8 posts tagged “pregnancy”

You know as a kid or even as an adult as you count down the days for something and time seems to crawl.  Thats how this pregnancy felt in the beginning. 40 weeks always seemed so long, but now that I am almost down to 7 weeks, it seems as thought time is flying.  Similar to when you are vacation and suddenly it is over.

Not that i'm not excited to see my baby, its just the whole getting to that part that kind of freaks me out.  I know I will figure it all out and all will be well, but its just the great unknown that tends to cause my nervousness. Its like doing anything new for the first time, although this one comes with a baby at the end.

Not sure if I am making any sense or not.

I am starting to tire of the question "So how are you?" from people I know don't want to hear the answer mostly people I work with or am aquaintances   The short answer I am fine. I think they want me to complain and I have very few of them .

I actually am surprised that I enjoy being pregnant.  My only complaints are the inability to sleep through the night and occasional acid reflux/heartburn.    I've heard people complain about the baby moving too much, but that's silly I like trying to figure out what he is doing there.

Next weekend is my shower and my work shower is after that, that is exciting.  I'm just really in shock that time seems to be flying.

Thanks for listening to my ramble.

ok maybe that is an exaggeration,  but I just had a realization that there is 11 weeks until my due date. Where has the time gone? I remember thinking 40 weeks that is forever and now it is almost time.

I feel much better now that the nursery is taking shape.  Thanks again Mom for helping me paint and Mom and Dad for the bassinet. At least the baby has something to sleep in.  I am doing good on clothes, although i can't resist looking at them in the store.  I know that the rest of the stuff I need will fall into place with my shower in March and my work shower which I think is being planned. Its all HUSH HUSH.

We did the hospital tour last week and it went well. I was the only woman who didn't look like she was about to explode. I guess I would prefer to go early rather then later.  A ton of my questions got answered and I got to see what the rooms look like etc.   And made sure we know where to go so we don't get lost , which is important.

We also toured a day care this past week as well. It was nice , I just feel overwhelmed though with alot to think about in that area. Still waiting to hear a final decision from work about working from home a couple days a week.  I should be able to convince them of one day a week since it there is already a presedent in our office, but I am get push back on the second day. We shall see.

28 week appt went well, baby is still very active, blood pressure is good, haven't gained a ton of weight so that is good. I am having more trouble sleeping, It takes awhile to get to sleep, but once I am sleeping I am ok, until I wake up having to use the bathroom or because the baby is lodged against my ribs.  That isn't so much fun.

I did manage to take a 2.5 hour nap today. I didn't mean to sleep that long, but it felt good.

This week we are interviewing a pediatrician and we also are going work on finalizing a name or at least narrowing it down to a few rather then a short list.

I feel like we are getting things done, but time feels like it is flying by and I just hope we are ready.

Just got a call from my doctors office and I passed the Glucose test..woohoo.  One less thing to worry about. Also my blood count is good, which means I'm not anemic, not that I thought I was but yet another thing to cross off the list of worries.

So after much reading and debating in my head, I decided to give the baby sling thing a try. The one I liked the best,  the one I thought would be easiest for me to use is the hotsling.   It is more a baby pouch then sling and it looks easy to use for small babies which is what i wanted, not necessarily for a toddler use.

I liked the fact that they weren't as expensive as the other options and they seemed fashionable. I bid on one on ebay in hopes of getting one for cheaper then $48.00, but was out bid.

I had found another store though that offered retired fabrics, obvioulsy fabrics from a previous season on clearance for much less.  The catch is that they aren't returnable, but since I got a reversible sling for 30.00 including shipping, I am willing to sell it on ebay or something if it doesn't work out.

Here is the one I got. It is the blooming blossom fabric and reverses to black.

So this morning was my one hour glucose test.  I had to drink 10 ozs of orange drink and then wait an hour to get my blood drawn.  Luckily, my doctor's office lets you drink it at home and then come in 15 minutes before the blood draw.  It wasn't so bad.  I had heard horror stories.  It just tasted like flat orange crush and made me burp alot.

Hopefully i pass this test with flying colors as I don't really want to have to do the three hour test.

This christmas I had to buy presents for an 8 month old that I really don't know. So I bought the one thing I knew I wanted for my baby, baby legs.  I also included a board book of the velveteen rabbit thinking that it would give the baby something to look at during the party.

I gave the present to the mother of the baby who opened it and said " oh the baby's first book".  You should have seen the look on my face.  She then continued "yes you know she can't read yet or anything".  

This saddens me on many levels. My son who isn't even born yet has a whole shelf of books, mostly from his nephews, but some I have purchased already or had bought before I was pregnant, as they are important kids books.

This woman also has a 10 year old daughter so I am not really sure how she doesn't know that kids need books.

I guess I now know what to buy the baby on future occasions.

P.S. On a side note, my mom bought two pairs of babylegs for my baby so now he is equipped.  They are so cute.

I was just reading this article at cnn.com about how some people after naming their kids decide later they don't like the name and change the name sometime when the baby is a toddler.

It is fairly common now for people to decide their baby's name well before birth. I have seen this on bulletin boards and webpages.  Although I don't think I would ever do it ,  I understand why people decide the name and announce it to the world before hand.

I am curious how many of those people are the ones who later on regret their choices and decide to change the name.

This seems way more complicated then waiting it out to see if the name fits before deciding.  Just my thought.

I am approaching my 7 month, a little over 100 days left to my due date.  Things are going fine, just a bit nervous that time seems to be flying by so fast.

Christmas vacation has been wonderful, and I am dreading going back to work. I could use another week's vacation at least.

As for preparing for the baby, i know we have time left, but then again it seems like we don't.

We have an ever growing list of things to do

1. Find a pediatrician

2. Find a day-care

3. Start and finish the nursery.  Some stuff has been done, but not much

4.  Take Lamaze classes - at least we are registered already. They start in March. Just two classes as i know we won't sit through more.

5. Do the hospital Tour

Those are some of the more major things. There are a ton of other things i need to do.   I need more time.