Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Because I Really Enjoy Being Pregnant

So I go in today to get induced. But... and this may be a little TMI... my cervix isn't opening. Like at all. To induce labor, they really need it to be open a few centimeters. Like 3 or more. Mine is barely at 1. ONE!!!!!!

No contractions...

Nothing is working...

So she scheduled an induction for Monday.

Labor Day.

Hilarious.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Still Waiting....

Not a contraction. Nothing.

Luckily, due to the previous false alarm, I have been off of work. Which is good since I have been exhausted.

Today we went to the girls school and got their books and classes sorted out. Tomorrow we pick up Catherine's iPad. We went to the bank. We went to Jack In The Box. We got Carolynn's hair cut.

All that and still, no baby.

Stubborn. That is what she is. Tomorrow I have an appointment to see about inducing this.

If she doesn't come tonight.

Which I doubt.

Monday, August 27, 2012

Today Is The Day

But it's not.

Today is the day the baby is due. But she isn't here. Nope. No baby for us. We had some false alarms. They felt pretty real to me, but the doctors say no. And they are right, because then it stops.

So far today, nothing.

But the bags are packed and in the car. The car seat is installed.

Come on baby.

At this point, I would like her to wait until tomorrow night or later. I have appointments to meet with the girls new teachers tomorrow morning.

Which is probably when she will come....

Friday, August 17, 2012

And I Am Not Even Blonde

It all started one Tuesday morning. I am always off on Tuesday and Wednesday. But our dog Drizella thinks that she needs to get up when the sun comes up.

No. Not on my day off. It's 6 am. She is whining to go out.

So I sit up to yell at her to shut up.

And the room is spinning. Whoa. I must have sat up too fast. So I lie back down to wait until it stops. I doze on and off until 9 am waiting until it stops. It never does. Eventually I try and get up to go pee. I fall onto the bed. David gets up to help me. It is awful. It's spinning and spinning....

So I call the midwives office. She thinks it may be anemia. She tells me to take an iron pill and drink some water. Then take a nap. I should feel better later she says.

I do what she says. I take the pill, I drink water, I sleep until noon.

And I feel a bit better. Still woozy, but at least I can walk. David takes me out for some tacos. I watch TV. And later than night...

It's back. The dizzy. So dizzy I throw up. And it continues all night and into Wednesday. So I call the midwives office again. Now maybe she thinks it is the flu or even just dehydration. She says get lots of rest, drink plenty of liquids. If I can't keep anything down for 24 hours, come in.

So I sleep. I drink. I finally keep down some toast. But the dizzy never stops. I wobble around the house. This continues...

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday...

Finally on Monday they run a bunch of tests.... No dehydration, no infections, no anemia... nothing...

The dizzy continued....

Tuesday, Wednesday...

Finally I go back to work on Thursday. Still a bit wobbly, but slowly getting better. By Saturday it was mostly gone.

Two weeks almost of being dizzy.

Why?

Who knows?

Just over a week until the due date.....

Thursday, August 16, 2012

The Hilarity

So my sister Nicole wants to get into law enforcement. She spent months applying to the police academy. She had to track down so much information for the application. She was working out and trying to eat better. My niece Carter, who is two, was finally old enough to go to day care in my sister's opinion. Everything was ready. She finally got the application all turned in.

And so she waited....

And then they called her in for a physical and drug test...

My sister is not going to the police academy...


Not yet anyway.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Wordless Wednesday

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I can't even believe how many of us there are!!!!
July 2011
Apple Valley, California
Picture Taken By My Cousin Wendy