36 week check-up

I had a good little visit with Dr. Rodier yesterday. Awesome doctor I love her to death! My blood pressure and urine were both good. Weight was up 2 pounds not bad but I don't like the number. Baby sounded good and was moving around in there. I am measuring ahead again. She said I was measuring 37-38 weeks. I think that he is just stretched out when she checks. When she checked me she said there was alot of pressure from his head, my cervix is very thin and dimpled. She also mentioned that last time she checked me baby was still ballotable, meaning when she touched his head he moved back up. He is no longer doing that. She said she wouldn't be suprised if I didn't make it to next weeks appointment. I think I will though, My water has never broken on its own and I have never went into active labor on my own either. Not to say that this one could be different, but I think I will make to my c-section date. Only 15 more days!!!

One if these days I may start wearing make-up on a daily basis again...

Favorite Baby Items

As my c-section date draws closer (16 days) I am getting excited about using all the stuff I was so excited to get!!! Since this is my 4th baby I thought there wouldn't really be anything that I would be excited about or anything new. Once I actually get to use these things I will write a review. These are just a few of my favorite things...

So first is my diaper bag. This is not actually the diaper bag I had my heart set on. I found a diaper bag online and I fell in love with it. The only problem...it's $90.00. Pretty expensive for a diaper bag. I read the reviews to see if it would be worth it and they made me want it even more. I justified me buying this diaper bag with the fact that I haven't had to buy hardly anything for this baby and I really wanted it. So the time came to buy it and I am showing it to my husband and he says "I'm not carrying that it looks like a purse." Which it does but I was heartbroken. And if I was going to spend $90.00 on a diaper bag I surely wasn't about to buy another one for him to carry. So I looked and looked for another one that I still liked but wasn't purse like. I found one and bought it before I could change my mind. Then a couple days later my friend bring me a backpack diaper bag. My husband loved it and said "I'm gonna carry this one around." So I could have gotten the bag I wanted to begin with!!! AHHHH anyway the bag finally came and I love it. I will never know if my first love would have been better but the one I got it pretty great!

Now the next thing completely grosses most people out. But if you have ever had a baby with a terrible cold and stuffy nose I think you would feel differently. Keelan was born with a cold and kept it for about 2 months. We tried everything to clear his little nose so he could breathe but nothing helped and we felt so bad for him. He just seemed miserable. With this baby being born in the winter I know that it is a very good possibility he too could get a cold. So I found this...

It is called a NoseFrida. And it is exactly what the picture looks like. You stick the tip of the blue tube into the baby's nose and put the red tip in your mouth and suck. The snot does NOT get into your mouth. The tube is actually quite big so you would have to fill that whole thing up then there is a filter and the tube it would have to travel through to get to your mouth. Every review I have read about this thing is amazing. I can't wait to use it!!!

Thanksgiving 2011

We had a pretty good Thanksgiving but my husband had to work so he wasn't able to eat with us. We had originally planned to go to his family's house but then when we knew it was a possibility that he would have to work I let everyone know that I would go to my family's if he did have to work. Of course my mother in law tried to make me feel bad about it and pull a guilt trip on me. I don't care though I would rather see my own family than to spend Thanksgiving with people that I barely even know. I could seriously probably count on both hands that number of times I have seen these people over the past 8 years. I didn't take many pictures because my aunt usually takes a million pictures. She didn't bring her camera this time so all I have are a couple that I took of the boys with my phone. Anyway...the food was great and I had a good time with my family. My mom brought her boyfriend!!! It was the first time everyone else got to meet him and they have been together for about 2 years. The baby was really calm Thanksgiving day and he made me a nervous wreck. He has moved plenty since then but really thinking back I probably should have gone to be monitored. I am thankful and blessed that he is ok. But even though he was moving he wasn't passing the kick counts and something could have been wrong. But all is well in Jesus name!

Baby Obsticle and Exclusive Pumping

I attempted to paint my toes last night! Have you ever tried to do that with 35 weeks worth of baby goodness in your way?! It is so hard. I think I ended up doing a half way decent job though. But I was very uncomfortable and out of breath by the time I was finished. I think I am going to go get a pedicure a day of two before my RCS. It sounds amazing and so relaxing. And after 9 months of being pregnant I think I deserve it.

I think I may have the fattest little hands ever!

And my Flinstone feet :)

I know that this will sound absolutely crazy to some people and that is ok. I am not into breastfeeding. I don't know what it is  but it makes me feel very uncomfortable to have my child sucking on my boob. I know it is natural I know that my body is made to do it, but I can't seem to get the idea out of my head. I tried to breastfeed with my oldest son. He couldn't latch on correctly. I was in terrible pain every time I tried. He would be crying because he was hungry and I would be crying because it hurt so bad. So I gave up. I didn't even attempt with my next 2. I know that it is the best thing for my baby and it is free which is even better. I have decided to exclusively pump. I know that it will be difficult at first but I really think once I get into a routine I will get use to it. I have a friend that just had her baby 4 weeks ago. She tried to breastfeed him but he wouldn't latch on. So she is exclusively pumping and doing great at it. I know it will be alot of work but I am willing to put in the effort. So I am in the process of trying to get a decent pump. There are so many to choose from. Some are extremely expensive and I wonder if the cheaper ones work as good....I need to figure it out soon!



For the love of BIG babies

I went to the doctor on Friday. I have gained a pound I think since last time. I can't remember what I weighed last time but I weighed 206 (gross) this time. I am guessing when this whole thing is said and done I will have gain under 25 pounds. Not too bad. She said my cervix is closed but getting very thin and soft. Not that, that really means anything. His heartbeat sounded great and my uterus is measuring 35 weeks now which is pretty much on track. I asked her if I would get another ultrasound. I don't really know what the "norm" is because I had so many with Gavin and Keelan. My doctor with Malique was a quack. She said she would like to send me to a high risk place to look at my scar tissue. So I had an ultrasound yesterday. I was so excited because it has been so long since I have seen him. The ultrasound took about 30 minutes to do because I had never been there before they wanted to look at all the parts of the baby. He looks great, he is still a he, and he is a big boy. His estimated weight was 6 lbs. 10 oz. He is in the 86 percentile. She did say that it could be off by a pound either way. So we are guessing he will be about 8 lbs. 8 oz when he is born. If we went to 40 weeks he would be about 9.5 lbs HOLY MOLY!! They also said that he has alot of hair. I had no idea that they could even see hair on an ultrasound! I am curious as to what my doctor will say at my next appointment. I can't imagine that she would deliver him any earlier. She is already taking him 10 days early. The ultrasound tech said that my scar tissue looked good. That puts my mind at ease a little bit about my uterus rupturing. They didn't give me any pictures of him. Probably because there weren't really any good shots. He has his face pretty much buried in my hip bone. But we only have 23 days to go!!!

Just another day

It has been so nice without football practice this past week! I enjoyed not having to rush out of work and to practice. I only had one project this week and that was to add Xavier's name with the moon and stars onto the navy wall and I have that close to complete. It looks pretty good but it didn't turn out exactly like I wanted it to.

My cousin and his girlfriend are having their first baby together! (His first her, third). She is actually scheduled to have her c-section on December 30th so our babies will be 2 weeks apart. He is so excited and it is so sweet. Everyone should be that excited to have a baby. Their baby shower was this weekend. It was the fastest baby shower I have ever been to. It was about an hour away and the shower was maybe 45 minutes. But I wouldn't have missed it. I look massive and like I'm about to deliver any moment...

(L-R) My cousin Wesley, My Mom, Me, and My Sister Danielle...she's looks thrilled to be there

He was kinda excited about the blanket I gave them.

HEY..And we are 34 weeks!!!

Today I read on one of the pregnancy websites I'm a member of that another member went for her 36 week check-up and her baby girl had no heartbeat. After having a miscarriage right before this pregnancy I have been constantly worried about miscarriage, stillbirth, cord accidents etc. etc. I feel so completely sad for her and her family. I cannot imagine the pain she must be feeling. I have been sending prayers up all morning for her and her family. I know that these kinds of things happen. I know that there is no reason why it couldn't be me. I am no better or any different from her. And I think about all the women including myself that complain about being pregnant and how they just want to have their baby, and then I think about what must be going through this woman's mind. I'm sure she would give anything to still be pregnant, and still feel her daughter moving around inside her.  I feel so completely blessed and thankful that I'm still pregnant and as I type this my little boy is moving around. I praise God for everyday that he gives me not only with this baby but with all my kids and family. We are not promised tomorrow, and so I am thankful for every moment I am given.



The last month is always the longest

I have been so super busy, I haven't had a chance to blog at all. Halloween wasn't anything eventful Malique and Daddy went trick or treating Keelan was asleep when they left so we just let him sleep. He woke up not too long after that though and we had arts and crafts time until they got back. Malique was a power ranger...but we couldn't find the mask....

The next day I had my 32 weeks check up with my doctor and it went pretty good. I still owe the doctor my deductible which I have yet to pay anything on. I am trying to get medicaid as a secondary insurance and they are taking forever to give me an answer, so they are kind of hounding me about that. But baby sounded good I am only measuring 2 weeks ahead now instead of 6 I am up 15 pounds total. I will be having my c-section on December 15th at about 8:00am.
On Friday (11.4.11) I woke up at about 4:30am and it felt like something was pinching my cervix. I thought it was just the way he was positioned and since I have felt it before I didn't think much of it. Usually when I lay down it isn't too bad and I can go back to sleep. That wasn't the case this time though. I tried taking a hot bath to get him to move off of whatever he was sitting on and that didn't help. Then I started feeling a lot of pressure along with the pinching. I tried to take a bath again, still didn't help. Then I started feeling like I had to go to the bathroom (both ways) but nothing was happening. I was so uncomfortable and the only thing that made it feel better was sitting on the toilet. I started getting a lot of pain in my back and I finally woke my husband up. This was about 7:15am. He told me to call the doctor and so I did. It seemed like it took her forever to call back. But she finally did and my MIL came to take the boys. We headed to the hospital praying the entire way that all was well. I did not want to have him then. Super long story short I had a bladder infection. It didn't bother Xavier at all he was doing so great! So we are still pregnant and feeling much better now.

Now on to Saturday (11.5.11) Malique had his 2nd round payoff game. I was so ready for this season to be over with as I said in my previous post. This team beat them pretty bad just a few weeks ago and I honestly thought the outcome would be the same. We scored very quick in the game but didn't not get the extra point. We held them the entire game 6-0 until there was 2 minutes left in the game. I couldn't believe it I thought "They might actually win!" The other team had the ball it was 4th and forever. Their quarterback kept the ball and tried to run. They had him 5 yards in the backfield and then he ran to the sidelines where our entire team was and somehow got through them all and made a touchdown! We couldn't believe it this little boy just pulled a Cam Newton...they got the extra point and won the game. It was a great game and Malique had a blast. He was sad to see his season end.

Malique is the 1st one on the red side

This was after the game

Sunday (11.06.11) was one of our friends little boys birthday party. They went skating which neither of my kids know how to do. Keelan couldn't even stand up in the skates and took them off about 2 minutes after he put them on. They had a great time though. And we were all so exhausted once we finally got home.

Keelan and his "best friend" Alexis

Malqiue playing a game

Me on Sunday 33 weeks!!!!

 The last month always seems to drag by. I still have 5 weeks left...and while I know that that is no time at all it feels like forever. I just want him to be here! I can't wait to see him and love on him!!!