36 weeks update!!

One more week and we are full term!!! WOW time is flying!! I'm glad I'm getting more accomplished!!! I finished the nursery this week!! I just have some papers to fill out, install the car seat and finish my bag, but mostly everything is done!

Constipation was back this week... UGH!!! I'm waking up to the bathroom every two hours, sleeping is very uncomfortable too, but I manage to sleep all night. I need to take a nap every day! Thank God I'm working from home, I feel exhausted!! I want to work until the last minute, but I'm thinking that next Friday the 5th I might just stop. For the last 2 weeks I have been sleeping in Jorge's t-shirts! My pjs don't fit anymore, well my pants do but not the shirts. I'm getting soo big!! Everyone keeps asking me when are you going to pop! My belly is so round and pointy that everyone keeps asking if I'm having a boy! Its just Arella's position, I'm glad we were able to confirm so many times she was a girl, I would probably be having a heart attack by now with so many people telling me its a boy!!

I had my weekly appointment... Everything went great, HB was great and he said from the Doppler he could tell I have great amniotic fluid! BP was 110/80, no protein in the urine, belly measured fine, he said I dropped too! My strep B was negative too!!

He checked me too, I'm not dilated, but starting to efface and my cervix is very soft, she is very low too. He thinks she will come in 2 weeks max 3... beginning of November... we will see if her plans are the same :) If she is still on the 75-80% like she has been, he will induce me at 39 weeks, he says I'm small so he doesn't want me to have a 8-9lb baby. He is out of town from Nov 2-7th.. and he is on call on the 1st and on the 9th... so I'm hoping she is born on the 1st or after the 8th when he is back! Of course that is what I WANT, not what she wants LOL... I'm happy with her in my belly as long as she wants, I'm enjoying my pregnancy so much, that I'm sad that is ending! Love feeling her!!

I also had an u/s at 36.5 and Ms Arella weights approximately 7.5 lbs! She is on the 80% !!! She is a big lady!!! They estimate her to be up to 9 if I get to 40 weeks!! I'm glad is just an estimate, and I'm hoping she is born on the 7lb range!!!

From the u/s I think she really looks like her daddy, at least her mouth and feet!! We will see!! She had her foot in her mouth!! I guess that is why I feel her movement so much!!! She was swallowing amniotic fluid the whole time too, never stopped! I think she is sunny side up, because we were able to see her face and also because of her movements, I will ask the Dr on my next appointment.

I think she is soo cute!! We finally saw her face!!! and she was swallowing the whole time!! I'm in love with my little girl :)

She moves like crazy!! I don't know how she can still move soo much!! I might need plastic surgery in my belly buttom, I'm not sure if its her foot, elbow, hand or something but OMG my belly buttom is going to explode!! LOL... I feel her all day, which I'm glad since I'm never worried, but I'm really hoping she is not that hyper when she is born!!!

Next appointment, October 28th at 2:15 with Dr P!

Here is the video

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YKP4i5G6r0

Here are the pics for this week!!

Ultrasound

Belly pics

Nursery

35 weeks update and appointment!

In about a month Arella will be here!! I still cant believe it!! I love being pregnant and I don't want it to be over!! I waited soo long for this that I'm enjoying every minute!

And I'm trying to buy last minute things for Arella... the nursery is not done yet, I haven't packed the bag, installed the carseat, interview with the pediatrician... so I still have some things to do. Not to mention I have to fill up some paperwork for my short term disability, to get 3 months off not paying the student loan, fill up her book, etc...

I'm going now weekly!! I cant believe it!! We are on the home stretch!!! I have gained 24 lbs... Im soo hungry this last days! HB was great, baby Arella moves a lot even though she is cramped in there!! Dr believes she is over 6lbs already. BP was 111/71 which was great, no protein in the urine, belly measured 35, she is head down, VERY low but not dilated. I had my strep b today as well. I saw another Dr today, didn't like her too much so I'm hoping I don't get her! She was on a rush... barely answered my questions.

She said she doesn't think she will come before 37 weeks, but no guarantees. I was telling her that my husband was out of town until Sunday. I'm not ready, so I'm ok with her staying longer :)

I'm feeling good, barely sleeping, with reflux, tired, and with a heavy belly, but I LOVE IT! I'm enjoying my pregnancy every day.

Everything is going great... I cant complain, after years of secondary infertility, multiple miscarriages and many disappointments, God had grant us with the best pregnancy ever, I cant complain just thank him for this little miracle.

Dr said she dropped already... I do see my belly lower but was expecting it to be MUCH lower... here are the pics!! Everyone is already asking me if I'm almost done!! Apparently she is a big lady!

34 weeks update !!!

Time is flying now!!!!!!!!!! Jorge is in Hong Kong and I cant wait for him to be back!! He will be back on the 17th... I'm hoping Arella will stay put at least until he is back. I really dont feel she will be in early though.

Im feeling great, my constipation is gone! And having more Braxton hicks.. but nothing to be concern. I do feel more tired and get exhausted after doing a few things, so Im not getting much accomplished.

I'm working from home and that is helping, but I need a nap every day and that makes me fall behind at work... I have to work during the weekend to catch up on what I didn't do during the week.

Here are the belly pics for the week! I'm getting bigger by the minute!! Arella is HUGE!!!!!!!

33 wks update and Drs appointment!

Pregnancy is going great and baby Arella is growing like crazy!!!

Sleeping is much more difficult now, since I either have reflux, need to wake up to go to the bathroom, and I cant find a comfortable position. But I'm still enjoying it!

Im getting more BH... sometimes even a little cramping... my belly gets soo hard at the end of the day!! So I'm taking it easy... working from home and waiting for Jorge to be back! YUP he went to HONG KONG and BEIJING! Not the best time of the year to do it, but no other choice! He will be back on the 17th of Oct and I cant wait... I will be starting my 36th week then!!

Had a Drs appointment on Friday Oct 1st. My belly measured 1 week ahead, and he said she was definitely lower. BP was great at 110/74 and HB was at 145. I gained 1 lb in the last 2 weeks which is good, for a total of 22 lbs. He did a cervical check also, he said no dilatation but she is VERY low, he could feel her head right away. Dr said he thinks when is time I will have a quick labor, I'm really hoping he is right!!!!!!!! He said no much driving and walking until Jorge is back, he wants to make sure she doesn't make her appearance until we are full term. So for now I'm working from home and taking it easy. Watch us being past due and induced!! LOL... he thinks I wont make it to 40 weeks but we will know better later on.

Next appointment is on Oct 13th but with a different Dr since he will be out of town... and then I start going every week!!!! I cant believe we are getting soo close!! I love being pregnant, even though I'm at uncomfortable stage, I still don't want it to be over!!! I love feeling her move and watching my belly, so I'm enjoying this last month!

Not yet ready with the nursery, I'm hoping by next week!! Also tomorrow, Oct 6th, I have the hospital tour which I'm going with my mom. I will start washing her clothes soon too, and packing our bag.

Here are the belly pics for week 33, which I took today! and I'm really 33wks and 6 days!! But I totally forgot to take one last week!

32 wks update, Drs appointment and u/s!!!

We are getting close!! Starting the 8th month!!

I had my baby shower on the 18th!! I will make a special post for it with pics :)

Pregnancy is going great, Arella moves like crazy, she is a non-stop little lady! She is getting heavy!! This week I had one day LOTS of BH and I felt she was shifting!! OMG I was soo sure she moved to a breech position, Drs appointment couldn't come soon enough!!

I started having some pelvic pain too, my hips starting hurting and my lower back as well. I'm having more BH too. Since Jorge is going to Hong Kong from the 4th until the 17th which means he will be back right before I turn 36 weeks, the Dr decided to take me off work, well mainly to take me off driving since I commute about 2 hrs a day... and gave me a note to work from home. I will be giving the note to my boss on Friday, so I'm hoping he agrees, because I really need the income to finish buying all the stuff for baby Arella!

Appointment went fine, HB was great, BP was 110/70, belly measure right on target, but I gained 4 lbs in 2 weeks!!!!!! Up to 21 in total! Dr said it was fine, he thinks I'm having a big baby so he sent me for an u/s. The best part was he said she was HEAD down, looks like all that moving was her getting engaged! So relief I still have a chance of having a natural birth!

Next appointment will be Friday at 33.2 weeks, its a bit less than 2 weeks like before, but since Jorge is leaving he wants to check my cervix and make sure everything is looking fine!

U/S was at 32.5 wks and baby Arella measured 35! Weighting more than 5lbs! So looks like the Dr is right and we are having a chubby lady :) She is also engaged and very low!! She has great amniotic fluid!! She was facing my back, so we couldn't see her face!! They also told us she has very little hair, so all in all great u/s! We will see what he says on my next appt.

Oh and I got the worst COLD!! and I have a throat infection... so I'm on antibiotics... I feel horrible and the coughing is terrible!!! Hoping I start to feel better soon!!

I haven't dropped yet, its too soon, but my belly definitely looks lower...

31 weeks update!

This past weeks have been crazy!!!! I have a lot of work, since many audits are due by September 30th!! I also had my baby shower on the 18th!

Pregnancy is going great but I'm not sleeping that well anymore, cant find a comfortable position! I'm having some reflux, but with Zantac it goes away quickly!! I'm waking up more often to go to the bathroom too, every 2-3 hours!!! My belly is getting huge, Arella is growing like crazy!!!

I finally started working non-stop in the nursery, I bought a few things online so I'm waiting on those!!

Jorge is going to Hong Kong on the 4th... not looking forward to that! He is going for 2 weeks! But we are waiting to make sure the Dr gives him the OK to go! Arella is the one that decides if he is going or not... we are still early but we need to make sure she is nowhere near to arriving!!

Here are the belly pics for this week!

30 weeks update and Drs appointment!

I cant believe we are 30 wks!! Tomorrow we will be starting single digits! These last few weeks have gone fast, but on the other hand I'm so ready to meet my little princess!!

Her room will be painted by the end of the week!! My baby shower is this weekend coming up, Sept 18th, and I'm so excited!! After that is time to start putting everything together!!! I feel like time is flying and I need more time to set everything up!!!

Arella loves the right side of my belly, you can see her kicks mostly on that side!! Her hiccups are down low so I'm hoping she is getting into position.

I had a Drs appointment on Sept 9th, I cant believe we are going biweekly!! Belly measured perfect (30-31), HB was 155, BP was 115/72, no protein and no UTI, I have gained a total of 17 lbs which he said it was perfect!! We are aiming for a max of 25, we will see!! Im eating a lot more!

Next appointment will be on Sept 22th at 4:00 pm. And we will be having a growth u/s by week 35. By measuring my belly and previous u/s he thinks she will be 7-8 lbs, so he wants to make sure she is not that big so that we can attempt natural birth, I really hope so! :)

He said I can travel until week 32, we were hoping to go to Kentucky on the 23rd, but Jorge has to wait and see if he sells his horse first, so that we can go to buy another one. If not, maybe we will go to Ocala in a few weeks, we definitely need a last getaway before Arella gets here!!

I'm having such a hard time at work, I hate the driving, about 2 hrs a day... and I'm feeling more and more tired... and all I have in my head is all I need to get done before she gets here!! I'm hoping to stop working around my 35th week... we will see what the Drs think and if we can handle loosing my income that soon...

Here are the belly pics for week 30!!!