Hello :) It's me...the not-so-on-the-ball blogger. I have a few things to catch everyone up-to-date.
A few weeks ago I took a weekend trip to NYC to celebrate a bachelorette weekend for my bff Holly. The weekend was so fun and jam packed! Her bachelorette party was SO MUCH FUN! We had a surprise lingerie party with a few of her friends and Momma Suz and she got a lot of very nice "unmentionables." lol After that we headed to a great Italian place for dinner where we had the whole lower level all to ourselves. The food and company were very good! As soon as we finished up dinner, we headed off to the main event of the night. All I'm gonna say about that is it was a BLAST! We all got in touch with our inner DIVAs. Good times. The next day we had a shower for Holly at her apartment with lots of her NY friends and that was such a great time. Overall, the whole weekend was a success and getting to see everyone again was so great! Bexleigh was a trooper the whole time and she even let me get the best sleep ever!
The day after I returned home, I started experiencing the most awful pain in my tailbone/left butt cheek. Holy smokes, this was intense and I didn't really know what was going on. Then my dear, go-to-for-everything-pregnancy-related bff said, "Honey, you got yourself some Sciatic nerve pain. Welcome to pregnancy." Lovely. Over the next 2 days it grew worse to the point I couldn't even put any pressure on my left leg to walk. I immediately scheduled a massage because that was the only thing I could think would make my badunka dunk feel better. I also called my doctor after a few days of not being able to walk & they confirmed the lovely sciatica condition and suggested I see a physical therapist. Bexleigh was having loads of fun with this. She let me have it for a total of 8 flippin days!!! I would wake up each day pretty normal and by the end of the day be stuck on my arse because I couldn't walk. Luckily, today is the first day I have not felt any butt pain at all (knock on wood!!!) and I hope it continues.
Now this whole contraction business...it ain't no joke. This past Saturday we went to my newest obsession/favorite restaurant, Wasabi. I ate what I ALWAYS eat and had a fantastic time with our cousin and her husband for her birthday. About 10 minutes into the drive home I started to feel extreme cramping and pressure in my lower abdomen. It was getting more intense as we continued the drive home. I was feeling a little uneasy about this...not knowing what in the world was going on. As soon as I got home, I sat on the porcelain throne because that's the only place I felt like I may find relief. After sitting there for a few minutes I had four very sharp and intense contractions. They lasted for about a few seconds each. The rest of the night I spent in much discomfort, and of course got no sleep. The next day, I still felt a lot of pressure in my lower abdomen, but was feeling a ton better than I did. After going back and forth on what to do, I decided I better give the doc a jingle and just see what he thought was going on or if he felt I needed to make a little trip. I explained everything that went on in the past 20 hours and it was kind of left up to me. I chose to wait the night out and see if I felt any worse, which thankfully I did not. The past two days have been pretty normal, so I feel much better about this whole ordeal. I think Bexleigh is just having waaaaaay too much fun with all my organs. As for now I'm supposed to just take it easy (whatever that means!lol) and watch for any other "out of the ordinary" things to come back. I'm feeling confident that all should be fine.
As for baby movements, Bexleigh is still moving around quite a bit. I think I can finally tell where her head is now. It seems as though she likes to stand on my left side and push her looooong legs straight and push her head up out of my right side. It is quite a sight to see and I am trying to catch it on video. She's the most active child ever and I just wonder what she'll be like in the outside world! She should be a little over 2 1/2 lbs and about 15-16 inches in length.
As for me, I'm somewhere around +32 lbs and it is not fun carrying all this extra weight around! I can already taste my next marathon training schedule for MAY! Bexleigh better looooove her jogging stroller! I am still taking Zumba classes when I can and crack up when I watch my big ol belly in the mirror. I'm happy to be entertainment for other people-lol. At my last appointment I got tested for Gestational Diabetes and proud to say I am GD FREE!! Whoo hoo! My turkey timer has popped (aka the belly button)
and it creeps me out. It reminds me of a squishy mushroom! Eewww! I am still stretch mark free so far and thrilled about that. My cravings have died down a bit. I don't really have to have anything anymore. I've noticed that I get full much faster these days.
A few weeks ago I took a weekend trip to NYC to celebrate a bachelorette weekend for my bff Holly. The weekend was so fun and jam packed! Her bachelorette party was SO MUCH FUN! We had a surprise lingerie party with a few of her friends and Momma Suz and she got a lot of very nice "unmentionables." lol After that we headed to a great Italian place for dinner where we had the whole lower level all to ourselves. The food and company were very good! As soon as we finished up dinner, we headed off to the main event of the night. All I'm gonna say about that is it was a BLAST! We all got in touch with our inner DIVAs. Good times. The next day we had a shower for Holly at her apartment with lots of her NY friends and that was such a great time. Overall, the whole weekend was a success and getting to see everyone again was so great! Bexleigh was a trooper the whole time and she even let me get the best sleep ever!
The day after I returned home, I started experiencing the most awful pain in my tailbone/left butt cheek. Holy smokes, this was intense and I didn't really know what was going on. Then my dear, go-to-for-everything-pregnancy-related bff said, "Honey, you got yourself some Sciatic nerve pain. Welcome to pregnancy." Lovely. Over the next 2 days it grew worse to the point I couldn't even put any pressure on my left leg to walk. I immediately scheduled a massage because that was the only thing I could think would make my badunka dunk feel better. I also called my doctor after a few days of not being able to walk & they confirmed the lovely sciatica condition and suggested I see a physical therapist. Bexleigh was having loads of fun with this. She let me have it for a total of 8 flippin days!!! I would wake up each day pretty normal and by the end of the day be stuck on my arse because I couldn't walk. Luckily, today is the first day I have not felt any butt pain at all (knock on wood!!!) and I hope it continues.Now this whole contraction business...it ain't no joke. This past Saturday we went to my newest obsession/favorite restaurant, Wasabi. I ate what I ALWAYS eat and had a fantastic time with our cousin and her husband for her birthday. About 10 minutes into the drive home I started to feel extreme cramping and pressure in my lower abdomen. It was getting more intense as we continued the drive home. I was feeling a little uneasy about this...not knowing what in the world was going on. As soon as I got home, I sat on the porcelain throne because that's the only place I felt like I may find relief. After sitting there for a few minutes I had four very sharp and intense contractions. They lasted for about a few seconds each. The rest of the night I spent in much discomfort, and of course got no sleep. The next day, I still felt a lot of pressure in my lower abdomen, but was feeling a ton better than I did. After going back and forth on what to do, I decided I better give the doc a jingle and just see what he thought was going on or if he felt I needed to make a little trip. I explained everything that went on in the past 20 hours and it was kind of left up to me. I chose to wait the night out and see if I felt any worse, which thankfully I did not. The past two days have been pretty normal, so I feel much better about this whole ordeal. I think Bexleigh is just having waaaaaay too much fun with all my organs. As for now I'm supposed to just take it easy (whatever that means!lol) and watch for any other "out of the ordinary" things to come back. I'm feeling confident that all should be fine.
As for baby movements, Bexleigh is still moving around quite a bit. I think I can finally tell where her head is now. It seems as though she likes to stand on my left side and push her looooong legs straight and push her head up out of my right side. It is quite a sight to see and I am trying to catch it on video. She's the most active child ever and I just wonder what she'll be like in the outside world! She should be a little over 2 1/2 lbs and about 15-16 inches in length.
As for me, I'm somewhere around +32 lbs and it is not fun carrying all this extra weight around! I can already taste my next marathon training schedule for MAY! Bexleigh better looooove her jogging stroller! I am still taking Zumba classes when I can and crack up when I watch my big ol belly in the mirror. I'm happy to be entertainment for other people-lol. At my last appointment I got tested for Gestational Diabetes and proud to say I am GD FREE!! Whoo hoo! My turkey timer has popped (aka the belly button)
and it creeps me out. It reminds me of a squishy mushroom! Eewww! I am still stretch mark free so far and thrilled about that. My cravings have died down a bit. I don't really have to have anything anymore. I've noticed that I get full much faster these days.Brian is phenomenal. He is the greatest husband in the world! I get waffles & OJ in bed every morning and he loves to rub my belly and make Bexleigh wiggle. He's been so great through this whole process so far! He even tells me I still look beautiful even though we both know I look like a swollen Oompa Loompa. Basically, he rocks. :)
The nursery is getting painted by NeeNee, which is what we plan to call my Mom since my Grandma is already "grandma." :) Bexleigh already has a bathroom and I absolutely LOVE it!! It's so cute and I will post pics as soon as NeeNee paints it! We have a few baby showers coming up and I can't wait to get some things to play with!! She already has tons of adorable clothes that I love holding up and pretending she's in them. Here is a sneak peek of her furniture!!
Well, that's about as much catching up as I can do for now. We have our last 4 week appointment in a few weeks and then we start going every 2 weeks. We are going to be doing a 4d ultrasound very soon, which they put on a DVD for us-very much looking forward to that!
I am signing off currently at 29wks 3 days :) 
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