Another update
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Well, I spoke with my boss about the difficulty I've been having with nights and the workload and my worries about my blood pressure and the sugar I've been showing high at the last two appointments I've had. It LOOKS like, I repeat looks, like I'll be able to possibly work two days a week from home, depending on the days and all. So I think I'd take them up on that offer.
Of course, last night, the day I had the talk with the boss, I end up getting a big story in late and didn't get home until 2 a.m. And I can't sleep much past 9 or 10, so yeah, I'm a bit cranky. I think, perhaps, maybe, I might be having a bit more energy though. Maybe the start of nesting urges? I know I have an uncanny desire to clean things. And that's not really like me at all. It's right around five and a half months now, so that might be around the time? Or is it later, I don't know!
I have my 4-week check up on Friday. And then NEXT WEEK my FIRST sonogram and I SO can't wait to see the baby. And possibly find out what we are having. That would be awesome. He/she moves now, sometimes I notice, other times I'm sure I don't. But some of the kicks are way hard enough for me and Eric to feel and see from the outside.
Getting larger is a bit perturbing. I knew it was going to happen, but I've always been body conscious and it is a little unnerving to watch myself get bigger and know it isn't over yet! I have gained about 10-11 pounds from my pre-baby weight. I've been told that's a good gain. I can expect about, I think they said, one pound or so a week from now until the end. I guess that would put me at a total gain of...let's do the math...25ish. Hopefully that is healthy and hopefully I can STICK TO IT!
My mother gained 75 pounds with me, and about 50 with my brother, and she was larger to begin with. Eric's mother gained 70 pounds with him and 20 with his sister...and his cousin gained 85 with her daughters. (But she was like a pencil beforehand!) Anyway, I just hope I don't end up with pre-eclampsia and water retention and what not. That seems common. Mom, his mom, my aunts, my cousins, my friends. It seems like everyone around me has contended with that. And they ALL had sections. And I DON'T want one. I know I might not have a choice in the end, depending, but I really really really want to do this the natural way.
At any rate, I have a few hours before work, so I'm going to log on AIM and see if anyone is on. Then I might clean the floor in here. Or go to the gas station and post office, or something...
Well, I spoke with my boss about the difficulty I've been having with nights and the workload and my worries about my blood pressure and the sugar I've been showing high at the last two appointments I've had. It LOOKS like, I repeat looks, like I'll be able to possibly work two days a week from home, depending on the days and all. So I think I'd take them up on that offer.
Of course, last night, the day I had the talk with the boss, I end up getting a big story in late and didn't get home until 2 a.m. And I can't sleep much past 9 or 10, so yeah, I'm a bit cranky. I think, perhaps, maybe, I might be having a bit more energy though. Maybe the start of nesting urges? I know I have an uncanny desire to clean things. And that's not really like me at all. It's right around five and a half months now, so that might be around the time? Or is it later, I don't know!
I have my 4-week check up on Friday. And then NEXT WEEK my FIRST sonogram and I SO can't wait to see the baby. And possibly find out what we are having. That would be awesome. He/she moves now, sometimes I notice, other times I'm sure I don't. But some of the kicks are way hard enough for me and Eric to feel and see from the outside.
Getting larger is a bit perturbing. I knew it was going to happen, but I've always been body conscious and it is a little unnerving to watch myself get bigger and know it isn't over yet! I have gained about 10-11 pounds from my pre-baby weight. I've been told that's a good gain. I can expect about, I think they said, one pound or so a week from now until the end. I guess that would put me at a total gain of...let's do the math...25ish. Hopefully that is healthy and hopefully I can STICK TO IT!
My mother gained 75 pounds with me, and about 50 with my brother, and she was larger to begin with. Eric's mother gained 70 pounds with him and 20 with his sister...and his cousin gained 85 with her daughters. (But she was like a pencil beforehand!) Anyway, I just hope I don't end up with pre-eclampsia and water retention and what not. That seems common. Mom, his mom, my aunts, my cousins, my friends. It seems like everyone around me has contended with that. And they ALL had sections. And I DON'T want one. I know I might not have a choice in the end, depending, but I really really really want to do this the natural way.
At any rate, I have a few hours before work, so I'm going to log on AIM and see if anyone is on. Then I might clean the floor in here. Or go to the gas station and post office, or something...