Where have I been for the past week? Here's what happened last Monday....
contractions started on Monday morning, but they were very sporadic. I had my regular 40 week appointment that day, so I didn't call the office. When I went to the appointment, the doctor told me things had started, but I hadn't dropped yet so I most likely had a few more days.
At home, the contractions continued, but still very light and I tried to time them, but they weren't coming in any kind of interval. After dinner we were watching TV, and the contractions started coming a little faster -they were about every 30 minutes at that point. I knew I had some more time so I tried to sleep, but of course I couldn't.
Finally around midnight we talked about calling the doctor, but they were still about 10-15 minutes apart, so we decided to wait another hour. At 1, the contractions were coming faster - we called, but the midwife told me I was just coming out of early labor and to stay home for a few more hours. I KNEW she was wrong, but I didn't have it in me to argue with her. The contractions hurt way too much for me to be just coming out of early labor. We tried to stay home a little longer, but 45 minutes later I knew we had to go to the hospital, no matter what the midwife said.
We left for the hospital around 3, and my god, the car ride was a nightmare. I swear it sped up my contractions. When we left the house they were every 5-8 minutes apart, but in the car they were coming every 2-3, and they really REALLY hurt.
By the time we were triaged, I was actually yelling in pain when they come. By the time the midwife FINALLY came to check me, she told me I was 10 cm dilated and I could start pushing at any time. She did give me the option of an epidural, and she told me it would probably delay labor, and I could be done pushing in as little as 15 minutes. She really didn't want me to get it, but, at that point (after hearing someone in the next room over who didn't get into the labor room fast enough have her baby in triage) I needed the epidural. I didn't plan on natural birth and I had no idea how to work through that pain. So they gave in and I got the epidural. As soon as I got it, and it had kicked in (about 10 minutes after I got it) things went into high gear. At 6:13am, two hours after we got to the hospital, Baby Girl came into the world!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
fully cooked
I have my 40 week appointment tomorrow. If I don't have to go to my 41 appointment I will be unbelievably happy.
I don't have much of interest to say. All I can think about right now is this pregnancy ending. I'm not convinced it ever will. I just really really do not want a 4th of July baby. Any other day is fine - but not the 4th. I'm begging you baby - please do not come on the 4th. Not only because that is 11 days after my due date.
I am so over the rain. I am also so over the US open. I am beyond over the US open being delayed because of the rain. Heaven forbid Andrew go 30 seconds without watching it or checking the status on his phone. I just don't care anymore - and it's never going to end if it doesn't stop raining. I'm pretty sure Yaweh is punishing me for something, I just don't know what that is yet. And honestly, have you heard of Ricky Barnes before this weekend?
I don't have much of interest to say. All I can think about right now is this pregnancy ending. I'm not convinced it ever will. I just really really do not want a 4th of July baby. Any other day is fine - but not the 4th. I'm begging you baby - please do not come on the 4th. Not only because that is 11 days after my due date.
I am so over the rain. I am also so over the US open. I am beyond over the US open being delayed because of the rain. Heaven forbid Andrew go 30 seconds without watching it or checking the status on his phone. I just don't care anymore - and it's never going to end if it doesn't stop raining. I'm pretty sure Yaweh is punishing me for something, I just don't know what that is yet. And honestly, have you heard of Ricky Barnes before this weekend?
Friday, June 19, 2009
FFF
Only one confession for me this week.
My grandparents 60th anniversary party is tomorrow. 60th! Can you imagine being married for 60 years! Everyone will be there - their kids, grandkids, great grandkids.....
and I would rather stick a spork in my eye than drive 40 minutes away to go to their party. They live 1/4 mile away from me, and I have to drive halfway across the state (okay, maybe an exaggeration there) to go to their party, when I am 57 months pregnant.
I am the worst. granddaughter. ever.
My grandparents 60th anniversary party is tomorrow. 60th! Can you imagine being married for 60 years! Everyone will be there - their kids, grandkids, great grandkids.....
and I would rather stick a spork in my eye than drive 40 minutes away to go to their party. They live 1/4 mile away from me, and I have to drive halfway across the state (okay, maybe an exaggeration there) to go to their party, when I am 57 months pregnant.
I am the worst. granddaughter. ever.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
A year in review
We've come around to June 18th again. Three years ago today was sunny and warm (and VERY windy!). Today is cloudy, cool, and pretty chilly. I'd say we lucked out with our wedding day!
Here is June 18, 2008 - June 18, 2009 in review:
work, cape, school, work, cape, school.
Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat seems to be taking up a lot of space in the fridge
Can we afford a trip out to SoCal? yes, yes, yes, shit - tuition has to be paid upfront now, nope.
Going to DC on Marriott points instead. My god, why don't they have Yuengling in New England?
work, school, work, school
Go BC! (wait, where's Matty Ryan?)
childhood fantasies can come true - NKOTB4 EVA (twice!)
Hmm.... that appears to be a positive test. Better take 3 more just to be sure.
work, school, work, school
Happy Thanksgiving! Instead of enjoying an adult beverage with the fam, I'll just go throw up all night instead
work, school, puke, work, school, puke.
It's probably a girl!
no skiing this year. Lots of snow storms.
more snow
Babies apparently need nicer furniture than their parents
Can we somehow afford to go sit on a beach? No? Okay, how about driving to Niagara Falls?
A thousand bathtubs a minute
less walking, more wobbling
work, school, work, school.
stress and school
pomp and circumstance! We both have master's degrees
work, school
WHEN IS THIS BABY GOING TO BE BORN???
And that, my friends, is a year in the life of me. I'm sure next year there will be more puke, but less of it coming from me.
Here is June 18, 2008 - June 18, 2009 in review:
work, cape, school, work, cape, school.
Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat seems to be taking up a lot of space in the fridge
Can we afford a trip out to SoCal? yes, yes, yes, shit - tuition has to be paid upfront now, nope.
Going to DC on Marriott points instead. My god, why don't they have Yuengling in New England?
work, school, work, school
Go BC! (wait, where's Matty Ryan?)
childhood fantasies can come true - NKOTB4 EVA (twice!)
Hmm.... that appears to be a positive test. Better take 3 more just to be sure.
work, school, work, school
Happy Thanksgiving! Instead of enjoying an adult beverage with the fam, I'll just go throw up all night instead
work, school, puke, work, school, puke.
It's probably a girl!
no skiing this year. Lots of snow storms.
more snow
Babies apparently need nicer furniture than their parents
Can we somehow afford to go sit on a beach? No? Okay, how about driving to Niagara Falls?
A thousand bathtubs a minute
less walking, more wobbling
work, school, work, school.
stress and school
pomp and circumstance! We both have master's degrees
work, school
WHEN IS THIS BABY GOING TO BE BORN???
And that, my friends, is a year in the life of me. I'm sure next year there will be more puke, but less of it coming from me.
Monday, June 15, 2009
next installment in my letters to my unborn child.
Dear Baby Girl
It's been a really long time since I have had a glass of wine. I'm reaching the end of my limit. I understand a glass of wine timed around feedings is appropriate for nursing. But I can't have that wonderful glassful of wine until AFTER you are born. Sooo..... the sooner you are born, the sooner I can have that wine. A happy mother makes a happy baby. Or.... something like that. :)
Love
your not very patient mother.
It's been a really long time since I have had a glass of wine. I'm reaching the end of my limit. I understand a glass of wine timed around feedings is appropriate for nursing. But I can't have that wonderful glassful of wine until AFTER you are born. Sooo..... the sooner you are born, the sooner I can have that wine. A happy mother makes a happy baby. Or.... something like that. :)
Love
your not very patient mother.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Castle Island
Yesterday the sun was shinning. That hasn't happened in over a week and isn't expected to happen again for at least another week. Yay for New England.
My parents were baby sitting Molly yesterday and Andrew and I accompanied them to Castle Island so Molly could see all the planes and the boats. She loves the planes, but unfortunately the landing pattern yesterday wasn't taking them over Castle Island. Sometimes they are so low and so loud over there, you almost want to reach up and see if you can actually touch them. But that was not the case yesterday, so we settled for watching the boats. That was almost as good for Molly as the planes, so everything ended well.
Because it was the first and last sunny day around here, people were out walking around in droves. And we saw some stupid people. Here are some of the highlights:
- the copious amounts of people riding bikes without helmets. Not safe and, sorry, not cool. Even if you think you are both.
- the parents who let their kids ride their bikes without any supervision, weaving in and out of all the other pedestrians, which resulted in more than one person being knocked to the ground. That list includes one little boy who was knocked over by a girl who rode her tricycle right in front of him. Her father did tell her at one point not to laugh at the situation so I guess that's at least marginal parenting skills.
- the 4 shirtless men on the pier who were there for a day of fishing with 3 kids in tow. They had a cooler with them. They appeared very VERY drunk. And then we saw them drinking Goldschlager out of the bottle. EW. How drunk do you have to be to drink Goldschlager out of the bottle? When we left they were contemplating jumping off the pier. If you've never been to Castle Island, you probably won't understand that, but let me just say jumping off the pier into the very rocky edge of a very busy chanel that is an entrance/exit of Boston Harbor is one of the more brainless things they could have done that day.
- the woman who was rollerblading around Castle Island. Whilst carrying a child. Who had no protective gear on.
- the woman who was letting her child run around freely (remember there were 9 trillion people there yesterday) and then yelled at Andrew because the child literally ran into him. And you can believe I wouldn't pass up the opportunity to razz Andrew about running into a little kid if it was his fault. This time Andrew was walking straight and this kid ran into him from the side, so he couldn't even see the kid coming and get out of the way. Andrew stopped, made sure the kid was okay, and tried to then get out of the way of the kid. The mother then bitched at Andrew telling him to be careful. Umm... What? She's lucky she didn't say that to me, because I would have yelled back at her. I know that kids run around and you cannot keep them still. I wouldn't have blamed her for that. But to then yell at someone who's only crime was to be carrying ice cream back to a table? That bitch would have felt all the pent up fury of a 38 week preggo, who also just bitched out the lady who stepped inbetween me and my ice cream. Because she thought I wasn't moving fast enough. Because the 12 year old behind the counter HADN'T HANDED ME MY ICE CREAM YET, YOU CRAZY BITCH!. Hmmm... maybe this should have been 2 points :)
We actually did have an enjoyable time, but my god, the idiots were out in full force!
My parents were baby sitting Molly yesterday and Andrew and I accompanied them to Castle Island so Molly could see all the planes and the boats. She loves the planes, but unfortunately the landing pattern yesterday wasn't taking them over Castle Island. Sometimes they are so low and so loud over there, you almost want to reach up and see if you can actually touch them. But that was not the case yesterday, so we settled for watching the boats. That was almost as good for Molly as the planes, so everything ended well.
Because it was the first and last sunny day around here, people were out walking around in droves. And we saw some stupid people. Here are some of the highlights:
- the copious amounts of people riding bikes without helmets. Not safe and, sorry, not cool. Even if you think you are both.
- the parents who let their kids ride their bikes without any supervision, weaving in and out of all the other pedestrians, which resulted in more than one person being knocked to the ground. That list includes one little boy who was knocked over by a girl who rode her tricycle right in front of him. Her father did tell her at one point not to laugh at the situation so I guess that's at least marginal parenting skills.
- the 4 shirtless men on the pier who were there for a day of fishing with 3 kids in tow. They had a cooler with them. They appeared very VERY drunk. And then we saw them drinking Goldschlager out of the bottle. EW. How drunk do you have to be to drink Goldschlager out of the bottle? When we left they were contemplating jumping off the pier. If you've never been to Castle Island, you probably won't understand that, but let me just say jumping off the pier into the very rocky edge of a very busy chanel that is an entrance/exit of Boston Harbor is one of the more brainless things they could have done that day.
- the woman who was rollerblading around Castle Island. Whilst carrying a child. Who had no protective gear on.
- the woman who was letting her child run around freely (remember there were 9 trillion people there yesterday) and then yelled at Andrew because the child literally ran into him. And you can believe I wouldn't pass up the opportunity to razz Andrew about running into a little kid if it was his fault. This time Andrew was walking straight and this kid ran into him from the side, so he couldn't even see the kid coming and get out of the way. Andrew stopped, made sure the kid was okay, and tried to then get out of the way of the kid. The mother then bitched at Andrew telling him to be careful. Umm... What? She's lucky she didn't say that to me, because I would have yelled back at her. I know that kids run around and you cannot keep them still. I wouldn't have blamed her for that. But to then yell at someone who's only crime was to be carrying ice cream back to a table? That bitch would have felt all the pent up fury of a 38 week preggo, who also just bitched out the lady who stepped inbetween me and my ice cream. Because she thought I wasn't moving fast enough. Because the 12 year old behind the counter HADN'T HANDED ME MY ICE CREAM YET, YOU CRAZY BITCH!. Hmmm... maybe this should have been 2 points :)
We actually did have an enjoyable time, but my god, the idiots were out in full force!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Flame Free Friday! err... Saturday
okay, yes, it's Saturday - but it is still really early! So it's almost Friday!
I worked all day yesterday, then about 20 minutes after I got home we went to see Star Trek, and after that I could barely keep my eyes open for an episode of Royal Pains. Blogging sadly fell to the wayside, but here I am at 5:50 am on Saturday morning trying to make up for it.
My Friday confessions:
* My productivity at work has been .... well ... diminishing. At a rapid pace. And depending on when the baby comes, I could still have 9 days to go!
* In continuing with my trend of not eating dinner, I had popcorn at the movies last night. I haven't had dinner in almost 2 weeks. I wonder if I will ever eat dinner again
* I'm mourning the fact that I will not be down the cape much this summer. Having an early summer baby is great, except for that. And I plan on telling her how much she messed up my summer when she is old enough to understand. And feel the proper amount of guilt.
I worked all day yesterday, then about 20 minutes after I got home we went to see Star Trek, and after that I could barely keep my eyes open for an episode of Royal Pains. Blogging sadly fell to the wayside, but here I am at 5:50 am on Saturday morning trying to make up for it.
My Friday confessions:
* My productivity at work has been .... well ... diminishing. At a rapid pace. And depending on when the baby comes, I could still have 9 days to go!
* In continuing with my trend of not eating dinner, I had popcorn at the movies last night. I haven't had dinner in almost 2 weeks. I wonder if I will ever eat dinner again
* I'm mourning the fact that I will not be down the cape much this summer. Having an early summer baby is great, except for that. And I plan on telling her how much she messed up my summer when she is old enough to understand. And feel the proper amount of guilt.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
please....
Dear Baby Girl
I would really really appreciate it if you made your arrival sooner rather than later. I'm done. I can't do this for another 4 weeks. So why don't you do the whole world a favor and just come within the next 14 days. Mama doesn't want to work anymore. Or be pregnant anymore. And who do you think buys the presents? right. Me. So you want to be on my good side. Or I will tell Santa that you've been naughty for the next ten years. Don't think I won't.
Love,
your very tired and swollen mother.
I would really really appreciate it if you made your arrival sooner rather than later. I'm done. I can't do this for another 4 weeks. So why don't you do the whole world a favor and just come within the next 14 days. Mama doesn't want to work anymore. Or be pregnant anymore. And who do you think buys the presents? right. Me. So you want to be on my good side. Or I will tell Santa that you've been naughty for the next ten years. Don't think I won't.
Love,
your very tired and swollen mother.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Cry me a river
I am 38 weeks and 1 day pregnant. Which means I have started my 39th week. And I'm getting less than happy about that.
I have two main concerns about the end of my pregnancy: 1) I don't know what a contraction feels like and I am afraid I won't know until it's late in the game that I'm having them, and 2) I hate the waiting game. I could go into labor tonight, or it could be in 4 more weeks (my practice will let me go to 42 weeks before inducing). I really do not want a c-section, but I wish I got to schedule the day I would give birth! I'm not super type A, but I'm Aish enough to really want
a more specific time frame than "any time now".
So not only am I big, uncomfortable, tired, and still working full time, but I have the added anxiety about when I will go into labor and if I will recognize it in time for me to drive 35 minutes to the hospital (in no traffic) and get an epidural.
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Sunday, June 07, 2009
fury of a thousand suns
We are proud owners of Wii Fit. I've wanted it for a long time, but I am in the biggest fight with it. I knew going in that it would tell me I'm uber fat. After all, I am 9 months pregnant and I'm carrying a lot of excess weight right now. Why it doesn't have a pregnancy setting, I don't know. In my opinion it should - staying fit and healthy is important to pregnant women. Anyway, the point of the matter is, the Wii thinks I am obese and yells at me. I don't like it. Anid my Mii is so fat, the stomach is hanging out of the shirt. I yelled back at it last night and told it to go find a maternity shirt with some extra room in the belly, but apparently the lifeless digital form of me doesn't actually take non binary orders. So I have a fat and sloppy Mii until after this baby is born.
And, I can't do the balance activities. I used to have good balance (all those years of gymnastics and figure skating) before I was in the family way. But now my center of balance is so far off with a full term baby waiting to be born, that I can hardly balance correctly on 2 feet. However, since I can't do them (or a lot of the strength training ones) I can't unlock more of the activities that I can do (mainly yoga and aerobics). You have to do all the activities to unlock more of them, you can't just concentrate on yoga and open unlock more yoga poses. I understand why - they are making you work out your whole body - but I'M 9 MONTHS PREGNANT AND THEY ARE JUST MAKING IT HARDER FOR ME!!!!
And, I can't do the balance activities. I used to have good balance (all those years of gymnastics and figure skating) before I was in the family way. But now my center of balance is so far off with a full term baby waiting to be born, that I can hardly balance correctly on 2 feet. However, since I can't do them (or a lot of the strength training ones) I can't unlock more of the activities that I can do (mainly yoga and aerobics). You have to do all the activities to unlock more of them, you can't just concentrate on yoga and open unlock more yoga poses. I understand why - they are making you work out your whole body - but I'M 9 MONTHS PREGNANT AND THEY ARE JUST MAKING IT HARDER FOR ME!!!!
Friday, June 05, 2009
Flame Free Friday!
I'm sorry for the lack of posting this week. I'm finding I am more and more tired the closer I get to the end of this pregnancy. Posting may be light for the next month or so, as I'm sure it will be next to nothing for the first few weeks of Baby Girl's birth. But fear not, I won't abandon you completely! Here are my confessions this week
* I will do almost anything to not make dinner, or eat chicken for dinner. Even if it means eating grapes for dinner. I'm much more of a lunch person. Dinner - I can take it or leave it, but only leave it if it involves chicken. Or pork.
* I have used Wii Fit only twice since we got it. And I am too pregnant to care.
* My house is a mess. Guess if I care or not. Two points if you can guess on whether or not I am going to clean it
* I'm freaked out that Dooce twittered about losing her MP today. (if you don't know what I mean, it's better off that way). She's due right before me!
* I will do almost anything to not make dinner, or eat chicken for dinner. Even if it means eating grapes for dinner. I'm much more of a lunch person. Dinner - I can take it or leave it, but only leave it if it involves chicken. Or pork.
* I have used Wii Fit only twice since we got it. And I am too pregnant to care.
* My house is a mess. Guess if I care or not. Two points if you can guess on whether or not I am going to clean it
* I'm freaked out that Dooce twittered about losing her MP today. (if you don't know what I mean, it's better off that way). She's due right before me!
Thursday, June 04, 2009
sporadic
I've had a lot to say, but no time to write out a post. Now that I have the time, I don't remember what I wanted to say. I needed to change the picture in the header so I logged in, but that's all I have for right now. Enjoy the June picture, it's Hyannis Harbor, taken Memorial Day Weekend. It was chosen for the month largely because it was already edited to the correct size :)
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