May started out with finals and me graduating from nursing school....so I can say I am done with school for a few years! I convinced Matt it was a good idea for me to take off 3 weeks between graduation and the start of orientation. And ugh after day 2 of building a shed I was ready to be anywhere but sweating outside being Matt's apprentice, meaning handing him tools and holding stuff.
On May 14th, the floor I work on threw me a baby shower- and so began the mounds of baby stuff piling up in her room. Then on May 16th, we had our 4D ultrasound...which was absolutely amazing and I would recommend to all my preggers friends! She was very cooperative and made lots of big movements and was so full of expression- smiling, pouty lips, etc. More people say she looks like me Daddy, but we'll know in only 42 days........
That next weekend, a very good friend in Mansfield threw me my "big" shower. And I just thought she had lots of stuff! We went to Matt's parents' lakehouse on Lake Granbury for 10 days during those 3 weeks off.
Last weekend, my baby sister Courtney graduated from high school...crazy that she's all grown up!
Now for some venting.....don't get me wrong, I have THOROUGHLY enjoyed being pregnant and I know without a doubt it's all worth it- but danggit I just had no clue what I was really getting myself into! So I think I was told something like 95% of all women get stretchmarks (or as my mom friends call them "mommy marks!"). Although I got them from growth spurts as a young girl...I guess I was hoping I would somehow fall into that lucky 5%- not so much! There's this skin rash that less than 1% of pregnant women get, called PUPPS, and yup you guessed it- I'm one of those lucky 1%ers! It's like a crazy eczema outbreak all over my body with bumps & whelps that itches like the dickens....once again during this pregnancy I found myself scratching until I was bleeding. (finally got a prescription yesterday!) Prior to this week, I had no idea that pads (ie maxi pads & pantyliners) came in the shape of thongs...but good news ladies- THEY DO! And I just thought I leaked fluids in my first trimester. Dr. P thinks I'm just gradually losing my mucus plug- lucky me! Then there's the hemangiomas I've developed, the worsening Vitiligo, the epulis in my mouth, swollen fingers that don't allow my rings so I look like I'm carrying an illegitimate baby with a married man, yadayada the list could go on and on!
Oh and to top it all off, I went to the dr yesterday and I've gained 37 pounds and I'm measuring 38 weeks, yet I'm only 34 weeks. So either 1) the due date is off,2) Maycee is swimming in an excessive amount of fluid, or 3) she's just a plump healthy baby in there.
But as I'm so kindly reminded by my husband, this is what I wanted and will soon have a beautiful baby girl that will make me forget about all these oh so fun joys of pregnancy!
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OMG she is totally a Waddell girl!! So cute!!! Amazing how you can already tell, great picture!!! =)
ReplyDeleteSorry you're having the rash and other trials during your pregnancy but your hubby's right! You'll forget all about them and they'll be soooo worth it! =)