33 weeks

Well, 7 weeks to go! I told my mom that there was 48 days and she about freaked! So much stuff to get done (on her part, blankets, hats etc.) before he gets here.

I am suffering from a few annoying pregnancy symptoms.

1. Odd pains:: I have this weird pain right under my bra-line above my belly on the right side... oh and it radiates through to my back. And switching positions doesn't help one bit.

2. Swollen feet:: I was sure I was escaping this one, until I put on my cute black boots yesterday and I felt like my feet were going to burst out of these poor boots... looks like those will have to wait til after he's born.

3. Vericose Veins:: I took this one the hardest. Yes, I cried. I have the slightest start of a vericose vein on my left calf. I am mad at myself for getting upset because I wanted to bring this boy into the world so badly, but I sacrificed my stomach for Owen (stretch marks) and I didn't want to have to sacrifice my legs too. I read up on them and thankfully, they go away within 3 months of delivery if they were set on by pregnancy.

Other than that, I'm tired. Which is to be expected. Derek came home and should be home for about 2ish weeks. He laughs at me while I try to get comfortable in bed... there is lots of huffing and puffing and grunting and groaning. It's not easy to get into the 2 comfy positions lol! I had another OB appointment yesterday and everything looks good. Ryken's heartbeat was 140 and he's measuring right at 33 weeks. I start getting checked each time I go in (yippee!!!) and after my next appointment, I will be there once a week... a sure fire sign that there isn't much time left!

31 weeks

After this weekends scare, I didn't do much Sunday. I had a Dr appointment yesterday and told her about our little hospital trip. She told me to just take it easy and to not over do things and drink plenty of water (which if you know me, it's definitely not a problem to drink more than enough water!). Ryken checked out great again, 160bpm and measuring right on again. She could even feel his head right above my pelvis... so he's not low haha! I start going in every 2 weeks now and my next appointment is Sept 27th.

In other news... Derek comes home Thursday and doesn't have to go back to Wyoming!!! He was gone for 3 1/2 weeks, home for 4 days then back to Wyoming for 10 days. He will be getting stuff ready for another Hawaii trip, so who knows how long he'll be home.

While he is in Wyoming, we bought a new car. The Armada had been an issue from the moment we bought it a year ago. We tried trading it in to the dealership I bought it from (they said they'd help us since we bought the POS there), but when it came down to it the price they wanted to give us for the trade was not what I was initially told... in fact it was about $5,000 off of what I was told. So we walked away from the deal and kept dealing with problems. On Monday before Derek went back to Wyoming, he took his boat up to the lake to play and the Armada barely made it to the lake and just crawled going home... while back firing. Tuesday morning we took it into Puyallup Nissan where our favorite service writer, Steve, told us that he didn't want us leaving in the Armada and that we're getting a different car. They suggested a brand new Pathfinder... that didn't work. Way too small even for just me and 2 kids, let alone my 6'5" husband. I was discouraged to say the least when they didn't have anything that I thought was big enough for us that we could afford. The salesman showed me an 07 GMC Acadia, and I was shocked... that thing looks small, but has an amazing amount of room! Thankfully they were able to get us into the Acadia and with minimal negative equity from the Armada... in fact about half of what the other dealership was going to roll over. I'm very happy with it and we even got to test out how big it was this weekend :] I'm praying that this car is good to us...

Anywyas... SUPER long post, but this weekend was crazy!

9.10.11

So, yesterday was quite a day for me. I had a wedding to go to in Steilacoom. That was all I had planned. Right before the wedding started, I started to cramp. These continued with pretty strong (or strong to me) contractions. Throughout the ceremony and reception they continued. My sister got me some bread and water to hopefully help and it didn't. So, I called St. Elizabeth hospital to see what they would suggest. The nurse I talked to said, to just head to the nearest hospital to get evaluated. So, we looked up the nearest one and headed out. We got to St. Clare's in Lakewood and were told to head to the ER. After I was checked in and my vitals taken, I was sent back to a room. The DR came in super panicked and told me there was no OB dept in that hospital. Which of course we didn't know. He decided to check my cervix (um, this guy should be banned from doing that!!!!) and I hadn't dilated. He told me we needed to go to St. Joe's to be evaluated. So, I figured we'd just hop in the car and go... nope! Because I was going to be evaluated for pre-term labor I needed to be transported by ambulance. Great... about an hour later I'm in an ambulance going on a 10 minute drive. At St. Joe's they checked my urine, got me hooked up to monitors and did my vitals again. Everything checked out normal, and Ryken sounded great. The DR checked my cervix and it was closed, thick and high which is all good. We stayed for another 30 minutes while they continued to monitor Ryken and my contractions. I got released and was told to do nothing the rest of the weekend. So far today I've had 2 painful contractions, and thankfully they've been pretty far between the 2. My mom has been watching me like a hawk, and my sister and brother in law came over to help me too. I have a Dr appointment tomorrow morning, so I will discuss with her what happened and see what she wants me to do. Hopefully it was just a fluke thing and I don't have to be on bed rest... I know I will do whatever it takes to keep him in as long as possible though.