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Lisa's 2nd Unassisted Pregnancy Journal
Expecting November 2005
Mon Oct 03, 2005
Food Poisoning
Friday night we went to On the Border for Mexican food. Everyone got food poisoning. It was so horrible. I was just feeling better from last week’s short bought of not feeling well. Anyway, I knew I was doomed by the time I went to bed and was still burping green peppers.
2am I was on the pot, puking a short time later. Just feeling horrid, the stomach cramps were terrible and baby movements made them so much worse. Chills but no fever. Everyone was on the couch bed with me or in with daddy all day just doing nothing. Everyone was feeling much better by Saturday evening but me, probably because I didn’t get to nap. So I went to bed at 5:30 but was up a few hours later with a nice repeat of the puking and pot routine.
I was in bed again Sunday but feeling better by late evening. Sunday night I had a horrible cramps/pain in my neck, shoulders, down to my finger tips aching like crazy. Not sure what that was from? It was so bad at 2am I was up taking vitamins and Emergen-C. Much better when I got up this morning. Still not much intestinal movements though. Lots of high gas and burping telling me I’m not digesting well and need to take it easy food wise. Another nap day and early to bed and hopefully I’ll be back on the road to feeling really good again. Still have good baby movements, in fact “caught” a foot today. Love it!
Thu Sep 29, 2005
33w
33w
Feel horrible today. I had the runs too. Might be dehydrated but I’m getting contractions when I move around. They aren’t like full blown labor ctx but I feel them pulling in my back and pulling upward from my pubic bone. Trying to drink only tons of water and rest as much as I can. Movement is also different. I think I feel every little move you make and it’s driving me batty. It’s weird and I’m even having trouble catching my breath at times. Sometimes, when it’s real quiet, I can hear “juices” moving around. Sounds like water sloshing. I wonder if it’s you kicking my intestines or the amniotic fluid. Hoping this is just the “beginning of the end!”
Definitely head down still and probably will remain that way. Don’t think there is that much space for you to turn head over heels anymore. My stretch marks are being stretched to the limit and I expect to see new ones any day now. Fundal height 35cm.
SIL was induced Friday and I feel so left behind, am ready to be done. The sciatic and pubic pain hasn’t been as bad the last week. I did have some insomnia last night for about an hour. But I won't admit it was the OREO I had before bed. *grins and a big yawn* Hope tonight is better!
Thu Sep 22, 2005
32w
Belly is a changing. It’s quite hard all the time now, very round and full of baby. But you still flop all over or really it’s more like rolls now. Fundal height is about 34 it changes as soon as you move which is as soon as I put my hands on my belly and touch where you are. Hannah makes you move whenever she talks to you. It's such fun to watch the kids falling in love with the baby already.
Tue Sep 06, 2005
Almost 30w
A miserable Labor Day weekend. Over stretched my groin ligaments and it’s taking a long time to heal. Need another day or so of no walking or carrying Elyana to get it healed more. So painful and makes life hard, I can barely walk. Fundal height is 33cm so it's slowed way down thankfully. FHT are all over the place 140s-160s. Nathaniel and I usually listen once a week or so. Last time it was way down low again but mid line, just above my pubic bone. He loves it. Feeling baby LOTS! Actually throwing my equilibrium off a bit and making me feel ill. Weird. Baby jumped at a loud underwater tub noise last night. Enjoying my tub time when I get it. BH are picking up a bit too.
Thought I was getting a bladder infection last night. Woke up to the beginning feelings and hopefully got it licked. Drank 1/2 gallon of cranberry juice between 1-8am and upped my vit c 500mg an hour. Then flushed with a gal of water today. I've had no feelings since the first few hours - sleepless night obviously but worth it! And yes, it was the darn bath salts or all the sweating and peeing I did while out yesterday and not being able to get into my "empty bladder all the way" position. Quite hard in a public restroom with a babe on lap!
Everything else is going fine. Not feeling the need to prepare for birth or anything. No real baby dreams or birth dreams of any sort either. So ho-hum...
Wed Aug 10, 2005
26w
I pickied up my 11 year old neice at the airport last night. I’m quite worn out from the trip. Taking me a whole day to recover from chasing the kids and walking and pushing the stroller a few miles over 2 1/2 hours. She is a great help already just in keeping the kids occupied, changing diapers and having some 'adult' conversation.
I'm 'full' and somehow keep getting fuller. It's funny how I forget just how BIG my belly can stretch. Down to under 100 days and I hope the rest of the time flies by. I feel ready now, like if baby came tomorrow I'd be prepared just because I'm in baby mode still. It's my first pregnancy where I don't feel shocked that I'm pg or unready for the reality that a new baby is coming to join our family. I guess I've figured out that life will be more full, more fun, easier in the sense that babies make you slow down and sit more, realize there are more important things than going to the library or zoo or whatever. Of course there is a bit more work involved but there is this great thing called grace. So after I figured this all out, and then accepted it, life has been 'easier' and I'm more content. I’m actually a bit impatient to not be pg, though I'm sure I'll miss it a bit after all is said and done but it’s getting in the way of daily chores now.
Physically, I'm doing very well. The heat has backed off a good 10 degrees with this insane humidity, quite nice. My pubic pain has been kept to a minimum with extra calcium and magnesium. The pregnancy tea sustains even more vitamins and I normally feel great! The Lord always provides and I look forward to what he will provide us in the future - girl or boy?
Wed Jul 27, 2005
24w
I had my first baby dream last night. I went to a FP doc (funny how I just walked in and dind't even have to wait) and they did an u/s. They gave me a bunch of percentages on the due date and I had a 4% chance of delivering on 11/4, 6% on 11/9 and a 94% chance on 11/14. And it was a boy. I can tell baby is getting bigger and filling up more space. Some of the kicks hurt and bony parts collide on my ribs or hips when I sit down. Definitely feeling hiccoughs now too.
My mood is quite mellow and I'm just waiting out this summer blaze praying for rain each day.
Thu Jul 14, 2005
22w Grumbles
Today I decided I'm further along than I *think* I am. LOL What pg woman hasn't wished to be further along though right? The movments I'm feeing and the size of the baby all point that way though. Today I felt hiccups for the first time and was able to grab a head the size of an apple, got kicked good for it too. So I'm confused and in full pregnancy whine mode with summer temperatures at 115F/46C. My back aches, pelvic discomfort is disabling after 4pm etc...same old same old stuff. I've gained 10 lbs too. ahhh Dreaded necessary weight, why then is it my rear that is growing?! Fundal height is 26cm, consistent growth is what I've had. All good really, not much to complain about since I am pregnant. *smack me* Baby is moving, and everyone is excited. Oh, and I found the heartbeat with the fetoscope easily - 144bpm.
Mentally I'm worn out. Kids are getting cabin fever and I am so worn out aftre taking them anywhere I just want to stay home. We manage the library and one other outing a week. Dh thinks I should be getting them out daily. grr He is also fighting depression. Goes through this each summer and holding him up is hard work. He refuses to have an UC with just him and me so I'm once again in search of someone who can "sit with him." I'm really praying for a SHORT labor in the afternoon when the kids nap. This way, no-one can make it in time and there are no hindrances like my last birth had from too many people watching the show.
I need to remember God said he would carry my yoke. Perhaps lengthen my daily prayer time! Won't hurt ;-)
Fri Jul 01, 2005
20w
I've been feeling the pressure 'down there' for a few weeks but it's just getting worse. I thought I'd give a quick check and my darn vericose vein is back. NUTS Have to think on that for a while. In the mean time, I cna't be upright for long periods of time.
I've found my placenta. I've always though it was on my upper right because that was the one place I never felt movement until just recently. So I got the stethoscope out and could hear a faint wooshing there. Hoping it keeps baby upwards instead of dug into my hip like the last one always was. Felt baby’s rump/side, those flips and flops are my favorite.
I’m also extremely emotional. I can cry at the drop of a pin. I’ve given up watching movies or reading because it inevitably leads to tears. This is dangerous for me because it’s quite easy to throw a pity party for myself with or without reason. I’m finding it ever so necessary to guard my heart and fill it with His truths instead of things around me.
Ever onward for the 2nd half of the journey...
Wed Jun 15, 2005
18 weeks - The Belly Button Tells All
Here comes the belly button. It is now on it's flattening journey, soon to pass flat and go outward. LOL
About 18 weeks. Feeling great and last night Elyana was only up 2x for a quick sip of water! I woke at 6am totally rested - amazing feeling. I'd forgotten what it was like. Fundal height is 21cm so perfect. I've gotten used to feeling baby, doesn't make me feel 'off' anymore. Just smile. Dh doesn't have the patience to wait 2 minutes to feel yet but Nathaniel does and Hannah gets a kick out of talking to baby.
We read the online version of Angels in the Water this morning and afterwards, the kids played "womb" under some blankets. One would "push" the other out, feed them (ahem - had to put a stop to the literal nursing). It was funny. They even played twins in their makeshift uterus. It was fun to watch.
Wed Jun 08, 2005
17 weeks
Nothing too new to report pregnancy wise. Uterus is at my belly button now so growing perfectly! Feeling kicks every day now and it makes me smile! Even felt baby from outside way down low in my hip where there is no fat.
Last week I took the kids to the zoo - wore Elyana in a backpack part of the time. I drank plenty of water, had a hat on, and still got poisoned by the 90F sun. I was in bed for 2 1/2 days barely able to sit up. Thankfully my mother was visiting and took care of us. Not sure how to prevent this from happening again except to stay out of the heat/sun. Not fun!
Just wanted to make note, started taking calcium and magnesium before bed. I'm sleeping better and so is Elyana. I think it really helps with her teething, she's a bear! She's still "nursing" several times a day and would be latched all night if I let her. But last night she slept 7 hours straight, took a drink of water and went back to sleep for another hour! So nice compared to being up every 1 1/2-2 hours. Lets hope it lasts!
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