Oh, my! Some diapers arrived today... 3 extra small fitted, 'Thirsties' diapers in extra small. They are so tinsy tiny..
Friday, May 8, 2009
Diaper Joy
Oh, my! Some diapers arrived today... 3 extra small fitted, 'Thirsties' diapers in extra small. They are so tinsy tiny..
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Mish Mash
A quick check in to say that I am feeling much, much better. I am still with a bit of a cough and a froggy throat, but it's hard to imagine how much better I feel just a couple of days after taking some meds. I wake up sort of drowsy in the mornings, but poppet seems not to be affected by the codeine... Indeed he is happily moving and shaking as vigorously as ever.
Since I'm a little tired to do an in depth blog, I'll just do a quick bullet point one:
1) Appt with Deb on Monday went well. Aside from the sickness and the fluids and all of that, everything else was seemingly fine. Poppet's heart rate was good, my BP was 104/70 and whilst my uterus was measuring a little 'off', Deb wasn't concerned. I had been spot on until Monday so I am of course a little worried, but the last scan showed good growth, etc. I had actually dropped a couple of pounds since my last appointment, but this was more than likely dehydration and so no doubt I have recouped those pounds and more :)
2) I saw another Dr yesterday - Craig. He heads up the integrative medicine department at our local hospital. He does all sorts of wonderfully hokey stuff, and I've been seeing him for a couple of years to help with my lupus. Mostly I've done guided imagery and medical hypnosis with him, and so since I am doing hypnobabies (yikes, I still have to begin this with some earnest) I checked in with him to see if he could help. I've seen him a few times since we learnt I was pregnant, mostly for relaxation imagery. Yesterday, though, we talked about hypnobabies and I asked him to help with the 'scripts'... Happily, he said yes! So for the next couple of months - until my due date - I'll be seeing him weekly, or every other week, to work on each unit of work.
3) I am almost finished with the semester! Woo hoo. I have some grading to do and meetings to attend, but basically it is almost at a close. I am just teaching one summer course online - which is a relief as two would have been a bit overwhelming.
4) Rich has become very adept at making my smoothies... In 15 years this is about the only thing he's 'cooked' :) Well done, Richie!
5) We have our shower next week!! I am extremely excited about it. It looks as though quite a few people will be there. And today I saw the invitations which Jen had sent to our guests. They are beautiful. THANK YOU, Jen.
6) We decided to get a moses basket... I am now facing the decision about which one to get. Oh boy! A cheapy thing.. or something more expensive with toxins and the environment in mind. There is a MAJOR leap in price. If we do go for a more expensive one we thought about how it might be one of those things you pass down... so it might be nice to invest in something like that.
7) Out bathroom plans fell through AGAIN. So we're back to plan A... which is to renovate our small bathroom. Oh, old houses....
8) Lovely... I experienced the terrible leg swelling in a major way on Tuesday. It wasn't pretty. I was kneeling down for a long while and when I showered I looked down and my thighs had literally doubled in size. I was a bit mortified.. surely, I though, I couldn't have deposited THAT MUCH fat on my legs in two hours. Fortunately the fluid was all gone the next morning. What on earth will happen to them in these coming warmer weeks...
9) I am 30 weeks pregnant... or 7 and a half months... or 69 days to go!! Of course this means that it's just 8 weeks until I am considered full term.
10) And here I am at 30 weeks... My tummy increases in size by at least two inches by the end of the day. Thank you 'bloat'.
I look really pregnant when you see me just at the right angle!
Since I'm a little tired to do an in depth blog, I'll just do a quick bullet point one:
1) Appt with Deb on Monday went well. Aside from the sickness and the fluids and all of that, everything else was seemingly fine. Poppet's heart rate was good, my BP was 104/70 and whilst my uterus was measuring a little 'off', Deb wasn't concerned. I had been spot on until Monday so I am of course a little worried, but the last scan showed good growth, etc. I had actually dropped a couple of pounds since my last appointment, but this was more than likely dehydration and so no doubt I have recouped those pounds and more :)
2) I saw another Dr yesterday - Craig. He heads up the integrative medicine department at our local hospital. He does all sorts of wonderfully hokey stuff, and I've been seeing him for a couple of years to help with my lupus. Mostly I've done guided imagery and medical hypnosis with him, and so since I am doing hypnobabies (yikes, I still have to begin this with some earnest) I checked in with him to see if he could help. I've seen him a few times since we learnt I was pregnant, mostly for relaxation imagery. Yesterday, though, we talked about hypnobabies and I asked him to help with the 'scripts'... Happily, he said yes! So for the next couple of months - until my due date - I'll be seeing him weekly, or every other week, to work on each unit of work.
3) I am almost finished with the semester! Woo hoo. I have some grading to do and meetings to attend, but basically it is almost at a close. I am just teaching one summer course online - which is a relief as two would have been a bit overwhelming.
4) Rich has become very adept at making my smoothies... In 15 years this is about the only thing he's 'cooked' :) Well done, Richie!
5) We have our shower next week!! I am extremely excited about it. It looks as though quite a few people will be there. And today I saw the invitations which Jen had sent to our guests. They are beautiful. THANK YOU, Jen.
6) We decided to get a moses basket... I am now facing the decision about which one to get. Oh boy! A cheapy thing.. or something more expensive with toxins and the environment in mind. There is a MAJOR leap in price. If we do go for a more expensive one we thought about how it might be one of those things you pass down... so it might be nice to invest in something like that.
7) Out bathroom plans fell through AGAIN. So we're back to plan A... which is to renovate our small bathroom. Oh, old houses....
8) Lovely... I experienced the terrible leg swelling in a major way on Tuesday. It wasn't pretty. I was kneeling down for a long while and when I showered I looked down and my thighs had literally doubled in size. I was a bit mortified.. surely, I though, I couldn't have deposited THAT MUCH fat on my legs in two hours. Fortunately the fluid was all gone the next morning. What on earth will happen to them in these coming warmer weeks...
9) I am 30 weeks pregnant... or 7 and a half months... or 69 days to go!! Of course this means that it's just 8 weeks until I am considered full term.
10) And here I am at 30 weeks... My tummy increases in size by at least two inches by the end of the day. Thank you 'bloat'.
I look really pregnant when you see me just at the right angle!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Hungry!
I suddenly found myself starving hungry today... It feels really good to have not only hunger but also something of an appetite. The trillion food aversions make it difficult to really get excited, but I'm sat in Panera (and I have aversions to almost all of their food) and they kindly made me some non-menu toast.
Yum yum... though I am STILL hungry. I have eaten more today - at 1pm - than I have the past two days combined. The trouble is that this late into pregnancy your stomach is being squished meaning that you get full very very quickly. Unfortunately it takes a while for my brain to receive the message that no more can comfortably fit in that ever shrinking space, so I am a bit stuffed.
I feel poppet move a LOT when I'm eating something carby/sugary. I thought it was the coldness of the smoothie waking him up, but I think it's also the glucose hit. He is wiggling all over the place now I'm full of toast.
I'm already dreaming of dinner... though at this point I cannot think of anything that sounds too palatable beyond toast and smoothies. My aversion to almost all protein sources (and I have tried many...) is actually stronger than ever. I can't even stomach grains with a high protein count.
For now, though, I am going to enjoy the return of some appetite.
Yum yum... though I am STILL hungry. I have eaten more today - at 1pm - than I have the past two days combined. The trouble is that this late into pregnancy your stomach is being squished meaning that you get full very very quickly. Unfortunately it takes a while for my brain to receive the message that no more can comfortably fit in that ever shrinking space, so I am a bit stuffed.
I feel poppet move a LOT when I'm eating something carby/sugary. I thought it was the coldness of the smoothie waking him up, but I think it's also the glucose hit. He is wiggling all over the place now I'm full of toast.
I'm already dreaming of dinner... though at this point I cannot think of anything that sounds too palatable beyond toast and smoothies. My aversion to almost all protein sources (and I have tried many...) is actually stronger than ever. I can't even stomach grains with a high protein count.
For now, though, I am going to enjoy the return of some appetite.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Gratitude
Okay, so no sleep turns me into a cray woman. Poor Rich last night witnessed me sobbing, close to hyperventilating.. And today Deb had to contend with a sobbing patient who was there from 10am- 2:30pm (receiving the slowest IV of fluids imaginable!). And now I'm sitting here, having taken my codeine, cough suppressant half an hour ago, hoping, hoping that it works and I get to have some sleep. Please work... The combined no sleep, coughing, sickness, etc. has created a perfect 'horribleness storm', but I really think that just with ONE good night's sleep I'll be well on the road to recovery.
As I wait for it it to work it's narcotic magic (positive thinking... must work hard to harness the placebo drug affects) I was thinking about how fortunate I am to have such wonderful friends and colleagues, a super, patient Dr. in Deb, and a sweet, sweet baby on the way. So here is a gratitude list:
1) This has not been the easiest pregnancy in the world, but, you know, I have also felt really good - even with the nausea and sickness. I am having very little in the way of pain and swelling, and when I am not coughing up kidneys I feel really fit and strong. Before I came down with this cough, I was feeling great on long walks and hikes, on the elliptical and doing weights...
2) Feel so fortunate to have Deb. I felt so wretched today and she was kind and considerate and listened, and the lovely Dr. she had following her today was very empathic and sweet. And the nurses and the medical assistant... all lovely and helpful.
3) Jen... who has arranged our baby shower and is just generous in so many ways. Jen is also a colleague and she and another faculty have taken on the responsibility for attending to a student's thesis defense tomorrow...
4) For the lovely lovely gifts we've received this past few days. Lou (who lives in Cambridge, UK and thus cant be at the shower) sent a lovely swaddle (and I think an owl... which hasn't yet arrived) and yesterday I went out to brunch with a few lovely women, and Bistra, who can't come to the shower, had sneakily checked out and bought us some lovely gifts from our registry. And then, today, I received a huge box from Australia! Kate sent us the sweetest little romper, some beautiful receiving/swaddling-all-around blankets, and, of course, a cute, cute koala. And my friend, Maggie, who also can't attend the shower, but who also has kindly offered me a wonderful gift of Reiki treatments to help with the birthing....
5) For the Spring like weather we're enjoying...
6) Our bathroom renovations begin tomorrow! And while it will be a little difficult to be home as it's going on, I am very excited that soon we'll have a fully functioning bathroom with a floor that doesn't threaten to collapse, and a proper bath/tub! very exciting...
7) For the lovely poppet who, despite everything, seems to be thriving. Given the acrobatics of late he seems very happy with himself. He's especially excitable when I have one of my fruit/soy milk smoothies.
8) Finally... I am (hoping to be) grateful for these meds.... I am a bit crunchy when it comes to pharmaceuticals. I haven't taken antibiotics for years and through some alternative therapies managed to not need meds for my lupus, but this pregnancy has turned that on its head and I am taking 3 different medications that I would usually not even think about taking. So here I am grateful for the potential of this codeine to take me into a deep slumber.
Oh.. finally, I should have said: 'thank you to all of you for reading and commenting on our blog'.
As I wait for it it to work it's narcotic magic (positive thinking... must work hard to harness the placebo drug affects) I was thinking about how fortunate I am to have such wonderful friends and colleagues, a super, patient Dr. in Deb, and a sweet, sweet baby on the way. So here is a gratitude list:
1) This has not been the easiest pregnancy in the world, but, you know, I have also felt really good - even with the nausea and sickness. I am having very little in the way of pain and swelling, and when I am not coughing up kidneys I feel really fit and strong. Before I came down with this cough, I was feeling great on long walks and hikes, on the elliptical and doing weights...
2) Feel so fortunate to have Deb. I felt so wretched today and she was kind and considerate and listened, and the lovely Dr. she had following her today was very empathic and sweet. And the nurses and the medical assistant... all lovely and helpful.
3) Jen... who has arranged our baby shower and is just generous in so many ways. Jen is also a colleague and she and another faculty have taken on the responsibility for attending to a student's thesis defense tomorrow...
4) For the lovely lovely gifts we've received this past few days. Lou (who lives in Cambridge, UK and thus cant be at the shower) sent a lovely swaddle (and I think an owl... which hasn't yet arrived) and yesterday I went out to brunch with a few lovely women, and Bistra, who can't come to the shower, had sneakily checked out and bought us some lovely gifts from our registry. And then, today, I received a huge box from Australia! Kate sent us the sweetest little romper, some beautiful receiving/swaddling-all-around blankets, and, of course, a cute, cute koala. And my friend, Maggie, who also can't attend the shower, but who also has kindly offered me a wonderful gift of Reiki treatments to help with the birthing....
5) For the Spring like weather we're enjoying...
6) Our bathroom renovations begin tomorrow! And while it will be a little difficult to be home as it's going on, I am very excited that soon we'll have a fully functioning bathroom with a floor that doesn't threaten to collapse, and a proper bath/tub! very exciting...
7) For the lovely poppet who, despite everything, seems to be thriving. Given the acrobatics of late he seems very happy with himself. He's especially excitable when I have one of my fruit/soy milk smoothies.
8) Finally... I am (hoping to be) grateful for these meds.... I am a bit crunchy when it comes to pharmaceuticals. I haven't taken antibiotics for years and through some alternative therapies managed to not need meds for my lupus, but this pregnancy has turned that on its head and I am taking 3 different medications that I would usually not even think about taking. So here I am grateful for the potential of this codeine to take me into a deep slumber.
Oh.. finally, I should have said: 'thank you to all of you for reading and commenting on our blog'.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
sick sick sick
It's 1:15 am and I have all but given up on sleeping ever again. Every time I lie down - even with lots of pillows propping me up - I start to couch up a storm. I managed to doze off a few times - and sorry for the TMI - but only to awake a few minutes later hacking up a lung with lots of vomit and acid in my mouth. I am MISERABLE.
I woke up Rich at midnight and he called the on-call Dr. who truly could not have been more dismissive and mean. I was already feeling like a douche for calling. I mean, I have a darn cold, and while I have never felt quite this bad from a cold, it is in the end just a cold. Still, the Dr. might have asked me a question or two.. Instead I stammered on about coughing and being sick and she told me to just call in the morning. I clearly felt a little humiliated to be calling, but I am feeing desperate. I hung up the phone and sobbed and sobbed and now I'm sitting here, having sent Rich to bed, wanting desperately to sleep, wondering how on earth I will function this week.
I hate to moan on this blog but I feel utterly miserable and dejected, and the thought of hanging out like this until morning makes me want to weep.
I'm feeling extremely sorry for myself...
I woke up Rich at midnight and he called the on-call Dr. who truly could not have been more dismissive and mean. I was already feeling like a douche for calling. I mean, I have a darn cold, and while I have never felt quite this bad from a cold, it is in the end just a cold. Still, the Dr. might have asked me a question or two.. Instead I stammered on about coughing and being sick and she told me to just call in the morning. I clearly felt a little humiliated to be calling, but I am feeing desperate. I hung up the phone and sobbed and sobbed and now I'm sitting here, having sent Rich to bed, wanting desperately to sleep, wondering how on earth I will function this week.
I hate to moan on this blog but I feel utterly miserable and dejected, and the thought of hanging out like this until morning makes me want to weep.
I'm feeling extremely sorry for myself...
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Nursery pics...
We almost finished the nursery today :) We started it a few weeks ago... painting the already green walls... well, green!! We also had to paint the floor and some of the existing furniture, which delayed things. But Rich finished the floors this morning and so we decided to dedicate the day to putting up the crib, changing table, etc. I couldn't resist posting some photos, even though we're not finished yet.
A few weeks ago, before we started the green over green painting (though this IS non toxic green!) we wrote out some messages for the little poppet:
And today we put up the crib. It wasn't nearly as awful as we thought it would be.
We found these instant murals online. You can take them down without harming the walls, and reuse them. They are so pretty.
A few weeks ago, before we started the green over green painting (though this IS non toxic green!) we wrote out some messages for the little poppet:
And today we put up the crib. It wasn't nearly as awful as we thought it would be.
We found these instant murals online. You can take them down without harming the walls, and reuse them. They are so pretty.
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