The Third Trimester & Baby Coming Soon!

At my dr appt last week I had developed pre-clampsia. Luckily I was almost to 37 weeks (considered full term). I've taken two 24 hr urine tests (annoying) and went to the hospital saturday and sunday for them to monitor baby and check my blood pressure. My blood pressure was better but I still had really high number for protein in my urine. Anyways, they put me on bed rest (also annoying b/c of all the things I feel like we still need to do to prepare) until my dr appt tomorrow morning at which time we will schedule to be induced or do a C-section before the end of the week. Crazy!! I wrote a blog a while ago when I first begun the third trimester but never posted it b/c I kept waiting to post a cute preggie pic of me but never got one. As this could quite possibly be my last day pregnant for a while if not forever (hopefully not) i thought I would write down my pregnancy thoughts.

I admit I came into this pregnancy thing a little naive and had a few assumptions of what it was going to be like in the beginning.

1) I thought I would be one of the girls who didn't even look like they were pregnant until 5 months along: False- I started looking pregnant by like 10 weeks. A stranger at the airport made a comment about my being pregnant when I was only 12 weeks, I thought I had been hiding it pretty well but at that point I decided to no longer try.

2) I would still be able to wear heels. False- The few times I have worn heels I have regretted it and do so now only under extreme circumstances like to church. I realize I was under the impression this was possible because the motherhood maternity clothing magazines models are wearing heels in every single pic and should be sued for false advertising,! Now my feet are so swollen constantly that the only shoes I can wear are some moccassins that I bought a full size bigger than my regular size at the beginning of my pregnancy in anticipation of these last few months and by far the smartest pregnancy purchase I made.

3) Only my belly would get big- False-Every single part of my body has changed and I had to get used to the idea that I was no longer really in control of my body anymore. Something else was in charge- the baby. It took me a little while but once I got used to the idea that my body wasn't going to by my body for a while it got lot easier to adjust to the ride.

4) Morning sickness would be kind of fun and would be only in the morning- FALSE- The first week after I found out I was pregnant I wasn't sick,so of course I worried that something was wrong b/c I wasnt. My husband said I should be grateful for this blessing but still I felt like I wouldn't be experiencing pregnancy to its fullest without the traditional morning sickness routine. At first I was a little queasy for about a week, still not satisfied. Then it hit, after about one throw up it wasn't so cute anymore and as full fledged sickness and daily vomiting set in I began to wonder why anyone ever got pregnant more than once. Afternoons were a little bit more manageable but it seemed like I woke up and went to bed sick every day long after the long awaited for first trimester was over and then started back up again during the third trimester although not nearly as bad as in the beginning.

5) I would be scared to death of the labor and delivery. False- Im really not scared, but it is the unknown so a little daunting wondering what to expect. Now that it may not even be an option I am actually a little sad of missing out on the experience.

6) I would love every single minute of being pregnant- Clarification- I love and am extremely grateful that I am pregnant and for this baby that I already love but the physical part of being pregnant is a lot, lot harder than I imagined it would be, I feel like I have experienced every symptom in the book and they are not pretty or fun. I think that 80% hmm maybe 95% of pregnancy is uncomfortable, but that the other 5-20% where you get to hear the heartbeat, see ultra sounds, feel the baby move (which is awesome) talk about the baby, shop for the baby, have strangers ask you questions and congratulate you about the baby are so fun and I wouldn't trade the experience for anything.