a hairy situation (reader discretion advised-graphic mental pictures may be created)

I'm vain. I want things to be orderly and neat when I go into have BR. I dont want nurses and doctors thinking to themselves "wow this girl needs to take better care of things" as I'm pushing out my beautiful baby girl. And Needless to say my legs aren't the only area that have been neglected with this big ol belly out front. I tried getting some stuff tidied up today and got out of shower to find the hair growing behind my knees is as long as my husbands! Ewwwwww!!! So I guess I will be back at it tomorrow. Lol! I just hope I dont have to do a marathon shaving job like today again until after she is out!

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can i just say...

That now that things are "moving" again (if u know what i mean) that i am a much happier momma! Lol! It doesnt take much. And ps- im eating like a horse again now too which doesnt help the weight issue of not wanting to get up to where i was when i went in to have G. I think its inevitable!!! Im only 8 lbs away and im not retaining water or near as far along in the pregnancy. Oh goodness! But dr assures me that i shouldnt listen to all u naysayers! He's the only that can tell me how large this baby girl will be! Hee hee! Sono in 3 weeks to find out just that!

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prayers requested

As many of you know my mom had carpal tunnel surgery a week ago today and since I'm now on bedrest she is taking care of Graham along with other kids. She isnt supposed to be doing this much this soon but she's crazy! So pray that she heals ok!
My Mother in Law had surgery Tuesday to replace her knee. She is recovering ok. A lot of pain but everyday is better. Pray she continues on her path to recovery!
Tuesday is also the day BellaRose decided to start acting up! So we've been to hospital twice this week and we need prayers that I can keep baking her a while longer! 6 weeks would be perfect! 4 is our short term goal! I've also began a new med and had to up my thyroid med and I've started swelling.
Today we got news that Martin's grandma fell and broke her hip and is having surgery today. Pray she recovers from this. She is 90.
Im so thankful for my amazing family and in laws! Please God keep them safe.

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THIS IS THE STUFF

I had a feeling when I awoke to a heavy footed husband upstairs trying to creep around to get ready for work at 5 am that my day might not go so well. Between loading the 30 lb two year old up in the pouring down rain and soaking my whole backside. Unloading him 20 minutes later at a friends house and soaking myself more. A doctors appointment where I kind of got told (or yelled at) I should be on bedrest but never saying those words. Then coming home with a sleeping baby I lugged upstairs to his room for his nap. I tried laying down myself but after 45 minutes of struggling to get a full breath and feeling my heart racing and having a heavy chest- I called the doctor. I left a message. I took my pulse- it was 120- about two times what a resting pulse should be. I called my husband to get our bp cuff which also takes a pulse from a friends house we loaned it out to. Dr's nurse called back and said if my symptoms hadn't calmed down and my pulse hadn't lowered I should make my first trip to the hospital for this pregnancy. During this phone call in walks my sister in law, niece, nephew and my husband's aunt. I don't think they picked up on it being an important phone call nor my current state of health. They were loud and disrruptive, only upsetting me more. I called my mom to tell her what was up and arrange for her to take Graham. As soon as Martin got home with the bp cuff and I took my pulse which was still 118, we packed up and Tiffany picked up my other nephew who was here and we headed out. My mom met us at the ER where we check in before going up to labor and delivery. By then I had had 3 contractions in about 20 minutes time only adding to my anxiety! They promplty wheel me up, take a urine sample, give my a gorgeous gown to put on and hook me up to all the monitors. We quickly saw I was contracting every 3-4 minutes and that became their priority. I also had a slight fever only making all of my symptoms a little more confusing. I got an IV for fluids, a terbutaline shot and a blood draw for labs all within a matter of minutes. Man they didn't waste time! Lol! The terbutaline stopped contractions almost immediately but made me feel sooo icky! I hate that stuff tho it is a great drug and works wonders! My blood work came back with elevated white blood cells tho my urine came back completely clean. With Graham an UTI was almost always the culprit so I was surprised tho I'd been to the dr earlier and had clean urine there too! So dr ordered iv antibiotics and wanted me monitored for another hr for contractions and then I could go home! And they were prompt with getting me out too! We both had predicted we'd be there until at least 9 and we weren't!
So on the way home my latest favorite song came on our Christian station and I was reminded
"this is the stuff that drives me crazy, this is the stuff that's been getting to me lately,in the middle of my little mess, i forget how big I'm Blessed. This is the stuff that gets under my skin, and I've got to trust U know exactly what UR doing. might not be what i would choose but this is the stuff U use" "so break me of impatience, conquer my frustrations, I've got a new appreciation, its not the end of the world"
Could this apply more to my day? :)
Praise God for protecting us yesterday! And may HE keep reminding me that this is the stuff HE uses.

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BR update and more

I've made it to 30 weeks with no hospital visits! However there has been a few times lately I should have gone. I admit that and my Doctor agreed and wasnt too happy with me today. We did get it decided to up my progesterone to twice a week and dr visits to once a week so those lucky ladies get to see me every Tuesday and Friday now and dr on every tuesday. And my hips wont catch a break in between injections. But if keeps my baby girl a cooking til she's done then so be it. She is only measuring two (and a little bit) weeks ahead My iron was up so the diet is working-hooray! Im thankful because that means no supplement for me which would have caused a whole host of other problems. They rechecked my thyroid levels but i dont have them back yet. So I'm hanging tight (not in a very good mood today...) for now. Right now im waiting on a call back concerning my racing heart, short of breath and heavy chest... will keep ya posted on that one.

In other news, my mom's surgery on Friday went great, she is already back to her superwoman self trying to do too much. Gotta admire that in her. I got the opposite personality. My MIL is out of surgery today and in recovery as we speak. She should be going up to her room soon and beginning her recovery process.
Im looking forward to Easter this weekend. And my baby brother visiting for a week!!! I sure do miss his smart mouth and bad attitude. ;) we were able to use the pregnancy and kid as a darn good excuse to cut back our places to go to only 2 on sunday. It should be a great weekend.

For now thats all ive got! Please keep our family in your prayers as well as the mom's as they recover!

Love to all! B

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BellaRose Belly Pictures

I got my pictures back today. I love them all so much. Here are a few of my favorites!

Did they really just say that???

DO I really look that big???

Ok, I realize I am 7+ months pregnant and measuring big and only 4'10" so my baby has no where to go out but the comments I have been getting this past month are beyond me.

Cashier: So when ya due? Any day now? Me: nope, not til end of june... Cashier: oh boy thats gonna be a big mamajama huh?

Brother in Law: U look ummm well uncomfortable... ( to his defense he was trying to be nice... I think...)

Some random dude at hospital: "girl u bout to explode aint cha?"

some lady at a garage sale: when are u due? Me: end of june Her: is it twins?

multiple people including lots of family: she has no where to go but out... maybe she will be more her daddy's size (just what I was afraid of)...

yea folks... it's all true. And there's some I am not remembering I'm sure.

Have I told you lately

That I love them? Today has been a rough one with little to no energy, contractions on and off and the desire to do absolutely nothing. I am so thankful for my husband who takes care of me and insists I rest while he takes care of me, the little guy and the house. I am so blessed to have Graham to make me laugh and almost burst with love at the seams. I even got a visit from my niece and nephews and my mom today and they sure brightened my day as well!

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