Yep, I am so prepped for nighttime feedings. Been awake since 2 and cannot go back to sleep with this wiggle worm moving all over the place! For some reason, my hands and feet are throbbing and my hips are just begging for me to not have to sleep on my sides anymore! I have to get up for work in two and a half hours. Someone want to sing me a lullaby? =)
I had a dr. appointment on Tuesday. My blood pressure was a bit higher than normal but still within normal range. I knew it was elevated because I wasn't exactly looking forward to my first cervix check. As far as that goes, no dilation at this point, but cervix is effaced and soft and thin. None of this information indicates jack diddly about pending labor so I am just chillin. =) The baby has dropped and is "nice and low". Nice, I suppose, if you love the constant pressure of a baby head on your business! They said I could go into labor tomorrow or in three weeks. Nice, precise info. I was promised not to be pregnant past Memorial Day weekend. How kind.
The best news of the week is that I am no longer a student! I submitted all final papers and my thesis on Tuesday night at my Masters reception. Last night was my last final!!! I felt pretty good about it. I'm supposed to showcase my portfolio on Friday evening for my second credential that I just completed to teach Moderate/Severe disabilities (I have a Mild/Moderate credential). I asked for a back up plan, just in case. My professor wasn't too concerned if I came or not since everything is uploaded online. If I am given the choice to NOT come, what the heck do you think I'm going to choose?!
So with school FINALLY behind me, all I have left is to patiently wait for this baby to be born. I have two more days of work so I'm hoping Emma will give me at least a few days to veg out before she arrives. I have been giving her lots of rubs and words of praise for staying in my belly long enough to finish this semester! At least she demonstrates the ability to listen to mommy, so I will remind her of this when she's 9 and 15 and 21.... =) The waiting part is hard. I'm very ready to be un-pregnant. I don't feel as great as I supposedly look still, but I am not dying by any means. Just tired. Round. Achy. Anxious. I am still in awe of the things a body can do and what women go through. I don't think the magnitude of what I have actually managed to survive through this past 9 months has actually hit me....(working full time up til 39 freaking weeks pregnant, going to school full time, finishing my masters, somehow managing to not alienate my dear dear husband!) Perhaps it will all come to fruition when I finally get to hold my daughter. Ah, that reward right there will certainly outweigh the lame ass keychain I got from SDSU!
2 comments:
I would have sung to you in my off key voice Stengel complains about. It's night time, it's dark outside....
You will soon have a moment where all you are aware of is your daughter and your husband and what you now have together. You won't realize you had been pregnant, gone through labor, or received a 3.95$ key chain for years of hardwork. You will have a moment of blurry bliss, something that there really are no words to describe, though you try, but nothing seems sufficient. You will have an incredible moment where you suddenly love your parents so much more because you understand how much they love you.
Then you will have a moment where you think really, my little tiny angel can poop like that!
Happy Parenting Lui-I Love You!
Tif
Seriously, this is like the third time I've cried from reading your blog. What can I say, it is my nursing hormones. I'm keeping my phone handy for baby watch '09.
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