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Monday, September 12, 2011
Doc Appointment Update!
Hello Hello!
I had my doctor's appointment today and it looks like my "suffering" on friday may have done a little something to make it worth while ;-) I am currently dilated to 2cm (apparently at my last visit I was more like 1 and a half or less....I must have been listening with optimistic ears!) and now about 75% effaced! So...even though it's not dilating a lot, my cervix is definitely softening up more. Baby's head is still down and in the engaged position, so everything is in a good place. Who knows when this little one will arrive, but at least we are moving in the right direction!
We talked to the doctor about what the plan will be in the event that she hasn't arrived by friday (my official due date) and it sounds like unless there is a medical reason deeming induction necessary, we would not induce labor until the following friday (when I would be 41 weeks) if that was the direction things needed to go. So....hopefully we won't make it that far and this little lady will just come when she's ready!! I will continue to work (full time now!) until she does...which is at least a really great distraction! Plus, I do lots of walking, standing, squatting and moving about at work, so maybe it will get things going ;-)
So, that's about it!! Hope everyone is doing well!! Thanks for all of your encouragement and support - and thanks for putting up with all of my complaining/whiney posts in the last few weeks ;-) I am trying to stay positive and patient, but I don't always seem to have success!
Love to you all,
Katie and the Little Lady ;-)
I had my doctor's appointment today and it looks like my "suffering" on friday may have done a little something to make it worth while ;-) I am currently dilated to 2cm (apparently at my last visit I was more like 1 and a half or less....I must have been listening with optimistic ears!) and now about 75% effaced! So...even though it's not dilating a lot, my cervix is definitely softening up more. Baby's head is still down and in the engaged position, so everything is in a good place. Who knows when this little one will arrive, but at least we are moving in the right direction!
We talked to the doctor about what the plan will be in the event that she hasn't arrived by friday (my official due date) and it sounds like unless there is a medical reason deeming induction necessary, we would not induce labor until the following friday (when I would be 41 weeks) if that was the direction things needed to go. So....hopefully we won't make it that far and this little lady will just come when she's ready!! I will continue to work (full time now!) until she does...which is at least a really great distraction! Plus, I do lots of walking, standing, squatting and moving about at work, so maybe it will get things going ;-)
So, that's about it!! Hope everyone is doing well!! Thanks for all of your encouragement and support - and thanks for putting up with all of my complaining/whiney posts in the last few weeks ;-) I am trying to stay positive and patient, but I don't always seem to have success!
Love to you all,
Katie and the Little Lady ;-)
Sunday, September 11, 2011
39 Weeks....Here Come the False Alarms!!
Well Friday marked 39 weeks and started what I fear may be the first of many false alarms!! I have been back at work now for a week and it has been going really well. Besides having some hip and back pain, (probably due to me not being used to my new body weight after so many weeks of bed rest) I have felt really good! I love my job and love doing anesthesia, so being back at work has been a wonderful distraction from wondering when our little lady will make her debut.
On friday my shift started off normally - I was feeling more contractions in the morning than I had been feeling earlier in the week, but with my history of contracting all the time, I really didn't think much of it! I had a busy day and by lunch time I was starving and so happy to eat. I probably scarfed my food a little too fast, but while I was eating lunch I started having some really strong pains in my lower abdomen, and noticed that I was having pretty firm contractions as well. The pains and uterine tightening didn't seem to be happening at the same time, but I couldn't really figure out what was going on. All I knew is that I was really really uncomfortable and it was not fun!! I continued to do my work (which was challenging to say the least) and even though I was in a lot of pain, I wasn't convinced that I was in labor, so I just tried to tough it out! I really didn't want to cry wolf and ask to leave work, only to return on monday still pregnant!!
So...things continued, and to make a long story short....the pains I was having continued throughout the afternoon and into the evening. I drove to my Mom and Dad's house after work in serious pain and called the nurse at my doctor's office, who didn't seem to think the pains I was having were labor pains. I relaxed with my parents for a while and Tom came over to help out as well. Things calmed down a little but I was really uncomfortable throughout the evening and continued to wake up in the middle of the night with awful pains about every 10-30 minutes. By saturday morning, I was feeling much more comfortable, but was contracting every 3 to 5 minutes all morning. The contractions were enough to get my attention and make me catch my breath, but I was not in serious pain. We decided after an hour or so to call the doctor. The on-call doctor who I spoke with basically said that I was not "in labor" until I was having contractions that were so painful that I wasn't able to talk or walk through them, and they had to be 5 minutes apart. Well....this was quite frustrating for us considering that the pains I was having on friday were terribly painful but weren't considered labor, and now I was having contractions every 3 minutes, but they weren't labor either!!! Talk about FRUSTRATION!!!! Both Tom and I had gotten excited that morning with the frequent contractions, and made sure all of our bags were in the car adn ready to go! Unfortunately...it looked like there was no need for excitement ;-)
After a while I just decided to stop timing everything because it was just making me more disappointed and upset than anything to see that I was probably not in labor and that everything on friday was just a big false alarm! So, as you can probably gather from my tone...I was not in the best mood yesterday after so much pain on friday, and a terrible nights sleep....and then more frustration when I realized that it was not really a sign of anything...big bummer. But I guess that's how it is with labor....lots of people probably go through this so I shouldn't complain! I guess I just figured that after 16 weeks on bed rest, that I would just go into labor pretty quickly after I was allowed to be up - guess this baby has other ideas!!
Thankfully, I am feeling much better today! I have still been contracting quite a lot, but like I said - I'm not timing anything until I can barely stand how much it hurts....then maybe I will finally believe that what I'm feeling is labor! Until then - I will not be convinced ;-) Haha....my stubborn attitude is coming out now. I am happy to be healthy and able to be up and living life - so I just need to continue enjoying myself and accomplishing things that will be much more complicated once we have our little lady with us and outside of the womb ;-)
I will have my 39 week doctors appointment tomorrow with my regular doctor who I haven't been able to see for the last two weeks, so I am really looking forward to talking to her about what our plan will be if we get to 40 weeks or beyond! ;-) I will let you all know how that goes and if anything changes at all. For now....all is well, and we are continuing to wait....but not so patiently! ;-)
Lots of love,
Katie, Tom and The Little Lady
On friday my shift started off normally - I was feeling more contractions in the morning than I had been feeling earlier in the week, but with my history of contracting all the time, I really didn't think much of it! I had a busy day and by lunch time I was starving and so happy to eat. I probably scarfed my food a little too fast, but while I was eating lunch I started having some really strong pains in my lower abdomen, and noticed that I was having pretty firm contractions as well. The pains and uterine tightening didn't seem to be happening at the same time, but I couldn't really figure out what was going on. All I knew is that I was really really uncomfortable and it was not fun!! I continued to do my work (which was challenging to say the least) and even though I was in a lot of pain, I wasn't convinced that I was in labor, so I just tried to tough it out! I really didn't want to cry wolf and ask to leave work, only to return on monday still pregnant!!
So...things continued, and to make a long story short....the pains I was having continued throughout the afternoon and into the evening. I drove to my Mom and Dad's house after work in serious pain and called the nurse at my doctor's office, who didn't seem to think the pains I was having were labor pains. I relaxed with my parents for a while and Tom came over to help out as well. Things calmed down a little but I was really uncomfortable throughout the evening and continued to wake up in the middle of the night with awful pains about every 10-30 minutes. By saturday morning, I was feeling much more comfortable, but was contracting every 3 to 5 minutes all morning. The contractions were enough to get my attention and make me catch my breath, but I was not in serious pain. We decided after an hour or so to call the doctor. The on-call doctor who I spoke with basically said that I was not "in labor" until I was having contractions that were so painful that I wasn't able to talk or walk through them, and they had to be 5 minutes apart. Well....this was quite frustrating for us considering that the pains I was having on friday were terribly painful but weren't considered labor, and now I was having contractions every 3 minutes, but they weren't labor either!!! Talk about FRUSTRATION!!!! Both Tom and I had gotten excited that morning with the frequent contractions, and made sure all of our bags were in the car adn ready to go! Unfortunately...it looked like there was no need for excitement ;-)
After a while I just decided to stop timing everything because it was just making me more disappointed and upset than anything to see that I was probably not in labor and that everything on friday was just a big false alarm! So, as you can probably gather from my tone...I was not in the best mood yesterday after so much pain on friday, and a terrible nights sleep....and then more frustration when I realized that it was not really a sign of anything...big bummer. But I guess that's how it is with labor....lots of people probably go through this so I shouldn't complain! I guess I just figured that after 16 weeks on bed rest, that I would just go into labor pretty quickly after I was allowed to be up - guess this baby has other ideas!!
Thankfully, I am feeling much better today! I have still been contracting quite a lot, but like I said - I'm not timing anything until I can barely stand how much it hurts....then maybe I will finally believe that what I'm feeling is labor! Until then - I will not be convinced ;-) Haha....my stubborn attitude is coming out now. I am happy to be healthy and able to be up and living life - so I just need to continue enjoying myself and accomplishing things that will be much more complicated once we have our little lady with us and outside of the womb ;-)
I will have my 39 week doctors appointment tomorrow with my regular doctor who I haven't been able to see for the last two weeks, so I am really looking forward to talking to her about what our plan will be if we get to 40 weeks or beyond! ;-) I will let you all know how that goes and if anything changes at all. For now....all is well, and we are continuing to wait....but not so patiently! ;-)
Lots of love,
Katie, Tom and The Little Lady
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
38 Plus Weeks!
Hey Everyone!
Just wanted to give you a quick update after my doctor's appointment today. I guess they always say "no news is good news" and that's pretty much all I have for you this week! As far as the baby goes, her heart rate is strong and we are both growing well and right on track! As far as my body goes - looks like nothing is changing!! So...after lots of work trying to keep this baby from coming too soon...it looks like we will be doing some more waiting for her to arrive! My cervix hasn't really changed since my last appointment, and although I do seem to be having more contractions every day - I guess they aren't really making a big difference! If I make it to friday, I will be 39 weeks!!
So...I will continue to enjoy being pregnant and off bed rest for now....until I can't stand it anymore and just get plan impatient about this whole ordeal! I am back at work (3 days under my belt now!) and it has really been a lifesaver (or sanity-saver I guess!) by keeping me busy and distracted. I really am so lucky to love my job so much - I am really loving having something to do other than wait and wonder when our little lady will finally decide to show her face! I am working 6 hour shifts now and hoping to be doing 8 hours by the end of the week! Who knows...maybe I'll be back to a full time schedule by next week! Besides my hips and back being pretty sore when I get home - I feel great!!
Hope everyone is well!! I'll be sure to add updates if there is anything worth sharing!
Love,
Katie and Little Lady
Just wanted to give you a quick update after my doctor's appointment today. I guess they always say "no news is good news" and that's pretty much all I have for you this week! As far as the baby goes, her heart rate is strong and we are both growing well and right on track! As far as my body goes - looks like nothing is changing!! So...after lots of work trying to keep this baby from coming too soon...it looks like we will be doing some more waiting for her to arrive! My cervix hasn't really changed since my last appointment, and although I do seem to be having more contractions every day - I guess they aren't really making a big difference! If I make it to friday, I will be 39 weeks!!
So...I will continue to enjoy being pregnant and off bed rest for now....until I can't stand it anymore and just get plan impatient about this whole ordeal! I am back at work (3 days under my belt now!) and it has really been a lifesaver (or sanity-saver I guess!) by keeping me busy and distracted. I really am so lucky to love my job so much - I am really loving having something to do other than wait and wonder when our little lady will finally decide to show her face! I am working 6 hour shifts now and hoping to be doing 8 hours by the end of the week! Who knows...maybe I'll be back to a full time schedule by next week! Besides my hips and back being pretty sore when I get home - I feel great!!
Hope everyone is well!! I'll be sure to add updates if there is anything worth sharing!
Love,
Katie and Little Lady
Saturday, September 3, 2011
A Busy Weekend Ahead!
Well, we made it to 38 weeks as of friday! Still can't believe that we are here and that I am still pregnant!! I had a great thursday and friday back at work - just worked short shifts from 10am-2pm, but it was so wonderful to be back with my wonderful coworkers and get back into the swing of things in the world of anesthesia!! I was happy to find that I haven't forgotten everything I know....not even close!! I plan to work some longer shifts (6 hours and maybe 8 hours) next week as long as I keep feeling good. Besides having a sore back and hips, I really felt great being up and back at work!
As for this weekend, Tom and I seem to have plans every day!! It's funny because we weren't really making many plans for a while since we just kept expecting the baby to arrive, but now we have decided there is nothing to lose! We are excited to spend some time with friends and with each other while I'm "upright" in the world ;-) Looking forward to spending time as a "twosome" before we become a "threesome!" Hope that everyone is having a wonderful and relaxing holiday weekend! I will continue to post any new and exciting news as it comes....I'll try to get a current picture up as well. My belly is definitely growing exponentially!
Love to all of you,
Katie, Tom and Baby Dow
As for this weekend, Tom and I seem to have plans every day!! It's funny because we weren't really making many plans for a while since we just kept expecting the baby to arrive, but now we have decided there is nothing to lose! We are excited to spend some time with friends and with each other while I'm "upright" in the world ;-) Looking forward to spending time as a "twosome" before we become a "threesome!" Hope that everyone is having a wonderful and relaxing holiday weekend! I will continue to post any new and exciting news as it comes....I'll try to get a current picture up as well. My belly is definitely growing exponentially!
Love to all of you,
Katie, Tom and Baby Dow
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