Lucid Dream

Ok I had read some girls saying how they had these during pregnancy and I honestly thought they were kind of full of shit haha

But I had one last night.

Now if my birth goes that easy I'll thank all the different Gods in this world!
I went in and things were going normal you know...I know I had an epidural and literally 5 minutes after the epi I pushed 2 and helped pull her out!

They cleaned her up and I saw this thing once on a Baby Story that I thought was really cool the grandma had started it with her kids but right after the baby is born or cleaned up the momma smells the babies breath. I know it sounds odd but I thought it was something cool and different and you only get to experience your babies first breath smell once haha

And so they brought her over but had her in an outfit already and she had a burp cloth on her and I went to smell her and she threw up haha and I wiped it all up and cuddled and what not.

She wasn't as big as I think she is going to be. I would say 7.5 lbs is what she was. She had a ton of hair and it was blackish like mine was when I was born. She did have hazel eyes though!

And then Ava in real life now started kicking the shit out of me! At 3:30am ....she's always sleeping during that time and she didn't stop for a good 30 minutes. I was like how erie is that?! haha

So it'll be interesting to see how big she is, how her birth is, and what she'll look like based off of that dream.

I have this fun little site I went and put info in and this was the delivery prediction it gave me....


Just about the time you think you can't handle hearing one more "when is that baby going to pop?", your baby will decide to make it's appearance.

We predict your baby will be born 3-7 days before its due date. Your baby will most likely be born in the morning.

Justmommies predicts that your baby will weigh approximately 7.0 pounds and that your labor will be about 12 hours long.

Weekly Update: Week 25

How far along? 25 Weeks

How big is baby? About 13.5 inches in length and weighs 1 and half pounds. (My child already weighed in at 1.5 lbs last week per the U/S haha so she is probably a little plumper this week

Weight gain/loss? Ok I almost shit myself ok...no lie. At my 5 month I was up 7lbs and at 6 month I was up a total of like 19lbs but I went to a different doctor on a different scale. I have a serious hard time believing that I gained 12lbs in a month. Yes my belly is far bigger and the babe did some serious gaining and I'm sure everything else did too but even Mr. B agrees that I haven't really gained weight in my legs or arms so belly and boobs don't make up 12lbs in a month. So I'm going to pay close attention when I go in for my 7 month at my normal doctors scale because I don't think it's that high.

Maternity clothes? some and then just the dresses. I won some khaki capri's and a cute maternity shirt on Ebay and need to find another shirt or two to win

Stretchies? just on the boobs boooooo

Sleep? getting worse. If I'm not up going to the bathroom literally 3 times in the middle of the night I'm constantly flipping from left to right and have 3 pillows trying to help me

Best moment this week? Getting to another week and Uncle Ben coming to get the rest of the stuff out of Ava's room!

Movement? seriously I think my girl may end up being a boxer! She is hitting/kicking/punching all over all the time. And she really dislikes it when I move from right to left on my side at night haha

Food cravings? nothing out of the ordinary but soda which really sucks

Food aversions/foods that make me sick? nothing really whoot

Gender? GIRL!!!!!

Labor signs? none..I have been having a little tightness but honestly I don't know if it's Braxton Hicks or not.

Birth Prep? We had our hospital tour last week and I'm so excited about the location we have picked! I'm going to start my pre-natal yoga this week as well

An outer-innie? both

What I miss? sleeping, and honestly drinking

What I am looking forward to? Getting to do the little things in Ava's room this weekend and in about 2 weeks putting together her furniture!

Milestones? Viability Day was a great day but this week is just one step closer to her being able to really survive with no long term side effects

New things this week? Ava is moving so much but last night I had my first lucid dream of the birth and what she looked like. And honestly after I was having it and had her she woke me up at 3:30 kicking the shit out of me which she's never up at 3:30...odd!

Weekly Wisdom? Honestly I really haven't gotten any but I'm starting to get tons of folks asking me when I'm due

Emotions? Last week in check...this past week out of freaking check! Ugh it was a bad week but I think Mr. B and I have finally figured out how to handle it!

30 Day Challenge- Day 10

My Greatest Fears

Losing Mr. B especially on the road where I couldn't get to him fast enough

Losing Ava (still in womb or out)

Losing our jobs and losing our house

Not being a good wife, mother, and friend

This country not turning back around

30 Day Challenge- Day 9

What was my wedding like?


ok y'all I'm really tired but I'm going to do this

I had a fantastic time at my wedding once it cooled down a bit! I got so sick the day before and started throwing up and was dehydrated the day of the wedding, but hey I looked skinnier haha

I think I had a glass of champagne and then just drank water the rest of the time.

Me and my girls

The wedding/reception area

Me and Mr. B :)

Entrance


Cake Pull....it's a south Louisiana tradition....all the girls pull the pulls and they have different charms....wealth, travel, engagement, baby etc

I'm too tired to put anymore on but you get the gist haha

30 Day Challenge- Day 8

What is Romance to me?

hmm anytime where Mr. B and I actually have real alone time to talk whether that be walking through a mall, or at a dinner, or at home cooking. It just seems like we're always so busy that we never just get to talk.

When we're out in public and Mr. B grabs my hand or kisses my forehead (I always melt with that one)

When Mr. B does something around the house or runs to the store for me.

When Mr. B and I go on vacation alone and just have our own time.

Even though this maybe strange when Mr. B has my back in a situation even if it may make his family or friends mad because we're a unit.

When Mr. B and I share wine, eat prosciutto and fresh mozzarella haha

I'm sure theres more but even though most of these things aren't super romantic like in the movies this is what I love

30 Day Challenge- Day 7

Senses-What are my senses doing right now?

Taste- I have gyro breath haha...I actually am about to pop some gum in

Feel- The keyboard and mouse

See- This wonderful computer screen I stare at far too often...a bunch of numbers and an analysis I just did

Hear- I'm on a conference call for work booooo

Smell- Honestly nothing...it's heaven because unfortunately my cubicle is right by the deck which people smoke on...and so then they come back in, it stinks!

Hospital Tour

So yesterday was our hospital tour. It was supposed to be about 1 hour and 15 minutes and I think it ended right at an hour which was perfect.

There wasn't too much walking about about 30 minutes worth so I'm glad that I did it this month instead of waiting until next because my sciatic was hurting and standing that long was getting to me.

So they just talked about the hospital. Which I'm having Ava at a Woman's Hospital who has a level 3 ranked NICU the highest in the state which makes me feel great. All they do obviously are deliver babies/take care of women.

They deliver 8,000 babies a year so they're very efficient haha

Then the lady from Cord Blood talked to us which I was already thinking of donating anyways. Mr. B started asking me about banking ourselves and yes I think it's a great idea it's pricey and I'd rather Ava give to some other child then us hopefully never using it...and of course if she ever does need Stem Cells she can get them from that bank. Which all of their banks go to Duke University where they all train.

Anywho then we went to check out the Labor and Delivery suites.
The waiting room is very very nice! Nice plush leather/suede seats and a huge area which is nice.

They give 4 passes for folks to come in (which can be switched out) during labor. When it's time for delivery then they ask just 3 people be in the room. But they have beepers too to give to family so it will go off once Ava is born and they can come in.

The birthing room is huuuuuge! I was so excited to see that it won't be cramped in there. And if we do have to have a c-section they allow Mr. B and one other person which is not usually the norm which is cool.

They also have birthing tubs, bouncing balls, and bars but I have decided against doing anything like that. You girls rock who are doing it/or have done it haha

The only bummer is that they don't want you eating. They'll give clear liquids, ice chips, and said sometimes jello or a Popsicle. But she was like "you know if you've been in labor for 12 hours we'll give you a Popsicle"

I started laughing because I can picture it like a movie...12 hours in and this nice nurse hands me a Popsicle and I throw it back in her face and yell "a Popsicle?! a Popsicle?! I haven't eaten in over 12 f'n hours and you f'n think an f'n Popsicle will help me?! Get the f outta here" haha

So I just told Mr. B we'll be making sure I eat beforehand. I understand them not wanting a lot of food in case of c-section but that's too long.

They also want us to shower and change into clean clothes before we get there to cut down on infection.
I'm also not allowed to shave or wax my thighs or hooha a week out boo!

But she did say if we feel more comfortable with our own gowns we can definitely wear that during delivery unless it's a c-section which they make us change for cleanliness issues.

Then we toured the mother/baby room which they really really promote baby with mom the entire time except for hearing test. They will for sure take them if I'm having a break down or need a nap before going home which I'll probably do that honestly but I like that idea.

Of course that room is smaller but the pull out couch again is leather/and suede which I thought was nice.

They have On Demand stuff for breastfeeding, baths, changing diapers, and even info for daddies which is nice.

You order off a nice menu and folks can order and eat with me. They even offer a nice romantic dinner for you and your spouse which I thought was cute and I'm quite sure my MIL will get for us haha

They just made me feel really comfortable down to bring this bag in for this time and park here for this time and then move it this time.

Just really took care of everything.

And they have OBExpress where we pre-register so I won't have to worry about that when I get there and I can call ahead.

So all in all I'm very happy that is my hospital and feel so confident that if something is wrong with Ava or myself we'll be taken care of immediately!

Now these next few months need to just fly by!