A Fine Mess

Hectic Day!

My appointment was at 11:30am and all went about as expected. Turtlebean is still breech and the midwife tried to maneuver her around…WOW was that painful! I’m sure not NEARLY as painful as labor but I guess I went in there totally unprepared. They moved her a bit but next week is the big plan to go all out and get her switched around, no matter how painful. As long as we can still tell babybean is okay, I can deal with the pain. I’m measuring at 38 weeks (by *I* I of course mean her HEAD) :|
I get everything scheduled and leave (though while in pain) still in a great mood because I love all my midwives and the entire birthing center. It’s impossible to leave in a horrid mood.
Fast forward through some traffic. I’m sitting at a red light waiting to go pick my daddybean up so we can have our lunch together. It all happened so fast I can’t thank my lucky stars ENOUGH.
Screeching tires.
Metal against metal.
Skipping screeching tires.
HUGE smash.
All 2 feet away from my car. Seriously. These 2 idiots racing to beat a red light, one swerved in front of the other and sideswiped a truck…shoving him my direction and into a CapMetro bus carrying many passengers. I was terrified and adrenaline struck…and on the phone with my mom, while holding my stomach for protection. As soon as shock wore off, it took EVERYTHING I had to not get out and yell and curse at those 2 idiots for nearly wrecking into me and hurting my precious unsuspecting little one. I went into a contraction, which isn’t unusual in a stressful situation this far along, but it worried me. I didn’t go into labor, thank goodness. As soon as I was done being angry, I wanted to break out in tears. Because all 35-36 week along mommas-to-be are so emotionally stable right?
*HUGE SIGH*

I cannot stress enough how grateful I am for missing that accident. The police said they were going 55+mph. The truck slammed into the bus so hard that they were stuck together and it took them 20-30 minutes to get them pried apart. Everyone turned out okay. Both idiot drivers and all the passengers on the bus. Now I’m back at work itching to get home to relax. And cry. I need a good cry. Too much stress for the day.

Be careful out there mommas. (and everyone)  :)

Mommybrain

I swear I spend all day on a computer. Mainly because I still work but nevertheless, I’m on a computer for at least 8 hours and still never seem to make time to blog. All I can think about is what topic I want/need to vent over next…but never quite makes it. Hopefully that’s not causing unnecessary tension or stress.

Anywho. 34 weeks & 5 days here! Babybean still hasn’t turned yet but she’s not completely breech. She’s transverse…lucky me, I get to have her bowling ball head in my left ribs (which she does try to fit under) and her ninja kickin’ feet in my right ribs. Still better than breech I say but we’re still working on turning her for sure. My next appointment is Monday and they plan on trying to turn her which I hear is painful but bearable…definitely worth it either way.

More news - baby shower is NEXT weekend :) I’m excited to see everyone and of course to see new stuff for turtlebean! We’ve had no more scares (she wasn’t moving much for 2 days, 2 different weeks) she’s been just my lil jumping bean! My anxiety kicks in now and then due to not having everything still. Since they decided to throw my baby shower so late, I don’t have everything for her yet and it makes me nervous. What if she should come early? What if I’m forgetting some essential thing due to my amazing mind farts right now? It takes Matt and my mom to calm me down back to reality. This baby has no idea the kind of paranoid mom she’ll have ;)

Love

Dear my beautiful little unborn child,

I love you. I love you forever.
A moment in my belly, a lifetime in my heart.

Sincerely,
Your crazy mom

PS-Yes I think you’re internet capable & can read this :)

Dr Appt #..um..

Who counts anymore? :p I feel like I live there but at the same time look forward to going back sooner than scheduled!
Today’s appointment went very well. Babygirl is measuring just right and mommy’s blood pressure is still doing awesome. She is transverse right now so we are going to try and coax her down to the vertex position (optimal position for birth!) in the next week or 2. It’s still pretty early, almost 32 weeks but I’d like to get her settled. So far she’s given me quite the fight. We are assuming she’s a redhead like me, that could be the reason lol. I try to gently massage her in a clockwise position and she kick kick kicks everytime. It’s cute to me, probably not so much if she was bigger.
I think she’s paying me back again right now by getting some extreme hiccups. I’ve never been annoyed by any of the movements or feelings though, I think they’re absolutely amazing! How do you feel about your baby movements?

She Likes To MOVE IT MOVE IT!

Kick.
Squirm.
Wiggle.
Rotate 360 Degrees.
Repeat.

I don’t know about you other mommas but GOODNESS do I love to feel my baby girl move in there. I have heard many complain that it keeps them awake at night, wakes them up at night and just don’t like it in general.
Say what?
This is your CHILD!! He/She is moving because she’s ALIVE and healthy! Active baby on board! I wake up 2-3 times a night. I mean, REALLY wake up, not wake up to change positions or drink some water. I might get crabby some days but for the most part I’ve been told that I’m a pretty pleasant prego. Matt must be thanking baby Jesus if that’s true. Anytime I wake up, she is moving around. I don’t know if that is WHY I wake up, but when I feel her I smile. I giggle. I poke her back sometimes. 2 nights ago I woke up at my regular 2am time and went for a pee break. I get back in bed and still haven’t felt her move. I poke and prod for a bit. Nothing. My heart starts POUNDING. For 10 more minutes I poke and change positions to bribe her into moving at all. Nada. Solution? Wake Matt up. If you’ve been pregnant before, you already know this…if not…let me tell you there is nothing that will wake a man up faster than when you are pregnant and he hears the words “Something is wrong.” Bless his heart he woke straight up but didn’t panic. Ya know, because that’s my job at the moment. He’s holding me, holding babybean aka my belly and talking to both of us. He puts his face up to my bellybutton (he really believes this is his microphone, it’s completely adorable) and keeps talking. He lightly rubs my belly and a few seconds later BAM! She’s there. I mean, not slightly there but why-did-you-just-pull-me-out-of-my-awesome-water-floating-sleep there. And I can do nothing but cry tears of joy.
Okay, so it sounds like I’m a little crazy in the fact that my child wasn’t moving for 15-20 minutes but if you’re prego or have been down that road then you should understand. At this far in the pregnancy (31 weeks, 4 days!) bambino in there is on a darn near perfect timing schedule. And nothing makes them move like poking in their space. When you get a feeling something is wrong, you can’t make it go away until you can prove that it’s nothing. So for you momma-to-be’s out there, I’m sorry if it’s annoying you but enjoy that you’re child is active and healthy enough to kick your butt sometimes - because if you don’t like not getting woke up now I have a feeling you’ll be waking up a lot more in a few months!

Peace on :]

Better Sleep?

We bought a new mattress!! Finally. Our old mattress was…well, old. I guess a sometimes-uncomfy pregnancy was just the push we needed to actually buy one. We slept on it the first time 3 days ago and WOW. The difference it made is incredible! We switched from springs to a memory foam type of bed. The whole  mattress isn’t memory foam though because I couldn’t get very comfortable on those.
Anyway. The point is we sleep SO much better now. I highly recommend getting a new mattress (or atleast changing up what you sleep on to see what feels best to you). The other thing that the mattress helps with is the transfer of movement. I happen to wake up every time Matt moves a LEG and with a king size spring mattress, I was up all night. Now I barely feel him move at all.
As for baby girl? I feel her move all night still. And it still never ceases to amaze me. :)

Peace on, loves.