I can’t believe a month has passed by and I haven’t posted any messages on my blog – not only am I losing my mind, but it seems I am also losing track of time! I guess I hadn’t even noticed until many of you have either approached me or emailed me letting me know that you don’t know how I am doing because I haven’t sent out any messages. Then, I assume there are probably many of you who are glad that you haven’t had to read some of the crazy things that have occurred during my pregnancy.
I thought I would just give a quick bulleted list of how things are going and what is new…. So, here it goes:
• I am now in my 34th week of pregnancy – 6 weeks left if I go full term. But, I am hoping more like 4-5 weeks. My belly has completely popped out and I have that lovely “waddle” in my step.
• Since my last posting, I have gained about 5 more pounds – which puts me at about 25 llbs of total weight gain to this point. I am happy to say that this is about 7 lbs less than I gained at the same time in Harper’s pregnancy. I honestly can’t explain the logic because I have been eating sweets with every meal. It seems I have gone from one dessert per day to a dessert per meal.
• Pregnancy is in the water – I swear. So, if you don’t want to get pregnant, you better be drinking something else! Since my last posting, my sister Lorie has announced her unplanned pregnancy and several friends have done the same. I think my mom and dad are overwhelmed with good news. They are going to have 2 new grandbabies this year and their baby daughter is getting married in November. I’m sure Ashley would have preferred to have the spotlight to herself but here Lorie and I go and add some craziness to the mix. The wedding should be fun – two toddlers and two infants and two post partum breastfeeding moms who are probably going to wish they had better figures for the bridesmaid dresses! Our biggest challenge is how to we all get around from a transportation stand point. The days are gone when all of the Collier family can fit in one car. Once we all found significant others, we have gotten use to splitting up into two cars. Then we added 2 babies with car seats and a shit load of gear and we had to start taking three cars. I told dad to start looking into buying a small school bus since now we are adding two more kids with car seats and even more baby stuff! Oh the days of just putting everyone into one car with no seatbelts or car seats sounds so enticing!
• I have officially eaten over 300 TUMS since my pregnancy began. I think I told you in a previous posting that I pop TUMS left and right and carry a bottle of 100 everywhere I go. Well, I have officially finished my 3rd full bottle and have started on several more. I guess the baby is getting some added calcium while I delay my fiery heartburn. Now that I think about it, I wonder if the added calcium has strengthened BB’s legs enough to explain his swift and vicious kicks to my gut all day! This could be like providing Popeye with a boost of spinach 4 or 5 times per day.
• We are being haunted by baby names again. We really thought we had settled on a name but it just hasn’t stuck. Even after asking the mom at daycare for permission to use her son’s name, it still didn’t feel like ours. So, I will tell everyone that the name was Declan since we are no longer using it. Plus, I told mom while I was home and when she called my sister and referred to him as “Dicklin” – I just knew it wasn’t going to work. So, we are back at square one – flipping through the baby name books, reading the credits of movies and TV shows and any other avenue for searching out names.
• I have been going to physical therapy for extreme hip pain and a sciatic nerve problem. I am happy to report that pregnant women don’t have to and shouldn’t suffer with this type of pain. My doctor is a “god-send” along with the physical therapist. I was given a few exercises to do to get things back in line and I feel like a new woman. Honestly I have had less pain this time than with Harper. My previous doctor was a bit old fashioned and kind of took the mind set that all of this pain in the last month was just part of the journey. My new doc is young and specializes in pain management – and he is all about trying to eliminate or reduce unnecessary pain. Plus, who wouldn’t like an occasional deep tissue massage on your butt that is covered by insurance!
Well, that is the overview of my pregnant life to this point. Things are progressing well and I am feeling as good as I can at this point. Mom and dad have booked their flights to be here on the 5th of May. So, I hope BB doesn’t decide to come any earlier. I am looking forward to the help – especially with Harper. Dad is staying a week and mom will be staying for 3 weeks. Then, my sister Lorie is hopefully coming the following week We are all planning to visit VA in early July.
There is still so much to do before BB arrives. I need to finish moving Harper out of the nursery and get all of his baby clothes out and put in drawers for BB. We also want to switch around the nursery to give it a new feel. So much to do, and so little energy to do it! Hope all is well with everyone and I will write again soon!
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