39 Weeks

One more week until the due date!

Eeek.

I'm not in a hurry, but my doctor is going to be out of town basically all of next week so I was kind of hoping to have this baby before he leaves or wait until after he comes back. ☺

It's not too big of deal, he didn't end up delivering Britton either.

My doctor doesn't want me going too far past my due date because of my history, so we already have an induction date of the 19th if need be. (which I didn't realize until after we discussed it that that is Britton's b-day!) ☺

 

38 Weeks

I'm trying to be better about the weekly belly photos since this is most likely the last time I'll ever be pregnant. ☺

Almost done!

I'm not sure if I'm more excited or more scared about the whole thing. ;)

So low...

Everytime I see myself in the mirror I'm like, "Yowzers, I look really low." ☺
So I took a picture to see if I still looked low since I didn't look quite this low in the 36 week pictures we just took the other day.

Yeah, it looks pretty low still.

36 Weeks

 

WARNING

Lots of whining in this post...

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We've contintued to be sick for the rest of the week. Aidan has missed like 5 days of school at this point. =P The kids and myself are still hacking and if there isn't a major improvement in the next day or so, we'll be taking them to see the doctor.

I'm more miserable from being sick than from being pregnant.☺ I've also got another cold sore in the same spot as before so I'm pretty thrilled about that.

The temperatures have remained really cold getting in the negatives at night and up in the 20's during the day (if we're lucky).

 

I feel as though I've made some headway on my house organizing though and so if I wasn't sick I'd be able to sleep at night. ;) Finally got the baby's clothes (and gear) washed and put away too.

 

The kids wanted in on the impromtu photoshoot as we were headed out the door.

 

 

Aidan was really fond of this face pose.

35 Weeks

 Cue panic attack.

Actually, I just look really tired in these pictures and I've apparently outgrown this shirt too because it bunches up strangely (something I didn't notice until these pictures!). ☺

Aidan is now sick so Cary and I didn't get much sleep last night.

 

34 weeks

 My cold sore is having a hard time going away since it was so massive. =P

Aaaagh!

6 weeks-ish left.

Nesting is in full swing, complete with dreams about organzing closets and drawers. Too bad I don't have the energy to accomplish even 25% of the things I'd like to accomplish. ☺

Why is there the need to all of the sudden need to do all these things before the baby is born? I try and tell myself that if I've lived without them done for over a year now I think it will be okay if it doesn't get done for a few more months.

I'm not listening.

I'm going in for weekly-ish appointments and non-stress tests, making it feel like it's so close to the end now.

 

32 Weeks

- I'm supposed to start weekly non-stress tests starting next week.
-I'm managing the diabetes very well, and I haven't gained any weight this month (so far) which is unheard of for me while pregnant. ;)
- I've started to have sciatic nerve pain in the last week, it's always exciting when it takes 10 minutes to get out of bed. ☺
- Last night I was having some serious hip pain too, yes, sometimes I feel like I'm 100 yrs old. Heh.
- I can't believe how fast it's going by.

29 Weeks

 So I bombed my 3 hour test last week and I've been spending the last week being depressed brushing up on the diabetic way of eating. Good times, good times. The holidays sure are going to be brutal. ☺
Actually, the first five days were interesting in figuring out my blood sugar. By Friday and Saturday I knew something wasn't right because I would be so tired in the mornings and on Saturday it lasted until almost noon. (abnormally tired, not just the" I only got 4 hours of sleep last night".) I finally got it figured out that I needed to add a "midnight snack" to my eating schedule because I was going too long without food and my blood sugar was dropping too low.
Anway...

 (note to self: That shirt needs to be retired as a maternity shirt)

 Britton was eating snack, but wanted in on the picture taking. CHEESE!

28 Weeks

Third trimester.

Woot!

I'm currently sitting at the hospital doing the three hour glucose test since I failed the one hour last week. I'm really hoping not to have gestational diabetes again (I had it with Aidan) but atleast I know what to expect if I do.

26 Weeks

24 Weeks

I had an appointment last week, everything seems to be going well. (We're monitoring me a little bit more closely this pregnancy for placenta issues) No issues with heartburn or anything like that yet. (so grateful!)
I pretty much can't pick up Aidan or Ella anymore, and I probably shouldn't carry Britton too much, but he has his own ideas about that. ☺
It's starting to get kind of interesting around here the two days a week that Cary is out of town.

 Have to include a picture of one of the kids joining me in the photo. ☺

23 weeks

 I had a couple of days this week where I asked myself if I was 23 weeks or 33 weeks. Yikes.
                                                                         I feel huge already.

 Britton was busy while Cary was taking my picture...

 unfortunately, we've found the turkey on top of the table dancing. :P  (He's figured out how to move chairs around to make it easier to climb up them)