Major Developments: Lungs are mature enough to be born, baby might have full head of hair (yeah right)
Size of baby: Length of Stalk of Swiss chard. About 19 inches long
The countdown continues. Baby Grayson’s arrival is quickly approaching and I don’t think I’m ready yet. Eeek! He has to hang in there until my diapers are finished. Then he is free to come. Those diapers are sure keeping me busy!!
So this week, Eric surprised me with a pair of red Tom’s and flowers. It was super sweet of him. I was really excited for the shoes because they are precious – and red. I want to get matching baby toms for Grayson. How cute. Friday, I was supposed to be working on my diapers but I decided that I wanted to take Eric on a date instead. I figured, we only have a few more weekends so we should take advantage of it. We cook so much at home we rarely end up going out to dinner. It has been nice to go out the past 2 weekends. I think we’ll probably only have time to squeeze in one more date as a family of 2 before Grayson comes. Eek!!! I had to exchange my shoes for a smaller size so we looked at the baby Tom’s too. They are so freaking cute!!! I can hardly stand it! I can’t wait to get him a pair. My feet are so dang swollen that I could hardly get my feet into the size that I wanted. They look like little balloons. It looks ridiculous. The theme of the week has been swollen feet. Even my doctor noticed the state of these little suckers!! Oh well J
This weekend was my friend’s birthday. She had a little shin dig at her mom’s house. One of her friends is due June 28th and I am due June 27th. She and I chatted it up all night about different pregnancy stuff. She is planning on not doing an epidural. They will be using the Bradey Method, which is what my doctor has recommended. I wish we had considered this earlier because I don’t know if we will be prepped enough for the labor. She and her husband took a 12 week class on it. So we’ll see how this goes. I’m just going to go in with an open mind. If I need the epidural than I need it but I am not going to ask for it until I really really need it. I want to test my strength first.
Saturday we had 8 hours of birthing classes to attend. I was thinking that it was going to be miserable to be in class that long but it actually wasn’t bad. They gave us lots of snacks, breaks, and an hour to go get lunch. The first half was really good information. They taught us all of the breathing techniques and different positions to relieve pain. I found that to be super useful. They also taught the dads how to massage mom’s back and hands. Eric was so cute. He was taking notes the whole time. I think he’s going to be really great in labor. I think he is just the type to be helpful through those contractions. From the sounds of it, you can’t go all natural without support like that. Hopefully we can get through it together. He also cracked some jokes that made the whole class laugh. What a silly little thing! Throughout the 1st half they showed peoples birth stories on these short videos. The last one made me cry my eyes out. They went through the whole thing. When the baby was born I could hardly keep those little tears in my eyes. Thank goodness they sent us to lunch right after showing us to the video. I barely made it to the car before I was a mess. Seeing that movie just made me so emotional about the birth of a child. It’s just so amazing. Hopefully I can contain myself when little Grayson comes. I cried all the way to the restaurant. I’m a loser. These pregnancy hormones are a killer. We had lunch at a greek place and got a slice of Baklava. That is baby Grayson’s favorite treat now. Mmmmmmmm. So tasty! The 2nd half of class I could have done without. They went over a lot of the medical things that are going to be done during an epidural. They even passed around all of the instruments, including an epidural needle…. I really didn’t need to see all of that. That only made me more nervous about getting one. To me, ignorance is bliss, on that subject at least. Too much information!
The rest of this week has been pretty uneventful. I have been slaving away on my diapers. I even take them to work and try and get some of them done on my lunch break. My goal is to have most of them done by Sunday so that I can relax all next week.
My hormones have really been a problem lately. I seriously get so agitated and pissed off sometimes that I am nearly in tears. Excluding the passing out spells I had in pregnancy, the hormones have been the worst part of pregnancy. Everything else is tolerable. I would rather pee 30 times a day than be grumpy all day. Its just ridiculous. Work is getting difficult because sometimes I feel like I’m surrounded by idiots when in actuality I’m probably just blowing things out of proportion. I just try to stay at my desk except for to pee and get lunch. That way, no one has to witness the rage of a pregnant person. I told Megan that I need an exorcism because there is a demon residing in my soul right now. Tuesday I was so pissed off at the gym I was near tears. I was hot, my pants were too tight, my shoes were too tight, and I really didn’t want to be there. I was on the bike, cycling in rage. I just want the old, non-grumpy Kayla back. Please? I try my hardest not to let my mood swings get out of control. I told myself and Eric I want no drama until the baby comes. We need to have a stress free household.
I can’t believe that the time is almost here. Now that week 37 is over we are entering the 2 weeks left stretch. It’s insane. For the next 2 weeks we are just going to be wrapping everything up.
One thing Eric and I had talked about getting done was the birth announcements. Eric is thinking of making them since he is pretty computer savvy. Can you believe that we are talking about making birth announcements? Crazy. I don’t know if we’ll have time to before the baby but it would be nice to have them mostly ready – except for the picture of course. We are going to be super busy once he gets here.
I’ve also got to pack my hospital bag and choose an outfit for little Grayson to wear home. We did all of his laundry the other day. I haven’t folded it all yet, which is another thing on my list. That boy really has a lot of clothes. I don’t know how I’m going to choose an outfit for him to come home in. OMG!!! This is going to be un-real.
We put the car seat in the Prius. I still need to get a car seat base for my car. I can’t believe how much space those things take up. We ended up getting a carrier car seat (the typical kind) but I kinda wish we had gotten a convertible one instead just because it is taking up so much space. I got in the car after work the other day and it scared the crap out of me. I thought that someone was sitting in the back seat. Nope, just the baby seat.
There are just a couple more items I need to get like a baby sling carrier. I think I have everything I need for the diapers. We went into the diaper store and got the dirty diaper bags for home and for the daycare/travel/grandma’s house. They are super cute. We got the bags instead of pails because they are more convenient. The bag is heat sealed so the smell is not supposed to leak out. Who knows. I think we are just going to keep it in the laundry room because that is where the ferrets live and it already stinks in there. We won’t even notice! After we get the last few items I think we will be set.
Now we just have the waiting game. I have a doctor’s appointment tomorrow that I am really anxious for. He is going to do an exam so he might be able to tell me if I am effaced or dilated. I hope he discovers something so we have information for all of our travelers. Wish us luck!
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