Vent.

So my lovely husband and I don't have a WW3 because I have so much on my stress, I really need to vent!
 Dear Work,
I completely understand the fact you like us to look professional. I understand that you don't care about a pregnant woman's comfort. What I don't understand is how I was able to wear drawstring pants from the time I was three months pregnant up untill now without a single problem, and NOW I have to find maternity slacks to wear. I leave for maternity leave in 2 weeks! Do you honestly think I am going to spend 55 dollars on a pair of pants I will be wearing for two weeks. Cause Lord knows I won't wear slacks when I am here at home on maternity leave! On top of that, no one in my town sells maternity anything! So I must travel to get them. And to make matters worse, you gave me a one day's grace to find them! I hate to tell you, but the family and I had plans for tonight and I will be darned if you think I am going to buy pants in a different town than spend quality time with my family!
Dear lovely hubby,
I love you with all my heart. I love everything almost everything about you! But, I do understand we all have flaws. And I know that no one likes to talk about their own flaws. However; I want you to know that I find your dirty socks in our bed as I lay down to go to bed everynight. That's my love, is not attractive!

Dear Clara and Braden,
My lovely toddlers. You two are pretty freakin amazing! But why must you wake up at 7:00 on the dot every morning? It doens't matter if mommy puts you to bed at 7:00 pm or 11:00 pm, you are up bright and early. (And in this case, before the sun!) Momma would love to sleep just thirty more minutes. Please...

Dear Rilan,
I understand you are completely content in my womb. It's gotta be amazing to be catered to the way you are. However; I am asking you nicely to please stop sticking your toes in my ribs while I am sitting down. Also, could you try to work on not hitting my bladder whenever I stand up? It would be highly appreciated.Can't wait to meet you!

6 FREAKIN pounds!?

Well, I had my 35th week check-up today, and let me tell you. I have had better visits! First off, I wasn't able to see the midwife that I always do. I got some woman named Peggy. I figured that since Beth (my usual midwife) was on call, I might as well try the one that my husband's friends loved and adored. But we will get to her later! As usual, at every doctor appointment they check your urine, weight and blood pressure. Well, I had to pee in a regualr bathroom and carry my urine sample to the lab. Yuck. Like everyone wants to see a 9 month pregnant woman waddling down the hall with a cup of her own pee right after lunch time! And to make matter worse, I stepped on the scale and I gained 6!!! YES! 6 freakin pounds! And this is since LAST week! And I am sitting there thinking, "How the hell?" .
Okayy, NOW on to the wonderful *cough* Peggy. She calls me from the waiting area and leads the hubby and I to the room she would be seeing us in. She then proceeds to tell me to undress from the waist down. Today I am getting the Group B Strep Test. First of all, those things are bad enough. Second of all, I am meeting this woman for the first time and she wants to get THAT close and personal! Well, after we waited a few minutes she comes in and looks at my chart. She looks and me and says, "6 pounds? In a week!?" I shake my head yes, still wondering how the hell? She then looks at my ankels and says, "THATS why! Your retaining water!" Great. Just freakin great! Just when I thought I was gonna get lucky this go around and not retain any, my legs start to look like tree trunks. Bleh. But get this! That darn Peggy measured my fundal and never told me what I was measuring! Didn't tell me lil mans heart rate! AND didnt ask if we had questions! WTF!?!? So when we got to the front desk I looked the lady in the eye and said, "I want to see Beth, whatever day next week she is open, I will TAKE IT."

Ha. Wonder how Miss.Peggy felt about THAT!

Things They DIDN'T Warn You About Being A Mother!

I don't know about all you other mom's out there, but with my first pregnancy I studied everything I could about pregnancy. I signed up for weekly pregnancy emails from babycenter.com and thebump.com. I read the all famous, "What to Expect When Your Expecting." and I watched every single episode of Birth Stories, Bringing Home Baby and Deliver Me. I thought, "Well, I got this down pat." And I felt great and like I was going to know every detail about my child the instint she was born. Ha ha. Ladies, laugh with me here. I am on my third pregnancy and I find myself thinking to myself, "They didn't say anything about THIS in my research from a few years back." as I watch my children day in and day out. So, I decided I would start a list of what I wish I was warned about.

1. Sometimes, you just HAVE to smell that brown substance on the wall. It could be either pudding, chocolate or yahhhh....we all don't want to think about that last bit.
2. When eating out, your children will find every possible way to touch the ladies hair that is sitting in the booth behind you.
3. It isn't unusual to have to act happy that your child is indeed getting his boogers out of his own nose.
4. And sometimes you have to take the booger from him so he isn't upset.
5. No matter how many times you tell the children not to touch the clean clothes in their drawers, you find yourself washing the same clothes daily, but yet you still have seen your child wear it.
6. They love to eat! It doesn't even have to taste good. Chips, french fries and (yuck) dog food and your child is in heaven. *Editor's note: No ladies, I have never intended to give my children this for dinner. But I can promise you, they wouldn't mind it!"
7. A spotless floor will no longer exist. Ever.
8. You can go to bed at the same time as the kids, and still wake up with less than 10% of the energy they have.
9. You find yourself worrying when your children are being quiet.
10. The bathroom is no longer a private time.

Never got the memo.

The baby shower was a blast! No drama, and my SIL busted her butt to make it just perfect! I couldn't have been more pleased with the baby blue and white ribbons all over her house! Or all the balloons. I didn't know everyone there as his mom and sister planned it, so it was alot of there friends. But it went great! And ohhhh lordy the stuff  we got! We got some blankets, wipes, size 1 Swaddler Diapers and oodles of clothes. I expected that would happen. That's why I only spent (no lie) 35 dollars total for his clothing :o We also got a bouncer, a swing and the traveling set that comes with a CAR SEAT (yes yes yes!!!) and a stroller. AND they are all Winnie the Pooh. Which, I do wish I was told what theme it was so I could buy the matching crib set, which is just cars and airplanes. We also got socks, a baby moniture, a baby book, and those little mittens you put on wee one's hands. And the diaper bag is amazing! I am a zebra print freak!! And somehow, Robert's aunt managed to find a Zebra Print large tote that zips up and has ribbon on the strap. AND they got his name embroidered on the front in Baby Blue. :) So now, the hubby and I are out and about buying the last few needs, such as more bottles, some more diapers, a diaper genie and the wondefrul invention called a Boopie Pillow:)

Updates on the pregnancy: I am 35 weeks today! Only 5 more to go! And I am so ready! I have a constent back ache, I am ill and I pee every 45 minutes! He has dropped already as well! Which is unusual for the third baby, but I am NOT complaning. I no longer have heartburn and I can breath! Thank Goodness!

Say what?

Well,as you know from my last post, I had a check up yesterday. My weight was okay. I will never say it's good or great as I have now gained 39 pounds this pregnancy! My blood pressure was awsome. And I didn't have to wait forever and amen to see my favorite midwife. My fundal measurement is 36, I was only 34 weeks and 2 days yesterday. She then asked me how large my other two children were. My daughter was 8 pounds 6 ozs while my son followed close behind at 8 pounds 6 ozs. She nodded her head and said, "This one is following close." Robert then says, "He's gonna be 9 pounds." And I started to roll my eyes when Beth said, "Very good possiblity." I blinked at her wide eyed. I wanted to scream! A NINE pound baby?? How? Did I do something wrong!? So she informed me that next week I will come back for my Group B strep test. And the next week after that possibly a ultra sound on my 36 week check up to determine just how big lil man is in there!

On to other news: My baby shower is tommorrow! I am very excitied, but nervous at the same time. My sister-in-law and mother-in-law planned it, and they invitied all their friends and family. I am pretty sure I only know a handful of them. However; I really don't have any room to complain. They planned it, bought everything, and my sil is holding it out her house. How nice:) I did however beg her to let me do something. I am the type of person who loves to do crafts and stuff, so she assigned me the favors. I was estatic! Okayy, how many do I need to make? And she drops the bomb. 30. As she says this, my little fingers started to throb already! So...my mom and I went to the Dollar Tree *gotta save that dough* and picked out 30 of those 4 ounce bottles and a bunch of candy! Also, some ribbon and little things to tie onto the ribbon. Such as those little baby stroller pieces many use to lay out on tables for decoration at baby showers. It took me 4 hours to get them just right, but I did it:)

34 weeks

And 2 days. (Just to be exact.) So far, babycenter is saying my Rilan is around 4.7 pounds and 18 inches long. That's it! It feels like I am carrying a toddler in there!
Here recently, I have noticed just how different your third pregnancy is different from the first and the second ones. In your first, if your home and tired, by all means take a nap! With your second pregnancy, you lay your first born down for a nap and take one along with him/her. Well, in your third pregnancy, your a miracle worker if you get both kids down so you can sleep! Also, with this pregnancy, my body is all stretched out and ligaments are loose. Bleh. Which means by the time I fall asleep I am getting up going pee. After that it takes me a while to fall back asleep because I am hurting so bad! And even more good news: My feet and face are starting to swell up. I am getting stretch marks on my left side. AND I have officialy gained 38 (!!!) pounds so far! And I still have five weeks and five days to go! :/

Well, I have a doctor appoinment today, so I will post later about how lovely the meeting was.

Sorry long time.

Okayy, okayy. Shot me. I haven't blogged in almost a month. I am sorry. I have been having some complication's with the pregnancy that has made me want to do nothing!

I woke up Sunday with the stomach flu, thanks to my dear hubby and children. However, I didn't get the horrible diherra *tmi* but I was blessed with the magical vomiting. I slept mose of the day and felt just fine before going to bed that night.
I woke up Monday morning like every typical morning, to screaming kids, and so I get up and start to make breakfast while the children are in a trance to Scooby-Doo. As I am trying to tell Braden that he can't get Kool-Aid instead of milk the phone rings. It's work. They need me. NOW. So I finish doing what I started and I wake up the hubby. Then, I have to go pee. I go just fine, no problem, no aches. I look at my toilet paper after I wipe (habit sorry) and I notice a pink fluid like discharge. I call my doctor on my way to work. She calls me back after I am at work and tells me to come in. So I call the hubby and off we go.
We get to the clinic and she does a FFN test (which sees if your going to go into labor in the next 2 weeks) and sends me to labor and delivery to be hooked up to the moniture untill I get my test results back.
We get there and I get all hooked up and we are waiting what seems like a century when a blonde woman comes in and tells me, "You are severly dehydrated. We are going to be giving you some fluids. Also, we need to get another urine sample, so we will be getting a CATHATAR for ya soon." Uggggghhh. Are you serious?? So we get all the fluids in me and get my nasty urine sample and finally we get my test results back. NEGATIVE! Which is good! Not going into labor for 2 weeks will put me at 35 weeks which is close enough for me and my dr to be okayy with! :) Did we ever find out what the pink stuff was? Best better believe it! My cervix is short, thin and dilated to a 1! Whooo hoo! Go baby Rilan!