I haven't sat down to write in awhile, mainly because I didn't have much to say other than complaints, and partly because i've had no energy.
My baby shower was Saturday, 10/26, and it was awesome and we were so spoiled. Thank you to everyone who came and "showered" us. It was also just really nice to see people I haven't seen in awhile and I wish I could have sat and talked with everyone. I felt like a bride at her wedding - like I didn't have enough time to eat and talk and thank people. I posted some on facebook, but here are some photos. Thanks to your fabulous shower photographer, Liz Frediani!
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| My siblings |
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| some food |
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| a basket of advice :) |
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| cookie my aunt gail made |
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| diaper cake |
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| opening gifts |
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| my Grandma Marge (baby's great grandma!) and Aunt Barb |
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| me and Eric's Grandma Phyllis (great grandma) |
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| gift table |
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| me and katie dinan!! |
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| me and my mom |
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| me and my parents |
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| me and eric's mom |
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| the napkins |
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| overview |
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| opening gifts |
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| pregnancy train LOL. Me, Sophia, and Markie |
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| cupcake table |
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| me and grandma bea (the 3rd great-grandma there!) |
Ok well now that I bored people with those...
Back pain:
The chiropractor has been amazing. I actually switched to a new one, she specializes in pregnancy and babies. What a difference!!! I went 2x a week a few times and it was awesome... but that gets expensive at $20 a visit. So I'm trying to just do once a week and it's not fun, my back is killing me again as I despretely wait for Tuesday to come again. I don't know what it is she does that works, but it does. I'm not totally pain free but I'm not in horrendous pain like I kind of feel now. Omg I would also love a real massage. I've never actually had one lol but I imagine it would be amaaaaazing right now.
Doctor Appt/Symptoms:
I'm going to the doctor every 2 weeks now. At my last appt everything was fine, as usual. We asked about baby's position and he said it was kind of hard to tell still but that at my next appt (which is this coming thursday) they'd probably be able to tell. I just want to know if he's breech or not!! Doctor said he's *probably* head down based on how I described his movements, but I'll believe it when I see it.He moves a lot up under my right ribs and also I feel him a little down by my left hip. He moves around all the time too, like just moving not kicks anymore. Makes my belly look like jelly and the other day I was bending over a little and he kicked my boobs! lol I wish someone had seen it. Also I get a LOT of pelvic pressure, at least I think that's what it is. I just feel weird pressures. Sometimes I get lots of pressure on my bladder and I know if it wasn't for my exceptional bladder control muscles (due to the fact that I have overactive bladder/bladder spasms in my non-pregnant life, causing me to develop very strong control) I would totally be peeing my pants. I get pressure in my butt too. Pressure everywhere. Oh and I think braxton hicks contractions but I still don't even understand what they're supposed to feel like - just a lot of hardness and pressure in my belly?
Another symptom I've been having is crazy fluid in my head. I had the NP at work look in my ears with an otoscope and she said yep - fluid behind the ear drum. Good ol' otis medis with effusion aka fluid in your middle ear aka there's nothing you can do till it goes away. I hear a hum in my ears all the time and my hearing is a little muffled. And I sneeze a lot. And I blow my nose a lot. And if I wasn't addicted to Afrin I know I would be crazy stuffy all the time too.
My blood pressure has been even better while pregnant than normally. 108/62 at this appt. I've also had NO swelling of my hands or ankles. I feel pretty lucky about that, because I know many women who have all kinds of pre-eclampsia worries and I haven't at all.
At my next appt I'll also get tested for Group B strep. For those that don't know - it's a normal bacteria in your digestive tract, up to 1/3 of pregnant women test positive for it. However, when baby comes out they can take that bacteria into their respiratory tract and can get a serious lung infection (1/200 chance). So that's the new thing they test for lol. If you're positive they make you take IV penicillin while in labor. Not a huge deal, but, if you're a believer like me that babies get all the "good" bacteria too when they come out - then they're not going to get any since obviously the penicillin will kill them too. Also it'd be annoying to be hooked up to a drip while in labor. Eric's mom has been feeding me fermented foods - organic european style yogurt, organic saurkraut, probiotic pills, kambucha, etc in order to pump me full of good bacteria for the baby. Of course, when I googled "how to test negative for group b strep" those are also the foods that just so happen to help you test negative. I suspect because they replace the group b strep in the gut. I've also been taking vitamin c and garlic and some other crap. I'll probably test positive anyway lol.
Baby Prep:
We went and toured the pediatricians and really liked it. I have to call and tell them that we're actually going to go with them and tell them which doctor we want. So... that'll be done.
Eric and his mom painted the nursery and are doing the 2nd coat tomorrow. Then sometime this week hopefully Eric and my mom will do the wallpaper border. My mom bought us the crib, should be here Wednesday. Got the crib mattress tonight - I spent 3 days researching for one because I don't want a gross toxic chemical one since there is some research that suggests SIDS can be contributed to off-gasing of some nasty chemical in many conventional mattresses (alimony, arsenic, vinyl, etc). I really think within the next 5-10 years there will be a big shift in how crib mattresses are manufactured as more research and attention is put on the issue (kinda like what happened with BPA in all the bottles).
Also got a bunch of other stuff tonight - a lamp that matches our bedding set. It was originally $60 (which is ridiculous for a stupid nursery lamp) and it was randomly 50% off at BBB today plus I was able to still use a 20% coupon so we paid $23! I still need a mobile, the one that matches our set is $60 too (and not in stock at the store, i think they're trying to phase out the bedding line we got) which again I think is insane so I need to find a cheaper one that matches at least a little bit. Anyway, I got some boring things like an (organic cotton, lol of course) mattress cover and some multiuse waterproof pads my mom said you put in the crib under the sheets, and some diaper genie bags. I also had a ton of drama at Target regarding returns but I will not pollute my blog with their drama right now.
So yes, lots of prep work for the baby is in motion and it's overwhelming and everything is still a mess. 5 weeks until my due date!!
Gah I just realized that my doctors appt on Thursday is the same day and time as a breastfeeding group class I've had scheduled for like, 2 months. So annoying. I have so many dang appts lately and I'm so forgetful, that I've been double booking all over the place. What are the odds that the doctors will be able to change my appt? blaaaaah
No work tomorrow - love working for a school and getting every little holiday off!!
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