Monday, December 27, 2010

Waiting...and Waiting

Christmas came and went. And (estimated) 8-pound Oliver is still in my belly. I don't know why my body won't just start labor already, but I'm getting so frustrated! I can hardly move, I can't sleep, and I can barely breathe a lot of the time because I have a huge bowling ball shoved up against my lungs! Two weeks ago I was thinking they might induce me for high blood pressure. I thought for sure I'd have him by now. I'm officially 39 weeks. It feels like all I do is complain these days.

But, you know what? I know when I meet my snuggly, warm baby boy that I will forget every single bit of discomfort and unhappiness I've felt throughout this pregnancy. I know that when I hold him in my arms there won't be even a tiny bit of regret. I can't wait to meet this little guy. Everything I'm going through right now is worth it because, at the end of it, I will have the most precious gift of all.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

What's Happening In December

Joseph and I are officially done with classes. This week is FINALS WEEK! And after those we will be officially done with school FOREVER. Or...until January 18th. But I like to imagine it's for forever. Tonight, our school is having a "late-night breakfast" where students can go get free breakfast food and study for finals from 9pm-2am. Free food? I'm so there. And tomorrow they're giving out free Jamba Juice. Seems like they know how to encourage us.

Oliver is coming soon, and that's hard to believe. In fact, I don't think we do believe it. It feels too surreal. I am on "moderate bedrest", which means I can only get up to go to the bathroom. I'm really not sure what straight-up bedrest is like, and it's not something I'd want to find out. Anyway, the doc put me on it because I have higher-than-usual blood pressure, and there is a worry I will develop preeclampsia or PIH. We have been checking my blood pressure at home, and it seems to be going down, so I will be okay to go take my finals. But if the symptoms get worse or don't go away, there is talk of induction this week, which I would welcome with a big, fat "LET'S DO IT".

Christmas is almost here! Joseph already got his present. I hate the idea of early Christmas presents, but it was on a Black Friday sale...and he picked it out. It's a new computer. He got to build it and he's very proud :) I could have made him wait until Christmas to build it, but that would be just cruel :P He's been really excited to build a new computer, so I'm happy he could do it. We still have a list of people to buy for. I'm hoping to get the shopping done this week! I love buying and wrapping presents; it's the best part of Christmas for me! But this year I'm obviously focusing on very different things, like finally buying a crib mattress and going to the fire station to have them set up Oliver's carseat the right way. The best Christmas gift we could get this year is our little baby in our arms. And for me to not have to pee every flipping five minutes.

Here's to getting through finals, a wonderful Christmas, and our very-anticipated Olive!