My New Life As "Mommy"

My oh my, a lot has happened in the last week! Wednesday wasn’t a good day. It was a stress filled day that left me crying at the table in the middle of Sloan’s restaurant; but Francine saved the day, and was able to put a smile on my face! She’s been doing that a lot this week! I’m truly blessed to have her in my life! My favorite part of Wednesday (aside from it sprinkling/raining while I was inside the restaurant) was the fact that it was freezing cold!!! Wooohoooo!!! The weather has officially started cooling off!!! :D

Last Thursday was my 24^th birthday, and Jesse surprised me with an amazing card, a slice of cake with candles, my favorite chile con carne, and a clean house when I got home from work! I was sooo not looking forward to cleaning and cooking when I got home from work, so it was awesome! And the card made me cry (happy tears of course!) We had a nice evening relaxing and watching movies. We even got to feel Delaney hiccupping—which made me very excited since I don’t feel her hiccup often at all.

Friday was a busy day too! After a full day of work, Cody was waiting for me in the lobby of my office building. We went to Francine’s to pick up some clothes for the weekend, and the beer she bought for the baby shower, then to Jimmy & Vanessa’s to drop of baby shower invitations for the shower at my mom’s. THEN to my house to get everything I needed ready for our trip to OC. I made Cody was my dishes (muahhahaha) while I got stuff ready. We then went to the 99 cent only store, and Target to finish buying the things we needed for the baby shower. And then we were off to my mom’s. My dad had just gotten home, so we all finished getting everything together and headed off to Francine’s to pick up Jason’s stuff, then we were finally on the road to OC at about 10pm! We ended up getting to Janell’s house a few minutes after 12, and we hung out for a bit before I went off to bed.

Saturday was my maternity photo shoot and baby shower in OC!!! J It was an early morning—so you know I had my coffee! The photo shoot was amazing! The pictures turned out great! I’ll post a few below for you to see. J The baby shower was fun, I spent a lot of time with Becca and Gabi—two of my friends who are both pregnant as well. My parents and I came home Saturday night (I really wasn’t comfortable being almost 9 months pregnant and being 2 hours away from my hospital/doctor/boyfriend). The trip home was fun, me and mom talked the whole time! Haha. I noticed throughout the day Saturday that my belly was getting stiff, but just thought Delaney was pushing weirdly on me—I now (Wednesday) think I may possibly be having Braxton Hicks contractions!!! Ahhhh!! J

Jesse worked Sunday, so I spent the day at my parent’s house with them and Tommy. (Hopefully Tommy will come home with us this Friday!) And most importantly on Sunday—THE STEELERS WON THEIR GAME AGAINST THE JETS!!!!! Woooohooooo!!! Finally! That bye week obviously did us good! I’m hoping this is the start of a winning streak for them! FINGERS CROSSED!

Delaney had the hiccups again Monday—Yeay! J

Tuesday—my favorite day of the week (while pregnant)! Holy crap! I’m officially 9 months pregnant!!! That’s right—I turned 36 weeks pregnant Tuesday! There was an issue with my insurance showing as cancelled (stupid Blue Cross!) so I was on the phone for about a half an hour with my benefits center from work and Blue Cross trying to get things situated so I could be seen. The woman from my benefits center said I might have to reschedule my appointment for next week—umm no! I’m 9 months pregnant, and need to be seen every week! There’s no way I could go two long weeks without hearing Delaney’s heartbeat, seeing how much she measured, and talking to my doc about my upcoming delivery! Plus, this visit I’d get the results of my GBS testing, so there was no way I was rescheduling! Finally I got things figured out, and signed a form saying I’d pay for the visit if my insurance didn’t cover it. Phew! I was ok now—no need to start crying! Pregnancy is so emotionally draining at times—you turn into a big sissy and cry a lot! Lol. Back to the visit—Delaney measured at 35 weeks. That worried me a little since she measured 37 last week, but doc said she could have dropped some, or she could just be laying in a different position that she was last time. Phew! Ok, no need to worry mama bear! I of course forgot again to ask what her heartbeat was, as we were having a discussion about her measurements- but it sounded great as usual. I asked about the dilation checks, because even though it isn’t a good indication as to when you are going into delivery, I am still very curious as to whether or not I’m dilated at all. Welllllll, she doesn’t do them until 39 weeks (no need to introduce unnecessary bacteria up there). That makes sense—sucks because the curiosity is killing me, but it makes sense. Doc said she thinks Delaney is around 6 lbs! And she also thinks she’ll be a slightly bigger baby because I’m a bigger person (whether she meant weight or height wise I’m not sure. Haha). Vanessa offered to give me an ultrasound on Friday, so hopefully they can give me a good estimate on weight, we’ll be able to see if she’s head down, and who knows, MAYBE they can even tell if I’m dilated/effaced at all! J Now the not so good news—my GBS (group beta streptococcus) test came back as positive. Yea, this shocked the doc and I both! How the heck is it possible that I have any bacteria in/on my body after being on IV antibiotics for a month, and oral antibiotics for a week or two before that?!?!?! Ugh!!! Well, this means to lessen the chance of Delaney getting sick, I need to receive IV antibiotics (again) for four hours prior to delivering. Let’s pray I am able to get the full dose before delivery, and also that Delaney doesn’t get GBS disease! Did you know group B strep is the #1 cause for meningitis and sepsis (infection of the blood stream) in newborns? Lovellllyyyyyy!!! >_<

Symptoms—

· Fatigue/Exhaustion/Super duper tired!

· Occasional swelling of my feet

· Achy hips

· Back pain

· Emotional/Crying/Easily stressed

· Braxton Hicks?!?!?!

Cravings—

· Watermelon

· Peanut butter cookies

· Frosted Shredded Mini Wheats

· Chile con carne