Well last night while I was in bed, I started to think about what I needed to pack for the hospital. I remembered seeing links to checklists online, so I looked a couple up. The lists looked a lot like this to me:
An item you don't have
Another item you don't have
Something you hadn't even thought about
Something you heard was nice but didn't think you'd actually need
Etc
Etc
Toothbrush
At the bottom of one checklist was a link to another article called, "What To Expect When You Arrive at the Hospital." That list was overwhelming as well. It seemed complicated and as if I would need to pull out a briefcase and a lawyer for paperwork all while in labor for the first time! Are they going to make me take out a mortgage on this baby???
So then I started to worry about the things that had actually been on my mind but that I had been trying not to think about. For instance, I'm the only driver in this household. If I go into labor, how will I get to the hospital? Ambulance? Is that covered? I'm sure I won't speed through labor, but my sister did... What if I do and she pops out before Teresa can get there to hold my hand? What if there is no one there to record any of it? Go ahead and laugh at me. I'll probably be in labor for 2 days or something and wishing she had just popped out, but Mackenzie DID just pop out! I was there! So it happens and it happens in my family!
After worrying about that awhile, I started to think about my messy room. I needed to clean my room in order to clean the nursery out. I started thinking, I can't bring this fresh little baby home to this mess. What kind of grown up am I? I can't even keep my room clean!!! How can I be a role model? What if she's a neat kid and thinks I am a horrible slob?
So I got up and cleaned my room.
That helped and after some Text Twist on Yahoo Games, I finally went to sleep. It was about 3 am by then. Tonight I plan to attack the nursery after work. I really want to be able to show people the room she'll be in at the shower on Saturday. It won't look quite like a nursery yet, but hopefully it won't look like a closet anymore, either!
Monday, January 17, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Bigger and Bigger
Wow! Just when I'll get used to my belly, I'll wake up to find it's even bigger than it was when I went to sleep! I'm afraid that even maternity clothes won't cover my belly by the end!
I took the girls to the museum yesterday and finally had to admit to myself that I cannot do everything I could once do. As soon as we got there I could feel it in my back. I had to sit down at every exhibit. I was so exhausted when I got home! I took a bath to relax and went to bed early.
I told the girls that the next time I took them to the museum, Ellie would be with us and it would be warm.
Eleanor kicks constantly now, unless I'm trying to show someone else or have someone else feel her kick. My mom was here for the holidays and never saw or felt her move once! I can tell she hears and responds to me (Ellie, not my mom) because when she's moving, if I say anything at all to anyone, she immediately stops. I've been poking her a lot lately, cause I can actually feel her body now. I can tell which side her back is on and feel her tiny butt above my belly button. She's running out of space in there, so when she moves I can often feel a knee or foot poking through. Yesterday I discovered that she can feel even a slight tickle! I ran my fingers down my belly and it almost felt like she did it back! I don't know what she was actually doing to cause the sensation, but it was like her whole body responded to it.
I've been getting Braxton Hicks contractions all the time. I asked my midwife about it and she told me what to look for before I worry. I hadn't been drinking enough water and combined with how much I do everyday, it can cause lots of BH contractions. So now I'm trying to remember to drink lots of water and sit down when I need to.
I had been procrastinating on the nursery but finally got in there a little last weekend. I'm hoping to have it cleaned out before the baby shower. I will want to show it off and I'll want to be able to put anything for Ellie in her room! Scott has voiced his lack of faith in this area many times. He thinks the baby will not have her own room because I will never finish. I told him he's wrong and so now I have to prove it.
Well I guess that's all for now. With the amount of time I leave between these blogs, there probably won't be more than one or two before I'm posting actual pictures of an actual baby!
I took the girls to the museum yesterday and finally had to admit to myself that I cannot do everything I could once do. As soon as we got there I could feel it in my back. I had to sit down at every exhibit. I was so exhausted when I got home! I took a bath to relax and went to bed early.
I told the girls that the next time I took them to the museum, Ellie would be with us and it would be warm.
Eleanor kicks constantly now, unless I'm trying to show someone else or have someone else feel her kick. My mom was here for the holidays and never saw or felt her move once! I can tell she hears and responds to me (Ellie, not my mom) because when she's moving, if I say anything at all to anyone, she immediately stops. I've been poking her a lot lately, cause I can actually feel her body now. I can tell which side her back is on and feel her tiny butt above my belly button. She's running out of space in there, so when she moves I can often feel a knee or foot poking through. Yesterday I discovered that she can feel even a slight tickle! I ran my fingers down my belly and it almost felt like she did it back! I don't know what she was actually doing to cause the sensation, but it was like her whole body responded to it.
I've been getting Braxton Hicks contractions all the time. I asked my midwife about it and she told me what to look for before I worry. I hadn't been drinking enough water and combined with how much I do everyday, it can cause lots of BH contractions. So now I'm trying to remember to drink lots of water and sit down when I need to.
I had been procrastinating on the nursery but finally got in there a little last weekend. I'm hoping to have it cleaned out before the baby shower. I will want to show it off and I'll want to be able to put anything for Ellie in her room! Scott has voiced his lack of faith in this area many times. He thinks the baby will not have her own room because I will never finish. I told him he's wrong and so now I have to prove it.
Well I guess that's all for now. With the amount of time I leave between these blogs, there probably won't be more than one or two before I'm posting actual pictures of an actual baby!
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