some pics for marcello

40 weeks

so i went to the midwife Tuesday. she wanted to check my cervix....no thank you. she wanted to talk about inducing soon....no thank you.

scare

hada scare and went to see the midwife today. up until yesterday the baby has been moving TONS and very exaggerated movements too (like kicking my boob while i sit and making it jiggle) but yesterday i barely felt it all day.  at this point in pregnancy thats not normal. i mean as the baby gets more cramped from growing it will not have tons of room to move but it shouldnt happen so acutely.
when i laid down to sleep i felt nothing. normally baby is like a diver on a diving board when i lay on my side and i felt nothing. so i rolled over to the other side....nothing. laid flat on my back which normally irritates baby and makes him/her struggle to get back in to a comfy postition....nothing.
i figured i would sleep and see if the morning brought better times.
in the morning the baby moved a bit but it was really sluggish and small movements like when i was 6 months pregnant. so i called the midwife and they said to come in for monitoring bc at this stage you gotta be vigilent when it comes to no movement or significantly less movement (baby can be in distress or have cord around neck tight etc)
after laying there for 2 hours and having the monitors wrapped around my tum tum....it was discovered that baby had HR of 135 and plenty of movement(small, but there) they gave me the green light. they think baby is wedged down and preparing to come out and kinda stuck...i think baby is preparing marco and i for what is to come in the future. a 50 year old child who never leaves home and plays video games.

39 weeks yesterday

i am finding it harder and harder to wake from my peaceful slumber. today i woke up at a glorious 12:30pm and that was only because i was attacked with cheerios smelling kisses from Marco. hes like my little puppy in the morning that licks my face...though I'm thankful he doesn't have the burnt bacon breath. i will take Cheerios though i think i might put in a request for fruit loops tomorrow

the countdown is on

sigh....37 weeks and i think a large exhale explains how I'm feeling the past week or so.

35 weeks!!

feeling different lately. no that anyone wants to actually read this, but it feels like someone kicked me straight in the hoo-hah. i swear its bruised. i think marco did it to me while i was sleeping as revenge for not taking out the trash.

as the earth shook

FINALLY! i am in the club of women who fall while pregnant ...wwfwp...i have earned the right to roll one pant leg up to signify this great event. i carry a holster of ace bandage and i will tear you up like a mutha if you mess with me

blast of fresh air

another funny story is that the baby has been chillin on a section of my intestines and trapping this massive fart for days. i wasnt able to push this bad boy out no matter what i tried! i had the worst gas pains in my right side just under my ribs and once in a while i could hear the baby mocking me as it squeezed tight to torture me. three days went by and i was miserable.
on the third day we flew to TN....and my world was about to change and the sun was once again about to shine.

violated

went to the midwife during my blog boycott and had quite the amusing story to tell.....but since i was mad at you all...i kept this great work of art to myself. chuckling from time to myself. laughing at exxon and his/her little adventurous fingers while we spent spent quiet  time together.

pics for marcello :)

so this program is a peice of crap and i cant put captions below without it messing things up....so i will tell you,

the first pic is 12 weeks,

second is 13 weeks,

then some big purple hooters coming your way lol,

fourth pic is 15 weeks,

fifth is 18 weeks in the black and pink shirt,

yellow bombshell is 20 weeks,

the white tanks are 26 weeks,

pink bloated girl is about 27 weeks (cabin in TN)

the rest of the four pics are me at 30 weeks and 4 days...i know you are apt to think this is a body stunt double bc the body is so sexy hot and the belly so "liscious".....its me in the flesh with only one teensy one inch stretch mark on my hip coming your way-compliments of exxon

sorry the pics are so small but im no computer whiz like marco lol 

went to TN for a week and hung out with marcos friends...had a blast even though i was restricted to O'douls beer :(  but the baby got to do everything from being educated in triathalon "flip cup" beer games to going ATV'ing and boating with mom/dad.

im done

i think im done on here...i thought it might help to keep people up to date that i am not able to see but i think it might be more of a waste of my time. i feel unloved so i will go hug myself and say buh-bye

having a moment.....

I originally was getting on here to give an update on me and the baby.
  vaccuuming and thinking about all of the wonderful and beautiful things that God has blessed us with. The miraculous new life that has been growing in me.The thought of a soul coming straight from heaven, so pure, and in MY body...crazy and overwhelming thought.
 while i was making a mental note of all i wanted to write,i started to think....maybe not now.

maybe later today i will write about "us"- but not right now.

is that movement down yonder?

i finally feel you moving....for real now!

psh-aw!

went in to ohio for my baby shower a little over a week ago! twas very nice...very nice indeed. i was 19 weeks and a few days-i know it was a bit early for a shower but i am sooooo loved that everyone said CRYSTAL PLEASE OH PLEASE WONT YOU COME IN. whelp....how could i deny my fans.

sonogram

im 18 weeks. went to the "rogue" ultrasound joint. pretty cool actually. the guy molested my naked belly with his "special" wand for a continuous 45 minutes....and i liked it.

just hit 16 weeks this past saturday! the headaches are still my biggest nemesis after i eat with this stinkin pregnancy so when people ask "isnt it great being prego?!" i wanna handle them like i wanna handle the midwife!! on the positive side i now look a bit more pregnant so that is rewarding.
 what i dont understand-the baby is just below my bellybutton, so why the hell

stingy midwife

so im starting to show....bah....who am i kidding- my fat ass was showing at 2 months pregnant lol i think the picture of me at 3 months was not REALLY baby though....i have deceived you all and i think it was really just distended bowel. poop if you will, that was just chillin with no where to go bc of my stalled gut. thanks baby!!

blah

today is a blah day. i will write about it on here bc no one reads this anyhow.
went to the midwife friday and saw a midwife that is not my normal one. she made me feel like the fattest thing walking....like i dont already have a weight complex.

why did we name you exxon?

so when i first found out i was pregnant i was having this weird feeling inside me. when i would sleep, eat, poo poo, didnt matter....the feeling was there. this feeling plagued me from the time the pee stick changed until about 2 weeks later. i did everything to try and make it go away. i would rub oh so gently on my skin, which progressed to rubbing a bit more aggressive, which let to gentle upper cut punches....lol....KIDDING! but the feeling was so constant it was becoming numbing to the touch. literally it was so intense inside that it was making the outside skin in that area feel numb to the touch.

an ode to big ole' saggy boobs

saggy boobs you're not my friend
i liked you both before,
but this increase in size needs to end!
i feel stretch marks a'knockin
no matter what i do
oh saggy boobs how i dont like you.

how exxon valdez came to be...

well...since this is my first post, and i am not a professional blogger---i must ask that one would forgive the errors in my spelling (i graduated from an akron school and i have pregnancy brain farts), must excuse my blunt and at times way too descriptive language ( like to be expressive and colorful -wheres my filter? its clogged.) and i dunno how often i will write in here...hell....i don't even know if anyone will read this. But it gives me an outlet other than my journal and sitting helps with my flatulence.

lets begin