Pregnancy Post Dos

With six weeks and two days left until our whole world changes, here are some of the changes my life is already seeing...

-I. Hurt. All. Over.

-"Good sleep" is a thing of the past.  Refer to the hurting all over.  Great training for when baby comes along.

-This baby feels like a giant.  Cole never felt this big!  Uh oh!  Cole was 8lb 7oz and I delivered him with an epidural.

-This baby will be delivered without medications.  (I am scared.)

-Baby moves all the time.  This can be downright painful, considering how huge he/she feels!

-I have lost all energy for living.  Sorry about the laundry, D!

-The recliner needs me and I need the recliner.

-I have prepared 7 casseroles that now wait in the freezer.  I hope this is helpful after baby comes.   I hope they taste good.  I hope I didn't waste HOURS over the weekend cooking my tail off!

-We have begun 'training' with our doula.  I am also beginning my 'pain training' with an ice water exercise.  Research says that IF I do this exercise 4 times before I go into labor, I will be able to better tolerate and cope with pain!

-Heartburn.  I could do so much better with controlling this - but chocolate is so good.  

-At my last visit I learned that baby was head down and ready for take-off.  This may be proven wrong but I am betting that this baby doesn't wait until April to make an appearance.

-I am emotional.  Even more than usual.

-All of this being said, I am so excited to meet this baby.  I am trying to remember these moments, as this will likely be my last pregnancy.  I know that I will downplay these "cons" when I am not pregnant.  Obviously pregnancy is amazing and such a miracle.   I am so lucky to have this experience twice, to be healthy, and to be nurturing a healthy baby.  I feel connected to baby through the kicks and movement - in some way I think those are telling of personality - and this little one is spunky!

Self portraits @ 33 weeks, 5 days

Derek is amazing.

He is....

...taking good care of me.

...massaging my back in the middle of the night when I am huffing and puffing in discomfort/pain.

...offering repeatedly to do whatever he can to help me.

...doing laundry and housework that I can't bring myself to do.

...teasing me only a little about the lunacy of my casserole making.

...looking forward to Cole 'needing' him more when I am consumed by nursing/caring for baby.

...remarking on how much he looks forward to having an infant again.

...working Saturdays so he has time to take off when we transition to a family of four.

...painting, fixing, organizing, and readying our home for it's coming change in inhabitants.

...overall, being a great partner for me as I deal with above noted changes.