Breaking news: someone called me small today!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
19 weeks, 3 days pregnant
No, hell did not freeze over. But someone did call me small. Well, sort of. Let me start at the beginning.
I was at the OBGYN for my third appointment with Dr. L. After the usual waiting around, I did the pee thing and the weight thing, then some more waiting.
This time, though, when Friendly Nurse came into the room, she had a medical student with her. I said I didn’t mind — she was a nice-looking girl, not a creeper guy or anything — and they both proceeded to take my blood pressure (124/68).
Then it was time for my favourite part — hearing Little Baby’s heartbeat! I yanked down my leggings and pulled up my dress, and watched while Friendly Nurse explained the procedure to Medical Student. She started pressing down my me, and telling her how to feel for the top of the uterus, etc.
And then …
Friendly Nurse told Medical Student it was so much easier to feel everything on me, because I was “so much smaller” than the previous patient. Medical Student began feeling me up as well, and agreed that it was much easier.
Smaller! I’ll take it!
Then Friendly Nurse took out the heartbeat machine, and explained to Medical Student that it can take some time to find in Week 20, because the baby “could be anywhere in there!” She also said as soon as the baby feels the cold machine, they tend to run and hide. It made me wonder if the baby squirms when I put on my freezing-cold cream at night.
But as soon as she pressed the heartbeat machine against me, we heard it loud and clear! Aww, good morning, Little Baby!
And again, Friendly Nurse commented on how it was so easy to find it (compared to the last patient), because of my “smaller size.” Hee hee.
Then for fun (fun?) she pressed down harder with the machine and sort of “chased” the baby, and we actually heard Little Baby’s heartbeat speed up a bit! Poor thing. What a way to wake up!
In the end, three very important things were accomplished at this third OBGYN appointment:
- We got the maternal blood screening results. Those two blood tests were totally worth it. We found out that Little Baby has an extremely low risk of having any birth defects. Huge relief!
- We found out the prenatal classes are back on! The H1N1 plague forced them to be cancelled for the last few months, but they’re back on starting at the end of January. I called immediately and left a message to get us booked in.
- I got a prescription for Zantac (totally safe in pregnancy) to help combat my killer heartburn. I cannot get to a drugstore soon enough.
Oh, wait — four things:
- For two seconds, I did not feel like I weight 4,000 pounds — I was small (well, by association), bitches!
Pillow party
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
19 weeks, 2 days pregnant
Little Sis to the rescue again, folks! One of my Christmas presents from her was a wedge pillow, and it’s been a lifesaver in helping me sleep lately.
When I first unwrapped it, I must confess that I had no clue how it would work. Wedge? What? Where would it go?
It’s a neat little pillow — shaped like a wedge, obviously — that you kind of shove under your bump when you’re sleeping on your side. It keeps the bump supported, so the weight doesn’t roll your body over and mash your face into the pillow.
So now when I get into bed, I lay on my side, shove the wedge under the bump, put a regular pillow between my legs, and put another regular pillow behind my back — so when my back’s sore, I can sort of lean back against it.
In the future, I can actually forsee using another pillow to put under my ankles (which hurt when I do too much walking).
And yup, Little Dog and Darling Husband are also somewhere in this mass of pillows.
On the edge of the bed.
Fighting for every inch of space.
Poor things.
Zzzzz.
Wipes mania
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
19 weeks, 2 days pregnant
I’ve been a busy bee lately, especially in the butt-wiping department … wait, that didn’t sound good. So far, I’ve finished:
10 “heavy-duty” wipes (8×12 double-sided, top-stitched flannel)
50 “light-duty” wipes (8×8 single-sided, zigzagged flannel)
The plan is to make another 50 or so “medium-duty” wipes (single-sided but the larger size of 8×12).
Oh, and in case you’re wondering, the scale is as follows:
- Light-duty wipes: Baby pee
- Medium-duty wipes: Baby poo
- Heavy-duty wipes: Baby poo explosions
Alphabet block bonanza
Monday, January 11, 2010
19 weeks, 1 day pregnant
It took a whack of felt, cotton, thread and stuffing — not to mention those hours of my life spent ironing, piecing, and hand-sewing (hours which I will never get back) — but the alphabet blocks are finished!
… I did 10, but they are not all pictured here. When I was arranging them for the photos, I kept accidentally spelling “NAG” and “CIG.” Didn’t seem appropriate, so eventually I stuck with initials.
If these blocks don’t help teach Little Baby letters and colours, I may just eat one.Yeah, they were that much work.
19 weeks & counting
Sunday, January 10, 2010
19 weeks pregnant!!!
Welcome to week 20!
OH MY GOD, TWENTYYYYYY!
OH MY GOD, TWENTYYYYYY!
I can’t believe that in a week, I’ll officially be done with my teens (in a pregnancy-week sense, not an age sense. Sheesh, I’m 26). Then it’s just the twenties and thirties (hopefully not forties), and then Little Baby will be here!
To celebrate, here are some of the bib/burp cloth sets I made last week. They’re really easy and fun to make, and I love knowing I’ll be able to take Little Baby somewhere with a “matching” pair.
“Safari Chic”
“Canadiana Cutie”
For crafty-crafters interested in making these sets, there is no pattern (because I don’t take direction well, or am free-spirited, or something). I just drew half a bib shape, and traced it onto the fabric on a fold. Then I traced the same shape onto white stretch terrycloth, for the back.
Same deal with the burp cloths, except I just traced a tray I had stashed in the kitchen cupboard. I’m a big tracer and a big improviser, not so much a big measurer or pattern-follower. Trust me, it’s much easier this way.
Happy Bibbing!
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