40 weeks....

So today is the day.  I am officially 40 weeks.  I know technically they can let it go till 42, but I cannot help but HOPE and WISH it would just happen already!!!

I dont mean to sound rude to anyone with the "let it happen" advice, or the "enjoy this part while you can" advice..... but seriously, especially coming from someone that has no personal experience with this it can get really annoying.

Ive mentioned it before.  I am physically uncomfortable.  I am not sleeping well anyway.  My sons sleep habits have gone off their rocker right now too.  He suddenly is having constant bed wetting accidents that were few and far between when I first removed the pullups at night, and even when he is NOT wetting the bed he is waking up every hour or so crying.  Not sure if he senses changes are coming or what....

Last night I woke up in a sweaty mess several times.... not sure why.  Also I am one of those unfortunates that experienced hemorriods, and still have the issue now.  Just going to the bathroom hurts.  I am waddling like a penguin. I like penguins but I dont want to walk like one.  Going back to sleep is almost an impossibility once I get woken up by either Kal, my bladder or some other odd thing....

By the way he is walking much faster then I am lately... lol

I am tired of the "when you due, looks like you are about to pop" comments.  Got it about 5 times at the mall yesterday.

I know when the baby comes she will likely wake me up needing fed or changed.  Ive had a newborn before. Kal may get woken up too and I may have double trouble.  I expect that.  Kals behavior may change.  I expect that too.  I have plans on how I can include him in on the baby though, and I hope that he can learn quickly.   In no way do I expect things to be a breeze once the baby arrives, but I would like my physical aspects to feel relief finally!!!!

Basically I know people have good intentions with their advice, but maybe they should think it through before saying it........

Under 48 hours and counting....

....Till midnight of this lil ones due date......

Actually about 36 at this point since its 10am.  I was so worried about another preemie birth and here I am trucking along 2 days till her actual due date??  I never thought I would make it THAT far.  Now I am worried I might fly PAST it.  UGH.

Trust me we've tried ALOT of the methods, including the first one anyone would think of... haha..... did I drink castor oil? HELL NO, and nor WILL I!  LOL.  Ive 'thought" about that eggplant parm, but my picky lil butt is thinking... yuck to the eggplant.... lol.  Oh, it doesnt help that I know Greg is picky when it comes to veggies and thats a veggie technically.... lol.

The last 2 nights have been HORRENDOUS.  Last night even worse than the night before.  I am groggy and tired and moody today.  In the past week actually nights have been rough.  What isnt helping is in the past week Kalvin has wet his bed 3 times. He is not even 3 so I am not gonna say I am mad about this, but its frustrating because Ive taken the night pullups away more than a month ago and he has had more accidents this past week than the entire time since I took them away!

Last night went like this:  Kal went to bed late cuz of dinner being started late, because of all the grocery sorting I had to do when Greg got home.  He went down at 9.  We started our "labor inducing methods at 1030.  1130 I am finally drifting off into dreamland.  First cry from Kalvin to jostle me out.... I took him to pee and we went back to sleep.  Then 130-2 it happens again.  I did not send him to the potty that time.  Probably my BIG mistake right there.  the extra 5 min that would have taken may have saved me the next incident which was at 4am.  He woke up DRENCHED in pee.  So, since the last few times just changing him and letting him lay with us was unsuccessful, I thought, might as well change him and his bed and just keep him in his room.  Weeeeeeeeeell, I STILL could not fall back asleep, my mind was going a mile a minute while my body was screaming SHUT UP!  Before I knew it, Gregs damn alarm was ringing.  When he left, I finally dozed back off, but not long enough, for Kal was up about an hour later, ready to start the day......

blah!  I just wish my sleep was interrupted because of the NEWBORN, not the TODDLER! :( or BOTH, but at this point, being pregnant and sleepless is making my life uncomfortable and miserable!!

I do want to thank Chloe for not giving me a preemie again though, but REALLY girl, its time!!!! :)

Pet peeves of the moment

Maybe its the fact that I am almost 40 weeks exactly, and completely uncomfortable and tired and moody.... but lately certain things have totally gotten under my skin....

First of all.  I have mentioned this before, and I will mention it again.  And someone will STILL be a smart ass about it AGAIN....

My facebooking.  YES I use facebook often.  I AM A SAHM.   I do not interact with co-workers and peers my age,  I dont leave the house to do my work.  I work inbetween going on facebook.  I often LEAVE the computer with facebook up as I do the laundry, wash the dishes clean the bathroom.  Play with Kalvin.  But since I am HOOOOOOOOOOOOME all day long, YES its up almost all day long.  I use it to interact with other adults that if it WERE NOT for facebook I wouldnt have that interaction.  I use it for advice from friends about things, and just to vent, or just to play some games sometimes while Kal is watching spongebob or elmo or whatever it is....  So I am tired of the "OMG Lea is not on facebook she MUST be in labor!!!"  Especially if you looked at my wall and saw my status from a few hours ago that SAID I was going to the doc for my appointment and that after visiting them, i found out there were no changes in dilation or anything yet!!!!  I do have a life outside of FACEBOOK, just during the day, or when Greg is watching something in the evenings I dont like, it entertains me.

The other thing. DONT comment about my lack of a license please.  If you dont know me well and inquire about why, thats fine.  But seriously, if you make a comment on my facebook and its irrelevant to my post to begin with, why bother.  Its a long story to why I still do not have it, but part of me has a fear of it.  Please just leave it at that and leave me ALONE about it.  I hope to get over that fear but in the meantime LEAVE IT BE.

I think there were plenty more pet peeves but thats all I can think of at the moment.  Sorry for the rant.

Absorbent and Yellow and Porous is he!

This post might be a little random so do not mind me........

I dont know if its just me or what, but facebook is having a lot of loading problems for me tonight...

Kalvin was eating spongebob fruit snacks.  He was playing with the Mr Krabs one and saying, "money money money money!"

My son never fails to amaze me these days.  Like my title to this blog, his mind is like a little absorbent sponge.  He has this computer that he plays with, and although its labelled 3 and up, he has already mastered most of his letters (he is even getting the lower case at this point) thanks to this computer.  My parents got it for him for Christmas and shortly after he was getting the letters right.  He sees letters now and recognizes them.

Also, we have this baby doll that I pulled out when I found out I was expecting.  Kalvin has been "teaching her to go potty".  Its so funny, he goes "baby pooped pants!  gross!"  then he will sit her on the potty and go "dont fall in!" "now go poopy! ""are you done?"  He even goes as far as to wipe her bottom.... lol.  Also he will give her a nap and he was holding the doll singing "go to sleep, go to sleep" he put the doll in the bassinet and covered her and told me she wanted a hug and kiss... lol.  I hope he is as good with his lil sister as the baby doll!

Anyway. 39 weeks 2 days.  Chloe has baked long enough!  I started this pregnancy worried about another preterm birth and here I am just wishing it were over now already!  I go tomorrow for another check up, so we will see what my doctor says!!  Sigh..................

Yes, Blogging at 430 in the morn

So between my pregnant  bladder waking me up,  Kalvins bladder releasing in his sleep and causing his bed to be wet and a need of clothes change and either bed sheet change or crawl in bed with us... I chose crawl in with us.

I lay there with barely no room, and then my hubby starts his deep hibernation breathing.... for some reason my hubby tends to breath as if he has just run a marathon, and if I dont fall asleep before he does I have to hear it while trying to fall asleep myself.  Sometimes it gets even worse and the snoring begins.  Today its both.  Then my stomach begins churning and bubbling and I am suddenly STARVING.  So I am blogging and eating honey nut cheerios (dry in a bowl) at 430am.

I am 39 weeks today.  STILL no productive labor signs, altho I have been cleaning like a lil bee this weekend so hopefully soon?????  I am terribly uncomfortable anymore and tired.  If I have to be awake like this at 430 in the morn, I wish at least I had a baby at my boosum, you know???  UGH.

Well... I may try to go back to sleep now...

Embarassing and Slightly Gross confessions of a Pregnant woman.....

OK,

I am writing this blog this morning because I have had one major uncomfortable night last night.  It was far from my first uncomfortable night though.

Anyone that thinks pregnancy is only uncomfortable and painful during labor/delivery either never experienced pregnancy or is a man (kinda the same thing? lol)

Granted some women experience easier pregnancies than others, I don't think anyone breezed through it 100% without some sort of goofy ailment that kept them awake at night or was just plain uncomfortable.

Now let me start by saying  that I was kind of lucky in the "morning sickness" part of pregnancy for both pregnancies.  With Kalvin I barely even felt nauseous, and if I did, I would eat and the nauseousness was GONE.  With this little girl however, several foods sent me running to the bathroom to heave, but it was not a daily occurance.  With this pregnancy though, I couldnt even LOOK at a piece of chicken without feeling sick.   I didnt have a food like that with Kalvin.  By the second trimester, chicken was fine again and now I am eating like normal.

My main things are coming now, in the 3rd trimester.  I dont know what it is but I am more prone to corpral tunnel in my hands/arms, sciatic nerve pain, and all of that.  BUT... to the ailments that are slightly gross:

Hemorrhoids.  Anyone else have THESE issues? With Kalvin I had them at the 32 week mark.  It was soooo painful that I couldnt walk without pain or SIT without pain.  This pregnancy I was able to hold them off till I was about 37 weeks.  But I have them now.  They arent as bad as last time but still annoying.

The other thing is indigestion, gas pain, and just other digestion type issues.  Last night it was gas pain and my entire back just hurt from shoulder to hips.  The gross part is that I had to take a bath at 330am to relieve the pain.... well I guess the warm water also got my gas bubbles moving too.  From then on I was gassy the rest of the night.... But regardless it took about another hour before I fell asleep.

I dont know.  And now at 38 and 4 days, my stomach feels like I seriously have NO room for anything.  Its tight and hard and I feel like every organ inside of me is being squashed.  Is it because I am so petite?  Because I seriously only gained weight in my stomach?  Literally the only things that got bigger on my body are boobs and belly.  Every other part of me looks like pre-pregnant me.  Lucky maybe (but more so after birth), but also I think it makes every ailment worse.....

Needless to say, I am so read for this to be over!  10 days till the due date.  Will she come before?  And please don't come late!!! lol.....

Death and TAXES

I am writing this as upset as I can be right now....

We did our taxes with a PROFESSIONAL accountant this year because of the 1st time home buyer credits and all of that.  The state money was able to be processed electronically because there were no special deductions.  The Fed we had to mail.  Well.... according to our tax information we were to recieve 532 from the state.

GREAT!  We can finally catch up from when All State screwed us out of 475 of our money!  We seriously have been scraping ever since that crap happened..... :(.

Well, I look at Gregs statement online today.... Maryland St Credit of:  63 and some cents....... WTF?  So I called Greg to ask but of course he didnt have time to explain why it was so significantly less. Doesnt he know I go crazy over these things when I dont know why we are being SCREWED again??

Everything related to money in this family is ALWAYS too good to be true.  Therefore I should have KNOWN there was NO WAY that we'd see that whole 532......

Greg will explain to me when he gets home today.  GREAT.  In the meantime I get to sit here and wonder WTF happened.....