Thursday, June 23, 2011

Pregnancy Update... 31 Weeks

This one is for the curious Mom out there who doesn't get to see me every day.  Or hasn't gotten to see me at all this pregnancy.  (But will in just 2 weeks!)

Today I'm just over 31 weeks pregnant, and my next ultrasound to check to make sure the growth of the baby has sped up a little is on Wednesday. 

My blood pressure has been wacky over the last couple days.  It's been as high as 150/100, but seems  to have leveled out at a nice normal 115/75.  I have a cuff that a friend lent me, so I'm checking to make sure there aren't any consistent spikes that aren't coldwater/flood/holes in ceiling related.

There's all kind of pregnancy "memes" on the internet.  I'm not really even sure what a meme is, but it appears to be a surveyish update.  So here goes one:

How Far Along Are You?   31 weeks, 1 day pregnant.  My "switchover" day is on Wednesdays, so I'm not a wacky counting lady, its just easy to tell how many days on a Thursday!

How Big is the Baby?  The internet has all kinds of strange baby-size comparisons, but it says that this week, the baby is the length of the originial front wheel of a Big Wheels (over 13 inches?), and his weight should be somewhere between 3.5-4 lbs... about the size of four large naval oranges.

Maternity Clothes?  Believe it or not, I haven't made a single maternity purchase, and am trying valiantly to get through this pregnancy without any.  I definitely don't want to buy a suit for work, and right now, I'm living in a few summer dresses that are seeming to do the trick.  Maybe I'll have a crazy stomach growth spurt in the next 9 weeks, but I can't imagine that happening.  I'm down about 35 lbs over all in the pregnancy, so some of my "regular" clothes are even too big.

How are you Sleeping?  Terribly.  Sporadically. Going to bed at 9:45.  Getting up 6-7 times a night.  Waking up before 6:45 raring to go.  I'm a stomach sleeper and that's a pregnancy no-no, so I'm having a really hard time getting comfortable.  Plus this week we're having to stay in the guest room while they do flood mitigation in our master bedroom, and this bed is just too darn soft.  I won't be shocked if I end up on the couch at some point tonight.

Strangest Moment of the Week?  "Alien" baby has made his emergence.  You can see the baby moving, flipping, waving, kicking, etc.  Its... creepy.  I had my first friend touch my stomach this week (that I would allow), and I was able to point out to AK that what she was touching was baby toes.  Baby toes hurt!! 

I'm also having my first round of Braxton-Hicks contractions.  They started kicking in on Tuesday after our pipe issue, and I could tell they weren't anything to worry about.  I should've not mentioned to Shawn because he hasn't gotten to that chapter in his Dad book yet.  No, we don't need to go to the hospital.  (I hope!)

Food: Good or Bad?  The 3rd trimester morning sickness seems to have calmed down as long as I don't come anywhere near eggs or bacon.  On a particularly hot day a couple weeks ago, everyone I met smelled like bacon to me.  Myself.  Shawn.  My boss.  The sweaty homeless guy sitting next to me in the Longworth cafeteria.  It's enough to say adios to bacon for awhile.  Eggs have said adios enough to me lately that I'm not interested in thinking about them.

So in general.  Food = bad.  I feel like I've been eating like a toddler.  See one of my normal dinners to the right.  If I'm not having a veggie burger, I'm having edamame, hummus and pita, and pineapple and raspberries. 

Do I miss having a cocktail?  Actually, not at all. I'm sure I'll enjoy a margarita or few after the baby is here, but I haven't had the craving or interest to drink.  Strangely enough, the smell of cigarettes is intoxicating.  I am loving the smell.  (Clearly I wouldn't smoke one).


What's Next?  Baby room has been thrown off schedule by the need to reconstruct the walls and ceilings of three more rooms of our house.  We need to have things in order before people are up here for my shower weekend, or else my Dad is going to have a long list of chores to help Shawn with!


What are you Nervous About?  Maternity leave.  Big time.  Being away from work for almost four months??  What if they realize they don't need me there??


How's that for a pregnancy update, Mom?

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

This is your House

 








This is your House on Flood (see holes poked all the ceiling for water drainage?  Multiply those times 3 rooms and the number by about 30.  Add gigantic hole in wall/ceiling)













Any questions?

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

My Water Broke

My water broke!

No.  Literally.  Our water broke.

Put a new "pro" in the column of good things about having to wake 6 times a night when pregnant to adjust sleep positions (and use the potty)...   That pro?  You hear running water.

And you wake up your husband and tell him the toilet is running through.

And he walks in the bathroom to see the toilet is fine. 

And then realizes he's standing in an inch of water.

Something in the pipe/hose/plumbing world burst somewhere between 12:55am and 2:07am.  That's how precise my pregnant timing is. 

We are lucky a plumber came out this evening and got the plumbing side of things fixed. 

Now we're waiting on Servepro to get started drying things out, before we pull down the 1/3 of our house's drywall and ceilings that ironically weren't touched in the fire of 2010. 

The Edwards family has a new motto:  Nunquam Securus.

Loosely translates to:  Never Easy.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Weight and See

Today one of our psuedo-colleagues cornered me at the elevator and has the audacity to ask me how much weight I had gained during this pregnancy.

I wanted to punch her in the face.

First:  Who asks that?

Second:  The answer? None.

Not an iota.

I've actually dropped 30+ lbs. 

Not on purpose.  But it certainly puts into perspective how many calories were in those margaritas I was enjoying every Sunday.  And sometimes Saturday.

It's actually kind of a sticky issue during this pregnancy. 

I've been eating.  A lot.  I could have sworn that at my last appointment I would have gained back 7-8 pounds of what I had lost.  Nope.

Just making better choices because I'm eating for two?

And now I'm getting nagged at the doctor every visit.  I know there are worse problems to have than being told by the doctor to eat another 500 calories a day, but it worries me some. I'm under strict doctor's orders to eat more, whether I can or not. I'm worried the baby is measuring small when my ute is measuring 15 months pregnant.

But I literally cannot eat more.  I get full in 5 minutes.

I have 3rd trimester morning sickness.

So yesterday we broke out a whole cheesecake.

Here's to gaining?

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Father's Day

Today was Father's Day and I have to say I am looking forward to being one.  I have had the great advantage of having an amazing Father as a role model. My Father has shown me how it should be done when times are good and when times are not so good.  No excuses for me!  He has always been there for me and I hope I can be half the Father to my son as he has been to me.  THANKS DAD!
 
We have hot water back now so the good news is that I don't have to move out.  Now we have some other plumbing issues - like for some reason Susann shower is not working and mine is.

Nine weeks to go.