- Himself: very active! :)
- Woke up vomiting last night around midnight - lovely!
- No more contractions or anything of the sort.
- Sleeping poorly, exhausted.
- Still heavy pressure on cervix, some discharge.
So far, so good. I really don't want to have this Bug earlier than 37 weeks for his sake and earlier than 38 weeks for my own. For anyone that reads this blog regularly, you've heard my reasoning behind this: there is a huge project as work deploying in late October and I really, really, really don't want to come back from maternity leave to the frantic end of that project. If I can, at least, make it to Monday 8/9, I'll be assured that the 11 weeks I'll be taking (combo of FML, vacation and unpaid) will have me coming back on the day it deploys. But I'd love to be able to pad a couple of more weeks on to that and come back more like mid-November, once things have settled down. So, stay put, little boy!
I forgot to mention on Tuesday's update that I had lost 4lbs since the previous weigh-in at the OB the week before. Bizarre!! I'm certainly more huge, so I think the big difference is fluid retention and dehydration. It explains my tight-belly pain over the weekend and my feet and hands were extremely deflated from previous days, so I really think it was 5-6 lbs of fluid loss which explains the 4lb loss despite Bug and belly growing. So, as it stands now, I'm up 25lbs since pre-pregnancy, but I fully expect that to zig back up by quite a bit at next week's appointment.
Not much else going on - work is busy, on Bug watch. I drive into Boston tonight to meet DH for our hospital tour. I've seen the workings of the OB dept there quite a few times, for reasons good and bad, but we figured we should do this final rite of passage. I am so, so tired from my little barf episode plus just lots of hip pain, flipping, peeing that I'm hoping I can squeeze in nice nap on my lunch hour. It'll be inspirational, I think, to see all the cute, little babies in the nursery at the end of the tour -- motivation to keep chugging along! ;)
Oh! And I think we've narrowed down the name list to two!!! This is real progress! I'm comfortable going in with two names and waiting until we see his little face to decide on the final one. :)
Yay for having the names narrowed down to 2! That's always exciting. Sorry to hear about the midnight hurl session though...those definitely suck. Hope that nap works out for you today! :)
ReplyDeleteSorry about the barf session! Not to raise concerns because I'm sure you already know but it can be a sign of labor to get sick =( I'm hoping Bug listens to his mama and stays put at least two more weeks! Don't sweat the weight gain, I gained 30 and lost 20 within two weeks of delivery. Now I have about 6 lbs left. My point is, it'll all go away eventually =) Hope you have a great time on the hospital tour tonight!
ReplyDeleteYay for narrowing it down to 2!! We were actually surprised no one at the hospital wrote down his name anywhere. His insurance card says Baby Boy and the state doesn't want us to fill out the birth certificate forms for 3 weeks, so we didn't even need a name picked out at all!! When you see Bug you'll be able to pick the best name for him. :) Enjoy the tour, if nothing else the nursery part is the best part anyway!! I hope the barfing ends, that's not cool. It will surprise you how mucg of the weight gain just disappears.
ReplyDeleteyay for picking out a name! =) Enjoy the hospital tour! I know that i zoned out for most of mine... i think there is nothing more torturous then making a bunch of pregnant women walk around the hospital for an hour!
ReplyDeleteSending lots of "stay put" vibes your way!
I want to see belly pictures!
ReplyDeleteHi Lara! I am a little behind -- I hope you are feeling better today! I hope that Bug stays put for a while. I am glad to hear that you are not having any more contractions -- but am sorry about the not sleeping well. Hope that the tour went well. I can not wait to hear on the name you choose!!
ReplyDeleteHey girlie, just swinging by the blogosphere to check on you! Sounds like you've had a lot of excitement in the past weeks. Funnily enough, around 34-35 weeks were when I had my 2 hospital visits as well :) Here's to hoping that Bug stays right where he belongs until you both are ready.
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