36 Weeks

I'm getting cabin fever.  I know that sounds ridiculous since I leave my house every day to go to work when all I really want to do is sleep a little bit longer (since I'm also not sleeping great), but the problem is, I have become super sedentary.  Every movement is a chore and my hips hurt if I sit too long, and they hurt if I walk too long, and they hurt if I stand too long.  So lest I risk wondering if I'm going to be able to walk the quarter mile back to my office from where I get lunch (true story - that was an honest question I asked myself last week.  Don't worry, I made it back to the office.), I'm pretty much staying put in one place and just letting the hips hurt from sitting too long.  So the me who used to swim 100+ laps at a time, or at least walk a mile or two on my lunch hour, is feeling antsy.  I'm already daydreaming about plopping baby in his stroller and going for walks after I recover from delivery.


Baby is getting stronger and longer.  I'm feeling kicks waaaay over on my right side, almost to what I would call my back.  Last night Jason got to see the full belly show.  Usually baby is kicking me all day long at work, but quiets down at night.  So far Jason has seen a little movement here or there, and felt an occasional kick, but for some reason, baby was awake last night before we went to sleep, and Jason got to feel how strong baby's kicks have gotten, and see some of the baby gymnastics that have become a regular part of my day.


Speaking of awake versus asleep, he's been a bit quiet today...  I'm hoping this nocturnal pattern doesn't become too much of a routine because I was feeling a little encouraged by the go crazy during the day/sleep at night thing he had going on.


Had my 36 week appointment today and everything is still good.  Baby's head is down, I'm still healthy (if unwieldy), all good.  Now I start going to weekly appointments and I have a few scheduled for after my due date that will be baby and me appointments.  Jason and I have a silly Simpsons game we play on our phones and I blew his mind a little yesterday when I pointed out that when the latest special event on the game is over is 33 days, we'll probably have a baby in our home.

34 Weeks

I have an doctor's appointment tomorrow morning and I know she's going to ask me about exercise.  Yeah, not happening right now.  In addition to feeling like I have a 10-15 pound (maybe 20...) bowling ball hanging off the front of me, and related pelvic soreness, I'm valuing the sleep I get a lot more than the idea of getting up early and going to the gym (because now there's snow and ice on the ground so walking outside isn't going to work).  My sleep pattern for the last few weeks has been: go to sleep around 10 or 11, wake up sometime between 3-5, stay awake for 1-2 hours, go back to sleep for a little bit, drag myself out of bed between 7:30-8 and barely get to work between 9-9:15.  I've been staying a little later at work to get things done, so by the time I get home, I don't really want to go to the gym.  I've always been a morning gym person because something always comes up in the evenings.  Now what's coming up after work, in addition to work meetings and events or just seeing friends, is I'm hungry and tired.  Honestly, I feel like a rock star for completing a full day of work.  And this past weekend, I had to work some on both Saturday and Sunday to meet a Monday morning deadline.  Even though I wound up having a snow day on both Friday and Monday, I spent both of those days on my laptop working.  It's a busy time right now and while I can, I'm working hard.


The point is, the gym, walks, etc.  Not happening. 


Now for the good news.  I've been seeing the pre-natal chiropractor regularly and I think it's really helping.  The one thing I definitely know that's helping is the piece of kinesio tape she puts on my lower back at the end of every session.  It's helping to support my lower back and has actually cut down on the pelvic pain in front.  Yay for that.


I had a baby shower on Saturday and Jason and our friend Jessica had our pub trivia quizmaster* come and do baby-related trivia.  He brought his speaker set up and DJ'd songs with "baby" in them all through the shower too.  The trivia angle was a huge surprise and I was thrilled!  Even without the trivia, a few friends made so much delicious food and we probably had 20 people from all different aspects of our lives here in New England and it was a great time.  I had so much fun and felt loved and I love Jason for taking the initiative to make sure it happened. 






* We've really gotten into pub trivia over the last couple of years.  Our team is currently ranked 8th in our league and baby had better hold off until after the tournament on March 5.