Oh Shoot!

That was my response to my OB as she checked me today.  She informed me I was dilated to a 1 and that got me concerned about making it through April.  I guess I'll see how I progress with each of my weekly appointments, but I definitely packed my hospital bag today finally and have decided I REALLY need to take it easy from here on out.  We'll keep you posted.

Rude Lady

Today, I decided to attempt to go to Joann's for some fabric to be able to start 2 new projects for sewing.  Today, I also realized why I don't like going places with both of my kids.  To top it off, a rude lady who liked to express her comments in ear shot of you was throughout the store wherever I went.

We entered the store and things were going fine.  Then I turned a corner and Hayden had magically decided to be on the floor with his hand in the path of the cart (after we had just had a conversation to stay right by me and don't jump or crawl or hide).  So the screaming in agony ensues and Hadley starts to act up and get mad because she can't run off from me with her leash on.  While trying to console Hayden and have him stop crying, she retaliates and decides to hit me in anger.  I then grab her and sit her down on my lap in the store to give her a time out.  I keep asking Hayden to stop crying, but he keeps at it.  From there, I realize, I should have just walked out and sat in the car until things had settled and cleared, but my stubbornness got the best of me and I decided to be one of those parents to ignore and try to finish if they don't calm down.

Before we started walking again, Hayden did finally calm down and I moved Hadley into the cart until she could be good again.  From there, she did her normal tantrums to voice her opinion and from there, I started hearing loud comments from an older woman in the store who was with her husband.  She kept saying comments like, "That is so embarassing and what is she thinking."  or "I can't believe her."  or "Doesn't she know how to control her kids?", etc.  The snide remarks continued and the disgusted stares also continued every time I was around.

I was upset with the lady who had no clue about my kids, what had happened and to keep saying things about my kids and I as I tried to finish my main goal.  She happened to be near me in 4 of the 5 spots I needed to look in through the store.  At one point, I was close to looking her straight in the eyes and say, "I'm sorry my kids are bothering you, but you have no right to judge me and speak those kinds of comments in ear shot of me."

I didn't end up saying anything and my kids finally quieted down, but it was still frustrating for me to have to deal with her snide comments while dealing with my kids on top of everything.  Some people should think more clearly before reacting to people in public.

My First Root Canal

I got a call yesterday morning from my dentist.  I was scheduled to go in in the afternoon to get the rest of my root canal finished from the nasty abcess I had.  The dentist was a little weary about being successful since the other root was calcified and I was pregnant.  He didn't want to put me in anesthesia, not be successful and then have me see an endodontist to do it again so he suggested to just do it right the first time at a place where they only do this type of stuff and have all the right tools.  After asking questions to all parties involved along with my husband, I decided to go with the endodontist and get it done right.  I had to make a bazillion and one phone calls back and forth between doctors, insurance, OB doctor for a medical release form to be faxed over and to my mother-in-law to make sure babysitting was still covered.

I went in and met the woman I talked to on the phone as I filled out some new patient forms.  She told me it sounded hectic in the background while talking to me at home and I told her I had an almost 5 year old and an almost 3 year old who don't play well when I talk on the phone for important things.  SHe laughed and said it seems like you have your hands full.  I told her, that's for sure.

I got called back and they asked me a bunch of questions about my tooth and it's history and then they took some x-rays to see what it looked like.  THey then prepped me with local anesthetic/novacaine.  It felt weird because I was angled downward with my feet up and so the baby was pushing into my lungs which made it a little more difficult to breathe.  I told the nurse I was having a hard time breathing and she suggested deep breaths through the nose which seemed to help.  She put Vaseline on my lips since they were dry and cracked already and let me just say, I hate putting things on my own self and having someone do Vaseline on me was a hard process for me.  I felt all gross and there was a glop in the corner of my mouth that she eventually sucked out.  

Once I was numb and comfy with a pillow behind my neck, they went to work.  THey put a huge rubber pocket over my mouth so the one tooth was just exposed and I appreciated that because I hate gunk falling in and then being missed.  I also got some shades for my eyes and it was go time.  They brought out a microscope and a bunch of tools and went to work.  The baby kicked and moved the whole time which was funky to feel things in my mouth and tummy.  THey used a cauterizing tool towards the very end so I would see puffs of smoke periodically rise up and the smell of the burning kind of annoyed my pregnant senses.  I didn't feel anything but the vibrations they mentioned and after a wee bit, they were done and taking after x-rays for the reports.

They showed me the before and after pictures to see what had been done and then gave me a little more amoxicillan to make sure all the infection was gone.  All in all, it was a good experience for my first root canal and I am recovering well.  Now I just need to go get the tooth capped properly and we're in the clearing.  It's probably a whole lot better experience when you aren't pregnant, I'm sure :0)  Oh well, I guess that's just my luck sometimes.  I chipped the tooth initially back when I was in my first trimester with Hadley and now I had to get things worked out 3 years later while pregnant with this girl.  Man, could you time anything better.  What are the chances?!

Family Weekend

My younger 2 sister in laws came home from school this weekend for a visit (one with a boy) and we decided to head out to a National Park for a picnic dinner and some fun in nature.  I had never been before and didn't quite know how things would be handled with my kids and being pregnant too, but it turned out being pretty enjoyable and we only ended up leaving a little early, mostly due to some really annoying bumblebees that were hovering around us.  Anywho, here are some cute pictures that I shot with my camera phone.  We forgot to grab our real camera.

Hadley trying out some beginner rock climbing skills

Crazy Miracle

As many of you know, kids fight a lot and get into tiffs every second on some days.  My kids are no exception to this but for some strange reason, they had a moment together the other day where it was about an hour and a half of cuddling, love and silence while watching a show.  It was a crazy miracle that rarely happens so I decided to document it with pictures because it was that crazy and unexpected.

Big Kids, New Beds

With the new baby's arrival slowly approaching, we decided to finally move our kids into big beds.  We looked around and decided that bunk beds would be a good investment since we can use them separate for Hayden and Hadley and then when both girls are big enough, change to bunk beds for them and get another bed for Hayden to use.  I wanted to pick something out that looked cute, but would last them forever since I grew up with bunk beds and our frames were use almost my whole life at home.  Pretty good mileage on those.  So, here are the results of the kids new beds.  I love them.

Pregnancy and Pain Don't Mix

This weekend was wild for me.  Friday morning, I woke up with a slight tooth ache which I thought was caused by clenching my teeth too tightly the night before.  As the day progressed, the pain kept building and as business was closing, the pain became excruciating.  Finally, around 8 pm, I called my dentist to ask him what pain medicine I could take for it and what his thoughts were.  He asked me a bunch of questions if anything was swollen, fever, sensitivity, etc.  He then said that he thought it had to do with hormones while being pregnant and to call my OB to find out what medicine I could take to help out with the pain.  He also told me that if it still bothered me Saturday, he had some time in the afternoon to meet me at his office to take a look.

Sadly, the pain kept coming and I didn't know how to get a hold of my OB or an ask a nurse to get some answers.  I took Tylenol and it didn't do much with the pain and the Orajel I had only affected me for a minute or two tops.  On a scale of 1-10, I rate child birth as a 10 and this was going between an 8 and 9.  I had pain that was creeping up my right side of my head and caused pain in the ear and nose and I couldn't concentrate on much as well.

I tried to go to sleep for the night and I just couldn't for the life of me.  I tossed and turned all night long in between bathroom breaks and what not.  Finally, I left my room around 2 am and started making some phone calls to get some answers.  I called the hospital women's services to see if they could tell me what medicine to take and they said to try my OB so I called the main number again and went to an operator.  She took down my info and told me I would get a phone call from the on call nurse within 40 minutes and I should call back if I don't.  I waited an hour and decided I was too tired to call back so I lied down curled up in a blanket on the couch to try and get some much needed sleep.  The good news is that I fell asleep for about a half an hour but then realized it was 5 in the morning and the kids would pummel me if I stayed on the couch so reluctantly, I moved to my bed again to try to sleep some more.  It didn't work and I was still in terrible pain.  I tried to do my normal routine with kids, but Jared stepped in to help feed them and get them occupied with things to help me out since I didn't seem to have things in order.

I called my dentist and left a message saying I was still interested in coming in soon because it was still painful and I didn't sleep all night long because of it.  I got a hold of him around noon and he agreed to meet me at 2 pm.  While I waited, I had to call my OB and find out what pain meds were okay to prescribe me.  After convincing them of the urgency and calling back twice, I found out that I could have either Tylenol 3, Percoset or Loritab.  I tried to work through the pain another couple hours and then it was answer time.  I got x-rays taken and sure enough, the dentist told me I have an absyst (spelling) on the top of my roots on one of my teeth.  For those who don't know, an absyst is a bacterial infection like a wound with puss and it looked like it had been developing for a month now and he was surprised I hadn't felt anything until now.  

The game plan went as follows, he started the first step of a root canal to drain the absyst and place antibiotics up into the roots.  However, we ran into a little snag because one of my two roots had become calcified and it didn't want to reopen to help clear out so my options are to try again with my dentist down the road or end up finishing with an oral surgeon.  Either way, I'm pregnant so not much can be done, but I am glad that the pain is gone now and I'm taking antibiotics to help battle the infection.  Hopefully all will work out between now and when the baby comes since anything major will have to wait.  I only took one prescription pain med once to kick the pain and I've stuck to Tylenol the rest of the time which hasn't been very many.

Oh yeah, to top that all off, I have finally caught the cold bug going around again and now don't know if it's okay to take cold medicine on top of everything else.  Whoa is me.  You become so helpless when you are pregnant.