Pregnancy Stuff
We're halfway through week 34, or 33 1/2 weeks pregnant at this point. I'm nowhere near as on top of pregnancy reading as I used to be. Reading about the pregnancy week I'm in became less interesting several months ago. At this point, all that's left to read about is how much your baby weighs, how much you may have gained and that your baby blinks now and you may be more uncomfortable and not sleeping very well. I got side-tracked reading about labor and delivery. I haven't done too much reading about raising kids yet - so far I'm banking on my experience with babysitting and all that I've learned from watching my sister raise her kids, and occasionally helping out. I figure there's a lot of that sort of reading in my future anyway. It just hasn't struck me as "time" yet.
I am uncomfortable. I am big and that makes things like bending down or getting off a couch or bed harder to do. Each action requires a second thought. I also feel tired a lot and a kind of nauseous/heart-burny/throw-uppy feeling. I can't say I like it. Also, it seems that I am no longer capable of sleeping more than two hours at a time, if that. But bad days continue to alternate with good days, so for the most part I manage okay. One thing I really LIKE about being pregnant is feeling Blueberry bop around inside me. There's something sweet about it, and it's reassuring to know he's doing okay. I haven't had any painful kicks from him yet, and his movements don't wake me up at night. (My bladder and our cat and my body discomforts wake me up instead.) In spite of my complaints, I also like having a big belly. It's fun to see and be seen with it. There is something that everybody seems to find fun and exciting about being pregnant - myself included. Anticipating a baby is perhaps more exciting to other people than you actually having a baby. I assume for Dirk and I that having the baby will actually be more fun. I will gladly give up my belly when the time comes. But it's totally strange that this can happen to you - just like it happens to all these other women and all the books say it will happen. It's still bizarre when it's your own body.
Today I washed the baby bedding and cleaned up the bassinet we bought. All we need now is a crib mattress and our cloth diapers. The mattress is due anytime, and I just ordered the diapers today. The nursery could use a little more decoration, but I haven't found exactly what I'm looking for yet, and what Dirk will approve of. We also need some kind of net or tent for the crib and bassinet that will keep Olivia from jumping in with the baby. (The crib is in a room with a door, but we'd like to try sleeping with baby in a bassinet by the bed. Keeping Olivia out of our room would be really difficult to do and cause a new set of problems.) I'm also a little bit nervous about "figuring out" the cloth diapers. By that I mostly mean cleaning them.
Oh, and I got the H1N1 vaccine an hour ago. I feel somewhat conflicted about it because I don't think I really know for sure what the right thing to do with vaccines is. Mostly though, guests on NPR convinced me that I should do it. And I really don't want to get H1N1, because it might not be a mild case for me. It might also pass some immunity onto the baby - but I'm not sure if that's pure speculation or not. It still takes 8-10 days to take effect, so I can't go sharing drinks with everybody just yet.
I am uncomfortable. I am big and that makes things like bending down or getting off a couch or bed harder to do. Each action requires a second thought. I also feel tired a lot and a kind of nauseous/heart-burny/throw-uppy feeling. I can't say I like it. Also, it seems that I am no longer capable of sleeping more than two hours at a time, if that. But bad days continue to alternate with good days, so for the most part I manage okay. One thing I really LIKE about being pregnant is feeling Blueberry bop around inside me. There's something sweet about it, and it's reassuring to know he's doing okay. I haven't had any painful kicks from him yet, and his movements don't wake me up at night. (My bladder and our cat and my body discomforts wake me up instead.) In spite of my complaints, I also like having a big belly. It's fun to see and be seen with it. There is something that everybody seems to find fun and exciting about being pregnant - myself included. Anticipating a baby is perhaps more exciting to other people than you actually having a baby. I assume for Dirk and I that having the baby will actually be more fun. I will gladly give up my belly when the time comes. But it's totally strange that this can happen to you - just like it happens to all these other women and all the books say it will happen. It's still bizarre when it's your own body.
Today I washed the baby bedding and cleaned up the bassinet we bought. All we need now is a crib mattress and our cloth diapers. The mattress is due anytime, and I just ordered the diapers today. The nursery could use a little more decoration, but I haven't found exactly what I'm looking for yet, and what Dirk will approve of. We also need some kind of net or tent for the crib and bassinet that will keep Olivia from jumping in with the baby. (The crib is in a room with a door, but we'd like to try sleeping with baby in a bassinet by the bed. Keeping Olivia out of our room would be really difficult to do and cause a new set of problems.) I'm also a little bit nervous about "figuring out" the cloth diapers. By that I mostly mean cleaning them.
Oh, and I got the H1N1 vaccine an hour ago. I feel somewhat conflicted about it because I don't think I really know for sure what the right thing to do with vaccines is. Mostly though, guests on NPR convinced me that I should do it. And I really don't want to get H1N1, because it might not be a mild case for me. It might also pass some immunity onto the baby - but I'm not sure if that's pure speculation or not. It still takes 8-10 days to take effect, so I can't go sharing drinks with everybody just yet.

