Janae Says...

On Saturday, April 16, I had gone grocery shopping. I struggled the whole time and almost thought, "I probably shouldn't be out shopping right now." I was so tired when I got home; I cried to Matthew just out of exhaustion. An hour later, we were watching Moon Knight. Matthew had left the room to pee I think. I was sitting on the couch and felt a gush of warm liquid and said, “oh shit!” And ran to the bathroom. Liquid poured out of me. There was a lot of brown stuff sunken at the bottom of the toilet. I texted the midwife at 4:24 a photo of it. She didn’t answer so I Face Timed my mom. She and my grandma both believed my water had broken.  I spent a lot of time on the toilet because I just would not stop leaking. I leaked through a pad in just a few minutes. So I ended up putting on an adult diaper. Libby called at 4:58 and said it was likely meconium in the amniotic fluid. She said it is typical of overdue babies. She talked about the risks of meconium respiration and sa

March 1 I walked in the morning before work. We got our maternity photos from Ali, so stinking fast! So happy with them. Our car seat arrived that day, along with a whole bunch of other stuff so I couldn't get in the house. I had a meeting for Big Mountain Barbell that evening. Wednesday, March 2 I did bench press day at the gym. I had a company car I had to take downtown for some body work, so my coworker picked me up and drove us both to work back in Draper. That day I started to get some bad swelling in my feet and ankles, which made me panic. I went down to our store and bought compression stockings. Thankfully our respiratory therapist has a blood pressure cuff. He took my blood pressure, which was high because I was panicking. He came up a couple hours later and took it again, and it was much better.  March 3 I walked in the morning before work. I got lunch at Costa Vida with Amber, who gave me a baby shower present and birthday present. It was good to see her. I had my blood