Gender: Girl who likes to sit on my bladder
Movement: She's moving like crazy as always...I'm going to miss that feeling! I don't get as much of that "rolling-wave" movements...more like she's stretching and trying to sock me or readjust and find her place in my tummy.
Sleep: I've graduated from having a pregnancy pillow to having my pregnancy pillow + throw pillows + bed pillows. I've been sleeping more on my side and my belly weight is overtaking that it strains my back and had to put an additional pillow under my belly so I don't feel like I'm sinking into the bed! I now get up at least 2 times during the night to go on a potty break and usually ends up with me having to wake Neal up to help me roll and climb out of my pillow fort!
What I miss: Sleeping in a curled position
Cravings: nothing special this week! unless you count my love for watermelon...but it's always been a favorite of mine!
Symptoms: Same pelvic pressure feeling, Braxton Hicks: tightening of the stomach and upper abdominal cramping. I'm starting to feel more "menstral-like cramping". I was doing real well on not having to go potty all the time but now I could go within 20 mins of each other! She's playing on top of my bladder so it almost hurts when I'm even trying to just walk over to the bathroom! I'm slowly transitioning into the uncomfortable phase...but I still love being pregnant!
Current Mood: I'm uncomfortable but still can't complain that much! I'm getting really excited of the thought of her being here but scared about labor.
Random Updates: On Saturday we had our Super Saturday Childbirth class at Hoag. 9-4!!!
The class had about 15 couples with all first time parents.
We got these interesting name tags that looked like a target...only to find out that this what 10cm look like! YIKES!!! They also had our due dates on the tags...and we were the first ones due!!! Double YIKES!!!
The room was huge...pretty amazing to be in a room full of pregnant women.
Here's Neal playing with the fake pelvic bone and baby during break!
They served us lunch (pizza and salad) and it was great talking to other couples who were on the same boat as us!
Here's my face reacting to the Nurse telling us what we were to expect during labor...
And here's Neal's reaction to something the Nurse said that sounded worse!
I'm supposed to be practicing my "Hee..Hee..Hee...Hoo" but Neal kept distracting me with his silly jokes and imitations...=)
The class was overall really informative but towards the end of the day (after pizza) everyone looked like they needed a nap! Luckily the Nurse let us out early!
We headed over to my cousins house cause she had a huge donation for Savannah from Madelynn. We were greeted with 3 HUGE boxes of clothes and equipment. I was in heaven!!!
This was how we celebrated Father's Day! DELICIOUS! Neal and his Daddy got to go golfing twice!!!
Socks has learned a very bad habit...but it's just so cute that we let her do it. She has learned how to jump the high dinining room chair and plop herself in between the human eaters! She's SOOO CUTE!
HOSPITAL BAG
We finally packed our hospital bag..well back pack! We've always been really good packers...but wow...we fit both of our stuff in a little backpack!..including snacks! I actually think I may even have overpacked...considering I will be in one of those lovely gowns majority of the time. We were so proud of ourselves until we realized we didn't bring anything for the sweet little girl we are bringing home! I know it's just a blanket, a coming home outfit and diapers but wow!...I laughed hysterically that we forgot to bring her things...I guess we'll give ourselves a pass on this one since she's not here yet!
36 WEEK APPOINTMENT
This morning we had our first weekly appointment til she's born...it was also our first appointment with the Nurse Practioner instead of our Doctor. She was very nice and comforting...I guess it helped cause she told me she would be doing a vaginal check as well! First she did a swab test for the Group B Streptococcus Bacteria...she said 1 in 4 women get it (hopefully I'm not one of them)! This test is usually done between weeks 35-37 and if you are positive they just give you antibiotics during labor.
She also checked Savannah's position and she's totally head down...she's so head down that she said she could feel the top of her head!!! She's starting to really come down and engage in my pelvic bones...CRAZY!!! She also checked her heart beat and it was at a healthy 158-160s...and she said I am now measuring "Full Term". That freaked me out cause I thought she was telling me that I was measuring at 40 weeks when I'm only 36!!! I later found out that 37 weeks is considered full term! Silly me! Our next appointment is next Tuesday with the Doctor and we also have an ultrasound to guesstimate her size! So excited to see her!!!
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