Still Pregnant
Yes I’m still pregnant, How sad is that. I feel like I have been waiting years to see this baby. why doesn’t he want to come out now but at 25 weeks he wanted to come out. Well if anything its good to know the longest Id be waiting is only two more weeks. Not allowed to go past 42 weeks.
I went to my Dr. appointment today. I am still 3 centimeters dilated and that’s about it. I’m glad I had the guy doctor today too because it doesn’t hurt when he checks my dilation. I don’t know whats wrong with women doctors but they just seem to kill my stomach every time they check for dilation. But anyways I’m just tired alot and have heartburn all the time. Its not fun right now. This Friday I will be 40 weeks pregnant exactly so I am hoping he will be here by then. If not then I guess its another week or two.
39 weeks pregnant Today
OK so I am 39 weeks pregnant today and the baby is still not ready. I have my bags packed with no where to go. I am dreading nexts weeks Dr. appointment because I know shes going to check my dilation again and I have to go alone because My man has to work so there is no one to hold my hand while I pretty much die lol. I don’t know why but this last time after she checked my cervix I almost felt like passing out. It was not good.
So today I did the laundry and vacumed and I still feel fine. Yesterday walked around a bit a Target and a few other stores and still nothing is changing. I am really excited to meet my baby but now am also getting nervous of the pain to come. I am really wondering when he will decide its time to come on out.
38 weeks pregnant
I went to my appointment this week to see the doctor. She checked my cervix to see if I was dilated at all and she said I was 3 centimeters. I hate when they check because it hurts alot. I’m not sure if I believe her though because I saw a man doctor about a month or so ago and he checked me and said I was 0 when I was checked before at the hospital and they said I was 1 centimeter. So its hard to say. I kinda liked the guy doctor because he was like the head doctor of everyone and has been a doctor for a long time and seemed to know more than all the women doctors. But all I can do is wait and see what happens. The baby has been moving alot too and poking his feel out on my sides, you can see it and it looks really weird. I’m also having trouble sleeping and breathing while I sleep. Hope everything will turn out ok. After the doctor checked me, I had some bleeding and still do a bit so I’m kinda scared to really go anywhere. I am just going to stay in bed for now until I am ready to take a walk.
Baby Brain
Alot of people who have not been pregnant before or just don’t want to believe its true don’t know about a thing called ‘baby brain”. Its when you are pregnant and your brain gets lost and forgetful and you really do forget things easily and do things completely wrong.
Scientists have found that a woman’s brain actually shrinks during pregnancy and the brain cell volume actually decreases during the third trimester.But luckily it all comes back a few months after pregnancy. At least now they have found that the vitamin called choline helps bring back those memory cells. Most moms will get it from their prenatal vitamins but its not enough. You can get more of this vitamin by eating egg yolks,beef,milk,soybeans,citrus fruits,wheat germ and nuts.
It is also recommended to get lots of this vitamin even after pregnancy and especially if you are breastfeeding. So thats alot of vitamins to be taking when you are pregnant. Remember during the beginning of pregnancy to take lots of folic acid to help the baby’s development and then in the third trimester to take lots of choline for yours and your baby’s brain development.
Im going to be a Mom
Wow Juan and I are so happy we are about to be parents to a sweet little baby boy. We both wanted a boy too and its just such a miracle for us. One thing that tells me its a miracle and meant to be is the name we picked out for him means gods gift. And we didn’t even know it when we picked it. We found out the meaning afterward and its just so perfect. Our baby is gods gift to us.
We just cant wait to meet him. I spent all day yesterday cleaning, washing clothes and stuff around the house. Today I was bored though because yesterday I had done everything already. I wanted to take a walk today but it was just way too hot outside. I didn’t want to take a chance of me collapsing or something strange happening being by myself. Cant wait til this weekend because we will do some walking together and get to spend more time together since he works alot. When the baby comes too he gets to take a couple weeks off which is great. Well we have everything we need, just waiting for our little guy to make his big debu.
Week 37 Dr. visit
So yesterday I had my doctor visit. It was pretty much a bunch of nothing. haha. Just go and get measured, weighed and listen to the baby’s heartbeat. The doctor asked if I know when to go to the hospital, I don’t know why they ask that, I mean I’m not stupid lol. If it starts hurting alot or water breaks or anything crazy shows up then of course I will be running to the hospital. Its crazy though how at around 25 weeks the baby almost wanted to come out and I had small contractions and now he is just wanting to stay in there. The other thing I didn’t really get is that the doctor said the baby is small just by feeling my belly. But he weighed 4 pound when I was about 30 weeks so Id assume hes about 6 pounds but she thinks hes only 5. So we will see about that. Next appointment is next Tuesday morning. She said to start walking alot to help the baby come out. SO maybe next week I will start doing that. Ive been walking though and cleaning and nothing has happened yet so Hope he doesn’t stay in there past his due date.
More cute stuff for the Baby
It was so nice yesterday. Juan’s family had a little barbecue party for us. We had some yummy food. His mom brought one of those chocolate fondue things to dip the fruit in, that was so good. We got some more awesome gifts too. We got the diaper bag from his mom that we needed. His sisters got us the stroller and it came with a car seat, so we will have two car seats which is cool because the free one I got can be for the baby when he gets older because it doesn’t have the carry handle on it. One of his sisters got us a cute photo frame for a photo of each month. That’s a very cool idea. And then some more cute clothes and this sponge bath thing that I wanted for the bathtub. I think we are totally ready for sure now.
Got My Babys Car Seat
So yesterday I finally got a car seat for the baby. All I had to do was take this car seat class at the medical place I go to and they gave me a free one. Its pretty good because it can be used for many years. Its not just for infants, so when the baby gets bigger we can still use it. So we pretty much have just about everything ready. Juan wants to buy some shelves to put up on the wall to make more room for some of the baby’s stuff.
Right now I am just waiting for the baby to say hes ready to be here. I have three weeks left and I hope its soon. I have been so exhausted and sleep way to much during the day. I also started getting tummy aches again. I sometimes get the chills too once in a while. Hope this means hes coming soon.
Folic Acid Works
I truly believe in the vitamin Folic Acid. About a year ago I got pregnant and ended up having a miscarriage. It was so sad since I thought everything was perfect. I had met the perfect guy and we both wanted to have kids. well after going to the doctor visits in the end to have the dnc operation. The doctors told me they really could not figure any reason why I had lost the baby but they told me to take lots and lots of the vitamin called Folic Acid if I wanted to try again for another baby.
So I really listened to what they had told me. Right after I got out of the hospital. A few days later I began taking folic acid everyday. I never missed a day. I took it for six months straight until one day I realized I was pregnant again. Of course since I had lost the first baby I was still scared and worried but Now being in my ninth month and still taking this vitamin, I am a true believer that it really does work to help your baby be strong to stay growing inside you.
9 Months
I’m getting very close to having my baby. It has been a long journey. My stomach is pretty big now. My bellybutton is practically all the way out now. Its so weird. It looks funny. I know I haven’t actually experienced having the baby and the pain of that but from what I have been through so far, I would say that I wouldn’t mind doing it again.
I’m at the point now where I am so anxious to see my baby, I just want him to come out soon, I really cant wait. I just hope I don’t go over the due date and they make me wait the extra two weeks, if that happens I will ask if I can be induced.
The pain you feel in your body when you walk is indescribable, it hurts in a weird way, almost like you just want to collapse because your back is so bend out of shape. Some days I don’t feel anything and I feel normal to do whatever. But then some days it starts to hurt when I stand or walk to much.
