my mom passed this little tidbit along to me, apparently an apple a day keeps asthma away, for your baby, if you eat it while you're pregnant. Also, eating fish once a week reduces incidence of eczema. Weird, eh? I have been eating lots of apples, but not fish. I love fish, but it's just not something we eat a lot of. I'll have to make a point of it though, just in case. 9 weeks left, it should help some!
I'm also a bit nervous. Although nothing really ended up happening last time, other than you know, bedrest and all that crap, baby-wise, everything turned out fine. Late, but fine. But it was just at this time that things went to hell in a handbasket. What I found really creepy, in re-reading my posts from last time, was that I thought that exactly what happened, might happen. And blogged about it, like 3 days before it did. I'm psychic! Or something. I'm having again those fun braxton hicks contractions, and they definitely do pick up, and or I definitely do cause myself to have a good one, when I do anything beyond strolling around. There are a lot of stairs and stuff at school, and it's especially noticeable if I'm sitting or resting for a long time and then get up and do something right away. They're not coming regularly though, and not more than 4 an hour for sure, so I'm still good as far as I can tell. I'll keep you posted.
Anyway, so I'm just a bit nervous of something like that happening again. I go to my doctor in just over a week, on March 4, and have an ultrasound the 10th, and hopefully they'll be able to tell me something, or set my mind at ease, or...something. I start to see my OB on the 19th, every 2 weeks until 36 weeks (which I think is 2 weeks later) and then every week. I'll be done work by the time the every week timing kicks in, so they'll be glad for that. They have someone in mind to replace me, so that puts one part of my mind at ease. I have 8095 things to do before then, and about 20 days in which to do them. I think people are figuring out that I'm leaving soon, and they keep coming to me with things to put on my to-do list. I'm doing my best!
Saturday, February 23
Monday, February 18
joys of toddlerhood
Kieran still has a cold. He sounds like an old man when he sleeps, because he's all snorkly and snoring. I've done all I can, drugged him with the weight-guideline (which for him is the same as the age dosage, but still) of decongestant-only cold medicine, since GOD FORBID we give our children cough medicine, it will apparently do them much harm. Not that it seems to work anyway, but still. He's got the cool mist vaporiser, the vaporub generously applied, he's had a nice steamy bath with the vapour bath. He's still snorkly and snoring and coughing. I've tried giving him honey, since that is not technically a drug and apparently it works better than cough syrup anyway, but he won't always take it. I mixed it with his grapey decongestant, and that seemed tasty enough, but it didn't really seem to work.
Anyway. He's napping now. I tried to get him to sleep on his side, but he's not interested. As is generally the way, he decided he needed monkey and a nap about 3 minutes after I put poor snotty monkey into the washer for a bath. I don't tell Kieran about this ahead of time, it does not help. He was way early for wanting a nap, and just seems to have some kind of sense about monkey being unavailable, which makes him want / need him right away. So I had to endure just over half an hour of begging and pleading and crying and "need monkey, please? please?" and explaining that it wasn't because he wasn't asking nicely (which is generally the case when he wants something and doesn't get it, or because it's 7am and he wants chippies {which can be potato chips or chocolate chips, neither a breakfast food}) but that monkey was snotty and gross and was having a bath and then needed to dry off. He only ended up drying for about 10 minutes, just enough so that he's not wet, but is still a bit damp. The kid needed a nap, so we compromised.
I'm going to shower. I'd like to go out this afternoon and feed the cats I'm cat-sitting, but I'll have to see how the roads are. I may leave Kieran at the sitter's, so I can just run in and feed the kitties. They're not big fans of me. They might be today, their parents have been away for almost a week now, but so far they've been mostly indifferent to my visiting. Oh, it's just you. Thanks for the treats. You can go now.
Anyway. He's napping now. I tried to get him to sleep on his side, but he's not interested. As is generally the way, he decided he needed monkey and a nap about 3 minutes after I put poor snotty monkey into the washer for a bath. I don't tell Kieran about this ahead of time, it does not help. He was way early for wanting a nap, and just seems to have some kind of sense about monkey being unavailable, which makes him want / need him right away. So I had to endure just over half an hour of begging and pleading and crying and "need monkey, please? please?" and explaining that it wasn't because he wasn't asking nicely (which is generally the case when he wants something and doesn't get it, or because it's 7am and he wants chippies {which can be potato chips or chocolate chips, neither a breakfast food}) but that monkey was snotty and gross and was having a bath and then needed to dry off. He only ended up drying for about 10 minutes, just enough so that he's not wet, but is still a bit damp. The kid needed a nap, so we compromised.
I'm going to shower. I'd like to go out this afternoon and feed the cats I'm cat-sitting, but I'll have to see how the roads are. I may leave Kieran at the sitter's, so I can just run in and feed the kitties. They're not big fans of me. They might be today, their parents have been away for almost a week now, but so far they've been mostly indifferent to my visiting. Oh, it's just you. Thanks for the treats. You can go now.
Thursday, February 14
75%
that's a pretty good score on a test, but not quite good enough for a baby, development wise. Another 4-5 weeks though, and it's anybody's guess. Last time they told me that (although it always says 37 weeks, and they do like babies to stay put as long as possible) after 34 weeks, they aren't generally going to take drastic measures to stop labour if your body decides it's ready. I'm hoping to get to my last day of work, which is April 4th. Any time after that, which will be 37+ weeks, is fine by me. We're listing the house and hopefully selling it and buying a new one, and there's always Kieran's birthday to plan for. He'll be 3, I can't believe it. I'm torn between a cowboy party and a Blues Clues party. He likes both a lot, and is not helpful in deciding.
I'm at my sister's house because we have no power at ours, since 9:30 last night. It's frigging cold there. We only have baseboard heat, sadly. Grant's gone to work, Kieran and I are here. He's napping, as is the dog, finally. I think I'll join them shortly.
I'm at my sister's house because we have no power at ours, since 9:30 last night. It's frigging cold there. We only have baseboard heat, sadly. Grant's gone to work, Kieran and I are here. He's napping, as is the dog, finally. I think I'll join them shortly.
Sunday, February 10
over 2/3 done.
That's fun, and terrifying all at the same time! We're going to list the house at the end of the month, and are just going to break down and hire someone to do all the little, inside things that need touched up before we do so. We're sort of looking for a new house too, since those things go together. Scary stuff though! We do not have a name, Grant had one that he liked but he got it off the top 10 most popular girl names from last year list, so I told him no. I have a name, but I'm not sure he's crazy about it, and it's sort of a big deal, naming person, so we really should agree if possible.
I'm back to the needing to pee frequently and getting heartburn after every meal, regardless of what it contains stage. Fun! I have gaviscon at home, rolaids in my purse, and something else I can't recall that Jenn recommended to me at work. The 1st and last are pretty gross, but work better than tums and rolaids. The rolaids come in a handy stick-in-your-purse size, so that works in a pinch. On the topic of needing to pee frequently, I also have a cold, and the sneezing is NOT working so well with the trouble holding the pee in aspect of late 2nd pregnancy. I didn't really have this problem with Kieran, or after Kieran, but apparently my bladder is like, oh, ok. I give up! I'm going to have to start doing some serious Kegels, or after this baby comes I may need depends. Gross.
Anyway. That's about all my news. Things are going well, I have an appointment next Monday. It's actually about 6 weeks after my last one, not 4, but I had to reschedule and this was the best they could do. So rather than 28 weeks, it's about 30, but meh. I get to start going every 2 weeks now, AND I get to have an ultrasound on March 10, which is the day after March break ends, haha. Not my fault! Can't reschedule those things. I thought about going for a 3D ultrasound, there's a place in Moncton now, but they want to see you before 29 weeks, so I'm just a shade late. Things start to get a bit crowded after that, so they can't guarantee the good pictures and stuff. And frankly, I'm not paying $150 for not good pictures and stuff. I'm going to see if there are any pictures in my file from my last one, because lately everyone asks me if we're having a boy or a girl, and I say probably a girl, they're like, well, so-and-so was having a girl, but had a boy! So, not helpful. I'd really like to know, and at least get some idea of how sure I can be. I'll see how that goes, and also see if they can have another peek at the next scan.
It's bedtime! Nighty night. I'll keep you posted.
I'm back to the needing to pee frequently and getting heartburn after every meal, regardless of what it contains stage. Fun! I have gaviscon at home, rolaids in my purse, and something else I can't recall that Jenn recommended to me at work. The 1st and last are pretty gross, but work better than tums and rolaids. The rolaids come in a handy stick-in-your-purse size, so that works in a pinch. On the topic of needing to pee frequently, I also have a cold, and the sneezing is NOT working so well with the trouble holding the pee in aspect of late 2nd pregnancy. I didn't really have this problem with Kieran, or after Kieran, but apparently my bladder is like, oh, ok. I give up! I'm going to have to start doing some serious Kegels, or after this baby comes I may need depends. Gross.
Anyway. That's about all my news. Things are going well, I have an appointment next Monday. It's actually about 6 weeks after my last one, not 4, but I had to reschedule and this was the best they could do. So rather than 28 weeks, it's about 30, but meh. I get to start going every 2 weeks now, AND I get to have an ultrasound on March 10, which is the day after March break ends, haha. Not my fault! Can't reschedule those things. I thought about going for a 3D ultrasound, there's a place in Moncton now, but they want to see you before 29 weeks, so I'm just a shade late. Things start to get a bit crowded after that, so they can't guarantee the good pictures and stuff. And frankly, I'm not paying $150 for not good pictures and stuff. I'm going to see if there are any pictures in my file from my last one, because lately everyone asks me if we're having a boy or a girl, and I say probably a girl, they're like, well, so-and-so was having a girl, but had a boy! So, not helpful. I'd really like to know, and at least get some idea of how sure I can be. I'll see how that goes, and also see if they can have another peek at the next scan.
It's bedtime! Nighty night. I'll keep you posted.