My head wants to get up and clean the house for this weekend, yet my body won't allow me to move for more than a few seconds at a time.
Yesterday Dave took a day off to help me around the house. We finished up the nursery (YAY!) and painted our bedroom. We had been wanting to give our bedroom a little attention for a while, but somehow, it would always get pushed to the back burner. Now, it's finally more like we have wanted it. I really do not want to paint anything else for a very very very long time.
Oh, but the nursery. I really feel like a momma bird when I go in there. It's the only room in our house that can literally change my mood. I am planning on doing a separate post about the nursery, so I'll hold off saying too much about it.
I had wanted to have the nursery finished by August, and I have been driven a little crazy that October had come around before we realized it and the nursery still needed this or that. But now I smile when I walk in there and I am reminded how awesome Dave really is.
36 weeks brought me a present. One day I had swollen feet, ankles, and hands; and since that day the swelling lets up a little but hasn't gone away. Ugh. Dr. B says that the swelling will linger until about ten days after G-day. Oh boy! Thankfully the swelling is not related to my blood pressure, instead just plain ol' fluid retention. My hands feel tight and my feet feel sore and hot. Just one more reason that I hope that G-day comes sooner than later. However, I should point out that I am incredibly grateful that I am just getting this now and not any sooner.
At my appointment yesterday I asked Dr. B if I'd need to take my rings off. I was crossing my fat little fingers that he'd say "no." But he didn't. He told me that we'd need to get them off so we wouldn't have to cut them off later. Let's just say that I had been planning on taking them off for a little while now, wanting to leave them on as long as possible, but then I woke up with swollen hands that, as I explained above, has not gone away. Yesterday I tried all day long to get them off, without any luck and just more swelling as a result. Then later in the evening, with the help of Dave and a glob of conditioner, it came off. Even though it never seemed like it was coming, and I thought for a moment that my finger from the knuckle up was going to fly off, they came off. Whew!
I could write on, but my eyes keep trying to close and we have a breastfeeding class later on tonight. Hopefully I can stay awake for it.
Are you doing your BF class at Parkridge East with Shari Hicks? If so, I love her, she is amazing. Sometimes I feel like I could write a book on breastfeeding so if you have any unanswered questions feel free to pick my brain. good luck with the last few weeks, just bare in mind the longer bean sprout cooks the more developed his little lungs will be.
ReplyDeleteJonathan put their dog in the crib, just like this pic, before Jackson was born!!! I thought he was the only one! I think of you all the time! I hope you are feeling well and that Griffin comes soon, for your sake. I'm praying he is healthy and happy!
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