Never ending fun....at 32 weeks

"Your baby continues to grow and develop inside of you. Measuring 16.5 inches long, he now weights over 4 pounds! And from this week, until 2 weeks before birth, he will gain about a half pound every week.

He is sleeping approximately 90 to 95 percent of the day. Most of his wrinkles are disappearing, especially on his face, as more fat is deposited under his skin. His hair is becoming thicker with each passing week and you may even be able to see it on an ultrasound! He will also begin to settle in the head-down position, as his birth is fast approaching."

All I hafta say is this baby is not sleeping 90-95% of the day unless he is punching and kicking and moving while he is asleep.

So this has been a long, frustrating end of the week. I'll start from the top...Thursday I had my first 2 weeker appt. I saw the CNP, Nicole. I'm up almost 30lbs and she said I look great and haven't gained that much weight (umm ok). Baby T's hb was in the 140's, his head is down, and my uterus is measuring right on time. I think they'll soon send me for my last u/s. WOO HOO! I can't wait. We discussed my pubic bone pain that I've been having. She suggested a maternity belt for the next few weeks and she warned me of the possibility that the ligament that connects the pubic bones is stretching and that in some women it can actually damage the ligament. GREAT! So...I'm to monitor the pain and if it becomes more and more consistent I will be going on a modified schedule. Oh boy! So other than that the appt went well.

I'm at work later that afternoon and realize I am once again soaking through my panty liner onto my undies. No I'm not talking my normal discharge. I'm talking about a clear watery discharge soaking onto my undies. I went through this 2 weeks ago when using monistat and we (CNP, Nicole and I) contributed it to the monistat when the strip test for amniotic fluid was negative. So I immediately call my Ob's office at 1:30 and explain the history to the secretary and ask for Nicole to personally call me back. I get a call back at 2, from Nicole's nurse asking what prescription I needed refilled. I wanted to lose my cool but for the second time explained the situation to her. She was like "oohh well I need to talk to Nicole about this and get back to you." NO SHIT SHERLOCK, ya think? So 2 hours later, around 3:50 she calls me back and asks me more questions and she's like "Ok well you definitely need to talk to Nicole, so I'm gonna put you on hold, she is in with a patient and will be right out." 5 minutes later I get disconnected. So I call the office back and guess what I get the damn answering service. I was ready to scream, I told the lady "I was just on hold at the office, waiting to speak to Nicole about a problem I am having." She said "well they must have shut their phones off and there is nothing I can do. Is this an emergency?" I said "well I think my water might be leaking." So she takes my info after saying "well thats definitely an emergency" and calls the on call dr.

Maybe 5 minutes later I get a call from the answering service saying "Dr. B wants you to go directly to L&D and get checked out." Let me remind you Dr. B has no idea this has happened before. I was trying to avoid a trip to L&D but after the incompetent office staff did not call me back in a timely fashion I knew this would happen. So I rush out of work to L&D, about 10 minutes away. In the meantime I get a call from my mid-wife who is on call at the hospital but not there. For the 3rd time I explain the story (from the top...2 weeks ago). She than proceeds to say "well Jess [talking to me like I'm a little kid], there is no way its your water breaking, it would have a pinkish color and possibly some white stuff called" something I can't remember. I interrupted her and said "I don't think its breaking, I think its LEAKING." To me there is a big difference. But she continues on that if it was that it would be running down my leg and blah blah blah. Meantime, I'm thinking ok so why did Nicole, not tell me 2 weeks ago this was normal? She wasn't even 100% sure that it wasn't my water. She then has the nerve to tell me that she would have preferred I called during office hours. If I could have I would have reached through the phone and slapped her, I was so frustrated at this point. I said "Carol, I called your office at 1:30, as soon as this happened. At 2, I heard back from a nurse who didn't get the correct message and she didn't call me back till almost 4 and then I was disconnected after 5 minutes of holding." She immediately apologized. And I told her Dr. B told me to go directly to L&D and I'm almost there. So she agreed to have it checked out and said she would be in touch with the nurses.

By the time I arrived and parked in the parking garage to meet Mike, I was crying. Not that I was all that concerned about my water, because I knew there was very little I could do about it. I was crying because I was so frustrated and pissed that I was treated like an idiot by my mid-wife, who I met once and really really liked. May I remind you, Mike knows the mid-wife and both OB's I deal with and thats why we chose to see them when I became pregnant for the 4th time. I hated running out of work for possibly nothing and I hated that L&D could have been avoided since I called earlier that day. So...I promise to shorten the story from here. At L&D they hooked me up to a fetal monitor for 30 minutes while yet again I explained the situation to a nurse (4th time). After getting my registration info and vital signs, they left me rest for a little. Then they came back with a pair of fancy undies (sarcasm) and a pad (that had no sticky on the back to hold in place) and told me to walk the halls for 30 minutes. Not fun!! So after they tested that pad, which was negative, they sent me home. Pretty much told me that a watery discharge was normal for some women. I just get to be one of those lucky women. :::Shrugs & lets out a deep sigh:::

Friday night from 6-9 and Saturday from 9-4, Mike and I had our baby classes. I was really impressed. Mike not so much since he learned all about this in school. Don't get me wrong a lot of the material covered I knew but it was a good review and I learned a lot of new stuff. Also up until this point I was very concerned whether Mike would be able to "handle me" during labor. But he did excellent during the techniques and knows what I like so I'm now confident in his abilities.

If I haven't shared yet Mike and I watched Twilight 2 weeks ago. And I LOVED LOVED LOVED the movie. I bought the book that Monday afternoon and read it within a week. I was one of those who ignored all the hype about it and was like whatever, it probably isn't that good. Boy was I wrong. I started the 2nd book Friday night and I'm thru 100 pages at this point. I can see why fans were disappointed in the movie because it changed things up a lot BUT if you haven't read the book, the movie is definitely worth seeing!!! I'm in luv with Robert Pattinson's character!! He's great!! Mike's description of the movie "Titanic with vampires"....rolling my eyes.

We finally got our night stand from BRU and our slip cover for our glider so I will hafta post new pics soon of the nursery. Now I'm just waiting for my shower so I can get things all set and organized in the drawers and closet. OH! BTW, my MIL & FIL gave us our shower gift....we got our stroller---Graco MetroLite Travel System - Utopia....its perfect. Both Mike and I love it and can't wait to use it!!



Also our niece and nephew got Landon a toy box that matches the room decor! Too cute! I also purchased (off of ebay) a movement monitor. So hopefully that will come this week.


So I think thats all that has been going on with us. Trust me its been enough!!! I hope everyone has a Happy Easter and btw, I typed this damn post twice. At the end of the last post, our internet connection was lost and so was this whole thing. Word of the week....FRUSTRATING!