Wednesday, September 9, 2009

36 weeks 3 days!

Where has the time gone? I can't believe that by tomorrow I will have less than 3 weeks before this baby is here. My c-section is scheduled for Oct. 1st at 8:30 am. I am so so glad that there is an end it sight. I know you can't be pregnant forever, but at this point one day feels like forever to me. I love having kid(s), but I really really don't like being pregnant. I think for the most part I actually feel better this go around. The sciatic is much more controlled and mainly bothers me when I try and sleep...makes sleeping difficult/impossible, but I'd be there anyways...at least I was last time. I'm still working full time and though I'm super tired by the end of the day, I'm able to make it with no troubles. I am noticing that I am really starting to swell again. I have really tried to limit the salt in my diet, but I'm still swelling. I hope that I can some how keep it to a minimum. I am trying to drink a ton of water to help flush it out, but that is only working a little. Other than that things are going well. Baby is super active and moves around constantly. That is so much different than my pregnancy with Kenzie. Kenzie rarely moved even when I was this far along. It will be very interesting to see how their personalities differ once "baby Seester" gets here. I have also only gained about 21lbs this time so far...praying I can keep it under or right at 25...it's going to be a stretch!!! At my 34-35wk ultrasound baby was measuring 5lbs 5oz!!! She's going to be a big one, just like Kenzie :) We've got the clothing washed and the bottles washed, now we just need to set up the swing/bouncy seat/pack n play. I doubt much of that will be done before baby gets here. We just don't have the room in the apartment for everything, plus Kenzie will want to play in all of it and she is MUCH to big. I have a few things that I want to get before baby comes, I guess I should get moving on that :) I have not gotten much at all for this baby. We have her coming home outfit and a few new things, but really most of Kenzie's clothing will fit her and be season appropriate. We are very excited for her to get here. Poor kid still has no first name. We can't seem to come up with anything. We don't even have a list of favorites. It makes me laugh how frustrated everyone around us gets when we can't tell them a name. At work today one of the housekeepers was talking to me about the baby and when I didn't agree with the 3 names she liked, she threw her hands up and said "Now I know why you guys don't have a name!" Picking a name is HARD. So, maybe she will have a name maybe she won't...Kenzie was nameless for 24 hours and she's okay :) We actually don't plan on telling the final name until baby gets here anyways, but we will at least let people know when we have the real one picked out. Well, got to convince the toddler to go to bed.