34 weeks

I was cooking dinner for Daniel before he went to work, and he took this picture.

Going to the doctors twice a week now isn't bad... Trying to find time to go all the time is hard. But it's cool to see Noah on the ultrasound twice a week.

Noah is getting bigger now, and I can tell by his movements. Last night when I went to bed he started his nightly routine of keeping me up for 20 mins or hiccups and then 30 mins of squirming. I put my hand on the side of my belly and I could feel either a knee or an elbow move right across my belly several times. It was cute.

Daniel and I are taking the same computer class. I am taking mine online and Daniel is taking his on campus. Except Daniel has no real schedule and can finish his class as fast as he wants, and class attendance isn't required. I on the other hand can only work 2 weeks ahead (which should be enough). Looks like I signed up for the wrong class!!

33 Weeks

Getting bigger little by little!

So I've been seeing the doctor twice a week. And even though my blood pressure has been 'decent' the only thing they've been getting after me is my weight. I'm not gaining. I lost 5lbs after the hospital, and then I haven't gained a lbs back. I keep getting asked "Are you eating?!" and my answer is always "YES!" I swear I eat too much. I don't know what's wrong with me. But the ultrasounds are saying that Noah is healthy. I hope he's gaining weight. He was so little when I went into the hospital.

And I asked my doctor last week what the chances were of him coming early, and his response was "we're just shooting for 37 weeks at this point." Oh how comforting Doctor! It'll be ok, that's only 3 weeks early. But that's also only 4 weeks away.

Right now Noah's favorite things to do is crowed my ribs (which makes it hard to breathe!) or punch my hip bone! I'm told that will go away when he drops... but then he's going to be so low that will be causing other problems... I would assume. Haha

Week 33

It's amazing how so much can change in a week. Last time I wrote I had just gotten out of the hospital. I am still on bed rest (will be for the rest of the pregnancy) but things are going so well right now.

Last Monday my mom and kid brother Jason drove down from Marysville, WA to spend the week with Daniel and I. Jason got to hang out with Daniel, and my mom helped me clean and organize my house. We were able to get rid of so much and the trailer is so much nicer now.

When we first moved in to the trailer the water heater was busted and was spraying water all over under the house, soaking the insulation and making our trailer damp and moist... causing mold to grow. I was so sick with the pregnancy, and Daniel worked full time and was going to school full time too, we just couldn't get this nasty trailer decent. But then my mom got here and saved the day, so to speak... it was more like saved our lives!!

I now can spend my time like I'm supposed to be, with my feet up. I'm thinking I need to take on some more sewing projects because I've got a whole lot of nothing to do now that I have a spotless house and no more homework!! It's a little weird having nothing to procrastinate!!!

I am going to the doctors twice a week now to make sure that my blood pressure isn't affecting Noah. And so far they say it isn't. He's probably going to be a little small when he's born, but now that his lungs are developed they say that he's right on schedule and doing really good. It's really cool to see him on the ultrasounds so often now. We even got a picture of him sucking his thumb. It's hard to see because I took a picture of it with my phone from off my fridge.

March 29th-30th

Daniel being the supportive husband he is! haha

I took this before I went crazy...

Oh my word... It's been madness! A true roller coaster!

So I had a doctors appointment at 8:50am Thursday the 29th. It was just supposed to be one of those 10 minute ones. In and out right? No. My blood Pressure was 168/111!!!! They took it 12 times, shuffled me from room to room, trying to get me to calm down (like that will work!) and get my pressure down. Then they ultrasounded Noah, and then monitored his heart rate and etc. for another half hour. Needless to day 10 minutes turned into a frazzled 7 hours. For 2 of those I was at home, but I had to come back.

When I came back and spent another 2 hours there with no progress they sent me right over to the hospital. Just like that! Daniel was at work, so after I got myself checked in laying in that bed half naked hooked up to all these machines I was finally able to get him to call me and he left work and made it to the hospital at about 6:30pm.

They were worried about pre-eclampsia, and so along with baby's heart rate they were watching my swelling, head aches, swelling and other symptoms. One was a 24 hour pee collection. To check for protein. They gave me a shot to develop Noah's lungs in case they need to deliver him asap.

So I was ordered to lay down (no sitting up) mostly on my left side, and only move if I need to pee. Needless to say that night I dozed for 20 minutes at a time, but mostly I counted tiles on the ceiling, and worried about what I was going to do if they wanted to deliver Noah next week! Probably not good for my BP, but when you are a along all night, awake, there's not much else you can do.

I was finally released today at about 5:30pm. Both hips bruised from the shot (there was 2 doses) and from not being able to sit up for 24 whole hours! But the urine test will come back probably tomorrow telling me if I have pre-eclampsia. But my doctor is sure it is just chronic hypertension. So I'm on BP meds, and strict orders to continue my bed rest. Because 24 wasn't enough to drive me NUTS! I know I got off easy, as some women have weeks of that. Poor dears.

So that's what's been going on in the last days... crazy crazy crazy. As from now Noah is healthy, just a little under weight :-( And I'm ok, just stir crazy and tired. I will be going to bed now for the next 14 hours! haha My house is a disgusting, embarrassing disaster, but It's just going to have to wait.

So glad this happened the weekend before FINALS WEEK! Doing finals from my bed should be interesting.... haha

30 Weeks

So I've hit 30 weeks! I can hardly believe that I'm 10 weeks away. Crazy. But I am also getting closer and closer to being totally ready to have Noah. I am STILL SICK! What luck hu? I'm just trying to deal with it as best I can, but it's no fun trying to finish the semester and be having all of these other issues. Stress may be playing a part in all of this, which is no good. I really try to not get so stressed out, but it's really hard not to.

To tell you the truth I'm actually kind of excited for next semester because I'm just taking 2 online classes and they should actually be pretty cool. I'm sure my teachers will be ok with working with me during mid-terms (exactly when the baby is due). Most teachers are pretty cool with babies and such like that! haha

I will be having my baby shower on April 7th. I'm doing my best to get the invites done, but because of school and being sick, and my general lack of a brain most of the time if I forget to send you an invite, or you'd like to come or whatever, just let me know! My mom is helping me with it. It's going to be small, but we've got some games planned and we'll have a little food. :-)

Hopefully by April it will STOP SNOWING! The weather has been pretty stupid lately. It was warm for a little while, and then snowed again yesterday and today... more like blizzard! And I found out on saturday that my coat (that has fit me perfectly before my pregnancy and all throughout...) is now very snug on my belly. So I'm going to need to be leaving it unzipped here pretty soon. So I need it to start warming up so momma doesn't freeze!

28 Weeks: Third Trimester!

So I've officially made it to the third trimester. It's crazy, because sometimes it seems like I've been pregnant forever, and in another way the time is flying by. Which the latter is a good thing because I'm kind of tired of being pregnant. Haha Daniel and I are both so excited for Noah to get here.

So it seems like I'm not growing! The doctor is obviously not worried about my belly being small. I've just got extra room in my long torso, apparently. It's funny, because I'm still mistaken for being about 5 months. Oh well. I guess I should just take this as a blessing!

Another good thing about being so far along now is that school is almost over! Well... this semester. And then I will just have one last one. Which Noah has conveniently decided that midterms was a perfect times to make his entrance into this world. Haha That's ok, lets just hope I have more understanding teachers next semester than I have this one!

26 weeks

So Daniel cut my head off in this picture, but that's ok. I really haven't gotten ready for the day yet. Haha

I can't believe that I'm 26 weeks! I'm almost at the third trimester! I have a doctors appointment on March 1st, they are going to test me for gestational diabetes. So I get to drink that really sugary drink and get tested... That should be fun. haha

I can feel my muscles split apart in my tummy as Noah gets bigger. The other day it was really bad. Daniel and I were walking around in K-mart and I felt like everything was going to split open and fall out! Yucky. I'm thinking that I'm going to look into getting one of those support belts for my belly. I know I am not that big, I've see lots of girls at the same stage as me with much larger bellies than me, but I don't know how they do it! I also am curious to know how it's going to be when I get even larger in the next 14 weeks. Woohoo Only 14 more to go!

I keep having dreams at night where my doctors want to deliver the baby now. I hate these dreams. I keep telling them "he's not big enough yet!" I don't want them to deliver him because he's just too darn small, and needs more time to grow in my tummy. But they still put me in the hospital and put me on pitocin to get my contractions started. Last night in my dream I was in the hospital alone. Daniel had to go to school and My mom hadn't made it there yet. I remember laying there in my hospital bed waiting for my first contraction, scared about how it would feel. I did not like that feeling. I don't care if Daniel has to work or has school, when I'm in the hospital he's going to be there!