Massively Massive!!

38 weeks pregnant and very very large. I am exhausted and uncomfortable and just ready for Bailey to vacate the premises. I go in to meet with my surgeon today. I hear he is really short and will need a stool to do the surgery. Haha. So far we are still scheduled for the 9th of August. I am ready to see this girl!! I have been having contractions but nothing consistent. They hurt though! I must admit I am glad I do not have to go through full blown labor anymore. That was the most painful thing I have EVER experienced with Taylor. It seriously felt like a human was trying to rip their way out of my body. Anyways we meet with Dr. Troung today and then next week we are full pre op appointments and monitoring Bailey to make sure she is ready to meet the world!! I am hoping I at least make it through Girls Night Out Sunday night. Even if I go into labor I may just tough it out until I get back. Lol. Just like Pam on The Office. I will post more info when we get back from the appointment today:)

Soooo ready!!!

I am 37 weeks today and done. I know we all say this at this point in our pregnancies and I do not want to hear "Enjoy the sleep while it lasts" or any mumbo jumbo like that! Blah blah blah. I am tired because I DO NOT sleep because my body hurts so bad I cannot get into a comfortable position thanks to her being transverse. I CANNOT take naps because my husband still has to work so I am taking care of my other lovely children. I am bored out the woo hoo because I cannot do much while being so freaking big. You should have just seen me trying to clean the mirrors above the sinks. HAHA. I WANT HER OUT!! I also would like my very nice drugs. OUCH!! Just as I said that she nailed me in the ribs. NOT NICE CHILD!!

Okay cool...done with that. On a more serious note, I am just very tired of not being able to lay down to sleep. I have had to sit up since about 14 weeks because of her being on my sciatic nerve. The only way I do not hurt is sitting straight up without moving from side to side. My rump is sooo raw right now and I am very surprised I do not have bed sores. Other than that it is not so bad. I just have my melt down moments:)

3 more weeks!!

Oh the sweet words of the doctor telling me when they will pull this baby girl out!! We went in yesterday and the doctor (YES!! Actual doctor instead of nurse or midwife!) checked my cervix and said I am still at 1 cm but I am softening up a lot. She asked if I always have big babies because she said this on felt large. I also had all my restrictions lifted since I am allowed to go into labor now!! So we went in to schedule our c-section and the earliest I could do it was the 5th of August. However they were booked that day and she said that her husband could actually do the surgery on the 9th if I wanted and I could call later and see if I could get in on the 5th if one of the other girls went into labor. I told her the 9th was fine and I was okay with just waiting an extra couple days. You start to realize how much sleep you will not get with the 3rd so a couple more days in the belly is actually a good thing. Plus all my kids have been born on Mondays and so having another Monday will help me remember that although that is not really important unless I am on a game show that promises me a million dollars for knowing that. Anywho we are scheduled for 8-9-10!! I meet with all my peeps (surgeons and their team) the next couple weeks to prepare to get this girl out!! I am really excited yet scared. It is crazy enough juggling 2 kids. I am going to go insane with 3. YAY!!

Daddys Home!!

Yep. Doug got home Saturday and it has been so nice. We had a nice long weekend and today he is going back to in process and all that good stuff. Taylor and Brecken have LOVED having daddy home. I was actually very pleasantly surprised that he went to Doug as quickly as he did!! He knew exactly who he was! Mommy is very thankful daddy is the human jungle gym instead of mommy. Especially since little Bailey seems to think I am an amusement park on the inside. So we are sitting here and just waiting this little girl out right now. I am still in pain but not even close to as bad as I was. Doug still has to haul Brecken around as much as possible. I am hating the not being able to drive part and I was going to ask the doctor this week if maybe I could start driving again since I am not in as much pain but it would be pointless since I would have to take Brecken. 4 more long weeks. I do not like being stuck. I am hoping she takes after big sister and shows up 3 weeks early:)

Dislike dislike dislike!!

So the last couple of days have been interesting. I have friends taking turns staying with me until Doug gets home and they are truly a God send! I am very blessed. I just wish I could get back to normal. I dislike hurting this bad and I am tired of sitting on the couch not able to move. While I am sitting I actually feel pretty good but as soon as I stand up, I am in pain again. If she has a moment where she wants to make a big movement then I am really hurting. She did move up a little so the pain is in a different area but still intense. I feel like someone took a baseball bat to my right side. I keep expecting to pull my shirt up and see a massive bruise on my side. Anyways Lisa took the morning shift and Alison took the afternoon and Lisa is coming back for the night shift. Tomorrow Brecken has a doctors appointment that he cannot miss so either Lisa or Alison will go with me and the other will watch all the kids and then back for more shifts of watching Jen on the couch. I seriously hate having this happen but I am SO extremely grateful for my friends who are willing to take care of me and the kids while we get through this!! I never knew I had such awesome back up with my friends or in Dougs unit. The girls in his unit are being awesome and they are taking on some shifts as well. Serious blessing that this happened with these people in my lives!! If I was not trying to hold back tears because of the pain, I would be holding back tears because of the support we are getting. Well hopefully Doug will be home soon!

Of course this child!!

So I cannot move a whole lot which leaves me to blog:) I woke up this morning at 2:30 thinking "Wow this pain is a lot like labor." So I chugged some water, grabbed 15 more pillows and tried to get comfy because of course I am only 35 weeks pregnant and labor would not happen. About 4:30 I finally fell asleep again. Thank God Brecken slept in until 7 so I got up and hit the floor. Yeah that was painful. I kept thinking "This really does feel like labor". However the pain was more on the right side then the left so that can't be right. So I get up sorta and tried a shower. I get ready and realize this pain is not leaving so I call myself a Lisa and have her come over to watch the kids. I start to feel a little better so I start thinking I can go to mommies group and wait it out to see if it goes away. Until I double over in the kitchen. Okay so I am off to the hospital and as smart as I am I drive myself there. I get there and get myself upstairs with a couple people stopping me to ask if I need help. Nope...I rock. I do not need help. So I get up there and they hook me up and I am just sitting there. Finally the doctor comes in and says everything looks good on the monitors so she will just check me real quick. So she does her thing and she looks a tad shocked. "How far are you?" I tell her almost 35 weeks. She tells me I am 1 cm. Seriously? The one kid Doug is gone for? So she wants to see where this baby is exactly so she runs to get an ultrasound machine. Babys head is down by my right leg and her butt is under my left boob. Apparently she tried to flip and since my pelvis is so small she was not able to wedge her head in my pelvis but into my leg and that is what is causing contractions and the intense pain. So we know a VBA2C is out of the question. Since this is the 3rd baby who has not been able to get into my pelvis we now know why I have not been able to give birth naturally. So she tells me to go home and lay down and not pick up anything heavy or strain myself. Wait, you mean that 20 some pounder I got at home that does not walk up the stairs to his room? In which she informs me to have my husband do the heavy lifting. You mean the deployed husband? Then she informs me that it would be a really good idea to either get him home or find someone to stay with me until he gets home. So I am sitting on the couch in pain because of my daughters head. We are trying to get Doug home or his mom out here. I am not good at not being able to take care of my own life so asking for help always sucks for me. Like I said...of course this child.

So close yet so far!!

Here is the gist of the week! I am 34 weeks preggo with little miss Bailey. She is really starting to hurt me. Last night I woke up twice and almost thought I was in labor. She should be around 5 lbs and is kicking and wiggling so much that mommy has not figured out why I have not busted open.

Brecken had his occupational evaluation last week and she came to give me the results today. He is done with OT!! He will be 18 months on Monday and he is doing things at a 20 month level!! So now he is just in speech therapy and physical therapy. He is very very close to walking on his own and his speech is still not there as much however he started saying "more". I never realized how hard it was for him to talk until I heard him try and say "more". He really is having a hard time forming the words and yet he tries so hard. It makes me cry to see him struggle so hard with it. He is signing a lot though! He says more and please and thank you and all done. We are working on your welcome now.

Taylor of course is doing her thing. She is really helping Brecken with his signing which is great because she is learning it as well. She is very excited for daddy to get home. We told her at the beginning of August however he will be home a couple weeks earlier. I am really excited to see her reaction. I am now working on her not sneaking in our bed at night. I wake up and she is there.

Doug will be home soon and we are praying that he gets this job and that this could be his last deployment! He will still be in the Army. He will just have a new MOS that does not deploy if at all, very little. Although he will TDY a lot but I am all for that over deployments.

Next week we have Breckens 18 month appointment and we are going to get him in to a ear nose and throat doctor to see what is going on with his breathing. The week after I have my 36 week check up to see how hard I have to fight to have a VBA2C. Praying for Gods wisdom and guidance on that! The week after that we have a Urology appointment to make sure Breckens lump in his groin is still gone and has not returned and then daddy will be home!! Then we will be looking forward to Bailey joining us. Pretty exciting month!!