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Bug's Blog: The life of a (frazzled) social worker soon-to-be-mom! |
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2月26日 Wow! Its been forever!Someone was asking about my blog...and I realized its been a long time! My time online is limited now that I have a squiggly little girl to care for! I probably won't be continuing this blog, however I will be checking everyone's out periodically!
I will close with this. Being a mom is truly life changing. It was extremely tough at the beginning and even now, I'm learning and struggling almost every day! But now that she's smiling and cooing and interacting, its amazing! thank you all for your support and reading this blog (for the past several years). Good luck! 12月8日 The final update! :) Hey everyone!! I'm finally a mommy!! I did in fact make it to my scheduled c-section on Dec 2nd! So I went in at 6am on Tuesday morning for prep. It was a little scary, and during the actual c-section, I had a reaction to the meds and I threw up for most of my c-section! It took about an hour total, but when I heard my baby girl cry, it was the most amazing experience! Olivia was big, 8 lb 2 oz (so much for all the fear of having a preterm preemie baby) and 21 inches! She was in the 90th percentile for size! She is truly a beautiful little girl and we've been getting tons of compliments on her! She was very healthy, except there is some concern about her hip. We took her to an orthopedic pediatrician today for her first appt. Her left hip is a little loose, so they will keep an eye on it to make sure it improves by the time we go back in two weeks. If it doesn't, she'll have to wear a brace over the next few months to try to tighten it up. However, compared to all the fears I had about cleft palate and effects from my bipolar meds, a small hip issue doesn't worry me too much. I'm home now and in some pain. I have pain killers and these amazingly huge powerful 600 mg ibruprofen, but I still hurt. I'm not able to really pick Olivia up or anything, so my husband's doing the bulk of the work. Luckily, he LOVES being a dad and is soo ok with taking care of his "girls!" I'll be posting pics soon, but I'm waiting til we get real internet this week (instead of the slow dial-up I have right now). Birth (at least in c-section form) was pretty stressful and painful, but it ends up being worth it! My little girl is amazing and I'm already forgetting how miserable I was when I was pregnant.... :) 11月19日 Update.... I went to the doc yesterday afternoon. I'm not progressing any further because Olivia's breech and not putting enough pressure to dilate me further! So the skinny now is that the NP thinks I'll make it to my Dec 2nd scheduled c-section and probably won't go into labor before then. Hmmm....so I have 12 1/2 long days left until then. At least Thanksgiving with all of its wonderful trimmins' will keep me busy next week! Pregnancy! Its always an adventure! :) 11月18日 Proof that babies are unpredictable...Nope. Nothin'. I'm still pregnant! I've not progressed, I'm not having a lot of contractions, and thankfully I am now 37 1/2 weeks and considered full-term! Olivia is still breech, so I'm scheduled for a c-section on Dec. 2nd! I'm hoping to go into labor before then, but who knows? I'm off bedrest (thank God) so I've been able to unpack and do a lot of cleaning. So much for thinking I'd have her last week! :) So the maximum time I have to wait to meet my little munchkin is 14 days! WOW! 11月12日 24 days, but more like 1 or 2!Wondering about the title of my blog? Here's the pregnancy skinny.... At 34 weeks, I was having contractions. Ran to the hospital, and I was already 90% effaced and 1 1/2 cm dilated. So I was put on bedrest from 34 to 36 weeks (and yes, I had to move in that time and just sit on the couch while my lovely friends and family packed, moved, unpacked). I took pills to stop the contractions and got extremely bored (although I did catch up on my movies!). As of this past Saturday, I was off bedrest (I was at 36 weeks), but have still been taking it SUPER easy. Like I've left the house twice since Saturday. We frantically have packed the suitcase, finished the baby's room and purchased everything we needed! I went to the doctor today and in spite of doing almost nothing for the past 2 1/2 weeks, I have dilated to 3 cm and am still super super effaced. I've been having contractions off and on and the general consensus is I will probably be giving birth in the next day or so! WOW! So little Olivia will be 3 to 3 1/2 weeks early. There is still some risk of NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) time, but I am hoping/praying that she is happy and healthy. The doctor said at this point there is a slim to none chance of NICU time, mostly because she has been growing consistently and been very active! She will definitely be little though, so I had to stock up on newborn clothes and teeny tiny teeny newborn diapers (they are SOOO cute!). So I'll do my best to keep this updated, but if I'm quiet for a while, its definitely because I've had my baby! 10月20日 47 days left!Wow! I'm under the 50 day mark! We went to Walmart and picked up some diapers and wipes and suddenly it hit me! I'M HAVING A BABY! In the hustle and bustle of house buying and selling and moving, its easy to forget how quickly December 6th is coming up! Its exciting but a little overwhelming...
I'm finishing up my several baby projects - I made booties, two blankets and a hat. Tomorrow I'll start my diaper bag! I have to pack up all my craft stuff soon so I figured I better get stuff finished first!
So we have a hospital tour left, a car seat check, and a baby basics class....and then its just the waiting game till December!
Oh and hopefully we'll be closing Oct 29th for our new house! Meaning we only have 9 days left until we move! Hooray!
10月16日 Thoughts on last night's debates...I have to get this out somewhere....
I watched most of the debates last night. It was interesting...I'm always amazed that McCain is so articulate! In fact, I thought his closing statement was more powerful than Obama's. The one thing that really bugs me is this:
I believe that Americans have a fundamental flaw in their thinking (not all, but many) that throwing money at things will "fix" them. Problems with schools? Just spend more money on it! Problems with Katrina? Just throw money at it! And yet these are complicated problems that are complicated by infrastructure problems, corrupt organizers, structural flaws, etc. Its more than just a lack of money! That being said, money does help. I'm not so naive to thinking that everything in America is perfectly funded. But system issues and the simple fact that people do not always use resources that are available make these complicated issues to fix.
I felt last night like Obama's answer to things is throw more money at them. For example, he discussed the importance of getting more kids to college...AWESOME! That's a great idea, but who pays for it? He discussed paying teachers more to have higher quality teachers. So true! But who pays for it? I understand that the logical response is to stop spending so much money on the war in Iraq, but Obama is not going to pull out of Iraq immediately...so I'm at a loss.
And in an economy that is quickly going down the toilet, where is that money coming from? One cannot argue that the national deficit is too large and then promise things that COST money. Very frustrating to me because ultimately, Obama sounds great! He wants better schools! More people going to college! Better health care! But WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR IT? Especially when people are getting more and more strapped and watching their retirement accounts bottoming out. I hope people realize that a simple bit of accounting is that you have to have debits AND credits in a country. We've had a president that has spent spent spent for the past 8 years. Let's not let this happen again! 10月7日 60 days left and counting...I have 60 days left! I actually took some 31 week pictures, but my computer was being finicky yesterday and refusing to load them! I'll try again later!
Quick update:
Our house FINALLY sold, so me and my husband are now trying to find and buy one of our own. Which is SUPER overwhelming - The cost! Finding the perfect house! Understanding the fees! Making an offer! The cost!
I've cut back on my work hours. I'm now working with adults (something I haven't done in a while, I've only been working with adolescents) and its a really nice change. I adore the clients and my coworkers and its nice to work with people who WANT to be helped (many teenagers do not!). It breaks my heart at moments to think that I'm working with people's parents/grandparents/wives/husbands and to think that mental illness has so debilitated them, but hopefully I can at least be a good listener and pass along some information about dealing with those issues.
My baby shower was this weekend - hooray! I think people had fun and I have 90% of the nursery ready...just a few more things to buy and I'll be ready for Miss Olivia! :) 9月27日 70 days left...and random thoughts...So as the title suggests, I only have 70 days left until my due date! I told my husband and he gave me a cartoon-like look...like this:
 Seriously.I started my childbirth classes which were super helpful and informative. We have three more which is exciting! Its neat being in a room full of expecting couples, kind of normalizes the experience!
Still working, although its getting difficult. And someone said to me recently..."Wow you don't look pregnant. I'm used to people being all round, not jiggly."
 It cracked me up. Some people get really offended when people make rude or odd comments to pregnant women. Not me. It seems like pregnancy opens people's social floodgates...when else do you ask women about their breasts/cervix/bowel movements? But all in all, I'm feeling good. I've gained about 10 1/2 pounds, so I actually look pregnant, not chunky (which I really worried about with my tendency to struggle with weight). I walked 2 miles a few nights ago, and I'm feeling spry 80% of the time! That being said, I'm ok with only 70 days left! I can't wait to be a mommy (which shocks my husband...I'm not the nurturing type!).
On a different note, I watched part of the presidential debate last night and realized three things:
1. McCain is SOO much more articulate than our current president. When he's on fire about something, he does not seem like the doddering grandfather people make him out to be.
2. I really hate debates. I just want to jump in and say "take your turn" or "the 2 minutes is up already!" For the most part, McCain and Obama seemed to do ok.
3. Some of the articles were complaining that there were no real knockout punches between them. GOOD! I got soo disgusted with the CONSTANT bickering between Kerry and Bush in the last election. I respect both candidates this time immensely because although they were doing little jabs here and there (as there always is in a debate), they were not tearing each other apart. They behaved like gentlemen.
And one last thing, I read an email going around about Sarah Palin criticizing her for being a hypocrite because she promoted abstinence education and her 17-year-old is pregnant. GET OVER IT! As someone who works with teenagers, you can push your values on them, but at a certain point, if they are going to sneak out and have sex with their boyfriend, THEY WILL DO IT. Regardless of what the parents believe. And on my pregnancy forums online, there are many many many 17 and 18 year olds getting knocked up these days. So STOP sending snipey emails about Palin's daughter. Criticize her policies, but do not use her personal life in that way. (Can you imagine how crappy the daughter feels...like "oh great, I totally screwed up in the public eye" when she should be excited about being a mom!)
*Ahem* I am stepping off my sopabox now. 9月18日 Some pics!I totally realized today that I had not updated my preggy pics in a while! So here you guys go! My most recent is 25 weeks, this Saturday I'll be at 29 weeks and I'll take a new one! Enjoy! |
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