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October 2008

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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 02, 1999

Gender:

Female

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Running Accomplishments:

I ran the Top of Utah Marathon in 4:43 after having my third child the year before. 5 K in 24:19, 10 K in 53 minutes pregnant. Survived personal training from my lovable but slightly overbearing husband Sasha for more than 8 years!!

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 23:45 in the 5k.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay thin and full of energy.

Not be an embarassment to my family full of world class athletes.

Personal:

Madly in love with Sasha. We have been married since 1996 and have been blessed with seven of the most adorable and talented children : Benjamin, Jennifer, Julia, and Joseph, Jacob, William and Stephen.

All of our children have run in at least one race, including Jacob and William who did it inside the womb. I enjoy various non-running activities such as: baking, sewing, playing organ, piano and flute, painting, and playing with our  vivacious children.

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I got passed by only legitimate things today...dragonflies, birds, butterflies and people excitedly tapering for St. George. 

Butterflies are actually pretty dang fast. Our car was going 10 miles an hour on this crazy road at the top of a mountain and we watched a butterfly race past us as if we were standing still.  

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I turned my garmin off and lost track of where I needed to turn around..so this is just a guess. 

I couldn't get to sleep last night. I was MAD....for a dumb reason of course...Sasha said one wrong thing and that set me off. I knew I wouldn't be able to fall asleep so I got up and did a million little things I'd like to do during the day but can't seem to get to between policing the kids, dishes, stories, bloggin to maintain my sanity...etc...

I think what happens to us is that I get extremely sensitive at night and Sasha gets extremely insensitive. He said that me going into labor this weekend was just as likely as the house blowing up. Anyone that has been inside a pregnant body knows that three weeks before their due date they feel like they could blow up at any second.

So when I woke up this morning...my body didn't let me sleep in much...I decided I was NOT going for my run. I was filled with rebellion....okay well...maybe not a lot but I didn't feel like running anyway. I got my shoes on and thought...I'll  just go around the block twice so I don't get a goose egg. Then Sasha came home and I could go on the trail. Okay...I'm thinking... I'll just go a mile and then I'm done.   Then I started thinking about this weekend and decided I was behaving badly and instead of being a scared lady I would be courageous and face birthing my sixth child without a husband around with no fear. Yes..I was feeling noble...and so I guess I got a little blessing for that because just as I was about to turn around and give in to my earlier rebellion my dear friend from our ward shows up on the trail. 

Wow! Since I couldn't possibly pass up a good gabbing opportunity and she was just starting and going my direction I went a little further and called it a good day. She is this lady in my ward that really mothers me a bit now and then and I really appreciate her. I told her that she was the most charitable person I know. She is the type that when I'm alone with the kids at a ward dinner will notice, come over and just start helping. I can name numerous times where she has pitched in to help me and has just been a good friend.

My sister told me a funny story that had the opposite effect on her...she said she bore her testimony on Sunday and mentioned the challenges of dealing with five children during sacrament (her kids are 9 and under like mine.) She said afterwards this crazy old lady came up to her and said, "Well, just remember that these are the best years of your life. " We both agreed that that was the dumbest thing you could say to a mom struggling with her kids at church.

 


 


 

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I felt really energized this morning and beat the 20 minute a mile girl!!!! She had her baby yesterday so she said she wasn't feeling up to running this morning anyway.

Busy day ahead...but fun to look forward to tonight. My friend's SAINT husband has said we can go out and he'll watch all the kids. I tried to find a babysitter but it didn't work out so he stepped up to the plate. I'm going shopping for my 72 hour kit. I always try to have a few days worth of food and water in my room after I deliver so I can just take care of myself and the person watching the kids doesn't have to keep coming in and out of my room(increasing the chance of the kids all running into my room and jumping on me while I'm nursing and experiencing afterpains...much worse for me than most people I think...worse than labor!!)

 

 Good Luck FRB Runners!!!

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I can't help it...when Sasha is gone I can't get myself into bed on time....I stayed up watching Enchanted(I've never seen it). I didn't wake up much later than normal but 1 mile is all I'm gonna do today.

A dear friend of mine went out with me last night and helped me get my 72 hour kit ready for when the baby comes.  Her husband watched all the kids for us..what a hero..8 kids!! I feel refreshed and ready to tackle General Conference weekend with 5 restless bambinos!!! 

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I have plans to go another when Sasha gets back. The kids needed me and I got contractions that I couldn't walk through. We'll see what happens. I don't really want the baby to come today because I've got some things that I really need to do this week..dental appt with Joseph tomorrow to get some fillings and as much as I hate being the one to take him...he'll need his mommy. Then we promised to take the kids to Cornbelly's on Friday and as it will probably be the majority of their Halloween fun I really want to go...but of course when the baby comes we will be overjoyed....getting nervous...I had a dream his hands were coming out first and I pushed them back in.

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I'm not sure on this one..not quite 2 but more than 1.5  My midwife is getting a hysterectomy tomorrow so I am trying to take it easy today and well...maybe the rest of the week just in case I get exercise induced contractions and have a baby while she's recovering!!! I wouldn't mind if her back-up came too much but I'd prefer to have Holly. 

I've decided on a water birth for sure. The way  Holly  does it is with a well..Kiddie pool!! She has determined through many trials that this particular pool is the best because it is deep enough to sit in for an adult but shallow enough that you aren't floating too much. It has squishy sides so you can lean into without coming up against a hard wall.

When I get my sense of humor back about it all I'll write a nice summary of the experience.

My stomach feels soooooo heavy. 

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just a little bit short today..no contractions which is good since my midwife is having a day surgery today...Lots to do..everyone have a great day!!

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The neighbor girl across the street says to her mommy as she watches me go by, "Sis. Pachev sure is running slow" She is a cute little girl that gives me a hug every time I see her because she's so excited that I'm having a baby. 

I must have overdone something yesterday because I couldn't get up until after 7...normally I'm up before. Then I couldn't get myself out the door. Normally I really do feel like exercising. I ended up going later and actually ran to the library while Sasha drove the kids there. We couldn't have timed it better when we both ended up at a red light. It took a minute for the kids to see me but then they started waving like crazy. That was fun.  

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I think it may be time to call it good and just do a mile each day until this baby comes out....I'm in the homestretch...I'm tired and need to taper as best I can :)

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I actually felt rested this morning and felt like doing 2. At my appointment yesterday I had dropped 1 centimeter..maybe that's why I got that lovely bladder pain for half the run...fun stuff.  Is it normal to panic every time your husband leaves when you are close? I forget little details like that from pregnancy to pregnancy. As he walked out the door this morning I reminded him to answer his cell phone if I call and to not forget that I am 12 days away from having a baby....give or take. :) Jenny bless her heart had a dream I had the baby on Nov 1..not my first choice. 

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I actually felt like going more but just ran out of time. Maybe I'll go do another .5 ..it just takes me sooo long to run any distance. I think I'm starting to relax...last week I was in a panic that the baby would come. Now I feel like I've gotten things taken care of and I can let him come when he's ready. I actually finished a HUGE scrapbooking project I started at the beginning of the summer. I wanted all the scrapbooks to be caught up before Willy Baby comes and so I wouldn't feel inclined to not do anything for him. Well, I can officially say after hours of work to find photos( the worst years were the ones I used my digital video camera as our normal camera...that took forever and the quality was terrible...and I didn't really save that much money...maybe 60 dollars).....I am done and caught up!!!! Now I just have to get in a mode where I print off photos every month or two and scrapbook a few pages for each kid every once in awhile. I like putting most of them in an album but I do want to give each child a scrapbook when they leave home that has some special pages and shows them a glimpse of their childhood.

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I felt like going 2 today ...so I did. I keep waking up each morning with the first thought of my day being, "I'm going to be pregnant forever!!"

I have to tell about the cool thing I did yesterday. I have always wanted a beautiful blessing outfit for our kids but never been in the mood to pay $50 or more for one.

So...I got this great idea..why not make my own? I didn't want it to be a long drawn out project like some of the things I try...maybe I won't be pregnant forever and I'll actually have my baby one of these days. Anyway..yesterday I did it!!! I made a blessing outfit and I'm almost done. I whipped it up in one afternoon!! I went on-line and got a few ideas for what boy's outfits look like. I'm not an expert seamtress(yet) so I decided to try something crazy and easy. I took a pair of newborn overalls and made my own pattern for blessing overalls. All I have to do is find a newborn dress shirt (I used to have one but I think I actually got rid of it because I didn't have pants to go with it..ahhhh). They came out really cute and are actually made out of scraps from my wedding dress (my sister made it).
Beautiful white cute little overalls with pearly white snaps. I still have enough fabric leftover so if we are blessed with another one and it happens to be a girl..I can make a little dress!!

Sasha bought me the sewing maching I used for this and many many other happy projects for $50. He didn't want to spend a lot on it because he was afraid I wouldn't use it...smart man....I know a few ladies with singers, berninas etc that never touch the thing.  Last week I made two of those nursing covers that are so popular right now. They have a little bit of boning in them so you can peek down at your baby more easily.


 

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Rough night last night...just couldn't fall back asleep so I only did one today. 

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I cut it a bit short today because ..I'm crazy and was taking my kids to this pumpkinland place. The corn maze was daring to go into ...even though it's probably the tiniest corn maze in the west it was still...a maze. We cheated and left through the entrance when i got tired. I think I got the rest of my 39 week exercising in. Sasha is on a tempo run with Jeff McClellan and his wife Kimia right now. Jeff innocently remarked that I could probably still be her pacer..a month ago was a long time ago now and I'm not the pregnant chick I used to be. .....only a few more days.......

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I decided to celebrate being 1 week away by running only 1 mile. I'm feeling pretty good..except for the daunting feeling of entering the pregnancy twilight zone...it's the topsy turvy place only people who go close to their due date without the intervention of well meaning golf playing doctors who suggest a induction date...it's the eternal vacuum of not really knowing when and how you will go into labor...doo doo..doo doo...

sorry had to be a little dramatic today. I thought about how great my body has been in the past actually and feel fairly confident that my water won't break in Wal-mart. I realized with all 5 of my children I have started feeling contractions after waking from a deep and refreshing sleep.

Benjamin-woke up at 4 in the morning to my first contractions and my first labor ever...exciting..painful...the ice that the labor and delivery class teacher had us stick on our arm did NOT simulate labor pains..duh!!

Jenny-I woke up around 8 in the morning and lay in bed resting and then pop!..my water broke...while laying in my own bed with noone around to see my wet pants thank you very much.

Julia- I woke up around 7 ready for the day of taking care of my two small children and as soon as I stepped out of my room-bam-contractions. This was my cool labor-I had mild contractions the rest of the day (until the broke my water and sent me into instant painful transition around 2 that afternoon) I had her at home and we basically had a party. I went on a few walks, came home and made lunch for the midwife, her assistant, the student, my mom, my kids, me..phew..I'm tired. I loved that labor.

Joseph- I took my much needed Sunday nap and woke to some mysterious cramps which turned out to actually be-labor contractions-oh yeah..this is my fourth I should know what labor feels like. Let's see..it doesn't feel like ice on your arm but it does feel like hitting your head on a kitchen cabinet. ....except lower....

Jacob-You guessed it..the pattern here is I was sleeping and then labor woke me up..what a nice body to let me sleep and then go into labor...I went to bed and was actually already at an 8. I had three thirty minute sessions during the week before he was born that got me up to an 8...also a cool way to get to an 8. So I woke up around 1 in the morning (my first middle of the night labor believe it or not ) and I didn't exactly feel contractions right away..more like.well....a baby..trying to get out of mom pains!! Those also didn't feel like ice on my arm...much more painful. Maybe they should pass out liquid nitrogen at those classes....that stuff is pretty cold and might simulate labor sort of.

William- TBA...if it feels like ice on my arm I will definitely call up my teacher of that beloved first Labor prep class and thank her-note the lady had never even experienced natural childbirth...she wimped out and got the epidural..hence the silly ice on the arm object lesson...hmmm



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I had THREE hours of very mild contractions yesterday and then they stopped. I'm worried and interested to see what this means. It could mean my labor would be like Jacob's...which worries me because it emotionally drains me to start and stop with contractions...wonder if I should call people...wonder if they will start getting stronger. It interests me because I got all the way to an 8 over the week of on and off mild contractions...

I'm not going out today because I had a rough night. I was have contractions/cramps on and off and they kept waking me up. So..maybe today is the day or maybe in a week...the tension is killing me. I've decided to read conference talks to keep my sanity. Have a good one everyone.

I just remembered what I did yesterday afternoon that was so funny. My sister showed up unexpectedly and I was so grateful to have some company when I was nervous about the contractions I was having. Right before she left she asked if my stomach shook when I ran. I bragged that I could show her right then if my stomach shook...and told her to come with me. She turned it into a race...the stinker...I kept up with her almost but the 39 week belly slowed me down a little....it must have been a funny sight...too bad I didn't beat her.  


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Got some good sleep last night and a nice long Sunday nap yesterday..so I was awake before six and thought, "I guess I'll go for my run today." I wasn't planning on it yesterday. I just want to shut myself up somewhere and sit and sulk.

Sasha gave me a blessing last night and the first thing he said was that I would have peace of mind. I believe that I will and that I will stop worrying. Thank you Sasha for being a righteous preisthood holder and having that power.

Quote of the day, " Do not be fractious with the children" Joseph Smith to Emma Smith when he was in Liberty Jail. She was pregnant and taking care of her own four children and an orphan living with them. I'll bet if her prophet husband reminded her to not be "fractious", even though she was alone, pregnant and exhausted....I'll bet she was as sweet as pie to those little guys. So at least I've got a husband with me, maybe I'll try to be less fractious today. :)

fractious: tending to be unruly, cranky, irritable. 

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Still pregnant..dang those ultrasounds are dead on accurate for me. Gonna take my kids to the library today. I'm still functioning pretty good. I need to get some good books for me. I was bored out of my mind yesterday because the only things I could think that needed to be done required moving really heavy things and I couldn't bug Sasha about it and obviously wasn't going to try doing it myself.  Does anyone local that might be reading this have a white newborn Sunday shirt I could borrow? I made the most darling overalls for this baby boy and I can't find a Sunday shirt at any of the stores I've been to so far to put under them for when we bless him. 

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Humph...wish I'd been in bed nursing a baby already...maybe I'll go overdue with this little guy like I did Jacob. 

The trail was a beautiful mess with all the leaves down from yesterdays winds.  I picked up some walnuts from the bachelor pad yard across the street. I'm 99% sure those guys aren't going to try and harvest their walnuts so they can put it in their baked goods for Christmas. Maybe I'll go back with the kids today and we can ask them if they mind us cleaning up their yard a bit. The kids love cracking walnuts.
 

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I so did not want to blog today...I may need to take a break from it until the baby comes because I'm starting to get depressed. In this world of golf playing induction happy doctors it seems people are surprised when you go to your due date. IT"S STILL NORMAL..sorry I had to get that out. I was thinking tomorrow was my due date..that's what my ultrasound said. For some reason my midwife had written down the 28th...I was NOT okay with that. That is way too close to Halloween.   After checking me out and seeing that my uterus was measuring 40 weeks and the fact that I've been having contractions on and off for a week she let me believe that my due date is still tomorrow. She says that I'm pretty ripe and she thinks I'll go in a day or two.

I ran 1 mile in the morning through some mild contractions and 1 in the afternoon which started the contractions back up.  


 

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Well this fastrunning mama is gonna slow down for a few weeks. If you haven't been to Sasha's blog and seen it..William was born Friday morning at 4:34. We are doing fine...just trying to survive and not go crazy. Thank goodness for the GREAT weather. I got to take a VEEEERRRY slow walk to the corner and back. All of my neighbors came out and wanted to see the baby ..that was fun. He is totally adorable. He is just what I wanted...dark hair but looks like Sasha...fun combo. The best part is his ADORABLE dimple on his right cheek...smack dab in the middle and deep like a dimple should be. Another doll joins the Pachev clan...we are overjoyed. 

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I went for a walk today. I've been going a little bit further everyday. I made it across the street to the church and went around the church. It just feels good for me to get outside and I think that this beautiful weather we've been having has been a godsend for me and my family. The kids have been able to play outside and I've been able to get out walking in the sunshine for 5 minutes. I think my recovery is going about a million times better than ever this time..mentally that is..I've been much much happier. Physically I always recover well. Usually my midwife checks me out and proclaims that it doesn't even look like I've had a baby..no tears...nothing. 

I think Michelle Lowry's advice to read has helped..I've been enjoying some books and movies. The greatest thing I did this week was to finish the dresses that I started for my little girls last week. I'm still learning how to sew but I LOVE it so much. I'm not really the ambitious type to start sewing dresses two days before I have a baby. It was just that my little Juila came up to me with a picture she had drawn and begged me to help her learn how to sew it. I let her cut out part of the dress but then kind of took over from there when she lost interest. I made up my own pattern again (I have made dresses once before and just did the same ones by looking at them and using them to make my own pattern for the bodice and then adjust it for the sizes I needed.) Anyway, the first dresses I made took me 1 whole month to finish.  I started these dresses last Wednesday and I had everything on them done except the sleeves by Thursday night....I had the baby..rested a bit and then finished them on this Wednesday. I was so happy to be sitting and sewing that I think I'll always have a sewing project to finish after I have a baby....it made me so happy to just sit and not have to worry about cleaning or cooking that recovery has been  a happy time instead of a depressed and worried about not keeping up with things time.   

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