redirect

as of now, i am combining this blog with abby's blog into a brand-spanking-new one. the new blog can be found at:

www.the-rogersfamily.blogspot.com

i'm starting the process of copying and pasting all posts from these old blogs into the new one, but it will take some time.

the home stretch

yes, it's finally here. the beginning of the end of this seemingly infinite pregnancy. everybody together now..."WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

i had a doctor's appointment last thursday and i asked her to check me because i've been so uncomfortable that i figured something MUST be happening in there, progress must be being made somehow. but, i was wrong. cervix long and closed, as it should be at 34 weeks 5 days. she did say that it had softened, which is a good sign of impending progress. so, next time i go back i will be 36 weeks 5 days, and something better be going on in there at that point.

i've pledged not to bitch and moan (too much) about how uncomfortable i am, but i can't stop. this is way worse than i ever felt with abby. everything hurts. my lower back spasms, my ligaments have reached their critical limit, the braxton-hicks contractions don't stop, and it feels like the baby is stabbing my cervix with a knife.

let's all hold hands and direct our mental energy at baba ghannouj and my uterus, saying together, "it's safe now, you can come out. come out NOW." yeah, maybe that'll work.

baby baby baby baby

nothing new from the land of baba ghannouj. still moving around quite a bit, but mostly on either end. either jamming feet into my ribcage or banging on my cervix with a baseball bat. i start going to the doctor every 2 weeks now instead of every month, and things are definitely in the home stretch. 1 month from today i'll be considered full-term and they wouldn't stop labor if it happens, and my due date is less than 2 months away. not much time left! i've washed many baby clothes, and am getting all the other stuff ready to go too. next task: pack the hospital bag.

dude!

ok, i'm really not sure what's been going on in my uterus the past couple of days. i had just been thinking that the activity level had gone down and that maybe he/she was running out of room already. but, the past 2 days or so, TOTAL SPAZ-OUT. i got up last night around 3 or so to go to the bathroom, and when i went back to bed, it took me forever to get back to sleep because BG was doing aerobics or remodeling or hosting a rave in there. i would lay on my side, and i would feel the craziness on the upper and lower sides AT THE SAME TIME. spaz.

baba ghannouj's favorite foods

jelly bellies
roundy's brand "european soda", limeade flavor
steak
sweet corn salsa
frozen coke
frozen mountain dew
lattes


baby's been busy in there lately...i think he/she may actually be building some sort of fort. he/she has stellar aim, too...favorite targets for the kicking are my bladder and my cervix. it's pleasant stuff. hopefully only slightly more than 2 months to go.

third trimester

so, sunday marks the beginning of my last trimester. as happy as i am about that, i'm also realizing that the most uncomfortable part is just beginning. so, i'm glad i've spent the last 24 weeks complaining about how uncomfortable i am. :) it's all downhill from here...

in awesome news, i had my test this week for gestational diabetes. i was 1 point away from having it in my pregnancy with abby, so i had pretty much thrown in the towel this time, being sure that i had it. but, not so! this time i was 39 points away from having it! so, i'm very very excited now, and thrilled at the prospect of not having to deal with the diet modifications and the possible HUGE baby that would result from having GD. so, woohoo!

aaaaaand...VENT!

ok, i don't understand why this baby hates me. i provide a nice warm home and food...and i think i do well. but, still, this baby hates me. it makes me lightheaded when i'm out in the heat so that i almost pass out, it makes my legs feel like they're coming apart from my hip joints, it makes my lower back hurt, it makes me cranky. i don't know why, and i can NOT believe that i still have slightly over 3 months to go. i am seriously not going to be mobile or fit to be around.

grrrr.

**this is all true, but it's not really as bad as it seems. all is normal, i'm just complaining. :)