36 Weeks!

Can you believe I'm 36 weeks already? 9 months! Almost done! Sailor will be home in 2 weeks! I had my appt on Wednesday. I lost 2 lbs (woo hoo!), everything sounds and looks good. Only problem is...Dr will be out of town on the day that I want to induce. Since Sailor will be home on the 14th, we wanted to induce on the 16th so that he could spend as much time as possible with Bebe. Dr told me he'd be out of town from the 14th to the 18th, so I could do it on the 19th, but that'd give Sailor less than a week with Bebe...or he could come home a week later and we could induce on the 23rd. It sounded like he was leaning more towards wanting to do it on the 23rd, but I didn't really commit to anything. I talked to Sailor about it, and we decided that we'd rather him only get to spend a week with her than come a week later and risk missing the birth. I just don't know if I'll last until the 23rd. So, I called the Dr's office and the girl I spoke with told me that he'd be out of town until the 20th! It hadn't even been a full day since he told me the 18th. So, I told her what he had told me, but she argued, and I told her I'd just wait and talk to him at my appt (next Wed). I'm so frustrated! I've done so much to guarantee that he'll be the one to deliver Bebe and now I almost hope that I go in on my own while he's gone because I don't want to wait another week. I keep trying to tell myself that everything will work out, but I would really hate for Sailor to come home for the birth, but us not delivering until 2 days before leaves, you know?

Sore!

I went shopping yesterday for a diaper bag, and after walking around the mall once, I was in PAIN! I had to stop and rest between each store I went to, but it wasn't helping much, I was so sore. I finally found a diaper bag, got it, and then left (after walking around the mall a second time). After relaxing on the couch and drinking a ton of water, I felt much better. I was starting to get worried I wouldn't make it til Sailor gets home, though! He'll be home in less than 3 weeks and we're inducing in about 3 weeks (on or around the 16th of Oct). Everyone keep your fingers crossed that Bebe waits for her Daddy to come home! I'm going to cut down on working out, only going to do water aerobics twice a week (instead of 4 times a week) and no more long shopping trips. Luckily I have most of what I need now...but what will I do for entertainment?! LOL

Opinions

I'm so tired of people giving me their opinions when I don't ask! Every time I see my Mom, she criticizes Princess's hair and says she's too young to have long hair and she needs bangs to keep her hair out of her face. I don't want her to have bangs and it's really my decision how her hair is cut. I'm now a little worried that she's going to just get her hair cut while babysitting one day.

My MIL is a nurse and has decided to start "diagnosing" Princess...constantly! If she has a frog in her throat or a little cough or something, she'll say "You don't sound good at all! Is she getting sick?" And the other night, she said "She's way too pale, she needs to go outside more...or get tested for anemia." Ugh! I'm not one to run to the doctor for every little thing...in face, she's been to the doctor (other than well check-ups) twice. If she has a fever, I'll give her tylenol or motrin IF it seems to be bothering her...but I don't give it to her near as much as they say to. I'll usually just give her a dose twice a day instead of every 4 hours. I don't see the point in making a big deal about every little thing and it bugs me when others do.

Sorry, just had to get that off my chest...my vent for the day.

I Miss Sailor!

I know I have less than 4 weeks til he's home, but right now, I REALLY miss him! The time has gone by pretty quickly and it hasn't been too hard, but sometimes I just really miss him. I've been lucky and have been able to talk to him almost every day, but it's just not the same. He can't give me a hug when I need one or just hold me when I'm in the mood to be held.

Baby Shower

My Baby Shower was so much fun! Java, Jaws, and FBI did a GREAT job! I had so much fun and got some great stuff. I've really missed everyone, so it was great just to get to spend a few hours with my friends. It was a great day, I was sooo exhausted when I finally got home, though!

JC

Per your request, here's a couple belly shots...

Excluded

As y'all know, I live with my in-laws...MIL, FIL, BIL, SIL, niece, me and Princess live in one house. For the most part, it's working out pretty well. SIL cooks, I vacuum and empty the dishwasher, we all buy groceries. The problems are with the other stuff. MIL not agreeing with my disciplinary skills, punishing my daughter when I've already taken care of it...but Sailor had a talk with her and I don't see there being much of a problem with it in the future. Well today is my baby shower with all my playgroup friends and the entire household has planned a trip to Universal Studios. They didn't even tell me they were planning it, much less invite me along, and they planned it on a day that I'm busy. SIL, niece, and MIL were all invited to the shower, and MIL was planning on going but was torn between the two events. I told her it wouldn't hurt my feelings if she went with them, which it doesn't. It does, however, hurt my feelings that they would plan this trip without bothering to ask if I'd be interested in participating. I would love to go to any of the theme parks, I wouldn't, of course, because I'm too huge and uncomfortable to enjoy myself, but I'd love to feel included. They've done this before. They all planned a trip to Ohio to visit Sailor's grandparents (11 months before the trip that me and Sailor took) and none of them bothered to even tell us they were all going, much less ask if we wanted to join. We wouldn't have been able to go, anyway, because of money, but we'd never been and would've liked to feel like they wanted to include us, you know? Oh well, we'll be gone soon and then they can exclude us all they want.

On a happier note, I am 34 weeks today! That means Sailor will be home in 4 weeks!!! I had an appt on Tuesday, it went well, I gained 3 lbs, but lost 2 the appt before, so really only gained 1 in 4 weeks. My total weight gain is about 20 lbs, so I'll probably be right at the 25 lb mark when I deliver...exactly where my Dr wants me to be. I had the Dr check me and I'm still nice and closed up, I was getting a little worried with all the working out that I was going to induce myself early or something, lol.

I had my Gestational Diabetes class yesterday, finally. It was very informative, and as I expected, I've been way too strict on myself. It'll be a pretty easy diet to stick to once I go shopping and get my meal plan worked out. The hard part will be testing myself. I tried twice this morning and couldn't get enough blood to test. Oh well, I'll get it eventually.

I'm really excited about my shower today, I can't wait to see everyone! It's actually quadruple shower, for me, Purplemama, and two other Mamas in the playgroup. Should be alot of fun!

5 More Weeks!

Sailor will be home in 5 weeks! I'll be 33 weeks tomorrow and Bebe will be here in about 5 1/2 weeks. I'm sure y'all are getting sick of my countdown, but I'm so excited!

Update on the Gestational Diabetes...I finally got signed up for my diet counseling, it'll be in 1 week. They'll be giving me a blood sugar monitor, teaching me how to use it, and going over a diet plan and guidelines. They'll be doing weekly checks on me to make sure my blood sugar is staying where it's supposed to be. Since diabetes runs in both mine and Sailor's families, I'm hoping to stick with a low-sugar (just not as strict) diet to prevent us inheriting it. I'd much rather watch my sugar intake now than have to go through diabetes later! I don't think the preventative diet is as hard, and they do have diet counseling for that, also, at the Diabetes Clinic, so I'm going to get the info on that. Sailor's not at all excited about this, but I guess he'll get over it.