Bump

This is just a mish mash of thoughts I wanted to get written down before he came.

Today I got a wonderful phone call from the chipper assistant Allegra. I got bumped up to Monday at 6am. Woo-Hoo! So, about 48 hours and this party will get started.
I looked up out of curiosity about castor oil for labor induction, that doesn't sound fun at all! I don't want to be having diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. It is supposed to clear you out and by doing so clears out the uterus as well. I'll just wait till Monday.
I wonder why people have such bad feelings about being induced. I guess since having pitocin is the only way I had Katelynn since my water broke and I wasn't really dilated, pit had to do it for me. Isn't pitocin is given to many moms (I think)? What is there to freak out about, I haven't done any research on this one.

There is definitely some mixed feelings about having a newborn. Yes, I can't wait to meet him and hold him in my arms and just be with him but I am also thinking about the total chaos and stress that also comes with a newborn. I try not to stress about it but Katelynn's newborn period still haunts me. I was a nut, happy one minute and a mess the next. Hopefully, since I know what to expect I might be able to handle it better, but who knows. I will just have to take it as it comes and pray alot.

Katelynn really has no idea what is about to hit her in a couple of days. Having her comprehend what a brother is, is just not happening. She sees the carseat in the car and the pack and play in the room, but it doesn't really mean anything to her. I just feel bad that right now she has really changed her behavior to be able to play with her toys well and entertain herself for a good twenty minutes but that might change once the baby is here and all she wants to do is touch and poke him. Patience with her is going to be a must. She is Ben's shadow lately and it is so cute to watch them. I don't think Ben can see it as much, but she really takes on his language. She just started to say easy yesterday, which is so hilarious to hear. We were in the pool yesterday and Ben was teasing the dogs by saying "booshie" which is just a Ben word, and she was right next to him saying booshie to the dogs! She asks "what doing?" and "what happen?" both with great concern. She is such a cutie!

Ben doesn't know what to do. He is so concerned that I am going to go into labor at any moment, which is true, he wants to know where I am and what I am doing at all times. I know that he is glad that he doesn't have to go to work again because he has been a stress ball while he is away. His major concern is still just getting the hospital stay over with. He doesn't want to stay a moment longer than he has to. I am concerned with the delivery but just mainly because I know too much and I have seen too much at work. I know that I will breathe easier once he is safely out. I don't need to traumatize anyone else with the stories but the delivery is a MAJOR concern.

Fake out and An Eviction Notice

Contractions aren't the easiest thing for me to describe. I don't remember feeling any contractions until I was in full labor with Katelynn and since my water broke with her it was a done deal. To me contractions feel like a huge band gradually wrapping itself around your belly making it hard to breathe. I used to think that it was just him pressing himself in an awkward positions but that wasn't true. Then my belly isn't a round basketball during a contraction it is a lumpy awkward thing. So, Sunday night Monday morning at 1:30 I went for my nightly bathroom trip and I started to feel contractions fairly regularly for two hours. I called the MD he said to come in and see what was up. I continued to feel them till we got to the hospital at 4am. After having them pretty regularly for 4 hours they stopped. I was only dialated to a 1, 50% effaced and he was at -2 station (meaning he was high still you want a +2). So, at 6:30 we went home. That sucked. I was to have an appt with my MD later that day but it was cancelled because he was delivering someone else, how rude! I was rescheduled for Tuesday. I later found out he was delivering triplets.
My hope for the appointment was to have a plan. I HATE the unknown. So, I lost 2 pounds, which is normal I guess and am at a 18 lb weight gain, with a max of 20 lbs. Everything else was normal and how it should be. He checked me and I was the same, no difference in 24 hours and my braxton hicks had slowed down to very infrequent. After talking with the MD he said to make an appt for Monday and we will go from there, because he fully expects me to deliver this weekend. As, I was getting ready to leave the office he came up to me and said that he was going to schedule an induction for Monday instead. I was thrilled! I am ready to meet this little guy that is for sure! I later got a call from his chipper assistant (really she is extremely chipper) and she said they were full on Monday and we had to move it to Wednesday, but I am on the waiting list for Monday if someone delivers I'll take their spot. So, in the end he will be here by 8/31 by something happening or pitocin. I have an appt on Monday and we shall see if I make it to it.
I do know that I have relaxed quite a bit knowing that there is a direct end to the waiting. I was getting quite angry with the unknown, I am now taking it one day at a time and we will get there.

Uncharted Territory

So, here we are two weeks before my due date and all I can think about is the fact that by this time with Katelynn, she was in my arms, and not still in my belly. It has been really difficult for us to say to ourselves that this delivery is going to be different than with Katelynn, since every delivery is different. I am to the point now that I am ready for him to come. Everything is ready. There are just a few odds and ends that would be nice to be done but not necessary.
Last night I went and had a prenatal massage at 9pm for an hour. It was so nice. Yes, it was late but Katelynn was asleep when I left and I didn't have to stress about anything besides getting into my bed when I got home. This morning I went and got a pedicure with baby blue nail polish for the upcoming festivities, Katelynn thinks they are pretty cool and keeps touching them. I had a nap for over an hour this afternoon which was needed, sleep hasn't been easy the past few days. I have been trying to relax my mind and my body as much as I can so that I can enjoy this time and not be a stress ball, which is very hard for me not to do.
I have my next OB appointment on Monday and hopefully there will be some good news, like things are progressing or when do you want to have this baby (which the answer would be, let's go to the hospital now!). I do think that I am now having infrequent contractions, I think I have had them for a few weeks but I just thought that it was him moving. Now, I think they are contractions, which makes me happy, so we can get this party started.
If we go off of Katelynn's height and weight he could be just about 8lbs (and just getting bigger by the day,) and getting close to 22 inches.
Lastly, I don't know how women can go past their due date and still be sane. I have two weeks to go and I am going nuts wanting to have him. I just can't rush this, just think calm thoughts, he will be here when he is ready, and he'll have a name too.
Come on little man, we all can't wait to meet you!

Shaver

Last Saturday we took an afternoon trip up to Shaver Lake. The drive up was not my favorite part. Ben kept wondering why I was feeling so crappy as he was driving up. It couldn't have been the fact that I am nine months pregnant, and I don't usually feel the best on winding roads, but I don't throw up. We finally made it there in one piece and of course I forget to bring any toys for Katelynn, the float stuff that we have at home or folding chairs. I am blaming the pregnancy for all of that!
Other than that stuff we really did have a great time. Katelynn didn't get in the water too much but she played by the water. She really wanted to steal the other people's floats that they had but I caught her before she really did take a float from someone. Ben went snorkeling with a friend that we brought up while Katelynn and I hung out on the shore. It was really nice since I like to go to the beach and Ben likes to go to the mountains, so we got the best of both worlds. This was probably our last trip before the baby so we tried to enjoy it.

Ben and Zak Snorkeling. They found fishing hooks, soda cans and an unopened pepsi that hadn't expired.


MMMMMM....Sandy Cookies


Ben Jumping off the rock at Shaver



Playing with Mud

The three of us. I was glad that Zak was there to get this, since I am in so few pictures.