One good joy of pregnancy...

Well, I just went shopping for my maternity bra- and boy am I shocked. I normally wear a B cup being small chested and all. They didn't have any B cups, so I decided to try on the C to see if it would fit. I asked to try it on... and when I did.. it was so tight!!! WOW!!! I went to get a D cup- and the weird thing- IT FIT! My left boob is apparently bigger than my right b/c the left side fit perfectly and there was a tad of room in the right boobie. Ha. But I was majorly shocked at this. Only if they could stay this size! They sure don't look that big. I guess b/c I haven't been wearing a supportive bra and they have been sagging down to my dang belly button. Exaggeration- but close! HA.

L&D 12/27 to the wee hours of 12/28

Well, this might be TMI, so don't read if you are easily grossed out and such. I thought my water broke yesterday. And performed a certain "at home" test my OB had told me about- and it appeared that way. I didn't want to go to the hospital, but Steve made me. They checked for amniotic fluid and there was none, which is great news since I will not be officially 36 weeks until Tuesday. He needs to bake longer. I was contracting every 2-4 minutes. They checked and I am only dilated to 0.5 cm, I am 70% effaced, and -1 station. They could feel his head. So- I am getting close, bad news is the scar tissue is there and it is tough- holding my cervix together. She said I have an extremely short cervix due to that surgery back in Jan. So, I might rip open real quick and him be on his way. So, I have been instructed to come back to be checked any time I contract regularly or water breaks, etc. The doctor would not let me go back to work and said I had to be on bed rest for this week. So- here I am. I go back to Dr. Reidy on Friday so I will see what she says then.

Guessing Game... Please make your guess!

Click on the link below, and go make your guess for when Kaiden is going to make his big entrance into the world!!!

justmommies.com labor prediction......

Justmommies.com labor prediction...

So, I took the labor prediction quiz and this is what it said...

Get your bags packed early just in case you need them. Make sure your partner has a phone available when he's away because this baby just might come early. We predict your baby will come 2-3 weeks early. Your baby will most likely be born in the morning. Justmommies predicts that your baby will weigh approximately 7.2 pounds and that your labor will be about 12 hours long.


Doubt it is right, but hey- it would be very nice!!! :)

34 1/2 weeks check-up!

So, I went to the doctor's office today for my 34 1/2 week check-up! Everything went great! First of all, I stepped onto the scale dreading what I was going to see! I will spare you my weight, but I jumped for joy when the nurse said "NOTHING?" (Kinda like she was shocked). And proceeded to tell me that I didn't gain anything at all the past two weeks. I have been drinking more water and have tried to control myself when eating sweets, but I still have to eat late night snacks before bedtime, so I was amazed I didn't gain a pound. I saw a pic of me for the first time in a couple of weeks! WOW! My face is really filling out. I have noticed my wedding bands finally starting to get tighter. My feet hurt when I am on them no time.. and I think they have started swelling. So, I almost made it to my 9th month w/o fluid retention! I was thinking I was gonna be lucky and get to skip out on that this time... NOT! So back to the appt, Kaiden's doing great. His heart rate was in the 150s, a good thing. Up from last time. And seems to be growing just fine. He is still measuring big, but still considered normal in my doctor's eyes... so still no ultrasound dang it! He is measuring 2 1/2 weeks ahead. I go back to the doctor in two weeks and have to have the Strep-B test done. She also said that (at 36 1/2 weeks) is when they will start checking my cervix for dilation. I asked her how they predict how big the baby will be, and she said she will start doing that at my next appt. She feels of my belly and feels of his body, etc and guesstimates how big he will be. Also, compared with the measurement of my uterus, she said if she thinks he might be on the big (or small- although she doubts he is on the small side) then they will do another ultrasound. I am guessing with my luck and the way things have been going, he is going to be measuring within the normal limits and feel like he is suppose to be to make for dang sure I am not going to get that ultrasound! I wanna see him again!! I guess I will just have to wait and see him when he gets here! Also, after my next appt, I start my weekly appts. At this time I will start seeing the other OB docs and meeting them in case they are the ones that are on call when I deliver Kaiden!
I am getting really excited!! I mean, I have five weeks left! And if he is going to be a good boy like his big sister was a good girl, he too could come two weeks early! That means that possibly in about three weeks... I could be meeting my son!!! I can't wait.
I was talking to Steve about it today.. and I was wondering what kind of features he is going to have. Who is he going to look like? What color hair is he going to have? What color eyes will he have? How big will he be? How tall? etc, etc.! I could go on and on the things going on in my head!
I also have half my bag packed. I am going to (next week) finish packing all that I can. I have decided to write on my bathroom mirror with a dry erase marker the things that I will need to take with me, but can't pack until the last minute (meds, glasses, etc).
I also haven't started Kaiden's bag at all. I have all of Steve's stuff packed except meds/diabetic stuff too. So I got to finish that up cause it could be any day.. you never know. I don't want to go this early, but you never know what God and Kaiden might have planned for us!
I am also very excited about Christmas. I am actually going to be able to travel which is a good thing. We may possibly be going to Anniston Christmas Eve morning and spending some time with family and close friends from there. I haven't made up my mind for sure, but then we are heading back home to spend the rest of the day at Steve's mom's house. Her hubby came in from Colorado. We are going to eat and open presents. I can't wait. She is making me some of her yummy home-made spaghetti! It is soooooo good! I can't wait. Then we are coming home to get the kiddos in bed b/c Santa has to come! I think me & Madi are going to bake cookies either on the 23rd for Santa, or if we don't go to Anniston, we are going to bake them early Christmas Eve day!
Christmas day Santa is coming and then we are going to go to Geraldine to my grandmother's house! I can't wait to see family. I love Christmas!
So.. when Christmas is over with... that means I will only have four weeks left!!! YAY! I am so ready to have this baby and be done with all these aches and pains... and meet my handsome son! Can't wait! Plus, I am sooooo ready to be out of work for twelve whole weeks. HOpefully everything will go well and I will be able to stay out that long.. who knows.
Steve quit his job today. Got tired of working for free. They owe us at LEAST $400.00. IDIOTS. And it is looking like we might have to go the legal route about getting it. So, I love it. He is at home with me and I don't have to worry about him not being here when I go into labor. I will have his help to adjusting to tending to a two year old and a newborn.
He has been so much more loving today! He held my hand, keeps touching my back, played with my hair. I LOVE IT!! He is in such a better mood! Plus, he helped do laundry, cleaned the bathroom. He has helped me out a lot today. It is like the good old days!
Man- we might just go back to how things use to be before he started working... I LOVE IT!!!

32 1/2 weeks check-up

So, I went to the doctor today. Not really BAD news, but not Good. First of all, I gained 5 whole pounds in two weeks. CRAZY. I haven't even been able to eat that much, so it is so weird. I guess I can attribute that to swelling since I have started having a little bit of swelling. Plus, I have been drinking more caffine-free carbonated drinks, so I am going to switch back to water and more water!! Hopefully that will help. I now only have I think 5 lbs left that I can gain. She actually "got onto me" about the weight this time and told me I needed to watch it more closely.
They couldn't get a good heart rate due to him moving around like crazy. The best they could get was it was in the 140s.
She measured me and I was lying really weird on the table this time. Like, I wasn't actually lying flat on my back, I was lying more trendelenburg- head lower than my feet. So I don't know if that would mess up my measurements or not, I am not an expert, but he is measuring only 1 1/2 weeks ahead this time. So, of course he is going to mess up the ultrasound and such. Ha. Oh well, guess I will just have to wait until his birth to see him again!
I have been having a lot of swelling and therefore she wanted to "check" me to make sure I wasn't dilating. My cervix is still closed. YAY! I will admit I have been nervous about having him too early. So that is a GREAT sign. He is still going to hang out in there for a while and bake a little longer. The only bad news is I have a lot of scar tissue from my LEEP procedure I had done back in January. This could cause me problems dilating. Basically it is going to make it hard to tell when I am 'in labor'. I could just all at once (once I am in labor) BAM be fully dilated... or I might not be able to dilate at all causing me to have to have a c-section. I do NOT want a c-section so I am a little nervous about this now. Well that is all for this visit. I go back in two weeks. Then I think I start my weekly visits.

Madi finally sees her brother moving.....

I have been trying for what seems like an eternity to get my Madi-bug to slow down long enough to watch my belly... for just a few seconds... to see her bubba Kaiden in action. It has been an impossible task. Finally yesterday she was sitting in my lap when he started putting on his show. I told her "look" a dozen times and she would glance at my belly (of course while he wasn't moving) then look away. As soon as she would look away, I'll be darned if Kaiden didn't start moving again. After numerous attempts for her to "see" this, FINALLY she looked at my belly and saw it bouncing all over the place. She thought this was a hilarious sight. She kept laughing and laughing. I only wish I were able to have gotten that on video. It was so cute. Cause she kept watching him move around and smiling from ear to ear. Saying "bubba stop that". It was beautiful! Then she kept putting her hand on the spot where he was moving, and he kept kicking her hand. Then she would laugh and say her famous "that tickle" saying. She sat there for a while amazed by her brother's actions before he finally settled down. I really wish I could have recorded that!!!