Enjoy the moment.
I am so excited to be 32 weeks! Really.. every week now is extremely exciting. This morning, we had our baby doctor appointment and I went in with A LOT of questions. I told her about my weird experience last week with baby flipping.. she told me that it was totally normal and fine.. that because it was my third baby my uterus is much more "flexible". But she felt my tummy to see where baby is and she confirmed that baby is head down and fully engaged! She said that she would be surprised if baby flipped again because she seems really low (YAY!!). I mentioned that my hips have been killing me lately, enough to wake me up throughout the night and she said it was just because baby is so low... so I guess its for a good reason!
I have also been feeling a little worried about our baby's heartbeat only being 125bpm and she said she's totally happy as long as she stays above 120 we are totally fine. It made me feel better and Ill try to rest my mind of it for now. We also started chatting a bit about our birth plan. What to expect this third time around after Bentley's labour of 3 hours and pushing for 4 minutes (she was our prenatal doctor when we were pregnant and delivered Bentley too so she knows our story well) and she said that she would feel more comfortable doing a "controlled induction" or "social induction" only because she doesn't think we will make it to the hospital and lets be honest.. Brian does not want to deliver a baby lol. So with that, she said that at 38 weeks, only IF my cervix is changing and IF I am 3cm or more dilated then I will go in to the hospital and they will break my water and she assumes not long after that our baby will make her arrival. I really don't want to use any medication to speed labour up but she sounded pretty confident that if I was already 3cm and my cervix was shortening then breaking my water would do the trick. I really hope she is right!
Although right now, delivering baby at 38 weeks sounds AMAZING, I am not holding my breath that I will be dilated enough or that my cervix will be where it should be by 38 weeks to do this but whatever happens, happens. Her birth story will be just as special and unique as both her brothers and I am excited to go through it and remember it as one of the best days of my life. I cannot wait to meet this sweet baby of ours!
Speaking of this little baby, I am really trying to enjoy every moment I have with just my two boys before she arrives. After being stuck in the house for almost a week with sick boys, and after our doctors appointment this morning, Brian went to work and my two boys and I spontaneously decided to go to Calaway Park for the day! It was SO MUCH FUN! Although my hips are killing me right now, the boys were total angels and had so much fun so it was worth it!
Lots of rides required me to go on with them because Bentley was just a little too short to go by himself. Im sure I looked insane with two little boys and a huge belly going on all the spinning rides lol (good thing I didnt really feel nauseous today!) but there were some rides the boys could go on together without me :)
They were so happy to be out and doing something so fun together and to be honest, so was I. It was such a great day, just me and them. I am such a lucky mommy that they belong to me. They will really only be little for such a short time and soon they won't want me going on rides with them or holding their little tiny hands, so I am going to soak in every moment I can with them.
Waiting for the rides was hard for Bentley. Luckily, it wasn't too busy today so we really didn't have to wait very long.
The spinning strawberry nearly killed me, but the kids loved it... flattering angle for this next picture lol
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The little bouncing cars was fun for them too.
Im pretty sure we went on every single ride (TWICE) that aloud Bentley to go too. As long as it wasn't too "babyish" ... Carter did not approve of those ones lol
And a fan favourite for the boys was this one..
I had to sit in the back because Bentley wasn't big enough to go on with just Carter but it was fun to have my two little pilots flying me around!
Poor Bentley leaned in to give Carter a kiss... but Carter was not having it ... in public of course haha what a sweetheart.
We spent the entire day there (minus the hour we met Brian for lunch!) and it was a blast! I think Ill take them during the week more often since we have passes. We finished off the park at the candy store where they each picked a few little candies and REALLY enjoyed them on the way home.
I am so lucky to be their mom. Sometimes, they drive me CRAZY.. they fight, bicker, push, hit and cause complete destruction. The mess they can create in 5 minutes is unbelievable, but they are our little boys and we are so lucky to call them ours.
I love you so so much Carter & Bentley. Thank you for being the strong willed, outgoing and crazy boys that you are. You really mean the world to us and your both going to make the greatest big brothers in the world to your little sister. Love you guys!