3rd Trimester with Ollie

When I hit the 3rd trimester I started nesting! I think part of it was how I dealt with my anxieties about having a baby. I needed to keep myself busy to keep my mind off how anxious I really was. I kept a pretty clean house and got a few projects done! (Like gutting and renovating our bedroom closet😅) I think some of the nesting has carried over into my life after giving birth. Maybe I just grew up a little and decided I needed to be tidier??? I don’t know! 😜

During the third trimester sleep really seemed to start sucking. I could not ever get comfortable in bed, Ollie was moving like crazy and it got really uncomfortable internally, I was always peeing and constantly thirsty. It was a never ending battle of comfort. My feet and ankles swelled just enough to cause discomfort. Basically, everything ached and overall an uncomfortable time. Still better than being morning sick though!!

March hit and so did the Coronavirus. The pandemic scared the shit out of me. I was terrified someone would get sick and not be able to meet Ollie because they didn’t survive. I also became depressed when I learned nobody would be able to visit or meet my little boy. My biggest worry was giving birth alone. I saw where some hospitals weren’t even allowing husbands to be there while their wives gave birth. The idea of Tim not being there left me crying for hours. My whole experience would be ruined because I would have missed him so much. Luckily, this was not the case. Tim was able to be there!I was nervous about being induced with Pitocin. The unnaturalness of the medicine scared me. I just preferred for Ollie to come on his own time. BUT! I must say I was relieved when Dr. Viehmann said she wanted me to be induced. I just wanted to get it over with before the world got any crazier!! I completely trust her opinion and that she would not put Oliver or I in any danger.

On April 3, 2020 Oliver was born and all went well! A perfectly healthy boy! Stay tuned on my birth story… coming soon! 😉

Enjoy the last pictures taken of my bump 😭