Way Back When-esday! - Less than 4 weeks to go...

In celebration of scheduling the date for my c-section today (well, last night since I pre-posted this)...here are some pics from my last one:

Sure hope they can find scrubs that fit this time around:)

Yes, my girl really was that gosh darn adorable just a few short hours after birth. And - check out all the dark hair she had..so funny that she's a little blondie now.

Alright, in all honesty I'm not really celebrating my delivery date...I'm a bit disappointed in how it turned out. I delivered Katie on a Friday and was hoping for another Friday delivery. It would have worked out perfectly with Katie's school schedule (she's would have been off), was better for Chris for work, and made it convenient for people to visit over the weekend. My practice doesn't schedule deliveries before 39 weeks gestation, but I had been told earlier on that since I was due on a Sat (the 15th), that it would be fine to deliver me on the Friday, the 7th. Well, found out last week, that having gestational diabetes upsets that whole plan because they are even more concerned about delivering too early because gestational diabetes increases the risk of underdeveloped lungs. So, I had my appt tonight with the other doctor on schedule for the 7th and she also told me she wouldn't do it then :(. So, I have to wait until Monday, November 10th. Good news, though, is that I'm not scheduled until 10:00am. With Katie, I was scheduled at 7:30am and had to be there at 6am...and I was SO sick from getting up SO darn early that I couldn't stop throwing up before delivery..and even on the operating table. Hopefully, I'll get to avoid all that this time.

But enough about me :)...head over to Twinfatuation to see who else is playing this week for Way Back When-esday!

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Friday Foto Finish Fiesta

Debi had a great idea for me to just combine my fotos from Emma and Will's B-day party with Candid Carrie's Friday Foto Finish Fiesta so that I could cut down on my "to do" list :) So here are some adorable fotos from our phun, phun day. I can't believe they're already TWO years old!!! Where has the time gone? (You should be able to doubleclick on the picture page below to make it a little bigger for viewing the teeny pics).

Make sure to head over to Candid Carrie's for more phantastic fotos!

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Harvest Fun - Weekend Update Part 3 (and a vent..)

Yes, I know it's pretty pathetic that it's Wed night and I'm STILL writing about the past weekend (and I still have one more day of it to post about).

Before I get to it though...I need to vent a bit. Today has been one of THOSE days. The kind that I feel like I've developed post-partem depression 3 years later. The kind that I would love to have a few glasses of wine to mellow out. The kind of day that I want to punch the dogs in the face if they bark one more time. The kind of day that if I find one more toy outside chewed up by Sophie I am going to start bawling. The kind of day that I just want to be left alone! I feel like the worst mom on the planet cause Katie has been a good girl, just SO clingy. I have not been able to go to the bathroom by myself today (or without being touched). I have not been able to do any task for more than 10 minutes at a time without being interupted. When I hear, "Mooommmy!" today, I feel like someone is scratching a chalkboard...I am spoiled in the fact that I DO have 2 hours to myself every morning...but I feel like I need to disappear for a day. I need a massage...I need to stare at the ocean...I need to do SOMETHING that I can just zone out and not think about anything...oh Debi, please don't be sick, so I can come visit tomorrow and we can be miserable together :)

Ok - I feel a little better...it also helps a bit that my little girl is so darned cute and makes me laugh all day long at her antics that I can't stay frustrated with her for TOO long...

So, this past Saturday, Katie, my BFF Christina, her adorable baby girl Mackenzie, and I had plans to meet up with some friends at Johnson's Farm in Medford. I unfortunately woke up in the morning feeling awful...still had my sugar out of whack from starting the new medication the night before and I couldn't move. I was so nervous I wouldn't be able to go, but after calling in to my OB office - I was told the dose was likely too high and to start taking 1/2 of the pills at a time. Thank goodness that made quite a difference.

So, we got together with our gymnastic friends Max and CJ, their parents, and Max's cutie pie sister Elaina. The kids really had a great time. I was actually suprised by just how excited Katie was about the day. I told her about it a few days in advance and it was all she could talk about. On Saturday morning, as she was getting ready for gymnastics she even said she didn't want to go cause she wanted to go pick apples and pumpkins at the farm. She didn't realize we planned the day so she could do both :).

Here are the pics from our fun, fun, day....

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Before & After...Weekend Update - Part 2

Before and after my crazy day in labor and delivery on Friday, I managed to capture some great pics.

As usual, Katie was eager to have her picture taken while waiting for the bus...but even more excited to have them taken with "her" new flowers. We had been at the supermarket earlier in the week and she wanted mums so badly, but I knew we would have no room in the cart for them. So, when I ran to the store on Thursday, while she was at school, I went ahead and picked them up. She was "SO happy" when she saw them Thursday that she ran over to them and actually hugged and kissed them....she's so weird!

(and yes, our fault that the Eagles lost Sunday since it always seems to be bad luck for them when Katie wears their jersey on a Friday).

She was a big helper to me all last week in the kitchen. I had been working hard making stews and other freezable meals for after delivery, so Friday night I decided to let her "help me" make cupcakes. A real bummer since I can't even eat any...but I knew it would be a huge thrill for her. Unfortunately, in the middle of making them, my new medicine to help regulate my sugar made me pretty much flatline and Chris had to take over the cupcake making because I couldn't stand up. (And so began the next 18 hours of feeling like I was on death's door). But, I'll save that story for the next post. Katie loved making cupcakes, especially putting on the icing with her Daddy and of course, getting to EAT them!!!!

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So far behind......Weekend Update Part 1

Ugh...I've gotten so far behind and have so much to share. I'll prob split into a few separate posts to make working with the pics a bit easier, though. We've had lots of fun stuff to do the last few days and I was pretty busy nesting yesterday...and basically just darn tired today!!!!

So, to start off...due to all the baby commotion that I posted about last Friday, I didn't get a chance to share my pics from Thursday night. On Thurs, I helped my sister out by watching her little guys for a few hours. She had to go to a work meeting and needed someone until my brother-in-law got home from work. Katie LOVES playing with her cousins and was SO excited to see Paige (6), Adam (4), and Ethan (4).

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Insert your own witty title relating to speculum torture here...

First off, I'll be back to join in on Candid Carrie's Friday Foto Finish Finesta next week. I've learned recently that when I write 2 posts in one day...one usually doesn't get read if you're linking from a blogroll.

Anywho, my blood sugar has been slightly elevated since yesterday morning - not too high, but I was told to call if I see any pattern of elevation. I'm supposed to be between 60-90 for fasting and 90-120 2 hrs after each meal. I have been staying right within except for some slightly higher fasting readings if I don't eat a big enough snack before bed or if I sleep in a little later. But yesterday, I was 96 (fasting), 131, 87 (huh?), and 153. This morning I was 110 for fasting and 137 after breakfast. So, I called my OB office and while I was on the phone also mentioned my concern about the "leaky" feeling I was still experiencing since last week. I know I was prob just being paranoid, but I was worried cause even though my U/S fluid check was fine last week - I kept thinking well, if it is a slow leak it wouldn't have been low the first day anyway.

So, the nurse called back after speaking to the Dr. He was concerned enough about my sugar readings that he was going to call in a prescription for me and I now need to take 2 pills a day to help keep my insulin in check. He also wanted me to go to L&D to get "swabbed" again for fluid. Apparently, at the hospital they have a definitive test that would definately show if I've had any rupture/leaking as opposed to the 3 tests he performed in the office. Luckily Chris was working at home today, so he was able to stay with Katie.

Interestingly, in speaking with the nurse in L&D and mentioning about my sugar - she asked me about my readings and when I told HER, she was like - oh, they're not bad -they're normal range...which leads me to wonder - why am I on medication then? I do know that pregnant women's "normals" are supposed to be lower than regular diabetics cause the baby is using a portion of the sugar and that is expected to lower #'s, but I would think as an L&D nurse she would know that. She also told me that of my 3 tests I had last week, the one I was positive on was the PH test, which could be caused by a variety of things - fluid is just one of several things that can upset PH.

I saw the same resident as when I went in for my fall a few weeks ago (I think before I began blogging). She seems very unsure of herself and let me just say... is NO expert on using a speculum. OMG!!!! Now, having a speculum exam is never comfortable - BUT - I have had them from certain doctors (my favorite at my practice) where I honestly almost don't feel it - just a tiny bit of pressure. It felt like I was the first person this resident was ever giving an exam to - seriously - I can't even describe how painful it was :(. Then, it seemed as if she had no idea what she was doing with the swab test...the nurse kept correcting her and reminding her of something else she needed to do..GREAT! I whimpered like a cry baby the entire time.

And the results..my fluid is absolutely not leaking and never was..however, it was a good thing I got checked - in addition to checking the swab specifically for fluid, she also examined it under a microscope. And what did she tell me she found? Apparently there's a battle going on "down there" between good and bad bacteria and the bad bacteria is starting to win...otherwise known as bacterial vaginosis. Not sure how long it's been going on, but likely it's what's been causing the "leaky" feelings. I was also having some big contractions while on the monitor which she said could be from the bad bacteria (Ironically, I wasn't feeling any contractions - which proves that I am NOT just a big cry baby and that she really WAS extra awful with the speculum.) I have to take an antibiotic for 7 days and then a cream after I'm done the antibiotic. In my "googling" adventures - I found that "untreated bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy can result in amniotic fluid infection, premature rupture of the membranes, premature delivery, low birth weight of the baby, and possibly pelvic inflammatory disease in the mother." It's, also apparently kind of common to develop during pregnancy. I think I may have even read awhile ago that gestational diabetes can increase the chances of it.

So, I guess it's a good thing I likely peed myself last week and worried for the last week and half that I may be leaking fluid, since it did result in getting treatment for this. Luckily, no ill effects from it since my cervix is still 100% closed, despite any contractions it may have caused.

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Way Back When-esday!

Here I am at 37 weeks pregnant with Katie.

...and at 40 weeks, 1 day.

Flash forward to this past weekend - I'm not sure that the fact that I'm THIS big at 33 1/2 weeks bodes well for me and the size of this little boy.

Thanks to Debi for the wonderful camera work and blast you for not cutting out my face like I asked...:)

See who else is participating in this week's Way Back When-esday at Twinfatuation.

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