40 weeks. We made it to our due date!
At this point, I am beyond exhausted with the events of this weekend. We've seen progress on the labor front which really got my adrenaline going to do laundry and finish packing a hospital bag. The excitement really caught up to me this morning.
And then there was yesterday evening. Like clockwork, our dog Mia ran away for the third week in a row at 9:30am Sunday morning. We thought with all the fresh snow it would be easier to track her down, but that proved us wrong. It was over an hour before a neighbor called us to let us know she found her at her house. It was my fault. I have leashed her up for months every time I took her out, but with the baby preparation going on, I simply let her out the front door and stood there watching her do her business ten feet away, and then... she took off.
The rest of the day she remained calm and slept. That evening she threw up and Joe called for her to go down in the basement until we knew she was feeling better. But, as she was walking toward Joe and the basement door, I noticed she was walking with her hind legs tucked under her like she was in trouble. I thought nothing more than believing she was still scared of Joe from running off on us that morning.
Later as Joe went to go feed her, he came back up and told me she peed in her dog bed in the basement. Red flag! I went downstairs and noticed she was still standing with her hind legs tucked under and uncoordinated while just standing and eating. Oh, my heart sank. The only thing I could think was that she got into someone's barn, ate rat poisoning or antifreeze and is now going into acute kidney failure.
She continued to pee uncontrollably last evening and barely had the energy to lift her head from her bed. All three of us spent the evening in the basement to keep her company wondering what to do since we are expecting to start labor any time now. I cried for hours wishing I had just leashed her up and dreading to see her like this. Toward the end of the night she drank 2 bowls of water as we moved her bed into our kitchen to keep her closer to us.
This morning showed some major improvement with her energy level and coordination. She didn't pee inside the house throughout the night, and I try to keep pushing water and potty time outside with her to hopefully flush out whatever is wrong with her. I'm not sure what's going on with her, and it makes me nervous and sad. If it's the beginning stages of kidney failure, I know at her age, she will not have a strong chance of reversing it so I just keep an exhausting eye on her while I hope and pray it's not that at all and she will recover from whatever happened to her.
As a result of yesterday's excitement and yesterday's worrying and crying, I am emotionally drained and physically tired. But regardless, there is a very healthy baby that has reached its due date and is just about ready to make an entrance into our family!! And that requires some celebration!
Total weight gain: 30 pounds.
Maternity clothes? Yes, but not for much longer!
Sleep: This week - horrible. There have been way too many mornings of waking up at 2:30 or 3:30am with no chance of falling back asleep. Top that off with life with a toddler and that has been making for one exhausting week.
Best moment this week: You guys, this is it. The best moment has simply been hitting this due date with a baby that has spent the past nine months healthy. Our (hopefully last) prenatal appointment was this morning, and everything went better than anticipated. There have been significant changes since last week's appointment which leads me to believe this baby will be here this week. Now, if only I can convince this little one to hang tight until this weekend.
Cravings: No cravings this week. I don't even have much of an appetite these days nor a desire to cook dinner for everyone. A bowl of cereal is about as ambitious as I get these days.
Symptoms: Swelling, swelling, swelling. I forgot how much water retention you end up with at the end! And then there are lots of Braxton Hicks that make me wonder if they are slowly going to transition into early labor very soon. The baby is sitting low now which brings on a whole new set of painful symptoms. It must be toughening me up for labor!
Looking forward to: It this baby's due date, so I think it safe for everyone just to assume that we are most looking forward to finally meeting this sweet little thing. It's also my first week off work and I'm looking forward to just spending as much one on one time with Conner as possible.
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