38 weeks and 4 days preggo update

....So here we go...I am now 38 weeks and 4 days pregnant and is Portia here yet??? NOT AT ALL!!!!  Seems that whole idea about 2nd and subsequent babies coming sooner or quicker does not hold true...well at least not for me...such a misnomer, omg!  My darling daughter, Vanessa was born at 37 weeks via c-section because she was breech and surprisingly I was in labor at the time and had no idea and felt no contractions.  My scheduled c-section is this Friday, December 30th at 12:30pm and as far as it has been going, it definitely looks like that will be Portia's birthday unless she decides to make an appearance between today and Friday. 

....I've been having contractions regularly but not regular enough to warrant a visit to the hospital or doctor's office.  My back is totally out of whack, painful and my sleeplessness is such an annoyance anymore.  My mucus plug has been long gone since the 11th which is why I thought I would have gone into labor already but no, it's not yet happened.

....Needless to say, I am totally OVER being pregnant; my pregnancy has been uneventful and for the most part easy going so I truly cannot complain--even with my 4 months of morning sickness, I still feel like I was very fortunate w/my pregnancy ailments...but now....in these last few days, I am just disenchanted with the waiting game anymore.  It was difficult to wait this one out because doctors kept reassuring me that Portia would come sooner due to it being my 2nd pregnancy so setting me up for the expectation only made me more anxious and nervous about the whole thing and now she is just "right on time" which is fine, but just leaves me feeling deflated lol....cuz I had hoped she'd come so much sooner.

...I've been diligently trying to induce my pregnancy since the 11th...walking, bouncing on the yoga ball, sex, drinking raspberry leaf tea, accupressure points everything and it would always produce contractions and I do believe it has helped me to dilate and efface YET not enough to push me into labor and delivery...docs keep telling me that I will "know" the difference between false and real labor pains but I'm not so convinced as so far, everything has just been pressure and not painful...an annoyance but not a hinderance so I'm not sure that I fit the bill for the typical pregnant woman as my pain threshold is NOT the same as most.

...I have a doctor's visit tomorrow....to do paperwork for the c-section and I am truly hoping when the doc does the internal, she will just say that I am dilated and effaced enough to have the baby tomorrrow and not wait til Friday--that would be totally sweet but I have this aching feeling that darling Portia wants to bake and bake lol.

...So until the birth of Portia and her timely arrival, I will update when I can.  Pray for my sanity, delivery and recovery until then!  Hope everyone had a great Christmas and will have a great New Year's as well!

Stay tuned!

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PETU, 1cm and my 37 week and 5 day doctor's visit

....here is a quick update on my visit to the doctor's today and my uneventful visit to the Preggo ER last night...nothing exciting....I'm currently -1 station (how far down the baby has dropped into the cervical cavity), 1 cm dilated (how big my cervix has opened so far on a scale from 1-10 --1 being small and early labor and 10 being fully opened and crowning, active labor basically) and barely effaced at all (the thinning of the cervix is measured in percentages--100% being completely thinned out)  I am barely starting to thin out so no progress there....enjoy the video update....stay tuned for more news!

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Mucuous Plug.........

So here is an update, very short, nothing crazy but I lost my mucuous plug last night, yippee!!!!

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37 weeks and blahhhhhh.....

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36 week 5 day update and doc visit

Hey all, here is the latest video update, enjoy my "bare-faced nakedness" lol...it is a rarity that I allow myself to be au naturale this way but it is what it is and sorry if it's scary lol.....

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What's in my diaper bag video

Here is the 2 part video of what is in my diaper bag.  It just covers the basics and the actual full list of what is in my diaper bag is in a link to the left of this vlog, just click on it and you will get a detailed list.  Hope it is informative and helpful and please do, leave any comments and/or suggestions as I am always open to ideas!  Enjoy!

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36 week update video...

Just another update now that I am 36 weeks and 3 weeks away from my scheduled C-section for December 30th...I am getting restless and and more antsy for Portia to join us!

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My rainy day project Wed. Dec. 7th 2011

So...my sister-in-law, Gregg's sister, Lynn gave me her rocking chair glider and ottoman a few years ago...I wasn't even pregnant yet but everyone knew we were going to have kids eventually and who knew that it'd take us 3 years of trying and an IVF cycle later before we would be??? I definitely didn't think it would go that route...but in any case, we made it!  We did it!  And we are only weeks away from Portia joining our family so we are completely stoked!

I bought 2 coordinating fabrics from Etsy.com probably before the summer even started but never got around to actually making the covers until literally this past Wednesday, lol....I just was slow to start it but was able to get 90% of it done in one afternoon and just finished some stitches the next morning and now it's pretty much done.  I just have to have Gregg staple the remaining fabric to the ottoman and it will be completed.  I was really hoping to make actual slipcovers that I could take off and launder when I needed to, but there are some cushion details that would've been lost if I did that and the chair would've lost its "structured" look so I just covered the existing cushions and will just have to spot clean it when necessary.  Considering it is a busy pattern and print, it will be nice that it will "hide" whatever possible stains but it's only meant to sit in for rocking so I don't anticipate this being a problem.  Also the print I chose was a "neutral" green, white and black print so it wouldn't matter if I had a boy or girl and I think it looks really cool!  I was also able to use leftover scraps to cover a disposable wipes case and also made a pillow to go with the chair. 

Check it out!

The BEFORE chair

The AFTER with 2 coordinating fabrics; the ottoman will be in the zigzag print.

Here with the matching pillow which has the zigzag print on one side and on the reverse side is the medallion print.

I used leftover scraps to decorate this disposable wipes case and embellished it w/black scalloped ribbon.

So there you go folks!  My rainy day project!  Until next time, be happy and thanks for checkin' in!

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Just another update...

...a quick video on how I am feeling...getting restless and more anxious for Portia to be here w/our family!!!  Just wanted to catch you all up on what is going on...nothing excited but feel free to listen to my rambling, lol.

Thanks for watching!

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I'm 35 weeks and What I will be packing in my hospital bag...

...So here it is folks...what I will be packing in my hospital bag...it is 5 videos longggggggg....at 10 minutes each....sorry it's longwinded, I talk ALOT and am quite chatty in general...but at least it's broken up so you can watch at your leisure lol....I have also included the written longhand version of what I'm packing in my bag in the link below the last video.... hopefully you will find it informative and helpful...feel free to leave comments and whatever ideas you may have to add or suggest for me as well...I'm sure I've left some things out...but at least I've gotten it together ...for the most part....I'm only 4 weeks away now from my scheduled c-section and could possibly go sooner being that it's my 2nd baby so...we shall see how it all pans out!  But for now, enjoy!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Link to the list of "What's in my hospital bag?"
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