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New belly photo! Excuse my hair, it was really hot that day!
My tooth is gone! I called a different dentist in town and they removed it on Friday for me. I was scared to death, but it was not too bad and am glad that the majority of the pain is now gone and it is over!
29 Weeks - 20 Jun 06
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I am feeling pretty good. I feel huge already though (see my new belly photo!). I have this pressure pulling on my back. Like gravity is pulling my stomach off and pulling me over. This would explain the clumsiness! I am going to invent a bras type thing that holds up pregnant woman's bellies! I am sure it already exists and if it does I need one! What am I going to do for 11 more weeks! Oh dear!
I am starting to find everyday chores very hard. Even walking up the stairs gets me winded. A couple of days a week I used to go through our apartment like a whirl wind and clean everything. Not any more! I do a little at a time as I get very warn out and winded and usually I just don't feel like moving! I am continuing with my walks at least 4 nights a week for 30 to 45 minutes, but I take my time and stop when I get a stitch.
I can now see the baby moving! It is very alien like. I sure can feel the wee one move now. Sometimes I wonder what is going on in there! I just can not get enough of that! Ever since I was a teenager I have always looked forward to being pregnant someday. To feel what it was like to have a little person, created by love, growing inside of me. I count my blessings every day that Trevor and I were able to conceive and so easily!
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Saturday we went to our first pre-natal class. Trevor lasted until the first break and then I told him to go ahead home. It was a waste of time for him, but I learned a lot! I filled him in on what he needed to know. There was a lot about nutrition, the different stages of labor, breathing techniques, the birds a bees (a little late for that!) and some really gory videos! This weekend is the last class and it focuses more on labor (with complications), breast feeding and 6 weeks post partum. I think we have many more videos to come! On Saturday we got a tour of the hospital. It is a very small hospital but they have lots of new equipment. They are building anew maternity wing but it will not be ready until after October. They have a huge birthing Jacuzzi room too! I might try that in the early stages of labor if it is free. But I do not want to give birth in there. I think I will learn a lot more this weekend as I am quite far along and last week was geared towards more of the beginning. I am looking forward to going back on Saturday. I like hanging out with other pregnant woman!
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I love my Rock Star!
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I can't believe that today I am 29 weeks and 3 days! Trevor and I are trying to enjoy our time alone together by going for walks to the park and lots of relaxing! Saturday it was just so hot here we went and watched TV in the bedroom with the air conditioning and we both fell asleep. Trevor was sleeping at 7:00 and I was out like a light sometime before 9! We then did not get out of bead until almost 10 on Sunday morning and we did not feel guilty at all!
Oh yes, before I forget, I gained 1 pound this week. That puts me at up 26.5 pounds which makes me cringe but is still on track. I am at the higher end but I am on track! I can live with a pound a week!
Next Wednesday I have another OB appointment. I love going to the OB! I'll keep y'all posted!
Take care,
Wendy
I had my 28 week appointment yesterday. Everything looks good. I passed the glucose testing. Yippee! The OB said that the nasty pains I get when I walk are just muscles stretching. They are in my sides and feel like stitches and are sometimes so bad I must stop and sit for a while! But they go away when I sit down. I got my final ultrasound booked for July 11th at 3:00! I am so excited! Trevor will be with me this time, I can't wait for him to see the baby for the first time and hopefully the baby will not be shy and we can confirm the sex! Is it July 11th yet? Now I start seeing the OB every two weeks! So exciting!
The baby's movements are getting stronger. It seems like just today that the movements are a lot stronger than I am used to! What a wonderful feeling! Trevor has not felt the baby yet, I guess it is just bad timing!
No knew pregnancy ailments to report except for some retarded crying fits! Where do these come from and why oh why? For no apparent reason!
I do have one major complaint though. My tooth! Yup, it is a long story, I'll give you the short version, Friday - eating a cinnamon raisin bagel, raisin gets stuck, nasty pain in my tooth, I suffer all weekend. Sunday night piece of tooth comes of, pain get worse! Monday call dentist, get an appointment on Tuesday. Go see dentist on Tuesday, not a simple fix must be x-rayed. I almost come to tears during x-ray for fear of hurting my wee one, but I did what the Ob said and had them put two lead vests over my tummy. Turn out I need a root canal…. Ouch or it needs to be pulled…. Double ouch! I decided before I went if it came down to this it would be pulled. Well the dentist would not even discuss pulling it. She said it would be too traumatic while being pregnant and if I had complications I could not take antibiotics or pain killers. But of course the dentist was all for doing a root canal ASAP! Like that is not traumatic! I could have the same problems with that, if not more. Anyways the dentist starts the root canal (that she quilted me into by making me think puling my tooth would bring harm to my baby) and fills the tooth with medication and covers it with a temporary filling, but tells me not to eat on that side or floss it, and that she will finish it soon. She charges me $120 and sends me on my way in even more pain then I started and with a $530 bill remaining to come to complete the root canal. She also said I still had the option of pulling it but she really thought it would be bad for the baby but it would cost $80 to $200 more. I was so upset when I left the office. I was in so much pain and felt awful for letting them x-ray me. Anyways I talked it over with Trevor and decided that I would have it pulled so I called the dentist and she called me back and said if I had it pulled I would have to wait until after the baby is born!!! That is crazy! Why would I want to have a tooth pulled when I have a new born baby and why would I want to live with this pain and tooth I can't use for 12 weeks! I thought since I was meeting with my OB yesterday I would ask him and if he said it was OK I would get it pulled. My Ob said it was fine to get it pulled and not to worry about the complications that I could take most antibiotics and Tylenol 3 with codeine for the pain if I needed. He said he would recommend doing it now before the baby came and as soon as possible before I get too pregnant. Well after spending the entire day fighting with the dentist to do it and telling her secretary that my OB said to do it, I have an appointment on 17-July! WTF???? On Monday they got me in the next day when they saw $$$. But now I have to wait over a month. This is bullshit! I will be 8 months pregnant by then! Blah!!!
Alright I am done ranting now! We bought a few things at garage sales for the baby this weekend but not too much. We have started to save money for my maternity so hopefully we will get most of the remaining items at the baby shower! The crunch has begun; I only have 64 days of work left! Yikes!
As for my weight everything seems to be fine. I gained half a pound this week, which is probably due to my tooth ache! I am still right on target though. So that suites me fine!
K, that is it for today. Have a good one!
Take care,
Wendy
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