Ok I know that if you go back into archives to the beginning of my pg I have posted how badly I wanted to be/stay pg and how I posted that so that when I got to this point I could go back and remind myself I am the one who couldn't wait to be 8mo fat and pg... BUT I am ready to be DONE! not because it's 100 degrees and I'm completely fat and miserable but because I am so ready to meet this nameless baby, give him a name, hold him, introduce him to his big brother and the list goes on and on and on. I've been having braxton hicks contractions for awhile now but they are getting more and more regular so I've been doing all I can to get things moving the past few days and NOTHING is working. It's like I'm carrying Kaeden all over again *sigh* I have tried sex, walking (just ask the blisters on my heel), nipple stimulation, and even the dreaded castor oil which I SWORE I would never ever ever ever do to myself again, and guess what? I have now taken it twice in the last 24hrs and my butthole is on FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nipple stimulation seems to work as long as I am constantly touching myself which I just can't walk around doing all dang day, not to mention they're getting sore! I can get contractions that feel like minor menstrual cramps ever 2-5 min with an average of every 3min while stimulating but they just fizzle out when I stop so I think I am giving up on that idea. I'm completely done trying castor oil cause I can't handle to poo anymore!!! I have cleaned my house top to bottom all week last week, I hand scrubbed floors and cupboards and my washer and dryer etc etc etc and nothing is helping me. I even broke down and tried 10 jumping jacks which I know can be a bit on the dangerous side, but not for my sticky man. NOTHING is jolting him loose yet :( I was and still am really hoping to go into labor this weekend but I do not see it happening at this point. A few days ago I really thought I had a chance, but after all I have put my body through the past couple days with no results I'm thinking this is not our weekend :( I did manage to get 3 nice contractions while sleeping last night after pooing for awhile that actually woke me up in pain but after that 3rd one I had nothing. I am currently having those stinking braxton hicks contractions which I am not even paying attention to anymore. I was getting very excited about them since I never had them with Kaeden but apparently my body or my baby is just teasing me with them.
I have a Dr appt Tuesday morning and think i'm going to discuss inducing with him. I'll be 39 weeks then and am terrified this little one is going to be not so little and I'll end up not getting him out on my own. I do NOT want a c-section as I do not want to heal from one. A weekend induction or a Fri induction is what I'm going to shoot for so that Steven doesn't have to take much time off of work. This is also the reason I wanted to have him this weekend so badly, Steven has a 3 day weekend so it would have been PERFECT!
I wanted to go overdue to separate Kaeden and baby's birthdays as much as possible but I have since changed my mind ;) I figured once I got to the end of my pg that my mind would change and I was right. I'm just happy that this baby didn't make an appearance on Sunday which was Kaeden's 3rd birthday party nor on Monday which was Kaeden's 3rd birthday. My little man is officially THREE YEARS OLD. I cannot believe that much time has passed since he came into this world. He's grown up so much and is going to be the best big brother ever. He even tried to help mommy get his brother out by pushing on my tummy saying push push push LOL Too bad it doesn't work that way~!!! His party theme was The Incredibles or Mr Incredible as he calls them :) We had a great time with friends and Grandma celebrating although it was a bit on the hot side!!! Had to fill up the pool and let the kids splash around in there to cool off while the adults spent most of the afternoon in the Living Room in Air conditioning!! Giant thanks go out to Grandma Vicki for helping us to make his birthday a great day and for the coolest pinata ;) Grandma and Grandpa found a motorcycle pinata and Kaeden loved it, although I think Steven loved it a little more! He didn't want to hit it at all.. As a matter of fact it's still hanging in our tree and I think Steven has intentions of gluing the thing back together and displaying it in the garage. Silly Steven. Anyway as I was saying about this baby making it's appearance.... We've passed Kaeden's birthday party, his actual birthday and made it out of the month August so I say BRING ON BABY! LOL Birthstones will be different and it'll be Steven's first Sept baby ;) So we are ready. If only I could find some new home induction methods.... I've exhausted all the other ones and am about ready to just give up, relax and wait to discuss things with the Doc on Tues.
Dr Lyons is not even going to be here next week so if I am induced it will be his partner who I am seeing Tues and will make the decision with me on whether or not to induce. One one hand it kinda sucks that my dr won't deliver if that happens, on the other hand.... I don't really think I care LOL It's not like the Dr's do much for delivery other then catch the baby anyway! It's all hospital staff other then a few checks for dialation and catching baby on the way out.
Well I am going to get off of here now. Just had to get this update in here in case I dont' update again before baby is born. I've got baby stuff all ready to go, even started a bag for me in hopes that I'd actually need it this weekend. I think I jinxed myself by being so dang ready for this baby... Then again I wasn't fully ready for Kaeden and still had to be induced. I'll try to keep updated around here, but no promises for an update until after I havce something fun to report like the fact that my son has been born!!!
