I went for my weekly OB appointment this morning, which included an ultrasound of my little guy, and we were given some pretty surprising information!!
After taking measurements of Junebug's head, belly, and femur, the ultra sound technician said that he weighs around 9lbs 3oz, to which I responded with, "WHAT?!?" I couldn't, and still can't, believe it. He's huge. Now, I know that these things are just a guesstimate, but holy cow, this kid is huge. I'm hoping and praying that he'll really only be 8 something.
Oh, and here's the really interesting part. Because of JB's size and due to my high blood pressure as of late, I will be induced on Tuesday! We have to check in to the hospital at 4:30 am...goodness. We're excited, but I'm also hating that I'll be pumped up with pitocin. So, please pray that this induction goes quickly and smoothly and most of all, please pray that I will not have to have a C-section.
Soon I'll be blogging about my baby boy! I'll be sure to post pics before the end of next week. :)
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Retirement
My last day of "work" was this past Monday. My friend Megan and I joke around that we're retired since neither of us will be going back to work after our babies are born, but we both recognize that we are about to embark upon the hardest work of our lives--child rearing.
Anyway, I hung around with my coworkers in the cafeteria as we at lunch together on a teacher workday one last time; I finished packing up my classroom, took one last look around, thanked the Lord for giving me the opportunities I have had over the past three years, shut the light, and went on my way. As excited as I have been about the baby coming and being a stay at home mom, I couldn't help but shed a few tears. Ok, I cried a couple of times about it on the way home, and I'd be lying if I said that it's not making me a little teary-eyed now, but trust me, this is exactly what I want. I can't wait for my little boy to be here and to be his primary caretaker instead of sticking him in a daycare. I think I just know that my life is going to change in a major way, and as much as I want this change, I'm still going to spend some time grieving the loss of my life as I have known it for the past 29 years, but especially for the past 7 years that Adam and I have been together. I'd like to think how I'm feeling is normal! I keep telling myself it is...
Yesterday was my first official day of being a stay at home wife--I guess I really won't be a stay at home mom until Junebug arrives. I have been working harder the past two days than I have worked the past week as a teacher! I have been cleaning up a storm, partly because I think that the "nesting" syndrome has taken over, but also because I just know that certain things have to be done before this baby comes home and my house becomes full of people who want to meet him. I've been cleaning, organizing, reorganizing, throwing things away, and doing what feels like a million loads of laundry. Hopefully I'll be done by the end of the day tomorrow.
Speaking of tomorrow, I have an OB appointment, including an ultrasound, at 9:45 tomorrow morning. Hopefully we'll get an idea of how big is baby boy is! I'll post an update by the end of the week.
Only 9 more days til my due date! :)
Anyway, I hung around with my coworkers in the cafeteria as we at lunch together on a teacher workday one last time; I finished packing up my classroom, took one last look around, thanked the Lord for giving me the opportunities I have had over the past three years, shut the light, and went on my way. As excited as I have been about the baby coming and being a stay at home mom, I couldn't help but shed a few tears. Ok, I cried a couple of times about it on the way home, and I'd be lying if I said that it's not making me a little teary-eyed now, but trust me, this is exactly what I want. I can't wait for my little boy to be here and to be his primary caretaker instead of sticking him in a daycare. I think I just know that my life is going to change in a major way, and as much as I want this change, I'm still going to spend some time grieving the loss of my life as I have known it for the past 29 years, but especially for the past 7 years that Adam and I have been together. I'd like to think how I'm feeling is normal! I keep telling myself it is...
Yesterday was my first official day of being a stay at home wife--I guess I really won't be a stay at home mom until Junebug arrives. I have been working harder the past two days than I have worked the past week as a teacher! I have been cleaning up a storm, partly because I think that the "nesting" syndrome has taken over, but also because I just know that certain things have to be done before this baby comes home and my house becomes full of people who want to meet him. I've been cleaning, organizing, reorganizing, throwing things away, and doing what feels like a million loads of laundry. Hopefully I'll be done by the end of the day tomorrow.
Speaking of tomorrow, I have an OB appointment, including an ultrasound, at 9:45 tomorrow morning. Hopefully we'll get an idea of how big is baby boy is! I'll post an update by the end of the week.
Only 9 more days til my due date! :)
Thursday, June 4, 2009
I've been a bad girl & Oh, baby!
Ok, so I've ignored my blog for MONTHS now, but I do have a good excuse! I couldn't take maintaining another thing in my life for the past 5 months or so. First of all, I'm pregnant, which means that as each month has passed by I've been more fatigued and swollen and the combination of these things had made me put the unnecessary things in my life on the back burner. Second, I served as my school's yearbook adviser this year and let's just say it was a thankless, stressful, WAY UNDERPAID, responsibility that I both loved and hated at the same time. Stressful deadlines + pregnancy did not work well for me.
Needless to say, those two things in conjunction with preparing for the baby--getting the nursery together (which is still not done, by the way), attending birthing classes and breastfeeding classes, and enjoying the time I had at each of my four baby showers (what a blessing!) as left me with zero energy and very little time to do much of anything else.
That being said, I'm back. My little boy is due in 22 days and I am feeling a little overwhelmed lately. Ok, a lot overwhelmed lately. I'm still working and although school is out for the summer next Friday and things are winding down, this is still a very stressful time for teachers, especially teachers who are 3 weeks away from giving birth! I'm in the process of cleaning out my classroom and getting grades done. I want to be able to walk out of here with the students and not look back!
I'm stressed out at home, too. I have such an overwhelming desire to "nest" but that desire is being thwarted by work, exhaustion, and my swollen elephant feet--they hurt! I do little things here and there but I so desperately want to be at home from now until the baby comes, preparing for his arrival. I want to clean my house, wash his baby things, and reorganize things that have been driving me crazy, like my laundry room and a certain kitchen cabinet. I need to clean out my freezer and make room for the yummy things my mom will make and freeze for me when she and my dad come down to see the baby. And speaking of mom and dad coming down, I need to clean the guest room which has become the place where things go lately when I don't know where to put them. I need to pack my hospital bag, find a pediatrician for the baby (hopefully, this will be taken care of by tonight), and pick a paint color for the baby's room. Do I need to go on? I'm sure I could, but I'm getting stressed just by making this list!
I know that this stress will soon pass, I just wish it would be over with sooner than later.
I promise to be a better blogger from now on--Lord knows I'll have plenty to blog about in the coming weeks!
Needless to say, those two things in conjunction with preparing for the baby--getting the nursery together (which is still not done, by the way), attending birthing classes and breastfeeding classes, and enjoying the time I had at each of my four baby showers (what a blessing!) as left me with zero energy and very little time to do much of anything else.
That being said, I'm back. My little boy is due in 22 days and I am feeling a little overwhelmed lately. Ok, a lot overwhelmed lately. I'm still working and although school is out for the summer next Friday and things are winding down, this is still a very stressful time for teachers, especially teachers who are 3 weeks away from giving birth! I'm in the process of cleaning out my classroom and getting grades done. I want to be able to walk out of here with the students and not look back!
I'm stressed out at home, too. I have such an overwhelming desire to "nest" but that desire is being thwarted by work, exhaustion, and my swollen elephant feet--they hurt! I do little things here and there but I so desperately want to be at home from now until the baby comes, preparing for his arrival. I want to clean my house, wash his baby things, and reorganize things that have been driving me crazy, like my laundry room and a certain kitchen cabinet. I need to clean out my freezer and make room for the yummy things my mom will make and freeze for me when she and my dad come down to see the baby. And speaking of mom and dad coming down, I need to clean the guest room which has become the place where things go lately when I don't know where to put them. I need to pack my hospital bag, find a pediatrician for the baby (hopefully, this will be taken care of by tonight), and pick a paint color for the baby's room. Do I need to go on? I'm sure I could, but I'm getting stressed just by making this list!
I know that this stress will soon pass, I just wish it would be over with sooner than later.
I promise to be a better blogger from now on--Lord knows I'll have plenty to blog about in the coming weeks!
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