33 weeks and counting...
it's official, my body no longer bends in half. i have to strategize how to tie my tennis shoes, pick things up off the floor, and roll off the couch. i get heartburn most days, to varying degrees. evidently i should not be eating wheat, dairy products, fried foods, caffeine, sugar, or pop. i can't even formulate a response to that...
i got another scan, which is not standard practice. evidently i have a low placenta...that's probably more than you ever wanted to know about my body! anyway, if it doesn't rise, it may mean a c-section. i can't decide if that is good or bad, i think it is really neither, just a fact. it seems this is nothing too serious to worry about.
so, evidently nurseries do not put themselves together and hospital bags do not pack themselves. who knew? we basically have furniture picked out, but are struggling to commit to a color scheme. i think we may look for curtains then do paint and bedding around them. i am supposed to have all this stuff organised, packed, and waiting by the door along with telephone numbers i may need to call. i'm supposed to have a birth plan of how i want things to go, for tim to give to the midwives at the hospital and be sure things are done the way i want. i have learned words like epidural, episiotomy, and perineum...they are not happy words, but seem to all be different ways to say ridiculous amounts of pain. all of this is over my head.
the midwife said that the baby is in head down position, which is supposed to happen around this time. it's still possible she may flop around and back or not, so it's no promise of a final position, but it may be how she spend the rest of her time in my belly. she is moving around like crazy. at times it makes me crazy, like when she moves around and keeps me up at night! but then if she doesn't move, i worry about why she isn't moving. i think this is normal maternal insanity!
we still have not committed to a name, but have narrowed names down to a short list. i think that is as good as it will get ahead of time.
i got another scan, which is not standard practice. evidently i have a low placenta...that's probably more than you ever wanted to know about my body! anyway, if it doesn't rise, it may mean a c-section. i can't decide if that is good or bad, i think it is really neither, just a fact. it seems this is nothing too serious to worry about.
so, evidently nurseries do not put themselves together and hospital bags do not pack themselves. who knew? we basically have furniture picked out, but are struggling to commit to a color scheme. i think we may look for curtains then do paint and bedding around them. i am supposed to have all this stuff organised, packed, and waiting by the door along with telephone numbers i may need to call. i'm supposed to have a birth plan of how i want things to go, for tim to give to the midwives at the hospital and be sure things are done the way i want. i have learned words like epidural, episiotomy, and perineum...they are not happy words, but seem to all be different ways to say ridiculous amounts of pain. all of this is over my head.
the midwife said that the baby is in head down position, which is supposed to happen around this time. it's still possible she may flop around and back or not, so it's no promise of a final position, but it may be how she spend the rest of her time in my belly. she is moving around like crazy. at times it makes me crazy, like when she moves around and keeps me up at night! but then if she doesn't move, i worry about why she isn't moving. i think this is normal maternal insanity!
we still have not committed to a name, but have narrowed names down to a short list. i think that is as good as it will get ahead of time.
posted by jamie at 2:43 AM
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