Life
All went as great as could be expected at the Doc's on Thursday. I didn't gain any weight in the last week (YEAH!) so my total weight gain puts me at 27.5 lbs - not too bad and well within normal gainage. My blood pressure continues to be normal, high for me but normal for most people - this makes me happy :) As of Thursday afternoon I have dilated 1cm! Not that much, but good nonetheless. In fact, not only have I begun the process of dilations, but my Dr said I've thinned - I don't need to go into detail about that, do I? And that she could feel his head right there ready to come out!
What does this all mean? She said for a first time mom at 38 weeks - I could not hope for better. That made me smile! It means Xander is ready to come out - he is in position and now all we are waiting for is my body to kick it into gear and push the little guy out! I'm more excited now than scared. I keep telling myself this is probably the only time I'm going to do this so I should go into it with wonder and awe and less apprehension. The amazing thing is, it is starting to work! I'm really not as worried or scared. I just can't wait to meet the amazing person that Jamers and I are bringing into this world.
In other news, I had my first migraine last night. We went to sleep around 9ish and I slowly woke from slumber around 11ish with the worst headache of my life. I felt the aching in the four parts of my jaws at the back of my mouth and the pain continued up through my sinus, back through my head and apparently into my neck/shoulders. I was in so much pain I couldn't stand it. I took 2 than another 2 acetaminophen, which eventually helped. However, my eye pillow did nothing to kill the pain which is very odd for a headache of mine. I figured it was a migraine when I went to the bathroom and as I was walking back my eyes started having wavy lines go through my vision. I told Jamers and asked if it could be a migraine, which we have concluded it probably was. Relief only came after taking the pain relievers AND Jamers so diligently and lovingly got out of bed and started massaging my temples, head, sinus, mouth, eyes, and eventually my neck, shoulders, and arms. The whole time it felt so wonderful and nice, but when he got to my shoulders was when I realized that the pain was down that far, up until then I didn't recognize the hurt below my head. It was a very weird experience for me. He ended up rubbing and massaging for what seemed like an eternity. All the while the pain slowly receded until I could go back to sleep.
We are both hoping that this was a one time fluke due to my body being all out of whack with the immanent arrival of Alexander and all the stress I've been under at work. If this is a sign of things to come for the pickle life is not going to be glorious I'll tell you that. I don't want to rely on meds to kill a migraine so if this is the new post baby pickle life, I guess I'll start looking into homeopathic remedies.
Anyways we are now off to go buy some essential oils that should help during labor and post baby to keep my body relaxed and healthy. Holy Toledo Batman - am I turning into some sort of hippie?
What does this all mean? She said for a first time mom at 38 weeks - I could not hope for better. That made me smile! It means Xander is ready to come out - he is in position and now all we are waiting for is my body to kick it into gear and push the little guy out! I'm more excited now than scared. I keep telling myself this is probably the only time I'm going to do this so I should go into it with wonder and awe and less apprehension. The amazing thing is, it is starting to work! I'm really not as worried or scared. I just can't wait to meet the amazing person that Jamers and I are bringing into this world.
In other news, I had my first migraine last night. We went to sleep around 9ish and I slowly woke from slumber around 11ish with the worst headache of my life. I felt the aching in the four parts of my jaws at the back of my mouth and the pain continued up through my sinus, back through my head and apparently into my neck/shoulders. I was in so much pain I couldn't stand it. I took 2 than another 2 acetaminophen, which eventually helped. However, my eye pillow did nothing to kill the pain which is very odd for a headache of mine. I figured it was a migraine when I went to the bathroom and as I was walking back my eyes started having wavy lines go through my vision. I told Jamers and asked if it could be a migraine, which we have concluded it probably was. Relief only came after taking the pain relievers AND Jamers so diligently and lovingly got out of bed and started massaging my temples, head, sinus, mouth, eyes, and eventually my neck, shoulders, and arms. The whole time it felt so wonderful and nice, but when he got to my shoulders was when I realized that the pain was down that far, up until then I didn't recognize the hurt below my head. It was a very weird experience for me. He ended up rubbing and massaging for what seemed like an eternity. All the while the pain slowly receded until I could go back to sleep.
We are both hoping that this was a one time fluke due to my body being all out of whack with the immanent arrival of Alexander and all the stress I've been under at work. If this is a sign of things to come for the pickle life is not going to be glorious I'll tell you that. I don't want to rely on meds to kill a migraine so if this is the new post baby pickle life, I guess I'll start looking into homeopathic remedies.
Anyways we are now off to go buy some essential oils that should help during labor and post baby to keep my body relaxed and healthy. Holy Toledo Batman - am I turning into some sort of hippie?