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it's raining, it's pouring....
....I wish I was getting enough sleep to be snoring......
Nah, it's ok, I feel blessed even in the middle of the night when I get to rock my little insomniac (for the fourth or fifth time per night) back to sleep. It's the least of our worries at the moment.
I haven't written in awhile, because LIFE is LIFE. Homeschooling two kids finally made me ( Read more... ) -
He's Here!
Levi Alejandro Castaneda was born -- FINALLY!!! -- on Tues. June 12th at 7:48 p.m. weighing 8 pounds 13 ounces, measuring 21 inches long. He is adorable with dark hair, dark blue eyes (will probably change to brown), and chubby cheeks! Everyone is doing fine!
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I'm NEVER gonna have this baby!!!
Ok, well, I guess NEVER is exaggerating a bit...had the amniocentesis from hell on Monday. I'm still sore from it. And still no baby because the doctor didn't like the results, and the labor and delivery department in the hospital -- which only has three labor rooms, mind you -- was full. So. He PROMISED that if I didn't go into labor on my own ( Read more... ) -
It's almost over!
So if I don't go into labor on my own over the weekend, my doctor insists on performing an amniocentesis on Monday. If the procedure alone doesn't break my water by Tuesday morning, I'll go to the hospital and be induced Tuesday. So Tuesday at the latest we'll have our baby!!! -
I'm never going to have this baby!
After months and months of preterm labor, I just assumed that as soon as the doctor gave the ok, we'd just have to give a little "nudge" and we'd go into labor and have this baby!! So we nudged....and.....nothing. So we nudged harder. Nothing. So we SHOVED. Nothing. I'm so discouraged. If he gets much bigger, my doctor is wanting to do a C- ( Read more... ) -
I'm so done... (venting)
...being huge and preggo! I've hit that point. Today is week 34 (but developmentally the baby is at 35 1/2 weeks), which means that if I go into labor my doctor will no longer try to stop it. I feel like things are getting close (I've never carried a baby to term), but I sense it will be a couple more weeks. In the meantime, I'm completely ( Read more... ) -
Moving back
So, we're moving back to the Sac area. ASAP. Hopefully within a couple of weeks. Hopefully before I have the baby (I just can't get my head around the possibility of delivering what is already a big baby -- already a pound more than normal at 31 weeks with a big ole head -- at Sierra Nevada Memorial, which does NOT do epidurals!!!). Just need ( Read more... ) -
Expanding and expanding and expanding...
Actually, I've only gained a total of 6 pounds this entire pregnancy -- all my weight is shifted to my belly, which is huge and sticks straight out (from the back I don't look pregnant, but when I turn around, people often look mildly horrified). Contractions are getting stronger, more frequent, and harder to control, and I'm only at 28 weeks. ( Read more... ) -
Good stuff
I'm truly lucky -- my hubby rocks! Last week it snowed up here -- I mean S-N-O-W-E-D. We couldn't drive in it and had to park two blocks away from home because the car wouldn't go up the hill in the snow. The day it started snowing I had yet another ultrasound (I have lots these days due to preterm labor). I was having contractions right there ( Read more... ) -
I'ts snowing here!
It's beautiful -- cold and unpredictable, but beautiful!