Week 40

It was quite the week. WOW! I am writing this on the OTHER SIDE!! YEAHHHHHHH!!!! I had Juliet Marie Winston at 40 Weeks 4 days. I was overdue, but I didn't do anything to get labor going because Jackson had just stopped being super sick and Emma was in the throws of it. I started feeling congested Tuesday night and was super irritated at God that I was in this situation. Like really? BOTH kids need to be sicker then they have been in a year and I am now getting congested and sick? Like WHY???? But I then declared that I was OK, and that I trusted him and it would all be fine. 
Dan slept in the kids room for three nights in a row to take care of Emma so I could sleep. It was extremely kind of him, but meant that he barely slept for three nights before Juliet was born and of course he had been up many nights the previous week with Jack. So, not ideal in the Winston household. 

Week : 40! 

What I love: I loved not having to worry that baby would get sick. Now I am. Oh well. I did love the moving, though she was hurting me pretty much every time, but she was a mover and groover the whole time she was in my belly. I loved that I was very close to being finished forever. 

What I hate: The whole, everyone in my family is sick and or tired. I was very tired of being pregnant and worried about when and how it was all going to work out. I HATE the unknowns about birth! It is such a mental battle for me. It really wore me out the last few days. Being worried about how it was going to go and when it was going to happen and my kids being sick. It was not fun. I even had a couple panic attacks when I felt sick to my stomach and just wanted to cry. It was not fun. Even if I didn't mind the labor and birth and pregnancy, I can't do the mental battle at the end of pregnancy. 

What I miss: No worries. I missed being a normal person. I miss being healthy! 

What I’m looking forward to the most: Being FINISHED! Having my little darling. (She is SOO cute!) 

Sleep:  Horrible, but more because of the sick kids and the sick self then because of being enormously pregnant. 

Bra Size:C

Wedding rings on or off: Off for the most part, but I was wearing it every once in a while to encourage myself. 

Weight: 176  Weight Gain: 33 lbs! FINAL and FINISHED! And I didn't even get as heavy as Dan! Wahoo!!!!



Worries: I was so worried about my kids and labor and being sick and how the heck was I going to push a baby out if I was coughing and congested. Worried that Emma was as sick as I've ever seen her and worried that I was going to have to be pregnant for the rest of the month.


Developments:  I didn't have any signs that labor was coming soon, other then contractions that were fairly far apart. Tuesday, I went to the office because I needed to finish work and the big meeting was that day. I had contractions pretty much every 15 minutes, but they were not early labor contractions, so I ignored them. I also would take a hot bath or shower every night so they wouldn't keep me awake for no reason. Thursday morning, after being up for a couple of hours being congested and feeling crappy, I had bloody show and was really surprised. 

Things of Interest: 

Other then having the baby? Nothing :) 

Mood: My mood was not good. I was so worried about all the things that were going wrong that I was really struggling. Wednesday night, I was yelling at God as Dan was making his bed in the kids rooms so he could be with Emma who was up every 20 min and I was feeling lousy and I was so ticked off. I stopped myself, and said out loud. "Lord, You know what you're doing. I Trust you." And that actually did help. 

Movement:  She definitely slowed down on the moving. But then on Thursday, the girl moved the ENTIRE day. She knew what was about to happen to her!

The belly (and the button!):
It was big and round and tight and I am SOOO glad that it is squishy now!

Measurements: Chest:  Waist:   Midsection:  Hips:  Thighs: I didn't take measurements as I was too worried about all the things above. 

Exercise: I walked on Wednesday and then I gave birth on Thursday which was the longest, most intense work out possible. I am so freaking SORE!

Eating: It wasn't terrible because I wasn't eating any sugar to help prevent getting sick. 

The weekly pics: 

Hair: Your baby's hair and nails continue to get longer with every passing day.

Skull: The skull bones are separated so that they can compress enough to fit through the birth canal during labor. Your baby will have soft spots on her head for the first year or more after birth.

And me.

I had been crying when I took these... Yep. I was all done.