I almost just hurled in the OB waiting room. The last sip of the GD test drink made me extremely nauseated. Blech.
The baby is jumping around now after all that sugar. It's fun to feel him since he's not all that active most of the time (maybe he'll be a quiet bookworm like his mom!).
Also I chose a daycare yesterday! It's an in-home and we know the woman because her daughter went to school with my brother. I would probably get judged by the MMM moms for sending the baby there. She supplies all meals (once the kid is on all regular food) and they are neither organic, nor super healthy. But it is such a warm, loving environment with a great mix of structured and unstructured play. The kids were doing a snow dance when I got there because they want a white Christmas, and then they were all going to decorate cookies. She does elf on the shelf for them and she'd set up a clothes line so it looked like he was zip lining across the kitchen. I feel really good about this.
I just got off the phone with my mom discussing my upcoming Christmas visit. I so badly wanted to blurt out, "I'm pregnant!" But H and I are planning on telling them in person next week. It's so hard keeping such a big secret. This is going to be their first grandchild (my brother and his wife are childless by choice, and I think my parents have pretty much given up on me since we've been married for over 6 years, I'm 37, and we've never mentioned wanting kids) so I have a feeling they're going to be pretty excited.
Post by christy082 on Dec 20, 2014 11:06:37 GMT -5
So far so good. Yesterday I spent 5 hours baking for Christmas, which was exhausting. I have more to do on Monday. But last night after dinner H and I grabbed some Starbucks then drove around over an hour just looking at Christmas lights. It was so nice. Then we came home and I finished the last few Christmas gifts.
Today I've just been organizing and cleaning up the house. We are having my parents and my brother and his family over for pre-Christmas dinner and gifts tonight. This year I decided to keep it simple since I'm 7+ months pregnant, and am ordering salad and pizza. I bought a cheesecake at Trader Joe's and made some cookies. Easy =)
Post by starburst604 on Dec 20, 2014 12:47:55 GMT -5
starburst I'm excited to hear about your parents reaction to your big news!
I finished up (mostly) my shopping this morning and am about to get my hair done now. I can't believe how fast my hair (and roots) are growing from the pregnancy!
Post by nextbigthing on Dec 20, 2014 13:04:56 GMT -5
I have been a lazy pregnant lady all day. I woke up at 2 and couldn't sleep because my hips were achy and I couldn't get comfortable. I was rocking and rolling through pregnancy and then third tri snuck up on me! I really don't want one of those big body pillows, there just isn't room, but has anyone had any luck with a knee support pillow or anything to help you sleep?
I took a shower and that helped, now I'm back in bed, we just ordered a pizza for lunch, then I'm going to go run a couple of errands and get a hair cut. Then Pappasitos for dinner with our friends (fajitas, yum!). The nursery is getting painted this week, so tomorrow we will clean that out and try to get organized, maybe put the Ikea shelf together for the closet.
We went to a birthday party for my son's classmate this morning and have no oth plans than cleaning the house, laundry, and finishing up shopping for the rest of the weekend.
Although my dad and stepmom know, and my ILs know, my mom doesn't. It is killing me because she is usually the first person I would tell and I see her often. We want to do a big Christmas thing where my mom and son find out on Christmas. My ILs were told on FIL's birthday this week. They live out of state and we didn't think they were coming for Christmas and H happened to be in the area for a work trip on his birthday.
I need to collect enough energy to finish up Christmas shopping but this couch is calling my name again.
H set up the nursery cam last night, it's a DropCam pro. This thing is awesome, the night vision is crisp and clear, the zoom in/out is great and the mic feature is very good. Super easy to set up too and I can monitor from any internet-capable device.
Post by whiskeyandwine on Dec 20, 2014 17:21:28 GMT -5
We got up and had coffee, then we both went to work for a bit. Came home, went grocery shopping, and now in for then night.
I have some big time house work to do to prepare to have guests Wed - Sat and leave for a seven day trip on Sun, but I suspect I am about to GBCN, Pinterest, and nap for a bit.
We had our birthing class today and it went really well. I'm so glad we went ahead and did it this month. I was really happy to hear the policies at the hospital and feel so much better about everything.
Post by estrellita on Dec 20, 2014 20:14:48 GMT -5
I hope you pass krystee! The drink made me feel sick too. Yuck.
We had our childbirth class today too. I really enjoyed it! It was very informative and we took a mini tour to see a laboring room. They redid the whole birthing center about 2 years ago and it's really nice! The laboring rooms are big and are set up so everything is hidden in the cabinets until needed. It makes it feel less like a hospital and more like a hotel room, haha. We also learned some relaxation techniques and different things H can use to help me relax (my favorite was the mini paint roller!). We of course watched some birth videos and they weren't as bad as I remember. They didn't show quite as much as the one I watched in HS. I think H actually enjoyed it too. He said he learned quite a bit so that's good!
I went to get strips for my glucometer and apparently the meter I was given isn't covered by my insurance and they only cover strips for another type. So I had to buy a new meter because they had to send a request for the doctor to send a prescription for the meter and they won't hear back until at least Monday when I will run out of strips. This whole thing is just annoying me. I really wish they had a better process! But so far my numbers have been good. I feel like the one I'm going to take here in a few minutes might not be because I went over on my carbs for dinner. Whoops. At least I know I will have a reason for it and can watch for that in the future. I also don't know if I was supposed to have a snack between lunch and dinner or if it's fine to skip it if I don't want one. And I'm supposed to have one at night too. So many rules. At least I know I can eat most things as long as I'm careful about the carbs and stay away from sugary things! I can do this! ETA: Actually the number was just fine! Lower than my one at lunch even, haha. I hope I can continue to get away with it, but I'll try not to push it
I have to brag about a shower gift I received. My cousin crocheted us an AMAZING blanket. Sorry if it's giant; posting from app.
I just thought of this and thought you might like it. I found this little sign a few weeks ago on etsy and she makes it in any color. I think it's so cute for the superhero stuff, I'm going to to order one.
I finally picked a paint color last night! We also scheduled our hospital tour (1/3) and the childbirth class (1/17). And we are taking maternity photos on 1/25 at an airplane hangar.
Having all of these things within the next month is making this feel very real! I woke up in a panic last night because I realized I don't know how much a baby eats in a given day and when they start getting more. I was able to get back to sleep once I realized I have three months left to read books and figure it all out.
Post by Monica Geller on Dec 21, 2014 9:15:30 GMT -5
H and I started talking baby names last night in the car on our 2 hour drive home!! Previous to this, any time I brought up naming this kid, H would come up with some "Kree-8-tiv" name to get under my skin. He is Mr.Funny-Man all the time, and sometimes it's hard to get him to be serious. The fact that he has given some serious consideration to some serious name contenders warmed my heart! We like several of the same names and have a similar "style" of names. We will still have some discussions ahead, but I feel so much better about it!
H and I started talking baby names last night in the car on our 2 hour drive home!! Previous to this, any time I brought up naming this kid, H would come up with some "Kree-8-tiv" name to get under my skin. He is Mr.Funny-Man all the time, and sometimes it's hard to get him to be serious. The fact that he has given some serious consideration to some serious name contenders warmed my heart! We like several of the same names and have a similar "style" of names. We will still have some discussions ahead, but I feel so much better about it!
This is how my DH is. I thought for sure we would never pick a name. He always comes up with something completely out of left field that no one has ever heard of. Turns out when it came to actually naming our baby it was really easy! I was shocked!
So pleased that things are going easier then you expected and hope you find the perfect name soon
starburst, how exciting! I can't wait to hear how it goes when you tell them.
Oh em gee @pennypie, that is awesome. DH loves it. He is also a huge comic book nerd. When we found out we weren't having twins (after DET) I think he was most relieved that we didn't have to switch out the 'comic room' with his almost 30 long comic boxes, lol.
Nothing much going on for us this weekend, just cooking and cleaning. Our place was a mess, we put most of the junk away yesterday, today is the actual cleaning. Hopefully I'll get started on cleaning out my closet, too. My version of cleaning is usually shoving things away wherever there's room. I need to work on a place for everything, and everything in its place.