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| also, apparently i like navy+coral (see last photo) |
baby size? 4.75 lbs, about the size of a cantaloupe
weight gain? 9.4lbs from pre-pregnancy weight
stretch marks? just a few (ps. i finally know for sure what these look like! haha)
foods i'm loving: bell peppers with hummus, cinnimon chex and whole milk
foods i'm hating: ham-- mostly because we've been eating it for about 3 weeks straight! haha.
sleep? eh??
symptoms? lots of pain in my side as baby get's bigger. ooo i can't wait for him to be out.of.me! i can't really sit on chairs or couches anymore, at least for no extended period of time. so i'm quarantined to my exercise bouncy ball. which is probably humorous this week especially since i have to hand design and address some formal invites! so i'm sitting at the kitchen table via my bouncy ball, bouncing occasionally and calligraphy-ing. haha!
what i miss: mostly just being comfortable in my own skin. the weather is beautiful now and we can go for walks when we want (which we do often!).
what i'm looking forward to: no rib pain! birth classes start next week! and experiencing labor & delivery with C
frustrations: not so many this week. though i've been super super tired and not wanting to get out in public At All. i kindof just want to spend this last month all to myself. it was really hard to post a photo today-- even though i'm supposed to be getting bigger and bigger, it's making me self conscious.
emotions? feeling loved and supported by C, worrying occasionally but trying to trust God's plan for me and baby.
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i know it's only been a week since my last post-- don't worry! i won't be updating weekly now! i just wanted to get back on the even schedule. i had a doctor's visit today and it went really well! i had normal glucose levels this time, so it must've been the snickers bar i ate before my appointment that threw off the results last time. haha. i had no idea what they were testing for when they asked you to pee in a cup-- but apparently it's sugar? so now that i know, i avoid sugar before visits. haha.
i think i might've had a few contractions over the last two days. but i'm not sure, soooo? and i had a dream about giving birth but it was really weird. not a "normal" birth dream.
i think i might've had a few contractions over the last two days. but i'm not sure, soooo? and i had a dream about giving birth but it was really weird. not a "normal" birth dream.
we met with our doula on monday and went over our birthplan. she was so encouraging and i'm so glad we will have her there with us in the hospital. the only part of the hospital weirdness that i'm nervous about now is the checking in and being triaged and having to be alone and in labor in a stupid sterile room. i know that it's hospital 'policy' to check you and ask you abuse questions alone, but ohmygoodness how stupid. i could at least be allowed to have my doula in there! i know for certain that my progress will probably slow considerably or stop all together with the stress of that situation. that is when i started panicking four years ago when i went into the hospital for bloodclots-- i panicked when they made me be separate from C to run tests. no one tells you anything at all and i was was just sitting there alone thinking i was dying. my doula said that if i think i'm far enough along, my doctor can call ahead and i can bypass triage. so i might do that? we'll see.
i should show up at the hospital and just push that baby out right in triage. silly policies. shouldn't the doctor you visit 10000000x's ask you about abuse? that seems like a better way to cover their tracks.
also! we got a stroller on friday! so fun! it's a 2012 city mini stroller, so light and easy! we found it on craigslist for a steal!!! of course, C had to look through all the manuals and take it apart and put it back together before he was fully satisfied with the purchase...haha...but i love it! and it will be so fun to be able to go on walks as a family and (maybe?) not have to wear the hot baby wrap in the summer. i still want a babywrap, but they are so expensive! so i'm saving and hoping i can find one for cheaps somewhere. a friend lent me her ring sling, but i don't think i'm going to like that very much-- just from how i've seen it on other women, it seems like it'd hurt my already slightly curved back. ha!
the nursery is coming along! i just have a few more photos to hang, a design to chalk on the chalkboard wall, and a quote to cut out on the linen banner. it's so awesome to be so close to being done! sometimes i just sit in there and think. it's such a nice room. and now that it's all decorated, it might be the nicest room in the house!
Oh my goodness, you look gorgeous! And I think weekly updates would be so fun-- but I understand if you don't have time for it! I do enjoy reading your posts, though. :)
ReplyDeleteOh wow-- that triage stuff sounds crazy! I never had to do anything like that when I went into labor with either of my boys. With Milo, we went in through the ER because it was past midnight and with Linus, we came in early in the morning but we were admitted to our delivery rooms both times.
If you want to have a baby carrier for free, you can have mine! It worked really well for me when Linus was really small but now that he's so much bigger I'm hoping to invest in an Ergo. It's started to give me back aches now that he's getting closer to the one-year mark. Maybe not a glowing recommendation, but I really enjoyed it quite a bit before he got so heavy. I think the ergonomics of the carrier are just better for younger/lighter babies and I need more of a heavy-duty baby carrier now. It's not anything extravagant-- just the $20 infantino carrier from Target but if you could use it, just email me! I have three other friends who are pregnant right now, too, so I can ask them if you have a particular brand you're wanting to hold out for. :)
You look so beautiful! You're in the home stretch-- not much longer now!!! You're going to love being a mom!!!
oh you didn't have to do the triage?? maybe that's just a silly ohio law. bleh! when you go in via the emergency room (or check-in at the desk) they make you go back Alone to get your dilation checked and they ask you if you're abused or on drugs. i thought for sure they'd let my doula back with me-- cause she has nothing to do with any of those questions. but no-- i have to go Alone. my doula said they're not very hardheaded about much at my hospital, but that is POLICY and they are pretty frustrated if you push back. i'm hoping that by the time i arrive at the hospital, i'll be far enough along that i can bypass all that. i've already pre-registered, so there's no need for any of it. haha.
Deletei've heard of the infantino carrier! i will look into it and let you know! i was hoping to perhaps get the Solly Baby wrap (because the material is much thinner and less than the moby, and it's made in the USA) for when baby is little, but i was worried about it being too hot. and now that renee has confirmed that, i'm more nervous about buying something. i may just wait and see 1. how hot it is this june and 2. whether or not he's one of those babies that likes to be held all the time. i'd hate to spend the monies and then not use it. it may be the best option to go with an infantino type carrier from the beginning. so yes! i'll let you know! :)
and thank you so much for your sweet words-- i try to keep telling myself it's normal and beautiful and miraculous. sometimes the words stick and sometimes they don't and i just feel whale-ish. it Does help to have so many friends who have travelled this road before me. so i just keep thinking of all of you and telling myself that i can make it! :)
oh i love updates! and you do look wonderful! as for carriers, it was So Hot in june that i barely used one with her until the autumn--especially those fabricy ones. i did get a lot of use out of my bjorn though.
ReplyDeleteoh that is so good to know! i had a feeling that any kind of cloth wrap might be too hot-- i can't imagine babywearing in 95+ temps. we want an ergo eventually but that will probably be hot too-- so we may just stick to the stroller for summertime and hopefully baby won't be too clingy? if he is, i will have to just bite the bullet and buy one of those wraps that are made of a thinner, more mesh like fabric. haha.
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