I know, i know, I haven't posted in forever. Just been really busy with work and getting ready for Sam's arrival . According to Mike, only 24 days left til my c-section! Crazy how fast this pregnancy has gone. My c-section is scheduled for October 16th @ 9:30am (she is breech). I can't wait!!! I'm almost 36weeks now so I have no worries if i do go into labor now. I would much rather have everything go as planned, but I know that that doesn't always happen. We are ready no matter what.
I am now seeing Dr. Swanson once a week and getting NST's twice a week (just because of my anemia, the doc wants to keep a close eye on us). Saw the doc yesterday and they really want me off of work. I only have 6 shifts left, so part of me wants to just tough it out and part of me is kinda wanting to be off. Only reason they want me to be done working is because my lower legs and feet are pretty darn swollen. Everything else is fine though. BP is 117/62, I've only gained 25lbs so far, no protein in my urine. It doesn't help that when I went for my appointment yesterday, I had only gotten a couple of hours of sleep after working a horrible 12 hr shift, so of course my feet and legs were super swollen. We were sooooo busy on Monday. I think we had 22 babies in less than 20hrs! It was craziness. Thankfully I have awesome co-workers that take care of me.
I will post belly pictures tonight. Just need Mike to take a couple. I feel huge and she likes to hang out right under my ribs which makes it a little hard to breathe sometimes.
I have had 2 baby showers since my last post. They were both beautiful. The first one was thrown by my co-workers. I cannot thank Lilia, Iwan, Hayley, Leslie and MaryRose enough. It was truely amazing. It was actually a little overwhelming. So many people came to celebrate this little miracle with us. We were very spoiled! There was tons of delicious food and so many gifts. I needed a nap after opening all of them. I really do have amazing friends and coworkers. I really don't think that I will be able to even see Samantha when she is born...I think everybody will be hogging her hahaha.
My second shower was also beautiful. It was thrown by my awesome mother in law and sister in law Melissa. My other sister in law Debbie is also expecting and is due 4 weeks after us so it was a combined family shower. Sam and I got spoiled again. I don't think that I will need to buy clothes for her for a long time! She will be the best dressed baby in the nursery that's for sure! My mother in law got the most delicious cake from Sweet Dreams cakery...the same place that did our wedding cake. SOoooooooo good!
I will post some pictures of the first shower. Don't have any pictures of the second one, but I think Melissa took some so I will have to ask her to send them to me.
Sam moves a lot. She moves so much that the nurses are hating doing my NST's because they can't get her to be still long enough to get a good strip. She is so our child. Stubborn as can be hahaha. I love just staring at my belly and watching her move around. It's like there is an alien in my belly...sooooo cool.
I am still having a hard time sleeping but it's not Sam that keeps me up. Most of it is caused by my stupid bladder. I swear I pee every hour! you could set your clock to it. My fibromyalgia pain is not helping either. It's getting worse probably just from the stress on my body. I'm toughing it out though and nap when I can.
Well, enough with this novel of a post. I will get crackin on posting some pictures now.
