Baby Appointment

Had my baby appointment today, and finally saw the doctor after waiting an hour and a half due to people being late for their appointments this morning. So far so good. She grabbed my stomach and told me that Aliyah is breech at this point which is nothing to worry about since she' 'll be turning, or should be turning, in a couple weeks. The bad part? I can feel each tiny kick into my bladder and it makes me want to per my pants all the time haha. My tummy measurement was 31cm which is right on track. The only concern was that in the past two weeks I have gained no weight when I should have gained at least 2 pounds minimum. I have been eating like crazy, or so I think, but I' m never really hungry so I guess I will just have to eat more.

In other news, invitations are completed and to be sent. AND 31 Weeks tomorrow!!! :)

Nausea

Well, my sleep was HORRIBLE for today. I ended up getting around an hour with too much on my mind. I went to work for 4 hours which felt like 10. This back pain is absolutely killing me along with the nausea. The nausea comes mostly in the morning and night, which is annoying when I want to sleep.

On the cute side, Punkin now has stolen my pregnancy pillow and claimed it as her own. This includes mandatory snuggle periods and naptimes, which obviously I do not mind.

Tomorrow is my baby appointment, so I'll update that tomorrow with any information, and baby shower invites will also be in the works tomorrow! Well, time to throw up and go to bed haha.

Mother-mode

My day... let' s see....I got into a really weird mood where I felt like doing something the spur of the moment, so combine that with a craving, and you get two dozen cookies. While I was in process of baking, Punkin started barking towards something outside and there was this GIANT German shepherd running around almost getting hit by cars and I noticed it didn't have a collar. I' ve seen this dog two other times, so I' m not sure if it lives around here or not but looks older. It didn't show any form of aggressiveness towards the slowed cars with their Windows down ans actually looked like it was comfortable with people and doing it' s own thing. I was just worried for It' s safety, so I made a decision to try to coax it (probably a dumb decision but oh well) because the last thing I wanted to hear or see was a dog yelping from getting hit. So I tried calling it, using food, but it just find' t work and before I knew it, he just went on his way down the street. Maybe he was scared of the ferocious 17 lb dog in the window. Who knows.

So I went back to baking, but some country music on, and danced while finishing up while washing all the dishes . Afterwards, I sat down to relax but Aliyah was still dancing and ended up kicking off a piece of Apple I was going to eat off of my stomach. The rest of the day was pretty relaxing.

Well, now to get some sleep for work in the morning.

Getting Bigger!

31 Weeks Thursday!

                                 The reason why my tank top doesn't fit anymore :p

Reoccurences

Well, today has been....fun. I was visited by an old friend: morning sickness. I had it in the beginning up to 22 weeks, then I thought I reached the promise land. Unfortunately for me, when I woke up at around 7:10am, it hit like a train.

So my original scheduled shift at work was 8am-1 pm, and I figured it would be a piece of cake day. I go in still sick since the 3rd, hoping it would be easy because I have a day off tomorrow where I can rest up some more. Well, someone called off for being sick and they expected me to then stay until 4:30pm. My manager called work on her day off, said that I can work it because I "called off" aka: had a doctor' s excuse to rest due to the horrible cold, and "could finally pull my weight around here." Well, not only did I have morning sickness, I had cramping and back pain, which is why I no longer can work (stated by the doctor) 8/8 &1/2 hour shifts. I' m sorry, but where was everyone when someone took thanksgiving week off and I originally was scheduled for 26 hours, and ended up pulling 40? Sorry, but I' m sick, 7.5 months pregnant, in pain, and had no food with me. Yea, no way in hell happening.

Then after work at 1, I went out to lunch with my lovely uncle and mother where him and I stuffed our faces with delicious food from Primanti' s. Afterwards, I had a food induced coma for 3 hours, but as soon as I woke up, I had the feeling of ' morning' sickness again. Hope this doesn't become a trend of sleeping then waking up feeling sick again...but at least Aliyah is kicking and punching along.

Well, that should end the night. Oh, and yes, I miss Tim dearly.

Anxiety

Okay, so I' m a hypochondriac and I admit it. I have irrational fears everywhere from elevators to semi- trucks. This pregnancy though has brought out the worst of my worries. I worry about Aliyah' s development and her health the most. I have grown so attached to the little bigger that the thought of anything happening to her tears me apart. I know it's not good to have all these worries and to get stressed out about it, but there are constant questions like am I eating right for her, am I taking all the proper steps, do I need to do more? It just keeps me on my toes and every time she kicks makes me a happy mommy to calm my fears. I love my little giraffe so much already and I just want to do things for the best interest of her. When I see all these mothers to be being irresponsible and doing things for their self interest it sickens me and I can't imagine doing those things. Like the fellow employee who smokes while pregnant. You already have one child and now you think you are responsible enough to have another? Being a mother isn't a right, it's something that you have to be willing to commit to.

Being pregnant changes you and there is a little miracle that you now need to worry about.

Photo for Comparison

Took this at 30 weeks for comparison...

AND THEN Punkin started whining because she wanted her picture taken haha