his head is wedged in my right side. So she is going to monitor that for the next few weeks to see if he will turn. If he doesn't turn, automatic C-Section. So today she said that she is going to schedule the C-Section for 39 weeks, so the OR is available,ect ect.
Information overload today. I have been feeling overwhelmed and anxious all week and this certainly help. The good news is Dan and I will have a plan B, which is good.
We do have excercises to help the baby turn, so we shall see. I don't know if I think he will, he seems to like his home wedged into my right side :)
Until next Wednesday.....
After next week I will be off of the pills, the Dr. said that she suspects my contractions will continue to get stronger.
Austin is still breach, which I knew because his head is wedged in my right side. So she is going to monitor that for the next few weeks to see if he will turn. If he doesn't turn, automatic C-Section. So today she said that she is going to schedule the C-Section for 39 weeks, so the OR is available,ect ect.
Information overload today. I have been feeling overwhelmed and anxious all week and this certainly help. The good news is Dan and I will have a plan B, which is good.
We do have excercises to help the baby turn, so we shall see. I don't know if I think he will, he seems to like his home wedged into my right side :)
Until next Wednesday.....
Thursday, August 13, 2009
I just have to put my 2 cents out there
So I have been watching (minimally) all the rage, and I mean literal rage, over health care reform. Since I haven't been paying close attention, as I don't want to get too rilled up, I maybe misinformed on a few things. HOWEVER, I don't understand the rage.
Why is it that I should be mad about everyone in this country having health care. It seems very logical to me. Do they plant lobbyists and insurance company reps at these town hall meetings, because it seems to me they are the one's who are going to be pissed. We already pay out the a** for insurance because people go to the ER who don't have insurance and then they can't pay the bills so they hospital writes them off. Who do you think foots the bill for that, you and I. It's going to cost us all of our appendages, and why? Because we couldn't get off our a** 20 YEARS AGO and do something about it.
To me, health care should be something that you get the moment you are born. When my baby is born I am going to have to add him to mine, and pay for him. Which is fine because I am one of the lucky one's who has a job that pays for my insurance. It's not the greatest insurance but something is better than nothing. It is easy to sit in a cocoon and say I have it so I shouldn't have to worry about other people having it. Well someday I just might not have it, and then what??
Working in medicine has enlightened me in some ways. I am no longer naive about how it works. It is not about taking care of people, it's making sure that you make money off of every patient that walks through that door. Why is that? Because somehow insurance companies, and drug companies got all of the power. Take the f*in power away.
So the government will run it, which yes is scary, but to me so are the alternatives. For those who say it will be like Canada and you can't get an MRI for ten years, so you either die from that cancer, or you go to the states to get treated. I say don't you think we see what goes on elsewhere and maybe, just maybe, we will learn from this??? Have a little faith. I can see why we don't have faith in our government, but look who ran the government for the last 8 years? There is a new sheriff in town, and I have faith in him.
So I say stop the rage, get to work and figure it out. For our children's sake, so they don't have to have this particular argument. Believe me I am sure there will be a lot of different arguments for them ahead.
Ok, I just fell off of my soapbox :)
Why is it that I should be mad about everyone in this country having health care. It seems very logical to me. Do they plant lobbyists and insurance company reps at these town hall meetings, because it seems to me they are the one's who are going to be pissed. We already pay out the a** for insurance because people go to the ER who don't have insurance and then they can't pay the bills so they hospital writes them off. Who do you think foots the bill for that, you and I. It's going to cost us all of our appendages, and why? Because we couldn't get off our a** 20 YEARS AGO and do something about it.
To me, health care should be something that you get the moment you are born. When my baby is born I am going to have to add him to mine, and pay for him. Which is fine because I am one of the lucky one's who has a job that pays for my insurance. It's not the greatest insurance but something is better than nothing. It is easy to sit in a cocoon and say I have it so I shouldn't have to worry about other people having it. Well someday I just might not have it, and then what??
Working in medicine has enlightened me in some ways. I am no longer naive about how it works. It is not about taking care of people, it's making sure that you make money off of every patient that walks through that door. Why is that? Because somehow insurance companies, and drug companies got all of the power. Take the f*in power away.
So the government will run it, which yes is scary, but to me so are the alternatives. For those who say it will be like Canada and you can't get an MRI for ten years, so you either die from that cancer, or you go to the states to get treated. I say don't you think we see what goes on elsewhere and maybe, just maybe, we will learn from this??? Have a little faith. I can see why we don't have faith in our government, but look who ran the government for the last 8 years? There is a new sheriff in town, and I have faith in him.
So I say stop the rage, get to work and figure it out. For our children's sake, so they don't have to have this particular argument. Believe me I am sure there will be a lot of different arguments for them ahead.
Ok, I just fell off of my soapbox :)
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
just a routine visit
So I went to the Dr. today for my weekly visit. She asked me if I felt like I was contracting, and I said I wasn't sure. She decided to put me on the monitor to check, and sure enough I was contracting pretty frequently. She then checked my cervix which has thinned but not dilated. So then she told me to get to the hospital now. So my mother in law (who took me to the appt at 7:30 am, bless her) drove me to Valley. Meanwhile I am talking to my husband to let him know what was going on. So we get to the hospital and I get hooked up, get the super fun shot that makes me shake uncontrollably and gives me a wicked headache, and the contractions stopped.
Dr. Glover said that I need to hold on 2 more weeks, and to quote "it won't be a disaster if the baby comes". So we just need to hang on two more weeks. I really don't believe I will go early. There are plenty of women out there that contract, only to see their due date come and go. My husband is convinced, along with my work wife, that I will go early. My sister called me and she said it would be ok with her to have him around the 22nd of this month, since she will be here on the 25th for a week long visit. We shall see, he was breach at last ultrasound, he needs to turn in the right direction.
Otherwise we are all good on the home front. Our birthing classes are this weekend, I am excited to learn more. Mama Stortini's moved to Kent Station, so I might get a date after our class on Saturday:)
I am feeling much more positive, and I am confident that the baby is ok, so whatever happens from here will be alright.
Dr. Glover said that I need to hold on 2 more weeks, and to quote "it won't be a disaster if the baby comes". So we just need to hang on two more weeks. I really don't believe I will go early. There are plenty of women out there that contract, only to see their due date come and go. My husband is convinced, along with my work wife, that I will go early. My sister called me and she said it would be ok with her to have him around the 22nd of this month, since she will be here on the 25th for a week long visit. We shall see, he was breach at last ultrasound, he needs to turn in the right direction.
Otherwise we are all good on the home front. Our birthing classes are this weekend, I am excited to learn more. Mama Stortini's moved to Kent Station, so I might get a date after our class on Saturday:)
I am feeling much more positive, and I am confident that the baby is ok, so whatever happens from here will be alright.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
random thoughts
I am awake at 8:17 on a Saturday, I didn't go to sleep until after 2am. This entire week I was not out of bed until after 11am. What the hell.
Sara Palin is irrelevant. She needs to go home, bake some cookies, raise her 50 kids, who I am sure are insured, and shut the F up.
I go on my boards at thebump, and I read about all the phases that babies are going through, and the trouble with breast feeding ect. So now of course I am petrified that the breast feeding won't work. I really really want it to work.
I lay on my side to sleep, because I can't lay on back as I lose my breath and you aren't really supposed to, for obvious reasons I don't sleep on my stomach. So every 1.5 hours the muscle below my hip hurts like hell from all the weight so I have to turn over. I have to wake up fully to do so because I can't flip like I used to. I am determined to be a lot skinnier with the next baby.
I sound like a whiny baby in all of my posts lately. Unfortunately this is my therapy right now, and I am pretty sure not a lot of people are reading this crap anyway :)
On a good note, we are going to my mom's for dinner tomorrow for a dinner I grew up with and have been craving like mad. I am excited, and I am excited just to hang out with my 'rents. I would be lost without my mother.
Have a great weekend, even if we have to wear our sweaters, which I am not so secretly excited about.
Sara Palin is irrelevant. She needs to go home, bake some cookies, raise her 50 kids, who I am sure are insured, and shut the F up.
I go on my boards at thebump, and I read about all the phases that babies are going through, and the trouble with breast feeding ect. So now of course I am petrified that the breast feeding won't work. I really really want it to work.
I lay on my side to sleep, because I can't lay on back as I lose my breath and you aren't really supposed to, for obvious reasons I don't sleep on my stomach. So every 1.5 hours the muscle below my hip hurts like hell from all the weight so I have to turn over. I have to wake up fully to do so because I can't flip like I used to. I am determined to be a lot skinnier with the next baby.
I sound like a whiny baby in all of my posts lately. Unfortunately this is my therapy right now, and I am pretty sure not a lot of people are reading this crap anyway :)
On a good note, we are going to my mom's for dinner tomorrow for a dinner I grew up with and have been craving like mad. I am excited, and I am excited just to hang out with my 'rents. I would be lost without my mother.
Have a great weekend, even if we have to wear our sweaters, which I am not so secretly excited about.
Friday, August 7, 2009
bed rest week whatever the hell week it is
So I went to the Dr. on Wednesday. I was thinking that she was going to send me back to work since I have contracted since being on two pills a day. I was nervous about it, but at the same time we need the money. Never mind that moving more than 15 minutes at a time causes great discomfort and the baby is getting lower and lower. Anyway, she measured me, listened to his heart, and we spoke a little. Then I said "am I going to be going back to work", and without any hesitation on her part my Dr. said "no". She said "we will be taking it week by week, but most likely you will not being going back until after the baby arrives". Wow. I am glad in some ways, but terrified in others. Mostly terrified because how in the hell are we going to afford this????????? There's not a lot I can do about it, as the most important thing is to keep Austin and I healthy. So initially I was secretly glad that about that decision.
Jump to two days later and I am a mess. I am bored, nothing interests me but watching TV and then I get annoyed because there's only so much I can watch. I don't want to read, which is so super weird for me. I only shower every other day (TMI). My poor husband, I cling to him like no body's business when he gets home and he needs to decompress too. Plus I look really hot to him with my stained shirt and my hair that looks like the scene in "There's something about Mary".
I also have a huge confession. In Oct. I got a speeding ticket, and I contested it, and they said to damn bad. So it's like a $400 ticket. So I made payment arrangements and I made payments. Well then I started losing what mind I had left and I forgot to pay a couple months. Now all of a sudden I am sent to collections, AND I am being threatened to have my license suspended. So I have to make calls and figure it all out. #1, there's nothing I hate more than making phone calls. I need a personal assistant that will work for free to do this for me. My husband hates calling too so that's no help.
#2, now I have to pay twice as much on month than I was before, and all on one income. One more burden for my husband to bear, because of me. I am a lucky girl that he puts up with me.
So here's hoping that I won't go stark raving mad in the next 7 weeks. That's right I STILL HAVE 7 WEEKS TO GO.
I am also having major anxiety about what the hell am I gonna do with a baby! I am grateful that next weekend is our birthing classes, I am hoping this will help a great deal.
Ok so after reading this, please no body call to commit me.
Thanks
The end
Jump to two days later and I am a mess. I am bored, nothing interests me but watching TV and then I get annoyed because there's only so much I can watch. I don't want to read, which is so super weird for me. I only shower every other day (TMI). My poor husband, I cling to him like no body's business when he gets home and he needs to decompress too. Plus I look really hot to him with my stained shirt and my hair that looks like the scene in "There's something about Mary".
I also have a huge confession. In Oct. I got a speeding ticket, and I contested it, and they said to damn bad. So it's like a $400 ticket. So I made payment arrangements and I made payments. Well then I started losing what mind I had left and I forgot to pay a couple months. Now all of a sudden I am sent to collections, AND I am being threatened to have my license suspended. So I have to make calls and figure it all out. #1, there's nothing I hate more than making phone calls. I need a personal assistant that will work for free to do this for me. My husband hates calling too so that's no help.
#2, now I have to pay twice as much on month than I was before, and all on one income. One more burden for my husband to bear, because of me. I am a lucky girl that he puts up with me.
So here's hoping that I won't go stark raving mad in the next 7 weeks. That's right I STILL HAVE 7 WEEKS TO GO.
I am also having major anxiety about what the hell am I gonna do with a baby! I am grateful that next weekend is our birthing classes, I am hoping this will help a great deal.
Ok so after reading this, please no body call to commit me.
Thanks
The end
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