Ok, so I carry my pregnancies waaaay out there! With Jaydon I was huge and people would certainly give me looks but my midwives didn't seem to think it was all that big a deal because we were otherwise healthy (until past his due date and the whole blood pressure, induction, bandl's ring, c-section fiasco that ensued). So my midwives wouldn't really do regular fundal height measurements (the size of the belly), which meant I didn't reallly think all that much of being so big.
Hower, this time, as I continue to carry sooooo big it just is painful, my midwife and dr. are paying a bit more attention to my size and were a little concerned by it. When at 36 weeks I measured 42 they had me do an ultrasound and I carry a lot of extra fluid. I had to go back for more glucose testing (all normal) and another ultrasound - still high fluid levels. Then when I was 38.5 weeks pregnant my fundal height measurement was 47 weeks (if you don't count where the little girl was shoving her bottom out slightly to the side of my belly because that measure was 49 weeks). So, I am the size of someone who is 47 weeks pregnant, which to be that large while parenting a toddler (who has been refusing to nap) and try and carry on like normal is so challenging.
The bummer is that I have gotten my hopes up to have an early delivery when it just seems like my original due date was probably the accurate one to begin with and I shouldn't have even been that excited for this last week and a half. One night last week I had contractions 5 minutes apart for an hour and a half and they lasted around a minute each so I was thinking we might be getting close but now I am back to thinking that if Jaydon was a couple days late and my due date isn't until Sunday the 25th I might as well just anticipate an arrival after this weekend. And plus, if I post this and complain about not delivering I can always just tempt the fates and maybe labor will start soon:)
So, I know I had referred some of you to our blog to get updates, and I promise, when we actually head to the hospital I will do a post and let you know, for now just know we are hanging out and nothing exciting is going on. Other than still trying to figure out how to get through each day being the size of a house! It is all a bit new to us because we didn't really expect Jaydon to be early, I wasn't even ready for him to come until about 5 days before he was due and then we didn't get to go into labor on our own anyway both Jeremy and I are a little unsure what to really expect from this one. I guess time will tell - of course the sooner the better in my world, I do still have to find time to buy a dress for my sister's wedding in 11 days.
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