Pregnancy update

I realized I had not really done a weekly update in 4 or 5 weeks.  Honestly though when you are not allowed to do anything the updates would be a little repetive.  Oh here I am sitting on the couch again feeling pressure and the random contraction.  Nothing is regular and it has not progressed so it is what one of my doctors call a "cranky uterus".

My goal each week is to just stay pregnant for another week.  It got a little scary around 28 weeks when I dilated to 1cm and thankfully I have not dilated further.  I can definitely tell when I am on my feet too often at home and the pains start.  This just reminds that I am supposed to be sitting.  No matter how tedious it is to do basically nothing for weeks and weeks when you have two other children at home.

The holiday season was all kind of a blur since I started rest just before Halloween.  I still blame Brendan's owl costume for kick-starting the beginnings of the cranky uterus and the hours spent cutting felt feathers.  I hope he picks an easier bird for next Halloween...

Thanksgiving was spent at my mom's and I just sat there as well.  Same story for our few Christmas parties.  Sit, sit, and sit some more.  It worked since the baby is still bouncing around inside of me.

Now that January is upon us we have 2 birthday parties to plan for at the end of the month.  We think this baby is going to wait to makes its arrival around the other two.  Because why spread your kids birthdays out over a year when they can all be in the same week.  My sister picked 5 days after Brendan since Lila is 5 days before.  I am hoping to be off my restrictions by their birthday party so I can help do something.  I will be 35.5 weeks at that point.  Fingers crossed!

I am so thankful for the family and friends that have helped us out so much.  It is hard to plan for a sitter every single week and I have 2 good friends that offer all the time for Lila to come play while I go.  My mom and great aunt have also helped out for these weekly visits.  Believe me...I tried taking Lila a couple of times and it is so stressful!  I do not have the types of kids that like to sit quietly...ever.  We constantly get remarks on how busy they are all the time.  We are lucky I guess that our friends even offer to help:)

(Side note...active kids are a great weight loss plan!)

I have also gotten a few comments about how it must be hard to just be sitting and how do I do it.  I can see if I had not had the experience with Brendan it might be more difficult to follow directions.  We had a preemie though and between the choice of sitting my butt for several weeks or not following orders and having another preemie...well really no option there.  My doctors thank me for listening because they said so many women don't and they stick them in the hospital just to make them stop.  A teeny tiny preemie is so much more stressful and horrible than not being able to do things around the house or be busy all the time.  So I sit.

My poor husband has to do the work of two.  I like to tease him sometimes because he takes doing most of the work so seriously.  Like he his a laundry speed demon.  Rarely do we have a full basket of laundry anywhere in this house.  I always tell him he is a much better housewife than I ever could be.  Luckily I can sit on a chair in the kitchen and get dinner ready or load the dishwasher so I am not completely helpless...until he yells at me to go sit back down...

So as of today I am 33 weeks!  Only one more week until my doctors breathe a little sigh of relief.

My stats as of late are the following...

Weight...I have gained a few pounds over last month and it puts my total about 20 lbs so far.

Size of baby...About the size of a jimica or 3.75 lbs and 17 inches (32 week)

Sleep...Once I fall asleep I am good.  Just need to be better about going to bed earlier.  Darn this IPad
 We have now and stay up late playing Words with Friends against each other..

Bump...As my brother so kindly stated a few days ago..."Wow!  You are getting big!"

Symptoms...The normal aches and pains and pressure.  Since I am already dilated and effaced and the baby's head is sitting right on top of my cervix every time I stand it feels like he/she is trying to come out.  Thankfully nothing as been strong enough to cause any other changes and they keep letting me come home to sit on my couch.  The last few days I have noticed increased pressure and cramps so we'll see tomorrow at my appointment.

Baby...Is doing wonderful as usual.  The heart rate has been steady around 150ish at each visit and he/she is jabbing, kicking, bouncing, and hiccuping normally.  The most active time is between 11:30-12:00(midnight) which is why I am also up so late.

Highlight of week...We now have a new and non-expired infant cars eat and a new outfit for the baby.  My mom sent the baby a little gift in the mail for him/her to come home from the hospital in.

What I hope for...stay pregnant to February!

Sorry for this ridiculously long post...I have been writing it for three days:)