Thursday, February 9, 2017

Close to the End

It's hard to believe that on Monday, I will be 37 weeks. It has been an incredibly fast pregnancy and pretty easy compared to Anson's. While I have headaches, hip and back pain... overall, I am feeling pretty darn good this time around. I have gained 32 pounds this time around (which sure beats 80 pounds) and overall less bloating.

I am so much closer to my VBAC and my nerves are starting to kick in. Will I know when I am in labor? Without any pain management, am I going to be okay? While, I have educated myself A LOT this time around, I still am a little nervous and excited since I have never been through this before. I was induced with Anson before I had even started labor and had an epidural right after my water broke. The most pain I felt was from my left side not being affected by the epidural and got a shot to help my shaking. I honestly had more pain after due to my complications from what I can remember.

I was looking back at all of the blog posts I had written about Anson and it made me incredibly sad to see that I was so detailed with our doctor's appointments, measurements, etc... and Ruger only has 1 post before this. When I went to look back at Anson's sizing, I realized... this is where I go to look back and see how big he was, what his status was, etc.

I went to my ultrasound on Tuesday and Ruger was weighing in at 7lbs 1oz and 37 weeks and 3 days. I am currently 36 weeks and 4 days (so about a week bigger). I am excited to meet him. I can't wait to see what he looks like. I am nervous to see how Anson reacts to him. He will have that infamous only child syndrome taken away. I am nervous about his tantrums and fits because he isn't being solely focused on. So much I am worrying more about Anson than I am about my own birth. That is normal, right?!

I plan on blogging every week until this little man is born. While I couldn't keep up the first 36 months... I promise to be faithful in keeping up the last few weeks my love.