I had my baby late last night after my water broke. So I'm in the hospital for a couple days. He's doing great for being less than 37 weeks! I'll post our story on the birth announcement thread when I get time.
It's also a 105 heat index here today so I guess it's a good time to be stuck in a hospital bed!
Deep cleaning the living room!! We are picking up our new couch tomorrow, I scored a practically perfect Crate and Barrel sectional for $300. I was kind of hesitant buying someone else's couch but the thing looks and smells brand new, it was in their front living room that never got used.
We were supposed to go to a birthday party today but DD is running a fever and I'm pretty sure that she has hand, foot, mouth disease. So now we are just laying low today. At some point I need to get out the baby clothes and gear and start washing.
Tomorrow we will have dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant, I'm excited!
I was cleaning up a storm the past few days, but I hit a wall and things are right back to their usual cluttered state. At least I finally went through all the mail that's been piling up and sorted it to file, shred and recycle piles. I bought groceries and meal planned for next week - a handful of crock pot meals because it is supposed to be warm. I did it in hopes that if I was prepared, I would end up in labor and not using them. If not, i have groceries for some very yummy meals.
I guess I'm still nesting last week I deep cleaned the living room. Shampooing the rugs and couches and taking everything off the book shelf and dusting it. Today I have an uncontrolled need to wash all quilts,blankets, and pillows on my bed, I also shampooed the mattress. I think I have a serious problem.
I'm busy too...getting stuff or my classroom done while DS is napping and finishing up last minute baby stuff....I looked at my ticker and it said 17 days! I almost died! In reality...it's a week and a half away to scheduled date......yikes! Hoping to get classroom stuff done and classroom set up but we can't get in till Wed!
Relaxing around the house today and watching my contractions. They've been really frequent and her movements have been odd. I'm supposed to go to dinner with some friends tonight but I'm just kind of waiting and seeing how I feel at this point!
Today I cried in my front yard. In the last two weeks my son has learned to swim, started kindergarten, and now rides his bike without training wheels. I've been sulking and cleaning all day.
I went to lunch with my friend and her daughter today. A Smashburger just opened in the area and it was sooooo good! I'll def be going back. My friend's daughter is 2 and she is the sweetest little munchkin...she pretty much jumped out of her car seat to give me a hug and then wanted to hold my hand all through lunch :-) She loved touching my belly too and was so interested that there was a baby in there.
After, I went to BBB and finished buying off of my registry. That was pretty fun, but I got so tired halfway through that I had to stop at the recliners and rest for a bit lol. I almost fell asleep haha.
Now, I'm at work getting some stuff done and will hopefully get home nice and early. I'm so tired and I really hope we don't have anything going on tomorrow so I can just lounge around and finish putting the baby stuff away.
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DS is with his grandma until tomorrow afternoon so DH and I are taking advantage of no baby time to get this house ready for DD. We dropped the dogs off at the groomers and rented a carpet shampooer. We cleared all the furniture out of the living room except the giant entertainment center and shampooed the rug. I scrubbed the 55 gallon fish tank and did a water change, got some dishes done, and decluttered the dining table. DH is finishing up shampooing the carpet in the bedrooms and hallway while I take a break now. Then we'll shampoo the couches, pick up the dogs, and get some taco truck burritos. After lunch I plan to go through DS's toys and pack some away, we had far too many cluttering the living room and now that the living room is all clean I want to try to keep it that way. DH wants to run all the stuffed animals and blankets through the wash. We are both seriously nesting.
If I'm really tired tomorrow we'll know I'm in labor.
Can I just say, holy shit that some of us are in the single digits until our due dates?!
I've got 12 days left (in theory). Wasn't it December just a few months ago?
I know most people say their pregnancies fly by, am I the only one who feels like I have been pregnant for forever!?!
Can I just say, holy shit that some of us are in the single digits until our due dates?!
I've got 12 days left (in theory). Wasn't it December just a few months ago?
I know most people say their pregnancies fly by, am I the only one who feels like I have been pregnant for forever!?!
I feel both. It's crazy.
This! I feel like it's flown by but I've also felt pregnant forever. I can't remember what "normal non-maternity" pants feel like.
H keeps making fun of me for saying things like shopping are exhausting. He does not understand that when you're this pregnant, getting out of bed in the morning makes you sleepy.
Yeah...I feel completely useless now you're all cleaning and shopping and whatnot and I'm stuck on the couch. I agreed to work tomorrow (on top of my normal Monday-Friday) so I'm doing nothing and it feels wonderful!
I have to brag on Hubbs and myself for a second here: I took our car in to have the carseat inspected by the CHP and the officer was totally impressed. He mentioned how "no one has them installed this well" at least 3 times. He even asked me if I'd had it installed by a service! I told him, nope just me and Hubbs and some serious fear.
Now I'm spending the afternoon prepping my cloth diapers and catching up on True Blood. It's really nice out today but that trip to the CHP is all the adventure this preggo can handle.
I agree with PPs about the pregnant forever/can't believe it's time feeling. I've got just two weeks until my due date (although my OB will let me go to 42 weeks before talking induction). I can't believe it's almost time and I am also so excited/impatient to meet him that I seriously had a hard time falling asleep last night.
I just woke up, I got to get off at 9am because the docs slashed my work shifts, I'm not allowed to work 12 hours at a time anymore. Usually if I'm awake right now we're all screwed because I'm not getting enough rest, but I know I'll take a nap in the couple hours before my shift so I'll have gotten plenty of sleep. I'm super exhausted because it felt like as soon as I got up I was back to having random contractions. They held me prisoner after my NST Thursday because I had so many of them, and I wasn't feeling them but now that I know what these can feel like I'm noticing them, at least 1 or 2 an hour. various strengths various lengths.. nothing measurable. They are making me miserable. I had them on and off all night last night at work, it sucked. We still have 5 weeks to go.. I hope these aren't going to be my normal.
On the plus side DH just brought me a snow cone completely unprompted. Orange cream, my favorite!
Mil came in this weekend and made her delicious homemade lasagna and red velvet cake! I'm having some pretty painful contractions so im trying to keep my butt on the couch bc every time I move I get a contraction (woke me up from my nap with DD) I did finish my first DIY project for DS and I'll finish the burp cloths this evening if I'm able to sit at my sewing machine! DD is doing better with her potty training, Mil took her to get in the pool and she got out twice to go pee! Maybe I won't have two in diapers but I makes me sad that my baby girl is getting bigger, but happy at the same time. My anxiety is also getting worse I'm scaring myself about my RCS in two weeks. I know it's not going to be like it was the first time and I kind of know what to expect but not completely. I always do really bad with anesthesia, I'm not looking forward to the surgery part.
We held a family garage sale this weekend. So much work. I'm exhausted and have been having really lovely painful contractions pretty regularly several days this past week for a few hours at a time but they never get worse so it's really just making me cranky.
Dd2 tripped on a speed bump and has a big gash in her little hand so she's upset. Poor babe. But we are going to head out to my parents for a campfire and some food soon so that will be a good way to wrap up the weekend. Dh's workweek starts tomorrow so this is our Sunday.
On top of the usual third trimester misery, I now have a cold. This is miserable and it's not like I can expect DH to pick up some of the slack with DS because he has it too and we all know how some men can be when they have colds..... Ugh
I am a magnet for trouble this weekend. I fell at Whole Foods last night after slipping on a random single smashed grape on the floor. Now I have a sore butt and a nasty linoleum-burn scrape on my elbow. Then today my friend's kid spilled an entire beer on me (and my new dress) within minutes of me arriving to hang out for the afternoon. Hoping tomorrow is accident-free!
I'm envious of everyone's nesting energy! I'm trying to get stuff done around the house since it's my weekend off, but the energy is not there.
My genitals feel like a truck hit them so I'm trying different things to relieve it. So far nothing has worked. Today is my Sunday, so I'm just trying to relax. Just trying to to keep up with the chores and finish crocheting my cat seat blanket for DD.
Spent half my day in the ER with my mother. She woke up with severe pain in her back (she isn't one to complain, either), so I took her to the hospital.
After a few blood tests and then her urine being too full of blood (!!) to run tests on, turns out she has a kidney stone. Pretty horrifying expierence when we didn't know what was going on at first! She said the pain was worse than her labors ever were.
We're taking the childbirth class this weekend. Day 1 was good, I feel like a huge procrastinator though because I'm the second-closest to my due date. Some of the ladies are due in mid-November. I realized we totally have not thought about pediatricians yet - but that will depend on whose insurance plan LO goes onto, which we also have not given serious thought to.
Working on a 24 hour urine, nursing a headache since Wednesday and woke up with a low grade fever and sore throat. Taking loys of Tylenol and otherwise relaxing until tomorrow morning when I go to the lab. Also doing work for my online classes.
Generally uncomfortable and yes docs are aware of all my symptoms. Just monitoring for now unless temp goes over 101
We're taking the childbirth class this weekend. Day 1 was good, I feel like a huge procrastinator though because I'm the second-closest to my due date. Some of the ladies are due in mid-November. I realized we totally have not thought about pediatricians yet - but that will depend on whose insurance plan LO goes onto, which we also have not given serious thought to.
I finally started painting the crib though!
Typically if the parents are married, a child will have the insurance of the parent that has the birthday earliest in the calendar year as primary and if you out the kiddo on both insurance, the later birthday will be billed as secondary, if you want to have your lo double covered.
@reverey that flustered me at first too but I think I figured it out that 3m is 0-3. Also most brands have a size chart that says the weight of that size
Well it's 4am and the heart burn is preventing me from sleep, that and DH's snoring.
Today went to a baby shower for a friend which was nice and then DH and I went for a nice dinner. If I can't get sleep I am not doing anything tomorrow.
Northern California just had a 6.1 earthquake! Anyone else now wide awake?!
I was awake before it hit, but yeah. I'm 70 miles out from it and my windows shook. Haven't gotten a hold of all my family in that area yet, but friends in the area are ok so I'm trying to stay calm. My mom and son were visiting my mom's MIL 6 miles from the epicenter of the quake today. I DID get a hold of her... she and my DS are back at her house further away and fine.
@tromboner It didn't shake my windows in downtown SF but it did shake the bed!
I'm glad your mom and son are ok! I haven't heard anything bad from anyone in the area either but the news report I read said that that size usually causes some minor property damage. I hope that the aftershocks are mild
6 is a pretty strong one. The '89 quake was a 7. I usually don't feel earthquakes out here in the valley. I was already up and at first thought one of my dogs was shaking the couch, then looked up and saw my windows shaking.
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It's also a 105 heat index here today so I guess it's a good time to be stuck in a hospital bed!
That's as wild as it's getting this weekend.
After, I went to BBB and finished buying off of my registry. That was pretty fun, but I got so tired halfway through that I had to stop at the recliners and rest for a bit lol. I almost fell asleep haha.
Now, I'm at work getting some stuff done and will hopefully get home nice and early. I'm so tired and I really hope we don't have anything going on tomorrow so I can just lounge around and finish putting the baby stuff away.
If I'm really tired tomorrow we'll know I'm in labor.
I am on bed rest due to high BP, so we are catching up on movies today. Watched "Gravity" and now "Django Unchained."
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I did finish my first DIY project for DS and I'll finish the burp cloths this evening if I'm able to sit at my sewing machine!
DD is doing better with her potty training, Mil took her to get in the pool and she got out twice to go pee! Maybe I won't have two in diapers but I makes me sad that my baby girl is getting bigger, but happy at the same time.
My anxiety is also getting worse I'm scaring myself about my RCS in two weeks. I know it's not going to be like it was the first time and I kind of know what to expect but not completely. I always do really bad with anesthesia, I'm not looking forward to the surgery part.
Dd2 tripped on a speed bump and has a big gash in her little hand so she's upset. Poor babe. But we are going to head out to my parents for a campfire and some food soon so that will be a good way to wrap up the weekend. Dh's workweek starts tomorrow so this is our Sunday.
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I'm envious of everyone's nesting energy! I'm trying to get stuff done around the house since it's my weekend off, but the energy is not there.
After a few blood tests and then her urine being too full of blood (!!) to run tests on, turns out she has a kidney stone. Pretty horrifying expierence when we didn't know what was going on at first! She said the pain was worse than her labors ever were.
I finally started painting the crib though!
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Generally uncomfortable and yes docs are aware of all my symptoms. Just monitoring for now unless temp goes over 101
Well it's 4am and the heart burn is preventing me from sleep, that and DH's snoring.
Today went to a baby shower for a friend which was nice and then DH and I went for a nice dinner. If I can't get sleep I am not doing anything tomorrow.
I'm glad your mom and son are ok! I haven't heard anything bad from anyone in the area either but the news report I read said that that size usually causes some minor property damage. I hope that the aftershocks are mild
6 is a pretty strong one. The '89 quake was a 7. I usually don't feel earthquakes out here in the valley. I was already up and at first thought one of my dogs was shaking the couch, then looked up and saw my windows shaking.
ETA: https://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2014/08/24/quake-rolls-through-bay-area/
Looks like the damage is mostly in the North Bay Area.