WEEK 33 HIGHLIGHTS

Wednesday (7/30/14)

YES!!! I made it to 33 weeks! Just one more week to go. The doc came in and he put me in the books for c-section next Wednesday morning. Of course I could always be induced if the baby changes position. We shall see. I've been praying for the best way for the baby so if a c-section  is it then that's what's going to happen.

I crocheted Rocky a slipper, but I have to finish the second one. Poor boy is only going to have one slipper of different patterns. I guess I should get them done this weekend. The family came to visit. Oh they make me so happy! Lincoln wanted to play scripture heroes so he found the bag and he and Oliver sat on the rug and played. At one point Oliver wanted the one Lincoln had and was trying to grab it and Lincoln looks at him and says, "Ollie you have to say please." So Oliver says, "please" and then Lincoln hands it to him.They are such good brothers. We went on a walk to the life flight and the boys started a new thing...They want to know what all the signs say. They run up to one, look at it and ask, "what does this one say?". Now that I think about it I'm sure they started this a few visits ago, but now has become a part of the visit. I love how inquisitive they are. We went back to my room and did our goodnight routine. I'm so excited because they only have a few more visits and then they don't have to visit me because I'll be home. I will be sad that Rocky will still be here, but I've been trying to prepare myself for that so hopefully it won't be too difficult. Well happy 33 weeks...hopefully we will make it another week.

Thursday (7/31/14)

Hmmm...what did I do today? Well I guess you can say I almost had a baby! Yup, that's right another false alarm. I feel like with each false alarm the signs and symptoms get stronger and stronger. I was having contractions that started around 5a.m. and I also started bleeding, which hasn't happened for almost a week. The contractions were pretty strong and painful. They put me on the monitor and the contractions were about 10 minutes apart, then changed to 7, then 5 and then 2-3 minutes apart! They were going strong til around 10a.m. and then started to slow down. They were getting stronger and longer when they were about 2-5 minutes so I was getting pretty nervous. I'm glad they slowed down and given my history I should have expected it. I dodged another one. The rest of the day I continued to have contractions off and on, some strong some I couldn't feel although I knew I was okay. I just relaxed, watched tv and took a nap to pass the time. Dave came over a little earlier than usual so we got several episodes of Veronica Mars in before he had to leave. It turned out to be a good day!

Friday (8/1/14)

I can't believe it's August!! I have 5 more days and then I get to start walking around again!! I'm just excited to have made it so far! Talk about defying the odds. The doc came in this morning and reminded me that on Tuesday night I can't eat anything in preparation for Wednesday mornings surgery. He said even if baby turns head down we have to prepare that he might not tolerate labor and we would have to do a c-section so either way he wants an empty stomach. I talked with the nurse about what to expect that morning and she ran me through everything. When she came in to put me on the monitor she mentioned that the doc wanted to do another ultrasound to check baby's position and see if it changed. I pointed to a part of my belly and said, "that's his head". We both just laughed and she said she thought the same thing. She ended up doing an ultrasound and sure enough he was still transverse. I just relaxed today and took it easy.

Dave took the boys to a food truck gathering and then to Barnes and noble to see olaf from the movie frozen. It was supposed to be this big thing and it turned out to be a cardboard cutout of Olaf. Dave called me when they were done and we thought it would be good to just take them home because Oliver was pretty tired. Dave told Linc that they were going to go home and see mommy tomorrow and he started crying because he wanted to see me. They came over and we went on a walk. Linc had Dave's phone and was listening to and singing frozen and Tarzan songs. Oliver would sing a little with him. It was so cute and they did really well! Lincoln even sang one of the Tarzan songs in Spanish. We walked to the life flight and then back to my room. It was a good short visit.