Five things about swimming while nine months pregnant
Thursday, May 20, 2010
37 weeks, 4 days pregnant
17 DAYS TO GO!
- It’s hard to shuffle around the pool deck in flip-flops when your feet have swollen to the size of Christmas hams
- Children’s pools are very, very warm. So warm that you can’t deny the warmth is caused by pee. But warm enough that you don’t really care, because it’s like a relaxing bath.
- It’s fun to feel light and weightless in the water …
- … of course, you also feel waaaaay heavier than usual when you finally haul your preggo self out of the pool
- Apparently pregnant bellies do not make you super-buoyant … or maybe they do, but your new butt counteracts it by weighing you down.
Let’s go to the movies
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
37 weeks, 3 days pregnant
18 DAYS TO GO!
Good news! Today I actually did more than just obsessive cupboard-organizing. I spent the morning at a Mommy/Baby movie event with lovely friend C and her baby boy.
It was a special event sponsored by a local drugstore, so it meant we got a free movie — Letters to Juliet — and a goodie bag of free baby stuff, in exchange for … I never did figure out what the drugstore got from the deal, actually. But I heart free stuff, so whatever.
Our local movie theatres actually do regular Mommy/Baby movies. The moms vote on the movies via an online poll, and everybody brings their babies. The theatre has changing tables set up, and they keep the lights on low — so no one drops their babies. If the babies cry or fuss during the movie, no one cares — because everyone’s baby fusses at some point. It’s a very cool event for new moms (who might otherwise not get to the movies very often).
Of course, a baby is the key accessory at these events. And what did I show up with? An UNBORN BABY (a.k.a. Just a giant belly). It was like going to a potluck holding a piece of paper that read, “I am a casserole.”
Looking forward to the first Mommy/Baby movie that I can attend with my actual casserole — er, baby.
Go home, have sex, and call me in the morning
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
37 weeks, 2 days pregnant
19 DAYS TO GO!
Just returned from a very uneventful 37-week OB-GYN appointment. I had been hoping the good doctor would finally decide to take a look at my vagina (and cervix and all that business).
Because, you know, SOMETIMES OB-GYNS LOOK BETWEEN YOUR LEGS, RIGHT? ‘CAUSE MINE DOESN’T!
Sorry. Hormones.
I don’t understand it. I haven’t had a pap test since a few months before getting pregnant, so this is the longest I’ve went — in my adult life — without having my hoo-ha looked at. And I’m FREAKING PREGNANT. Wouldn’t you think that would mean MORE looking, not LESS?
I had been hoping for an internal exam, so that I would know if my cervix is softened or flattened or whatever else it’s supposed to be. But nope. The nurse said Dr. L would do an internal exam next week, so I guess I just need to wait.
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ME: Mom, seriously — why aren’t they looking? What if I’m not even pregnant?
MOM: Uh … if you’re not pregnant, then this must be an Alien sequel.
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So what else is new, besides my crabbiness at my doctor’s RELUCTANCE to make me take off my pants?
- Pee: Fine. No protein, no sugar.
- Weight: Up one pound. I blame the two desserts.
- Blood pressure: 126 over 78
- Baby’s heartbeat: Loud and clear
- Baby’s position: Still head down (“waaaay down”)
- Fundal height: 38.5 cm (one-and-a-half weeks ahead!)
When I got to chat with Dr. L, I espressed my, ah, desire to have this baby, like, yesterday. Her prescription? SEX! She said it doesn’t work for everyone, because then no one would ever be overdue, but it’s the best thing you can try to speed things up.
Sex? Yeah, that is totally what I feel like doing, in this hot weather with this ginormous, uncomfortable nine-months-pregnant body. But I will. I totally will. I will become a NYMPHO if it means this baby will come out sooner rather than later.
Pray that I don’t crush dear Darling Husband!
Waddling towards the finish line
Monday, May 17, 2010
37 weeks, 1 day pregnant
20 DAYS TO GO!
I totally thought I was going to have the baby yesterday.
For those of you too tired/bored/busy to read on, here is the spoiler: I did not have the baby yesterday.
Why did I think it might be “the big day”? Well …
- I just felt “off”
- I felt like I had period cramps
- I felt nauseous
- My back hurt
- I was unusually cranky
- I was having bad Braxton Hicks contractions
- I had an overwhelming urge to clean up my mess from scrapbooking
Turns out, that is just what being in Week 38 feels like.
I felt bad pretty much all day, and it culminated at bedtime with heartburn so intense that it came in waves that left me gasping. Stupid prescription didn’t help at all!
I ended up spending the entire night on the couch, just so I could sleep sitting up. I’m sure Little Dog and Darling Husband enjoyed having our queen-sized bed to themselves, while me and my army of pillows lay pitifully in the living room.
Anytime, now, Baby … c’mon … anytime …
Five (desperate) reasons I HOPE I have the baby early
Sunday, May 16, 2010
37 weeks pregnant
21 DAYS TO GO!
- He is totally full-term, so … let’s get on with it!
- My friend just had her baby eight days early. We got our H1N1 injections together … maybe there was something in the batch to encourage early labour, like everyone on the internet is saying?
- My mom thinks I will go early
- Darling Husband thinks I will go early
- DAMMIT, I want to go early!!!
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