31 weeks

How am I feeling today? Hands are swollen and I am slightly out of breath. Thoughts of this and that in addition to my pregnancy are scrambling through my mind. So I try to stay calm and collected for the sake of baby. At least I have the place to myself where quiet is more than welcome due to all the noise that goes through my head these days. I’ve been numbing my mind with 90′s romance movies and my favorite Animated series and reading.  You can’t totally avoid reality but for the most part, some of these distractions does work.

On the positive side, my husband and I get to see our little baby again through ultrasound tomorrow morning for our second Doctor’s visit of the month. We haven’t seen him since our 19-20th week check up. The past few weeks he has been very active when he feels like it, mostly in the late night and early mornings ( 11- 3- 6-8, seems to be his pattern), with the exception of when I perk him up with my sinful intakes of sweet or when I need to wake him up just to make sure he is moving around in there as suggested by our Dr.

Yesterday, my Honeee finally set up the long awaited crib in our room. Finally!!!!:) Now we just need to purchase a mattress and and some bedding. Check that off on our list of things to do. So many things to have done before the baby is here. Unfortunately I cannot accomplish most of the things that needs sorting and cleaning around our place in preparation for our baby on my own. I think that is one of the frustrating things right now. I have all the free time but not the strength to do all the things I need to do. Oh well, I just pray somehow all is ready by the time baby comes. Hopefully he comes around his due date and not too soon, though the weight off my back sooner than later would be a relief….still, a healthy baby needs to be a good little baby and stay in mommy until he is well and done:)

Easter 2010 – almost in full bloom

29 Weeks

Forgetful and Clumsy

I must admit I have always been a little clutsy, but rarely forgetful before I was pregnant. Now, I am more clumsy and forget things so easily. One time I was at my parents house and had to lock up my dad’s van. The next morning I get a call asking what I did with his keys. I was like, “Didn’t I hand it over to him?” I checked my person and  behold, I absent mindedly put his keys in my purse. Good thing he had a spare so he was able to drive the car to work. Since then, I’ve tried to tidy up and keep things organized so I minimize things I need to remember. I’ve even created a To Do and Upcoming Events list on my big white board by our bedroom to keep me on track. However, as much as I try to get organized and slow down my thinking process that absentminded cloud sneaks up on you. Just as recent as yesterday after my Doctor’s appointment I deposited cash into  my ATM without the required envelope to identify where the cash was being deposited. I had just previously deposited into my BofA account and for some reason just followed the same depositing process with my CalNat account, which I forgot for that instance was different. I  called customer support and branch supervisor immediately to make sure my money was well accounted for and was safely into my account. Thank goodness it was not too much of a hassle and they just reminded me that next time I should use and envelope:)

As the day draws near in anticipation of our new arrival, all I can really think about is all the needed preparation that has to happen before he arrives. I surmise that contributes to us pregnant women being clumsy and forgetful, aside from our hormones going here and every where. Speaking for myself…my mind is in a fog at times trying to watch what I eat, how I carry myself, how it will feel when contraction starts and of course the actual labor and delivery praying all with go well with mommy, baby, and daddy. Yes, I also worry about baby daddy checking to see how he is emotionally and mentally with the anticipation of our baby.