Brenda’s Pregnancy Journal

It’s pretty hilarious to see the look on peoples faces when they hear “last week” after asking me when I am due. Their eyes get wide & they look at me like I could explode any minute.

Well, still waiting, I woke at six this morning & took Tucker for an hour walk, then came home & slept till ten. Did some things around the house & then ran some errands with  my mom. I would me more patient if I had more things to do, but it’s the boredom that can get annoying. I still feel pretty good overall, and would be willing to wait this out another week or so if the Doc would let me, but I don’t think he will.

I do have one strange symptom, I have a pain-like pressure feeling that runs accross the top of my abdomen, up the middle of my chest, up the side of my throat and all the way into my ear - it comes & goes, but yesterday it seemed to be getting worse so I called the nurse - turns out it’s normal - it’s just that his head is resting on a nerve in my pelvis that causes that sensation - crazy huh?

Yesterday I was  having semi-regular contractions for several hours - we went to the mall to walk & encourage them. Unfortunetly they went away by mid afternoon. It was definetly dissapointing. I hope to have an unmedicated childbirth, and I know the best chance of that will be if I can go into labor on my own - induction will definetly lower the chances of that happening, so I’m really praying I go into labor before my doc apt on Wednesday. I am also trying to accept that things may not go at all how I hope - and to be okay with that b/c I don’t want to be affected by it afterwards in the form of post partum blues.

Inspite of no labor I had a great weekend with Charlie. We did TONS of walking - malls, parks, old town streets, we went swimming and had a lot of fun chatting & joking. Charlie made up songs to sing to Elliot (no suprise to anyone who knows my husband) and also gave Elliot a little pep talk to encourage him out - so far he’s being stubborn and ignoring it! k

Last night I decided I needed to get out and focus on something else so we called our parents & all went to Spaggetti Factory. It was good for me to do my hair & makeup - it made me feel better. We had a nice time w/ the granparents to be.

I didn’t expect the pressure that I feel of going past my due date - no one intentionally has made me feel badly, but I feel like I’m letting people down - like I’m not performing the way I’m supposed to. I don’t mind that people call to check on me, but it sucks having dissapointing news every time. I am also reluctant to call anyone b/c the moment they know it’s me they are hoping I’m calling to say he’s on the way. Charlie has been so terrific, but I really felt like I let him down, he walked so many miles with me & I didn’t come thru - I know he doesn’t feel that way at all, but that’s how I felt. I kept appologizing to him. Silly, I know.

I did get a lovely massage in one of those cool chairs at Sharper Image at the mall yesterday - and we bought a nice fan that is supposed to be able to control the temperature of the room - our AC doesn’t work well & costs a lot to run, so hopefully this will keep us 3 cool all summer.

Well I certainly hope my next updae on here is a link to a new journal becaue I won’t be pregnant anymore!

In “celebration” of my due date Charlie & I went to Disneyland. We rode a few rides - Pirates, Haunted Mansion & the Jungle Cruise, but mostly walked. And of course snacked. It was fun, but by the end of the night my feet really hurt. That’s the only thing about needing to walk - my feet can’t take too much of it right now. It was fun to reach May 12 & realize that I made it all the way to the end. I’m still not overly anxious about his arrival, but I am definetly feeling more ready to not be pregnant any more. Mostly though I just can’t wait to meet the little guy…

Here I am at 40 weeks / 9 Months pregnant!

Date & Weight - winner gets a prize. If you want to add your guess post a comment to this post or call/email it to me!

Mom S - 5/9 7,2

Daniel S - 5/10 7even

Dan K - 5/10 8,2

Dad S - 5/11 9,8

Amanda - 5/11 7,2

Julie - 5/11 7,6

Jess - 5/11 8,2

Grandpa S - 5/12 7,8

Kori - 5/12 8,3

Grandma S - 5/13 7,5

Stacy - 5/13 6,5

Dad K - 5/13 7,6

Charlie - 5/13 7,4

Amber - 5/13 7,10

Gabe & Kristin - 5/13 8even

Joe - 5/14 9,0

Melinda - 5/14

James - 5/14 7even

Natalie - 5/14 8,2

Carissa - 5/14 7,3

Nancy - 5/14 7,4

Brenda - 5/15 7,9

Katie - 5/15 8,2

Adri - 5/15 7,6

Amy - 5/15 7,11

Lindsay - 5/15 7,14

Karlene - 5/16 7,9

Donna - 5/18 7,2

StaceyRenee - 5/18 7,7

Mom K - 5/19 7,11

Charlie woke me up on Mother’s day with a card and gift. The card was really hilarious - if I can post a pic of it later I will. He gave me a special journal to write in that we’ll give to Elliot one day. It’s all about us & family & it has places to record things that happen in Elliot’s life. I had so much fun starting to fill it out!

In the morning Charlie’s family picked me up & we went to his brothers house for lunch. We got to see our nefew myles who just gets more adorable all the time. I  had a great time visiting w/ my sister-in-law too. Charlie had to work & wasn’t able to come.

In the evening Charlie came home & we went to my moms house where my family gathered for pizza dinner. There we got to see my little niece who is also just too cute! It makes me so excited to be holding my own little one soon.

We made our mother’s picture frames  that say Grandma and Elliot so that they can put a picture of them w/ him in it once he arrives. I think they both liked them a lot.

There was a little sadness to this day, remembering that I was also pregnant last mother’s day - so I mourned my 2 lost children today also.

I went to a Women’s Tea at church with my  mom and mother-in-law on Saturday. It was nice to be with them both right before mother’s day. It was also fun to have another tea party & the speakers were good. Charlie worked all day & we just relaxed around the house all evening.

Friday afternoon brought a nice suprise - the Hutch had finally arrived at Baby Depot. We called & confirmed & they said everything was ready - of course when we got down there we were there for over an hour, as they couldn’t find it right away & it was mis-tagged, and every other annoying thing that could happen did - once again I swore to NEVER enter a Burlington Coat Factory again - and to tell everyone I know to avoid it also! However, when we got home & put up the hutch to complete the nusery it was wonderful - it is just perfect in there - now all we need is a little boy to live there!

As the stress of working has been removed from me, and the sole breadwinner becomes Charlie it must’ve had a bit of an impact Friday night. At 3:00 A.M. I heard him go downstairs so I followed. He could’nt sleep so we ended up going to Winchells to get me a Donut & then to Wal-Mart to do a bit of shopping, then to a mexican food 24 hour restaurant to get Charlie some food, finally we came home & Charlie watched Lemony Snickets while I slept on the couch! It was just too funny b/c I’m sure it looked like crazy pregnant lady craving night or something, but it had nothing to do with me! It was kinda fun to do something a little crazy & silly before we become parents. Charlie has slept just fine since - I know he feels good about being his families provider.

On Saturday I attended one more shower on Saturday for a friend. She’s having her 2nd Child - due May 30 with a girl. It’s so neat that Elliot will grow up with lots of little friends so close in age. The shower games are getting funny b/c some of them are repeats so they’re getting rather easy to win!

Sunday we went to church  & afterward Charlie went to basketball & I did stuff around the house. We had his parents over for a Spaggetti Dinner so we could show them the room. It was a neat feeling going to sleep knowing I didn’t have to get up & catch the bus to work in the morning.