Oh my this pregnancy is flying by! And it needs to slooooooow down!
I'm 25 weeks but had my 24 week check up today. I still haven't gained any weight. My blood sugar levels are great but they're going to make me do another test at 28 weeks. I will arrive and do a fasting, then eat breakfast and test 2 hours after. Which is ridiculous if you ask me because that is what I do at my house. But sure, let me pay extra for that. I was more than willing to do another 3 hour if needed. The difference is drinking the glucose solution. Yeah, it's nasty but not so nasty that I'm willing to do anything under the sun to avoid it. And I know I'm overweight but I haven't even gained any weight yet, so Dr. S can quit acting like I exist off of sugar. I'm really not a fan of her, and she's the one that I've seen each time due to some kind of scheduling glitch.
So as soon as I pass the 28 week thing I am off to Brookhaven Birth Center. And if I fail it (feels like a lot would have to change between now and then) then I will have to see if someone in Stuanton offers VBAC (vaginal birth after caeserean) because my research is showing that to be safer. The argument Harrisonburg OB/Gyn has of "there's not enough anesthesiologists for emergency situations on staff" is actually ludicrious when you think about it. What happens if I go into labor early? Late enough for them to not want to stop labor but not on their time schedule? They would either need to make space for me immediately or let me labor some until an opening occurred. Laboring under that condition is no worse than laboring for a VBAC, especially because most issues occur early in labor, usually before a woman would even have very timeable contractions and be calling the hospital. I'm not so cynical as to think that they're doing it to make more money or work around their schedule, it's probably law suit and insurance related. But anyway, considering right now I'm thinking we'd eventually like another child or two, having repeat c-sections is repeatedly more dangerous.
We have definitely decided to stay at FIL's for a few more months. We're going to spend some money now to make some improvements for us downstairs, around what we would pay for one month's rent anywhere. And then we'll look again when baby is a few months old. I just didn't want the stress of moving and then buying all the baby things back to back in the last 2 months before delivery. So the next time we look there won't be such a time crunch. It might not be the most fun but it won't be on the same level of "Ok, all of May and June are out because I will be giving birth during one of them." So if it takes a few months to find the right place then that will be ok. And again, there is a very strong possibility that Doug is getting a promotion in the next few months.
Symptom wise there's nothing really new to report. I am sleeping a little better now, we got a new bed and mattress. We have been looking off and on since October and everytime Doug was was about to pull the trigger I started feeling guilty spending that type of money. But our sleep finally got bad enough and I realized that it doesn't matter if we don't have a lot of money, things break. Things break and you have to fix them and that's just the way it is. And actually it worked out better because we found the same bed we had been loving at the Ashley Furniture Store at their discount place across town but in white instead of a stain for $800 instead of $1200 and then we got the mattress there for $200. Yeah, a king size for $200!! He practically gave it away for free. It feels much better. Not as good as the kind we would have bought but we can update later if we need it. And we were able to keep king size.
Baby girl is quite the mover. I think she dashes up to the top of my uterus and then just jumps down, a lot.
We used Doug's honor points from when he travelled for work training in August (they paid for it but he still got the points) and got a $200 a night hotel in Alexandria for $60. We did a one night trip, got to sleep in and enjoy some Smithsonians. The only downsides were that we shouldn't have worked the day of and then our car battery randomly died just before leaving after dinner with Doug's aunt and uncle. Thankfully they were still with us and were able to drive us to Wal-Mart and then their house to get tools (seriously, the Wal-Mart didn't even have a hammer or nails, ridiculous) and then back to the car since it wouldn't even take a jump. We planned to get home at 10 pm at the latest, got home after 1 am. Doug was up at 5:30 for work, Teddy woke up at 5:45. Definitely tired for the next few days. It would be nice to go away again for a night before baby is born, this being our first time being that far from Teddy, but I don't know who we'd leave him with. It's dramatic, so I guess that probably won't happen.
Ugh, he is still waking up so early. He did this last year too, so I'm hopeful that he will eventually sleep later again before the baby is born but my body is just not adjusting to falling asleep early. So I'm always feeling tired. And then I ask Doug to help some in the mornings and I feel really bad because even though I've already been up with Teddy for 2-3 hours, Doug has only been asleep for 6. Really hoping something changes before we have to deal with midnight feedings.
But he's also just soo smart! Talking so much, finally learned his colors! We're working on potty training. We started in January but then kind of took a break when I got sick. We will be transitioning him to a big boy bed soon. He is semi interested in climbing out, is climbing on a lot of things these days, but mostly because it is sooo hard for me to get him in there, especially if he doesn't want to.
I really need to get some pics on here!
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