Laura, I'm still working though not as much as usual. I only worked 13 hours last work and I usually work 20. So far this week I'm three hours short. I'm tired of working too. I feel like there's too much other stuff I'd rather be doing. And if I'm not doing that, I'd rather be sleeping.
Julie, I know I need to take it easy, I'm feeling a little nuts right now. I got everything on my list done today but I'm only working two hours today and I'm not going to mulch. I'm going to bed early. I just get so frustrated trying to sleep b/c I'm so uncomfortable. I can really nap well during the day but the phone rings constantly or DD refuses to sleep. Then at night DH keeps touching me, trying to spoon and I just want to knock the ever loving crap out of him. So between having to pee every two hours, being way hotter than normal, and having the touchiest husband in the world, I'm having some frustrating nights. I usually end up on the couch about 3 am and then toss and turn till 6 am. I just can't get comfortable.
Smithie, what Julie said about this period being horrible but short is so true. I remember feeling like I was really going to loose my mind when DD was born. I really hit the wall when she hit her two week growth spurt and nursed every hour and just wailed because I didn't have enough milk for her increased demand. It lasted for two days and I was just beside myself. That was the lowest point. DH woke up one night to me begging DD to stop crying because I couldn't take it anymore and actually yelled at me b/c I had scared him I sounded so desperate. But that's how I felt. I WAS desperate. I was a miserable crying wreck and it was just. so. hard. All you hear about is how wonderful newborns are, what a magical time, yadda, yadda. And yes, that's true. But there are also dark, dark nights. I dreaded nighttime b/c it was then that I felt truly on my own. But after that dark picture, I'll say that the good news is it doesn't last that long! You'll get thru the exhaustion and baby will start sleeping better. Part of our problem was that DD wouldn't sleep by herself AT ALL. Co-sleeping SAVED me. It wasn't something I'd even considered before she was born but I quickly decided it was the only way I was going to survive her infanthood. So you just figure out that magic trick for your kid and go with it. By two months I felt like I had a grip on things again, felt like my life had some order to it, etc. I'm glad your Mom is there. You need to be sleeping every chance you get and letting everyone else take care of housework, diaper changes, etc.
Now I've managed to scare myself about life once the baby gets here!
Well, it's time to get dinner going. Have a good night all.
Julie, I know I need to take it easy, I'm feeling a little nuts right now. I got everything on my list done today but I'm only working two hours today and I'm not going to mulch. I'm going to bed early. I just get so frustrated trying to sleep b/c I'm so uncomfortable. I can really nap well during the day but the phone rings constantly or DD refuses to sleep. Then at night DH keeps touching me, trying to spoon and I just want to knock the ever loving crap out of him. So between having to pee every two hours, being way hotter than normal, and having the touchiest husband in the world, I'm having some frustrating nights. I usually end up on the couch about 3 am and then toss and turn till 6 am. I just can't get comfortable.
Smithie, what Julie said about this period being horrible but short is so true. I remember feeling like I was really going to loose my mind when DD was born. I really hit the wall when she hit her two week growth spurt and nursed every hour and just wailed because I didn't have enough milk for her increased demand. It lasted for two days and I was just beside myself. That was the lowest point. DH woke up one night to me begging DD to stop crying because I couldn't take it anymore and actually yelled at me b/c I had scared him I sounded so desperate. But that's how I felt. I WAS desperate. I was a miserable crying wreck and it was just. so. hard. All you hear about is how wonderful newborns are, what a magical time, yadda, yadda. And yes, that's true. But there are also dark, dark nights. I dreaded nighttime b/c it was then that I felt truly on my own. But after that dark picture, I'll say that the good news is it doesn't last that long! You'll get thru the exhaustion and baby will start sleeping better. Part of our problem was that DD wouldn't sleep by herself AT ALL. Co-sleeping SAVED me. It wasn't something I'd even considered before she was born but I quickly decided it was the only way I was going to survive her infanthood. So you just figure out that magic trick for your kid and go with it. By two months I felt like I had a grip on things again, felt like my life had some order to it, etc. I'm glad your Mom is there. You need to be sleeping every chance you get and letting everyone else take care of housework, diaper changes, etc.
Now I've managed to scare myself about life once the baby gets here!
Well, it's time to get dinner going. Have a good night all.
so they are going to keep an eye on it.
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I'm so frustrated! It adds a totally unexpected kink. He hates having to administer the antibiotics but it's hospital policy. UGH!!!!
That's just so cool! When my dr. told me, he kind of laughed and said "You were expecting to be positive, weren't you? I can tell." :LOL I totally was, it took me by surprise. At any rate, that means no abx, and no IV until the epidural. I asked about the c-section rate for him/his practice/the hospital (three separate entities, really) and he said that he doesn't do c-sections but in the past year he's had three ob patients who've had them, one for a breech and two with other problems. His practice averages 12%(since the recent medical lawsuit hullaballoo; before it was closer to 9-10%), and the hospital 12-15% for non-repeat cesearians. He also said that the practice's back-up doctor hates to do c-sections and will do everything in his power to avoid doing them. 
So I'm not worried. I told him that I *will* be eating during labor if I'm hungry, and explained very clearly that I understood the issue and he said "You know what's going on, it's your call." I also asked about episiotomies, and he said that they don't routinely do those at the hospital at all, they only happen if a)the baby's head is really low and not coming out or b) the shoulders get stuck and won't come out. They'd rather do an episiotomy and reach in to turn the baby than break the clavicle. Episiotomies are apparently very very rare at the hospital; even most shoulder dystocias are dealt with by changing position these days.
: I miss him so much! It's been nearly a year since I've seen him, and about 7 months since I spoke with him last. 
Now that I've got a vehicle, though, I can see him more often. Hooray! 
It wasn't much, and it wasn't bloody, but I guess it's a good sign that my cervix is opening a teensy bit. Very cool! Mom asked why I didn't have an internal today, and I told her that aside from the fact that they don't routinely do them at 36 weeks, I didn't want to know. If I'm thick and closed, then I'll feel like I'm never going into labor, and if I'm soft and 3 cm, then I'll get excited and probably not go into labor for another 6 weeks. :LOL Who needs that kind of stress?! I certainly don't. I've got a toddler, and that's enough stress for me! :LOL
We were both SO freakin' exhausted. It was definitely NOT the beautiful, emotional, sensual experience that I had envisioned. In fact DH requested that we do it in the living room so he could watch his nightly reruns of the Simpson's. 
while grandma gets her snuggle time.
Or I thought maybe we could call the paramedics and perhaps they could use a VE in the home setting.
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