http://thedomesticdiva.org/bellybean My Life as a Pregnant Woman: Part II Sat, 26 May 2007 01:38:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So after the birth of the bean, I opted to have my tubes tide. Hubby and I both agreed that we didn't want anymore children and frankly I don't think va-ja-ja could handle another big headed kid. So they left the epidural in my back until the following ... http://thedomesticdiva.org/bellybean/2007/05/26/tubal-ligation/ The following is how my day of induction went: 1:00 am: go to bed, sleep 3 hrs. 4:00 am: wake up, take shower, do full [rolled]hair/make-up 5:00 am: wake up pnut and hubby. Make pnut oatmeal, get him dressed 5:45 am: out the door on the way to the ... http://thedomesticdiva.org/bellybean/2007/05/26/the-birth-of-a-belly-bean/ Well I lasted through the night. I went to bed around 2:30 or so and slept until 10:30. I had a great nights sleep. Best I've had in a really long while. Which is a good thing since I'm pushing a baby out tomorrow. Upon ... http://thedomesticdiva.org/bellybean/2007/05/20/update-to-contractions/ So around 7ish tonight I started getting some pretty regular contractions. Me and hubby timed them and they were about 10 minutes apart lasting only a minute each. So after an hour and a half I decided to get off the computer and go make supper. I ... http://thedomesticdiva.org/bellybean/2007/05/20/contracting/ So here is a recap of my hectic week. Tuesday we went to the doctor for my 38 week 4 day check up. Doctor did an internal exam to see how far I've dialated. I'm at 1 1/2 centimeters. My weight was 189 lbs, I ate ... http://thedomesticdiva.org/bellybean/2007/05/19/3839-weeks-induction-tubal-ligation/ Well you might be wondering what I'm doing pregnancy wise and the reality is not really much. I'm still slowly but surely working on my nesting/get ready for baby because oh my goodness just 11 more days until he is here list. I go through spurts of energy ... http://thedomesticdiva.org/bellybean/2007/05/14/im-still-here/ So I'm feeling a little nesty these days. Now that I'm officially in my 37 week of pregnancy, I can see that the end is near, within arms reach, and there isn't much time left to "get ready for baby". I constantly have a list of things running ... http://thedomesticdiva.org/bellybean/2007/05/05/nesting/ [begin rant] "Yep, she is definately pregnant!" "That baby is done" "That baby has dropped" "Any day now" "She looks like she'd have that baby at any minute" "I bet she's ready" "Not long now" All of these things I hear as I pass people at Wal-mart while grocery shopping. It isn't so much that they are ... http://thedomesticdiva.org/bellybean/2007/05/04/whispers/ Here I sit 36 weeks and 5 days pregnant. Little more than 3 weeks to go. Time is flying!!! Yesterday, I had my weekly doctors appointment. Upon going in I knew I'd get lots of questions about...my belly burn. Yes, I did a not so ... http://thedomesticdiva.org/bellybean/2007/05/02/burned-belly-stretch-marks-and-movementoh-my/ *the above slideshow are photos that I took during my belly casting* What a great way to remember my last pregnancy. I discovered belly casting just after I gave birth to my first born son and knew that I wanted to have a belly cast done if/when I got pregnant ... http://thedomesticdiva.org/bellybean/2007/04/24/belly-casting/