Pregnancy

Pregnancy and Maylee's Birth

7 months prego!

 

 

                  Can't believe how fast my pregnancy flew by and that Maylee is already here in my arms. Its seems like just yesterday, I found out I was pregnant with her. It was on Halloween that I found out that I was pregnant. I was so surprised, we had already been trying for about 7 months with no luck, and I wasn't even late yet. But I just happened to have a pregnancy test, and thought, what the hey, might as well take it just for fun! I was completely shocked when that little word that said pregnant popped up on the screen. I even kept it a secret from my husband and told him later that week while taking a family picture at freestone park by the lake. What a fun surprise! Eric was really surprised too, but also really happy. He was also shocked I could keep a secret from him.

 

        Overall I had a pretty good pregnancy. I was pretty sick at first and continued to be sick until about 22 weeks, but I also had a lot more energy then I did with the twins. I remember with the twins I constantly felt like I had been hit by a bus, lol, so it was nice not feeling as rundown all of the time. I had Dr. Beck as my doctor and also was followed my PPA, the high risk doctors, during my second trimester. The one thing that did make the pregnancy more difficult was that I had a ton of doctors appointments this time around. They watch me like a hawk! From about 11-26 weeks I had a cervical ultrasound at least every other week, and then from 14-36 weeks I received progesterone shots. I was so glad for the cervical ultrasounds to be over! If you haven't had one, I don't recommend it! But is was also always a relief to know that everything was going well and that the baby was fine. The progesterone shots also were not too bad, but for some reason it made the muscle around the shot site burn like a road rash for the following couple of hours after getting the shot. I also felt like the progesterone shots made me emotionally happy, and it was kind of nice not having any anxiety issues through out the rest of my pregnancy.

 

        This pregnancy I gained a whopping 40 pounds. At least. It was weird because I didn't gain much the first few months, and gained about 30 pounds by my 2nd trimester, and then not much again my 3rd trimester! I looked just huge halfway through, and got to have fun hearing family and friends make nice comments on how big I was looking.:) I think the progesterone shots also helped me to gain a little extra. I also was too scared to workout, after having some contractions one day near the end of the first trimester. This pregnancy I also ate pretty horribly. I craved sweets, carbs, and chocolate all the time, and I also gave in to these cravings all the time.:) Any veggies and meats sounded disgusting to me. I also craved soda like crazy, which is weird because I never drink or want soda normally, but about once a week during my pregnancy, I would go help my self to the 12oz kids soda. Even though I gained a ton of weight, it was kind of nice not worrying about what I ate for once. (Don't judge, pregnancy is rough.:)

 

      It was also fun finding out what I was having this time, although it was much less dramatic than when I found out I was having the twins and their genders. This time it was kind of weird because I was all alone when I found out. Eric really wanted to wait until the baby was born to find out if it was a boy or a girl. I told him he was crazy and told him he could wait, but there was no way on earth I was going to wait to find out! I am way to OCD about planning ahead and getting things ready it seriously would have pushed me over the edge.

 I felt kind of like a single mom sitting in there alone, but was so excited when the ultra sound tech told me it was a girl. It surprised me because I kind of thought it was a boy. Eric was so funny because he knew I found out, and was trying to guess the gender by my reaction and mannerisms when I got home. He kept telling me, " I know its a boy, I know you, and I can just tell its a boy. For sure, no question about it!" I just said okay.... glad you know so much! When he would try to ask me I would just say, "Don't you already know though? You wanted to wait so I don't want to spoil it by telling you." I was too urked that he didn't go with me to find out and thought it was too funny watching him think he knew for sure, that I didn't tell him he was wrong for about another 3 weeks. Finally told him by showing him some new clothes I bought for Maylee. It was so funny watching his reaction when I told him I was really having a girl and not a boy. He was so surprised!

 

      I also was really hoping to have a vbac this time around, but unfortunately it did not end up working out. The doctor took an ultrasound of my last incision and said that it was super thin around the incision, around 1 mm. He said the chances of me having a successful vbac were very low and that I had an extremely high risk of rupturing. We decided it just wasn't worth the risk, and planned a repeat C-section on July 5th at 39 and 1/2 weeks gestation. I thought for sure that I would go into labor before that time, and kind of wanted to experience what labor was like, but I guess it wasn't meant to be...  I do think it was more comforting to know though that we would most likely not have any birth complications going the C-section route.

 

                                                         39.5 weeks Pregnant-on our way

                                                               to the hospital.

                                                          (Yes I'm fat. Don't judge.:)