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Christena's Journal
Expecting January 2004
Tue Sep 09, 2003
Pregnancy update, 20 weeks and all is well
Well, baby is a kicker already and an US did confirm I was having a healthy baby boy. There is a nice Christian fellow who does them outta his basement office for all homebirthing moms for an affordble price. I almost didn't get one but hubby wanted me to have one and I wanted to confirm my edd. I used to go for two of them but decided one was enough. Might not even get one the next go around.
I have been doing all my prenatals. I did have my iron cheked and it was too low. a 10.1 actually. It needed to be a good 12. so! I'm taking vitamins now and eating more iron rich foods. I have a chart on myself. In it contains all the info I'd ever need if ever there was a prob. . I have kept in there my weight, BP, pulse, urine check, measurments, and FHR. I was able to buy an inexpensice doppler and its very reassuring for me to know baby's heartbeats are right on. I have almost as much stuff as a MW would. LOL!
I will order a birth kit in the next month or so. I wanted to go waterbirth but being our first UC I want to break hubby in real good first. LOL! So, that'll come later.
I have 5 other children all 12 and under. So, I will have three girls and three boys when baby comes. I'm looking forward to snuggling another winter baby.
I haven't gained any weight yet but I'm very sure that'll come now that I'm at the halfway point.LOL!
Well, anyways. Most of my supplies were bought at a Walmart or Christian birthing supply company. Lots of stuff one can get over the internet now. Amazing!
Well, this is my update and the saga continues. TeeHee. ~
Wed Sep 10, 2003
strange belly button, weird little ol' me
Well, around this same time every pregnancy I get this weird belly button thing. Like it gets infected or something. Really itchy and a little stinky. I have to wash out the inside with alcohol or peroxide and over a few days it goes away. But! Its so strange. I don't know of anyone else this happens to. Thought I'd share since maybe someone out there does this and thinks themself odd also. LOL!~
Thu Sep 11, 2003
Feeling pregnant for sure now., update
Well, I've been feeling little kicks a lot more. He's an active little tyke. LOL! I have been feeling things much more now. I'm getting slower, fatter, etc... LOL!
I am glad my belly button has seemed to heal. I kinda think it was a bit of a yeastie thing going on there. Weird but true. I did finally hear that one other gal did that.
I've been feeling much more maternal towards baby. Love is a given for my little one. Trying to seek inward and talk to him yk? I have also been nesting a bit. Got a lot to do before babe gets here. I'm trying to enjoy this time while baby is in my tummy. What's weird is that I'm also looking forward to the next and this one isn't even born! I am glad we leave that door open and am looking forward to having more.
I think its neat to be pregnant and never have to go anywhere and stress yourself out loading children up and out. I have been feeling such a peace since hubby said we would UC. I am so.... enjoying everything now. No worries about stuff.
Well, four more months to go. I guess I'm gonna start seeking out my verses for the birth. Something I didn't do the last time. Hubby prayed but I didn't do anything all that special. I want to prepare and maybe even print the verses out for hubby to have. My only thought is that I'm enjoying this pregnancy so far too much. LOL! Baby dreaming going on. And I still have all this time to wait. Well, no rushing. I'll just take this time to pray and read and prepare my house.
Smooth pregnancy so far.
Well, thats my ramblings for the night. ~
Sat Sep 13, 2003
Its almost Fall here, looking forward to some cooler weather
Well, the temps have been so...... hot. And now there are a few blessed days that under a shade tree are rather nice. I'm looking forward to the Fall weather. IT means lots of campfires seeing us roasting weiners and marshmallows and having a good time. Here in TN the trees get really pretty changing colors. Over the next few weeks I will get to watch this change.
I am feling better and look forward to taking it easy over the last few months of my pregnancy. I am gonna be focused on my homeschooling and house over these next couple of months. I also need to order my birth kit and birthing ball in plenty of time for the birth. Probably in another month I'll see to doing that.
Right now I'm in the middle of fixxing up my house for sale. We are hoping to have it up on the market soon. Hubby and I want some acerage to raise the littles closer to the earth. A simple life. Tranquil is a good word for how the place of our dreams would be.
As baby kicks more often now and I'm feeling the pregnancy I find myself melancholy a little some days even dreamy. I really want some quiet time and can't seem to get it and my hot steamy showers get longer. LOL! I can't wait to find that acerage somewhere so that we can get a good walking trail to take evening strolls on. I like a nice walk in the woods . Very pretty to come across a creek or catch sight of a deer. Well, unless our house sells very fast I think I'll have to wait for those moments for the next pregnancy if God has another one in mind after this one.
For now, my season of life is seeing me so.... busy. I am afraid to commit to much outside of the home. I am single-minded a bit and need focus on the things at hand. I also wish I could get a nap every afternoon. Sometimes I find myself passing out for a cat nap on the couch. Grumpily awaking to the noise of the littles. LOL! Well, I guess these are ramblings for today. I'll try to post updates often. ~
Thu Sep 18, 2003
Nesting early? LOL! maybe
Well, I have a lot of work to do. But I'm determined and slowly things are looking up around here. I hope to have this place clean as a whistle and organzied by the time the baby gets here for sure. Been decluttering and going through clothes. Baggin up all the "stuff". Tossing most of it or taking it to the salvation army. Amazing how good it feels to see the light shining once again on a floor here and there. LOL!
Early trimester saw my house a shambles. Second trimester has me to cleaning it up and preparing. I know in those last couple months I'll be so...... big and just unable to get this stuff done to my satisfaction. I still try though. I make my homeschooled children work right alongside me. It helps.
I have been needing to find a way though to take an afternoon nap. Don't think I can put those off much longer. HIts me hard right after lunch. Sleepies that is. So... much to be doing during the day. But, I must also do a bit of nurturing of myself I know.
I watched a UC birthing tape last night. And today my aspiring MW almost 8 yodd made me bring out my first homebirth tape of the delivery. Dont know if I wanted to really watch that. LOL! Kinda brings it all home yk?
Anyways, still another week or so before I perform another prenatal on myself. I've been doing good to keep things written down. for no other reason than my own personal records. Been having some very mild BH contractions ever so often. Which are quite normal for me and those twinges in my cerivx. I know by the due date my body will be so.... ready to deliver this baby. The weather should be cooling down and I'll be able to start opening my windows for that fresh morning air. I love Fall and spring.
I've also been reading some good Beverly Lewis books. I can't put them down it seems.
Oh, and hears a warning for those who love the RRL tea. I have noticed actual contractions after drinking mine. Perhaps I like it too strong but for anyone who wants to know. I reccomend going light with it if you want to drink it. My body is sensitive to herbs. Here's a weird thing. Hospital drugs for pain or whatever don't ever work. Herbs that God made work very well. Too well. LOL! Isn't that neat? My family hasn't been to a doc in over 2 years becasue the herbs are used here. God has prepared for us everything in an all natrural way. Guess thats why some of us are drawn to the UC homebirths. I know I fear not and am looking forard to mine. God is good to this family!
Hope everyone else is doing super. Looking forward to an occasional birth story. Take care~
Tue Sep 23, 2003
Fall weather is nice, my ramblings
Well, I had all my windows open today. It was beautiful. Fall weather here is just grand. We are now getting an occsional egg also from our chickens. Nothing better than fresh from the coop eggs. My girls show them for 4-H very soon.
My dear daughter had her 8th bd today. I made her a bd cake and had some ice cream. My gram and gramps did come over and got her a purse and watch. She felt special.
I am getting tired now lots. Belly is noticably pregnant and then some. My tummy is looking further along than I really am. I stand amazed at the sympathetic looks I get now. LOL!
Everything is going well. I can always tell when I am not getting enough water though and or rest. That happens when I run too hard or clean house to long. Taking time out for myself is a must now. I have commited to not commit to anything much outside the home . Homeschooling is slacking a bit also. I am trying to get through the days. An occasional nap would be a good thing. I find slowing down with this pregnancy a bit hard. But then my body drags and I know I have to. I'm gonna work at the nap thing. I am gonna lay down from now on as much as I can. I only have a few more months and all to get some rest.
Baby is a real kicker, too. He's surprisingly strong for someone so tiny.
Well, I'll keep this updated. I have had a hard day with bad news from a friend. Life is such a mixture of loss and life isn't it? God is there though through thick or thin.
Well, I'd better go now. Its getting late and I have to force myself to go to bed on time and get some sleep! No late night computer time for me then. LOL!~
Sat Sep 27, 2003
24 week prenatal, looking good............
Well, my BP, pulse, and urine all looked great this evening. Hubby timed FHR for me and baby was a wondeful 156 beats per minute. My uterus has grown to 28 cm. Which is fine as I usually am bigger than average due to the fact this is my 6th. LOL! My weight is miraculously unchanged. I have yet to gain weight. Which is not a biggie since I'm overweight to begin with. Its all going to baby as my tummy would show. LOL! I'm taking my herbal prenatal vitamins and trying to eat good and drink enough.
I have been way too busy for my own good lately. This last month has flown by what with everything thats happening . By next month I plan on limiting my outside commitments by far. I have to try and force myself to take it easy. I also want to try and catch the ocasional nap! Hard to do with littles underfoot. LOL! But, I will try.
Having some slight swelling now. All pretty common.
Well, alright! This is my update and I can't think of anymore I needed to share besides feeling clueless as to the name yet. Other opregnancies saw my baby named right away. But I'm clueless. Oh, well. I've got plenty of time yet. O.k. thats all for right now. Thanks for reading this far. ~
Tue Oct 07, 2003
Days are tiring., not enough hours in the day.
I'm busy trying to get my house up for sale . Means lots of little things and lots of major cleaning. Which I dunno if I am truly up for. Doing what I have to do though. Slowly pulling things together. Hope to have the for sale sign in the yard in just another week or two.
I'm always tired and never get enough sleep and whine, whine, whine. LOL! I'm huge and waddling already and short tempered. Ugh. I am doing the best I can to be up to all the tasks set before me but I did say trying. Baby is truly a little kickboxer.
Anyways, I am moving on in my 6th month now and so..... hoping things continue to go smoothly as far as the pregnancy is concerned. Life is just way too full. I've begun to make a point to focus on my house and what *I* need. If I'm not home and stay busy running erands and here to there nothing goes smooth and its so hard on me. So, I've committed to decommit. LOL! Relief is sure to come.
Thanks for read all of my ramblings. Will continue to update.~
Sat Oct 11, 2003
Moaning and groaning.LOL!, comments enough
Well, if I hear one more time that I must be having twins becasue I'm so huge I'll scream!!! LOL!
I'm just now going into my 6th month for goodness sake. When I go out in public (which I probably won't wanna do over the next couple of months) I hear suprise and amazement as to my size. Everyone thinks I'm ready to pop. And when I mention I've got a couple more months to go they bring up the twins comments. :( Guess its getting on my nerves a little. I am also getting whiny when I dislike being that way.
I have also been trying to fight off the occasional fear of delivering a huge baby! I know that's nuts but there it is. I sit sometimes and wonder can I pass a baby thats over my typical 9 pounds and survive without major tearing? Weird that I let this stuff even enter my mind but there it is. And all the huge tummy comments don't help there. I'm tired all the time and stressed and baby's little kicks are now starting to be uncomfortable bordering on almost painful.
I hope once I've had a few weeks of not running myself ragged things will improve but my plate is full right now. And I am staying stressed out and here lately touched out too. I need more of my hubby, sleep, and productive days. Maybe tonight I'll be able to get some sleep and will feel up to tomorrow. I so need a hot cup of herbal tea and to put my aching feet up. Well, I'm off to try and get littles to bed so I can have an hour to unwind before I turn in myself.
Thanks for reading thus far. Sorry if I was too negative and whiny. Hope my next post sees me a little more peaceful and less whiny.((grins)).~
Sat Oct 18, 2003
27 week update, things are a happening......
Well, things are going on here. The day after tomorrow we go to sign papers to get our home on the market. We bought a wonderful used king size bed and frame. We sold a bed which they are picking up tomorrow and a TT which they got today. I was so... blessed to speak to the woman who bought it. She was sad over the loss of her hubby and we talked for awhile while my hubby and her son and grandsson loaded it up and hitched it up for her . Apparently she grew up in the mountains of KY and was one of 13 children. Her hubby was a preacher and a good man so she told me rather lovingly. And they themselves had 8 bio and 1 adopted child. She went on to encourage and bless me for our lifestyle (quiverful). She is I believe about 72 years old. But she sure didn't look it!!! Hope *I* will be so blessed as she and look so good to boot. Anyways, she left and I told her she was welcome to call me anytime and I really meant that.
And oh for my update. TeeHee. I've slowed down just a little and thats a good thing. Been getting BH every evening. IF I'm on my feel at night they come on. Uncomfortable but not exactly painful (yet). Already feeling some softening of my cervix with an occasional twinge. But that is normal for me. I slowly dialate over the last few months so its not anything for me to be concerned.
I did order a few things from a birthing supplies company. Got what I wanted such as a hot water bottle, book (Emergency Childbirth), peri bottle, 2 cord clamps, pp sanitary napkins and lets see oh a sterile bulb syringe. I'll stop some day by the herbal store to get some cord care and HemHalt for the birth. Thats it. I already have everything else including my plastic birthing pool. So, I'm perty set to go. Now over the next few months I can stock up on baby items and diapers.
Taking my herbal vit. and trying eat and drink right of course. And yes, the comments are still coming about my huge and growing tummy. TeeHee. Now looks of shock are just being ignored people. LOL!
Gee, I guess this is about all I have to share right now. Hope everyone esle is doing super and healthy also. Luv ya'll!~
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