Way back in the earlier weeks of the pregnancy, when we got a firm due date and pregnancy math was still incomprehensible, I updated my Google calendar with the corresponding pregnancy weeks from then until the 40th week. This morning, I opened up the calendar to see this, which, quite frankly, startled me: It seems [...]
Archive for the ‘third trimester’ Category
3 Jun
Green
I’m finding myself absolutely green with envy when I think of my friends here who have had their babies last month, or have their due date coming up in the next week or so. These are the folks I’ve waddled and commiserated with through the last few months. One gave birth about three weeks ago. [...]
27 May
Check-Up
Yesterday’s 36 week check-up was the first dance-off, pants-off check-up, which, you may find surprising, I was actually looking forward to. No, I don’t have some kind of strange medical kink (although there’s nothing wrong with that), but after 36 weeks of long conversations and walks on the beach with the OB, it was nice [...]
26 May
Random bits of randomness
My craving and general neediness of popsicles and ice is out of control. All my life, I’ve had sensitive teeth and really unable to bite into any iciness of any kind without shooting pain, but for some reason, pregnancy has rewired my mouth nerves. Fortunately, my building has a free ice machine, so I can [...]
24 May
Gearing Up
Thanks to all the folks who gave us gift certificates, we were able to buy a car seat over the weekend, which was the missing piece to the do-we-have-everything puzzle. Does it make me a bad parent because I wanted the one with the racing stripe? No? Phew. We also got busy in the nursery, [...]
29 Apr
Are we there yet?
What a strange week. Well, not strange like panic-strange, just things feel a little “off.” OK fine, there was some panic, too. The off-ness started over the weekend, when I had fits and spurts of nesting-like activity (you could call it, I suppose) – washing more baby clothes, unearthing and sorting through disorganized storage containers, [...]
21 Apr
Physical Update
While we’re talking about mundane day-to-day sorts of things, let’s have an update on how things are going physically, hm? Footwear I’ve moved strictly to slip-on wear 24/7 nowadays. I think I COULD tie my shoes if I wanted to, but thought I’d go ahead and save myself the struggle from here on out. This [...]
15 Apr
Pregnancy Secrets Revealed
Here we are at 30 weeks and I’ve learned the latest pregnancy secret: “You look great!” really means, “You don’t look horrible!” Cause really, folks, I don’t think I look as good in this pink sweater as you think I do. Definitely not “great.” But thanks. I don’t know the key to not looking horrible, [...]
7 Apr
Check-Up
This morning we had our 29 week check-up, with today being week 29 right on the nose. Weight, check. Blood pressure, check. Pee in a cup, check. Let me expand on all three of these, in reverse order. Peeing in a cup: This is getting harder to manage the bigger my belly gets. Mind you, [...]
