Dear God...6 weeks!!!!!!
That thought alone may have me in the hospital faster than I care to be! Seriously, I'm going to be a mom in about 6 weeks. Trippy!
Does anyone really feel prepared for the birth of their child or is it just me that feels like time is the enemy right now? I don't have a great drip on all that needs to be done for work, the nursery isn't fully set, the house is still on the market, Bob is still in training for another 10 weeks. Ok, deep cleansing breaths should help since I can't hit a yoga class right now or get a massage. It is 8:15 in the morning on a work day after all.
Here's my progress so far:
Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds and is probably almost 18 inches long. His fat layers - which he'll need to regulate his body temperature once he's born - are filling him out, making him rounder. His central nervous system is still maturing and his lungs are well developed by now. If you've been nervous about going into preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that 99 percent of babies this age can survive outside the womb - and most have no major long-term problems related to prematurity.
Those measurements sound so much nicer than what I was told at my last visit. He's sitting at more like 5 1/2 lbs and should make his way into this world at around 8 to 8.5 lbs. Yes, I'm having a bruiser!
I feel fatigued often and have radical mood swings, crazy crying spells because I feel totally out of control of things onto a sense of calm that all will work out as it should. My sister said it best, "welcome to being a parent. You can no longer control anything. He will from this moment forward dictate all the happenings in your life." It's so true!!! I had this plan together about when our house would sell and that there was no need to set up the nursery since we would have to move it all anyway. When I realized last week how close we were to his birth day, I had a melt down and told my sister (who's our RE agent) she needed to find a way to sell our house & get us into a new one in these short 6 weeks. Ok homeowners, don't laugh...it was a breakdown moment and obviously not one I'm proud of. I'm sure we all wish we could simply pray for a buyer to come along and **prang** there's an offer the next day.
Anyway, back to reality that we'll still be in Atlanta metro, we're working on a different plan this weekend to make sure everything is ready here. We haven't even interviewed pediatricians here, yes we're bad parents. This weekend the nursery will be set up, all the bedding is now at the dry cleaners and we should be ready to go! I feel so much more at peace now with the knowledge that we have a great house, but not in a great school district and it's up there in price. These things take time. The right buyer will come along and love our little renovated craftsman.
Serenity now! Have a great rest of the week!
Does anyone really feel prepared for the birth of their child or is it just me that feels like time is the enemy right now? I don't have a great drip on all that needs to be done for work, the nursery isn't fully set, the house is still on the market, Bob is still in training for another 10 weeks. Ok, deep cleansing breaths should help since I can't hit a yoga class right now or get a massage. It is 8:15 in the morning on a work day after all.
Here's my progress so far:
Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds and is probably almost 18 inches long. His fat layers - which he'll need to regulate his body temperature once he's born - are filling him out, making him rounder. His central nervous system is still maturing and his lungs are well developed by now. If you've been nervous about going into preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that 99 percent of babies this age can survive outside the womb - and most have no major long-term problems related to prematurity.
Those measurements sound so much nicer than what I was told at my last visit. He's sitting at more like 5 1/2 lbs and should make his way into this world at around 8 to 8.5 lbs. Yes, I'm having a bruiser!
I feel fatigued often and have radical mood swings, crazy crying spells because I feel totally out of control of things onto a sense of calm that all will work out as it should. My sister said it best, "welcome to being a parent. You can no longer control anything. He will from this moment forward dictate all the happenings in your life." It's so true!!! I had this plan together about when our house would sell and that there was no need to set up the nursery since we would have to move it all anyway. When I realized last week how close we were to his birth day, I had a melt down and told my sister (who's our RE agent) she needed to find a way to sell our house & get us into a new one in these short 6 weeks. Ok homeowners, don't laugh...it was a breakdown moment and obviously not one I'm proud of. I'm sure we all wish we could simply pray for a buyer to come along and **prang** there's an offer the next day.
Anyway, back to reality that we'll still be in Atlanta metro, we're working on a different plan this weekend to make sure everything is ready here. We haven't even interviewed pediatricians here, yes we're bad parents. This weekend the nursery will be set up, all the bedding is now at the dry cleaners and we should be ready to go! I feel so much more at peace now with the knowledge that we have a great house, but not in a great school district and it's up there in price. These things take time. The right buyer will come along and love our little renovated craftsman.
Serenity now! Have a great rest of the week!