June 17th

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yep, thats officially the day we get to meet Ms. Brooke, at 7:30 am.
 

I havent been here in forever, there have been LOTS of things I wanted to say……but just havent made it here to talk about it.

The main thing is me and Brooke are doing fine as of today.  All of our doc appointments have gone well, no longer seeing the specialist.   Right now we are just waiting for the 17th.  She will be 3 weeks early but thats quite alright.  Honestly, Im ready for this dang pregnancy to be over with.  Im not quite ready for her yet though.

I havent even started "nesting" yet.  I guess not everyone does that, or maybe its just that my body isnt ready yet and so I havent started.  Im trying to force myself though.  Her room is such a mess, we’ve had nothing but issues with her furniture, its all been broken so we are waiting on the new pieces to arrive.  I havent started washing clothes or anything but I will this week.  This weekend is my baby shower with my family, mom originally was going to wait until towards the end of June but we’ve had to push it up a little bit so that we can get it done before she gets here.  We have all the big things we need, mostly we just need blankets, socks and new born clothes……those are my main concerns right now.  Whatever we dont get on Saturday Stephen and I are going out to get on Sunday.  We’ve kinda started getting into the habbit of buying diapers when we go to the store.

So yeah, they are not allowing me to go past 37 weeks.  They said the baby should be developed just fine at that point and if we go past that anything negative could happen at that point and they dont want to risk it.  So, my weeks turn on Tuesday and the doc has me scheduled for a C-Section on Tuesday the 17th.  I really wanted to try to go vaginally but the doc doesnt think my cervix will be ready by 37 weeks.  However, he is going to check me next week and then the Monday before, if my cervix is making any natural progress then the C-Section becomes an induction.  Im hoping and praying thats what it is.  I REALLY dont wanna do the C-Section.  But, we shall see.

The last time we went to the specialist he estimated her weight at 5 lbs 15 oz, which, according to mine and Stephens calculations means she was gaining nearly a pound a week.  Had I actually gone full term she very easily could have been a 9 lb baby.  So, Im not worried about her being tiny, I think shes gonna be a big healthy little girl.

So, thats about it for me and Brooke.

They think my sisters baby is a boy.  I found out my 16 year old cousin is pregnant, hers is supposed to be a boy too.  So, lots of new babys at Christmas this year but ours just might be the only girl.  Thats just one side of the family.  On my dads side a cousin had a baby in February, and I have 2 more cousins expecting.  So, 6 new babies this year for our family.

Both my sister and cousin are due at the end of October.  I joked that my sister is going to have a halloween baby……..hey, I was right about it before.  I joked that she would be in labor on her 18th birthday and sure enough she went into labor on her 18th birthday. So anyways, my nephew was born on 12/26 the day after she went into labor, and now the next one is due 10/29 which means she will probably have him on halloween, another holiday baby for her.  If thats the case their entire family is born on a holiday.  Her husband is a Labor Day baby, she is a Christmas baby, my nephew is the day after Christmas and this next one might be halloween.

Anywho, my cousin, this is the daughter of my moms brother, who disowned our family when my 17 year old sister got pregnant.  They trash talked and treated us like dirt because of it.  They didnt want their daughters around us because they werent sure how to explain/handle the situation to them.  So, they disowned us for years.  Actually it was just this past summer I think, or maybe it was more recent than that, that my uncle called and apologized to my mom.  That means it took him nearly 5 years.  And now…….now we find out his 16 year old daughter is pregnant.  He didnt want us to know at first because he was ashamed.  Honestly, we just think its funny.  Kharma is a bitch.  We wont treat their family like they did ours, we will welcome this baby into our family with open arms and a smile on our face because life happens and theres nothing you can do about it…….but accept it and move on.

So yeah, I guess Im done rambling for now.  The next time Im here might be to share pictures of the creature that has been lurking around in my uterus for the last few months.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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