Hello, welcome!
Okay, I know it's been a long time since my last pregnancy update.
I think it was 27 weeks and now I'm gonna be 37 weeks.
Um, I'm actually recording this on Sunday. So tomorrow I will be 37 weeks, but good enough.
Okay. So what is going on with the baby? Let's look.
Okay, it says that this week the baby is around
19.1 inches and about 6.3 pounds.
Honestly, I know it's a range and the range is quite a bit.
I don't remember the last time we went like how big the baby was.
I know the baby bigger than normal.
So probably it's bigger than this. I don't know.
It says.....
It says right now, that the babies fingers, their toes, like all of those are able to grasp
and have more reflexes. So when they're born they can actually like hold on.
So it's related to their reflexes and typically their head down at this point.
So far, every time that I've seen the midwife, because I go weekly now...
I started that around 35 weeks, um, you know, so I'll go again tomorrow...
and they've always said that the head is down and engaged and we like engagement.
Also, they said that the baby is kind of more on this side.
So my left-hand side here and its feet kind of wrap around that way.
So that's pretty much everything. Heartbeats been good.
Around 130 to 140... somewhere in that range, which is good.
You know heartbeat's always strong, always easy to find. So yeah, that is what's up with the baby.
Not much happening, though.
Just pretty much growing more fat. That's about it.
Okay, so what has been going on with me in the past ten weeks?
Which I know is a long time. A lot's happened and I'm gonna kind of condense it as much as I can.
Honestly, the reason is this I've been really busy.
I've been preparing for the baby and also I have been babysitting two times a week for ten hours a day,
um, since I think I was 32 weeks pregnant maybe.
So that just means that you know I'm taking care of my son as normal all day,
plus two days a week taking care another two-year-old and those were for 10 hours a day.
Plus I'm working in evenings. Plus I'm preparing for a baby which means you know,
getting everything ready with the hospital bag.
You know making sure that all my pump things are ready, cleaning the house, the bedroom,
the guest room... pretty much just everywhere.
Like I've literally just been exhausted, you know.
I've been trying to sleep and take a nap every day if possible,
but it's just not enough and obviously now that I'm getting much more pregnant
I'm very uncomfortable. I'm not sleeping well.
So I have been exhausted.
Just so busy and I'm trying to think about filming and doing everything,
but I just honestly can't. I have tried to vlog so many times and....
Okay, I'm sorry I'm not sure where I left off.
My son refuses to take a nap. It's been two days in a row now and oh!
I just I needed to film now and I need to get it over with and of course he's you know moving things,
so he's in timeout right now.
Um, so like I was saying, I'm really, really exhausted and just...
you know, it's it's been really awful. Um...
But what is going on with me? Obviously, you know, I'm a lot bigger now, which I will show you.
Um, I just feel a lot more pain.
Especially, you know if I'm trying to sit and then get up like from the floor,
from a chair... it's very painful to get up.
Um, you know, we have the like the one baby gate that we can't open and close.
So that means that I have to put my legs over it like hurdles and that really hurts.
I just feel in general like I can't get comfortable... period.
You know whether I'm sitting like this right now, it's just very uncomfortable.
Hold on...
Okay, sorry we had to do a time out and that is done.
I'm losing my mind!
Honestly like....
everyday it's just been really hard for me with my patience with everyone.
I don't know. I mean, my son is two and I love him,
but I've just really lost my patience and I lose it so easily.
It's not like I scream at him and lose my mind,
but you know, I just can't tolerate much anymore.
It's been really hard. I would say it's worse
especially like you know while I'm at work because
I have to sit for a long time at least for an hour....
well, fifty minutes to an hour at a time
and sometimes longer before I can get up and walk back around.
So for me that makes it really hard
and so sometimes you know
I get stuck in a call because I do VRS
and I'll get stuck in a call and I'm sitting there for a really long time
and getting really antsy and I have to keep moving around
and you know now my stomach's in the way. It's just really uncomfortable.
You know, it's just it's really uncomfortable. You know, I work evening. So my body's already...
I don't know... worn out by the end of the day.
So it's been really hard. It's just I am excited to be done being pregnant.
I mean I still have you know
several things left I need to do. I've done most of my freezer meals.
I probably have one or two that I just didn't end up making and that's fine.
I'm not gonna make them and I've pretty much packed I'd say 98% of my hospital bag.
I can make a video about that soon if you want.
So pretty much what's left to do is just put in some clothes for Jenna
and I might switch out some of the clothes for me.
That's pretty much it. Everything else is ready.
I think other than that, you know pretty much have just been really uncomfortable.
I've had a lot more vaginal pain.
I can't sit well. I can't sleep well. I'm going the bathroom all the time.
You know the end of pregnancy, it's just everything is... you're done.
Okay, so I'm sorry, I'm not sure if this has been a long or a short update.
I don't really know at this point,
but I'm trying my best, you know to maybe
get everything done before the baby's born if possible.
This week is kind of tough because our cat is having his treatment done tomorrow.
Hopefully this week. I'll take him tomorrow. So he has to have a treatment.
I have to drive about two hours, drop him off the vet, drive back another two hours.
So, I don't know that's a good idea 37 weeks pregnant, but we're gonna do it anyways.
So I will go ahead and leave a link down below.
Um... you know.
I know it's it's been put off,
but if you want to contribute to that fund, the GoFundMe still has not, you know, then hit our goal yet.
So if you want to help out, that would be really nice.
You know trying to save some more money for the baby. So hopefully.
Yeah, if not, totally cool. I totally get it. That's fine.
Thank you so much for watching.
I'm gonna show you the belly now. It is huge. I know.
Same thing always... whatever.
Okay, thank you so much for watching and we'll see you in the next video, bye!