41 Weeks
41 weeks pregnant today! I weigh about 177 lbs (for a total gain of 20 or 25 lbs depending on how you count), my blood pressure is 118/84. The Blueberry's heart sounds good and he moves a lot, so no real worries there.
The hardest part of being home is staying properly hydrated. When I was at work, I was at my desk all day and I just drank drank drank water. Now I tend to wander around my apartment... leaving half filled water glasses everywhere for later spillage.
I'm tired a lot still. But being home is MUCH better than being at work. If I need to lay down and nap, I can and I do. If I need to do things slowly, I can.
I am hungry a lot, and craving a lot of complex carbs. I'm crazy for rice & beans right now. I am going to make an effort to eat more veggies and fruit this week though as I kind of miss them.
Right now, it feels like I can accomplish one big thing a day. A couple of days ago, I met a good friend who was in visiting from Australia, for coffee. I walked home from that - across about 4 avenues, down 8 or so blocks, and up 6 flights of stairs (Morningside Park) though the park. I was WIPED OUT after that for the rest of the day, and a good portion of the next day as well. Whoops!
For the first time I'm starting to feel regularly physically uncomfortable. It's not terrible or anything, but we (midnightstation and I) will take a short walk and when I get home my back is hurting and my feet are sore, and we've maybe walked 15 blocks or so. For non-New Yorkers - 15 blocks is about 3/4 of a mile. New Yorkers walk an average of 2 miles per day just getting to and from subway stops and the like. So, this isn't a lot of walking for me!
I've also been feeling very emotional. Kind of clingy and hermit-like. I don't want to answer the phone and the like. I feel really ... porous emotionally speaking. I also am feeling a little nervous. My big thing right now is "what if midnightstation doesn't answer his phone?" He assures me he will and DOES answer his phone when I call.... but I get nervous anyway! Heh.
My poor mother is being inundated with phone calls from friends and neighbors asking, "Has she had the baby yet?!" Like she wouldn't get out a bullhorn and yell it in the streets if I had had the baby yet! And midnightstation's coworkers are stopping by all day every day to ask, "When is she being induced?"
I am not being induced. If I go to next Friday without going into labor, I will go in for a sonogram to check fetal tone, fluid levels, movement, and placenta health. And a session of fetal monitoring to make sure his heart rate is doing well over a period of about 40 minutes.
I'm being encouraged by my midwife to walk, and have sex to help get things going. So we're going on a walk later on today ;) The rest will be private, thank you. She also has suggested that maybe Monday I would like to do some acupuncture. I am thinking maybe a pedicure and some pineapple. (No spicy foods for me - that whole "no nightshades" thing!) I'm not anxious to get the baby out.... but I think I am pretty ready. The waiting is starting to make me nervous! Not about his health or anything, just nervous about not having midnightstation at my side all the time. It's very weird, but understandable.
N.
The hardest part of being home is staying properly hydrated. When I was at work, I was at my desk all day and I just drank drank drank water. Now I tend to wander around my apartment... leaving half filled water glasses everywhere for later spillage.
I'm tired a lot still. But being home is MUCH better than being at work. If I need to lay down and nap, I can and I do. If I need to do things slowly, I can.
I am hungry a lot, and craving a lot of complex carbs. I'm crazy for rice & beans right now. I am going to make an effort to eat more veggies and fruit this week though as I kind of miss them.
Right now, it feels like I can accomplish one big thing a day. A couple of days ago, I met a good friend who was in visiting from Australia, for coffee. I walked home from that - across about 4 avenues, down 8 or so blocks, and up 6 flights of stairs (Morningside Park) though the park. I was WIPED OUT after that for the rest of the day, and a good portion of the next day as well. Whoops!
For the first time I'm starting to feel regularly physically uncomfortable. It's not terrible or anything, but we (midnightstation and I) will take a short walk and when I get home my back is hurting and my feet are sore, and we've maybe walked 15 blocks or so. For non-New Yorkers - 15 blocks is about 3/4 of a mile. New Yorkers walk an average of 2 miles per day just getting to and from subway stops and the like. So, this isn't a lot of walking for me!
I've also been feeling very emotional. Kind of clingy and hermit-like. I don't want to answer the phone and the like. I feel really ... porous emotionally speaking. I also am feeling a little nervous. My big thing right now is "what if midnightstation doesn't answer his phone?" He assures me he will and DOES answer his phone when I call.... but I get nervous anyway! Heh.
My poor mother is being inundated with phone calls from friends and neighbors asking, "Has she had the baby yet?!" Like she wouldn't get out a bullhorn and yell it in the streets if I had had the baby yet! And midnightstation's coworkers are stopping by all day every day to ask, "When is she being induced?"
I am not being induced. If I go to next Friday without going into labor, I will go in for a sonogram to check fetal tone, fluid levels, movement, and placenta health. And a session of fetal monitoring to make sure his heart rate is doing well over a period of about 40 minutes.
I'm being encouraged by my midwife to walk, and have sex to help get things going. So we're going on a walk later on today ;) The rest will be private, thank you. She also has suggested that maybe Monday I would like to do some acupuncture. I am thinking maybe a pedicure and some pineapple. (No spicy foods for me - that whole "no nightshades" thing!) I'm not anxious to get the baby out.... but I think I am pretty ready. The waiting is starting to make me nervous! Not about his health or anything, just nervous about not having midnightstation at my side all the time. It's very weird, but understandable.
N.