who would have EVER thought i would have made it this far? certainly not me or matt. after my water breaking july 7 at 4:45am at 31 weeks 2 days and spending a total of 15 days in the hospital not even the doctors & nurses thought i would make it this far. it's been rough. when your water breaks you expect to have a baby soon after, not a month later and you're still pregnant. we've had many ultrasounds to make sure he's ok, constantly checking his size and my fluid levels. we know he will be small, that's just a fact. but he's healthy. after the amnio on monday july 20, to check for infection, leaking of my fluids and his lung maturity we know he's ok. his lungs were almost completely mature then at 33 weeks 2 days, so at 37 weeks we know he is ok and ready to come out. now if he just would. my doctor tried everything he possibly could or any possible reason to send me over to have him this thursday because he knows i'm tired, he understands why i'm tired and why i want him out. but there's nothing he can do until i reach 39 weeks because some women who have normal pregnancies just get tired of being preganant and whine to get the baby out & they used to do that. so it's ruined things for women like me who have had issues and really do need a break and relief. he said that all he can really do for now is give me meds to keep me comfortable and hope i go into labor on my own. i doubt i will now considering i never contract anymore and nothing i do can make me contract.
we're all tired. there's something always happening every week it seems. a few weeks ago i eas having contractions every 3 minutes but those were just irritability i was told and i was sent home. then i had more bloody show and thought we may have a baby soon. that was 2 weeks ago. last week Jaxon stopped moving for 2 ½ days and we went to the hospital because he is a very active baby but were sent home after an hour. he didn't even bother kicking the monitor when they hooked me up. he always gets mad at them when they put monitors on him but they didn't even seem to phase him. he is moving a little more now, more like normal. my appointment thursday showed my fluid levels were an 8 which is still low but for a person my size ok. if they fall between 6 or 7 i have to have him because that's too low. last thursday he measured 4 lbs 14 oz but this week he measured 5lbs 14 oz. i somehow doubt he grew an entire pound when july 20th he was 3lbs 8 oz and it took him over 3 weeks to gain a pound and few ounces. i think he's closer to high 4s. at best he'll be 5.2lbs maybe 5.6 when he's born. yea everyone tells us that's still tiny but for us that's huge compared to what Branson was at 4lbs 7 oz.
i just know we're tired of waiting on this booger who has caused so many problems and still doesn't want to make his entrance. on a good note though i was able to get maternity pictures made with Cortni Marie Photography, by my friend Cortni. they are amazing!! i missed that opportunity with Branson because he came so early. so i have really enjoyed this. the pictures i've seen so far are amazing and i can't wait to see and take the rest. she's captured one of the most difficult times and made it so beautiful for us. we love her dearly for it. and she will be there to capture one of the most emotional times when Jaxon is finally born. we also released his name this week with her gorgeous pictures. many of you had tried to guess and bugged us to find out. we figured since he still hadn't arrived & we had to wait on him, we couldn't wait any longer to be able to say his name in public. it's a big sigh of relief to be able to say "Jaxon" now haha. but until he arrives we will do more shopping and preparing for him seeing as we've had LOTS of time to prepare...
We have decided though since we had to nix the babyshower idea that once he finally arrives we are going to have a "welcome baby" party with food for all of our family and friends who have long awaited his arrival to stop by and see the little trouble maker. we'll let you all know when that will be but it's open to everyone and if you want to bring something for him that's completely up to you but this is more for a celebration for him [and us] since we've waited so long for him. but don't expect to hold him. i doubt you'll be able to pry him out of his daddy's arms. i think when he arrives even i'll have a hard time getting my hands on him haha.
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