who knows?

I called the nurse yesterday because my hands keep falling asleep. I think it's because they are so swollen. I was swollen with Kailye but not so much in my arms and face. Well she asked a few questions: Do you have pain in the top of your belly?...yes. Do you get head aches often?...yes. Are you having swelling?....Ha Ha Ha, yes. Where?...everywhere. Head to toe. How has your blood pressure been?...completely normal. After a while she wasn't sure what to tell me. All the symptoms I have would make you think I had Toxemia. Except for the biggest factor...blood pressure. I have an appointment on Monday so I guess we'll see what the doctor says. I really need to be able to keep working for the next 4-5 weeks so I guess we'll see how it goes.

It has been crazy this past week to see how much bigger my tummy has gotten...I think it's hilarious. Michael keeps saying it's because we are going to have a big baby but I told him I'm going to laugh when a 5 lb. kids come out of this huge stomach. Everyone I talk to thinks that I am 9months+. Oh no...still another 6-8 weeks left on this one:)

Swelling :(

I have felt pretty great the past week or so. Not too sore or too uncomfortable. Sunday I spent the whole day cleaning..which meant I was on my feet all day. I knew I would be swollen but I didn't realize how badly. I felt it all day Monday...which I expected...but today I'm still very swollen and it's morning time. I usually don't start swelling for a little while. Also my hands keep going numb. I don't think that's a very good sign. I guess we'll see what the nurse says when she calls me back. Well I need to get to work.

Feeling it

I have been doing pretty well this week. I do have a lot of lower back pain but nothing that is not manageable...ok Michael might not say that. Since I have been working really long hours at work this week I have gotten VERY swollen feet...actually swollen everything. I laughed the other day when I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I forgot how big my nose and face get when I'm preggo. I am not one of those women that just looks pregnant from the side. I show it everywhere. My legs were really pretty huge the other day. I don't just swell in my feet I swell all the way up my legs and arms. You can actually see the line where the swelling stops. It's pretty ridiculous. It still is not as bad as it was with Kailye and I am just grateful that we actually made it this far.

Our little one is getting A LOT bigger. I have about 2 1/2 inches between my ribs and my hip bone so she sticks right out there. She is still moving quite a bit but now it is much more pronounced movements...like just leaving her leg shoved all the way up in my rib, so much so that she actually moves my breast..I know TMI. Kailye was breach until just a few days before delivery so with her it was a whole head in the ribs. I must say I am a much bigger fan of just a foot. I will be glad when this is all over but I must say this is the ONE AND ONLY thing I will miss.

31 weeks

HOLY CRAP!!! I can not believe we are so far through this pregnancy. The first 14 weeks just drug on and on but since then it seems like time has just flown by. It seems so crazy to think we will have another little one in just a matter of weeks now. It is hitting me a little harder everyday. We haven't had a "baby" for years. It will be so fun to watch how different our kids will be. Kailye is getting more and more excited everyday. She is so happy to have the baby staying in her room. We'll see how long that lasts once she's here:) She loves to set her hand on my tummy and let Keija kick her, and she loves talking to her. She is so sweet. We are loving seeing this side of her.

I need to post a belly picture...I need to take one actually. It is ridiculous how big my stomach is getting. I can't hardly believe it. I will have to post the picture I have of me 8 months pregnant with Kailye. I am sooooo much bigger with this one. Michael seems to think it's funny. I told him to wait until all that comes out is a 5 pound baby and then he may not think it's so cute:) Well back to work.

Same old.

I have been feeling okay lately. Well by okay I mean I haven't thrown up more than twice a day for the past week. Progress? I have been trying to get the room done and all the baby stuff out before I get to big to "move" anymore. I wouldn't so much call what I do moving. More like dragging through. I did plant flowers last week and felt sore for 2 days after. Yeah that's sad. I should probably get to walking a lot more now that the weather is so nice. I'll try and do that;) As of right now my whole body is just blubber:) I guess that's what happens when you do absolutely nothing for 6 months. Oh well. Well back to work. Bye.

Uh..yeah.

I SO love being pregnant! If you can't sense the sarcasm in voice let me try to paint you a picture. I wake up everyday feeling awful. Then I finally get dressed and get breakfast. After which I make my usual run for the restroom to...well you know. Then I finish getting ready to "go to work", that is if I can stand touching my head or face to do so. Where I feel just a bit more awful then when I left my house. Then I make a another run for the restroom...again I'm sure you can figure it out. Then I sit at my desk at which time my back begins to ache...not ache THROB. During this time I feel so sick that I get very white in the face and come "close to death" as a friend puts it. Which roughly translated means I pass out, or come close to it. At which time it's usually about time for lunch. I try to get my body to want to eat something, but 80% of the time I just can't do more than crackers. I head back up to my desk and start calling people. At least 3 or four times in the afternoon I have to literally hang up on someone mid call and make another run for it. Yep, my life is exciting!

Then I head home and by the time I do that I have worn myself out so much with being sick and trying to work at the same time that I have absolutely no energy nor do I feel well enough to do ANYTHING. So my house is a disgusting disaster...no really Kailye spilled juice on the floor 3 days ago and I still haven't gotten down on all four (because I can't actually bend over) to clean it up. I know you are all cringing in fear now. Please no one come visit us until after we have Keija. Kailye spends FAR too much time watching movies, and poor Michael rarely comes home to good food anymore. He thought he wanted all our kids close together but now seeing how well my body handles pregnancy he thinks he wants to be done! Yeah...that good.

Okay I've vented enough for one day. I'll try to post more happy stuff another day but for today this is as good as it gets. Sorry.

Oh Fun

This week has been so much fun. Tuesday and Wednesday night I kept waking myself up all night long. I would wake up gasping for air like I had stopped breathing in my sleep. Yeh, if that's not scary enough I called the doctor about it and he asked a bunch of questions...swelling, head ache, leg pain, etc....and then said it doesn't sound like there is anything to worry about. UH YEAH...Not breathing in your sleep?...NO BIG DEAL!!!! Well I slept ok last night but if I take a nap it happens again. Michael says if it happens this weekend we are going to go into the ER and not leave until they figure out what to do. I think he's just tired of all the "fun" pregnancy stuff. He thought he wanted his kids close together but I think after seeing so closely how fun my pregnancies are he's changed his mind. Well back to work.