Something to look forward to

The internet can be an amazing thing. I came across something interesting on Facebook the other day.  There is a guy that does reviews of baby gear and he started putting together boxes of some favorites.  In August he had a Jamie box with some of his favorite adult things, a toddler box for toddler goodies, and a breastfeeding box. The boxes are $60 and have a guaranteed $110 worth of items but could be more. Well, I found out that this month was a labor and postpartum box. After looking at all of the sponsors of the box, I decided I wanted one. I wasn't sure if I would get it in time, but guess what? It came just in time! I haven't gone into labor on my own yet, despite the constant contractions.   It is becoming incredibly hard for me. In fact, I went home early yesterday. I just was so uncomfortable. It would be completely unbearable except that there is light at the end of the tunnel! I will be induced this Thursday, the 23rd. Yesterday my OB checked me and I am 3cm dilated and 70% effaced so my cervix is favorable for an induction. Yay!!!! Also, Jake is working from our hospital here so I don't have to worry about him driving home if I do go into labor before then. I have been very anxious about not getting to the hospital in time.  Anyway. I got the package today and am so happy! There are only a couple small things that I won't use because they are geared toward earlier pregnancy. 

Excited to use everything! Very glad that it has so many things for me. I got a book to keep track of all the things that I like, a teething bracelet, a lactation granola bar, a pack of diapers, a cool swaddle blanket, hemorrhoid cream, a panda pacifier holder, pacifier wipes, a rattle, preggy pops, and pregnancy week by week stickers. 

Talk like a pirate day

Today is "talk like a pirate" day. Because of this, Krispy Kreme gives away a free doughnut if you talk like a pirate. If you come in dressed like a pirate you get a whole dozen. I woke up early today because, well, quite frankly, I don't sleep well. The puppy wanted to be let out at 6 am and I couldn't get back to sleep. Elijah woke up early as well so I decided to take him out by himself for a bit. We went to some garage sales hoping to get some treasures like I did when I went out with Noah. Elijah was quite disappointed not to bring home any goodies. Well, we we did get some goodies. A dozen doughnuts thanks to this handsome pirate! He really wanted to have a hook but I guess his finger will have to do.

Bad Day

Well, unfortunately because of being an old lady (and this time I do feel old) and because I have uterine irritability, a previous preterm delivery and depression, I am at risk for preterm labor and stillbirth/cord accidents (old lady problems). My OB is on the cautious side so I get weekly nonstress tests and weekly biophysical profiles to make sure things are going well still. Unfortunately, this makes my life very busy because I am still working full time and we have had several things going on including ear infections, school projects, trying to get ready for the baby, getting cars maintained, etc.  I have been scheduling my doctor appointments after work so that it's one less day that I have to tie up my mother in law with watching the kids. This idea turned sour today. I fell asleep on the way to the appointment and got into a car accident. I was not going very fast and woke up to brake lights in front of me. Unfortunately, I did not wake up quite in time and I hit the person in front of me. Thankfully, my air bag did not go off. Jake's boss was nice enough to drop him off at the accident and after I got checked out by the fire department and received my ticket, he took me to triage to be placed on the monitor for 4 very long hours in a very uncomfortable gurney. I had a very nice nurse though who made sure I could get some food while I was there. 

Here you can see some of the nice little contractions that I am getting constantly but aren't doing anything. I figured at 38 weeks this might set me up for going into labor...but not so much. So it's back to the waiting game.

I am hoping that maybe I can be induced at 39 weeks. I have a doctors appointment on Monday with an NST and he will see if I have progressed enough to be induced. My friend, Clarinda, is going to ride with me to make sure that I don't fall asleep again. 

Addendum: Apparently the person I hit got a lawyer because his neck and back were injured. I understand that you can get whiplash if you are hit from behind, but I don't really understand why you have to get a lawyer. Like I said, my airbag didn't even go off and we have good insurance. I'm sure that they would have covered whatever he needed. It upsets me a bit. I haven't been involved in an accident with someone else since I was 16...so almost 20 years. 

Makutus

We haven't really been out much for play dates since I was having so many aches and pains and contractions. My friend Jennifer asked us if we wanted to go to Makutu Island to let the kids play and since I felt ok, I decided we needed to get out. They have a special toddler program right now, but unfortunately, since they are 5 and not 4, they didn't qualify. It's okay though, we still had a lot of fun.

They have so much fun climbing and running around like little monkeys. We let them play for a couple hours and then took them to Taco Bell for lunch. While we were there the kids were being very silly. So silly that they had the workers rolling laughing. I guess at least they weren't angry. I will take laughing any day. 

We had so much fun. I'm glad we were able to get together at least one more time before the baby is born.

Great deals

I love great deals. I love yard sales. Unfortunately, often the yard sales here are not very good. A lot of junk or just someones coupon stash that they still want what you pay in store. I have been a bit anxious lately and so once Molly wakes me up in the morning it is very hard to go back to bed. Last Saturday it was 6am and Noah woke up too so we quickly got dressed and checked out a few yard sales that I saw on our local buy and sell sight. I was super happy that we found a bunch of things!

One great deal I got was these reusable food pouches. I like to make my own baby food and have always wanted to try these but they are $4 a pouch plus shipping. I got 7 for $5! Super happy for that.

This is my pile of clothes that I found. Lots of clothes for Elijah. A few clothes for me and a few for the baby. $15 for all. Very great deal! All the pants/shorts for Elijah are all name brand like Levis, Starter, and Arizona Jean co. All in great shape. It filled my washer. I love getting great deals!