Three weeks, two days. Then I wake up early (as if I’ll have gotten any sleep the night before) to go to the hospital to deliver Sun. I will finally get to see her face, her arms and legs, her fingers and toes. I’ll get to hear her voice–her first cry. Peanut will have to [...]
My visit to the OB went very well today. Sun’s heart rate measured well on the non-stress test and the OB settled some concerns we have regarding Sun’s hyper-extended neck. We are still on track for the June 29 delivery. And I dropped my busted car off at the shop to get it fixed and [...]
As I move forward with my pregnancy, and the monitoring of Sun gets more in depth, my battle with anxiety has been ongoing. I know I suffer with anxiety and have to rally to rise above it. And ultimately I always do, but sometimes it gets the better of me first. One thing that has [...]
So here’s how things progressed (or should I say regressed?) yesterday afternoon: Number 1. Some yahoo in a SUV failed to look in his rear view mirror before putting his tank in reverse to get a spot in the parking lot at the hospital. So he backed into my car. CS waylaying on the horn [...]
Yesterday’s mini-shopping spree was spot-on. I got those few lingering items that I will need to take to the hospital with me, including a really cool sock monkey robe–no, it isn’t MADE of sock monkeys, it’s just got a design of sock monkeys all over it. (Is it just that it is still early in [...]
That cramp in my abdomen (I guess I can call it a contraction–that just seems so weird!) returned this morning. So yet another day not at the office! Oy. I am drinking water like a fish and trying not to worry. That is hard for me to do–the no worrying thing. So to get my [...]
I wasn’t feeling well today, and all I ate was a bagel. Then this afternoon, I felt this sharp, shooting cramp in my abdomen. No biggie, I think, it’ll pass. Fifteen minutes pass, then thirty, and I am still cramping. After an hour of no relief, I call the doctor and CS and we are [...]
The OB tells me today that Sun is being scheduled for a C-section delivery on June 29th. She may come sooner, but if not (and she stays breech), we will be doing a C-section in one month (two weeks before her due date). Well, well. On the one hand, I am relieved. All this monitoring [...]
Today, after our usual Sunday morning breakfast with Southern Mom and her family, we managed to get the SM clan over to our house so SM could show me how to assemble the layers of sheets and pads on the crib. They really ought to have a class for new parents on all the baby [...]
CS and I went to Greek Fest last night with, it seemed, the rest of New Orleans. Pete was there, and Southern Mom and her family, and many friends. We had a really good time–the weather was divine. In New Orleans, the weather can make or break an evening: last night, it made it! OPA! [...]