Man, back in September and October, I thought time was going by so slowly but now that we are in November and half way through it, it seems like time is flying once again. 
Maybe that has a little bit to do with me being a lady of leisure these days. My doctor put me on bedrest for the remainder of my pregnancy. I went into his office all stressed out over the situation at work in early November and he said "this Friday, November 4th, will be your last day." I was like "Excuse me?"
Doc put me on disability
because stress is bad for the gestational diabetes I already have and for the apparent high blood pressure reading I had that day and some of my tests indicated I was at risk for pre-eclampsia. My new job, is to go to the hospital for neonatal stress tests, twice a week, on Monday's and Thursday's with a weekly OBGYN appointment on Thursday's after my hospital appointment. Throw in some eye doctor appointments with an eye specialist (apparently my eyeballs are strained) and then some peranatologist/nutritionist appointments and suddenly, going to see Burbank's medical community is my new job.
I did get the okay yesterday, front the peranatologist to not see him anymore yesterday after he did an intense anatomy scan and it showed baby girl looking real good (big head, nice femur, strong stomach, strong backbone, good amniotic fluid) weighing in at 6lbs, 3 oz. So that made me really happy as my eye doctor and last two stress tests were anything but non-stressful.
Besides doctor appointments, hubby and I have been busy going to Lamaze classes to learn about birth. He has learned he wants to sat north of the border and I have learned I definitely will be taking the epidural. There is no need for me to try and be a super woman. I have known intense pain in my life and I don't need to feel more to make me feel validated as a woman. God bless those ladies who go it all natural. The hospital classes we signed up for have been pretty helpful. So far we took the hospital tour and saw the delivery and labor floors. Then it was the CPR class in which we learned how to resuscitate a non-breathing baby,
then it was a breast feeding class for me and now these Lamaze classes.
I guess my next big thing to figure out is my birthing plan. I am not exactly sure how to write one but I know some things I want during the process like (epidural, massage, a nice candle, lights off, calming music, and visualization (Fiji is my special place). Oh, and of course, hubby has to be there. The doc is now estimating that I will give birth between 38.5 and 39 weeks instead of on Dec 22. He didn't give me a new due date as I am sure this involves inducing so a date will need to be decided.
We have our last Lamaze class this weekend, hopefully, we will be ready. I am trying not to think about birth because I know it will hurt a lot so there is no reason to sit here and stress about it until i get there and even then they say I should try and be relaxed. The thing about fear is the unknown. Well, I have tasted extraordinary pain so I am hoping that the pain of childbirth is somewhere in that arena. If its not, I am totally screwed but then again that is why I want the epidural.
So when I am not bed resting, going to the doctor or going to a baby class I found myself attending a second shower. My work shower was cancelled due to the bed rest but my good friend, Lisa
threw Brian and I a baby shower this past weekend involving my LA Friends. 
It was a really fun time. She did such a great job with decorating and having fun games and activities. She had set up a onesie decorating station so that ll the guests could decorate a onesie. She set up a scrapbooking table so people could make scrapbook pages for a baby album. Then she had some games. Overall, it was a great party and I had fun visiting with my friends.
This week, I am really taking it easy, I might never have another time in my life with time to myself so I am trying to enjoy it as much as possible. I am trying to take a cue from Moses, and take a lot of naps throughout the day.
Maybe that has a little bit to do with me being a lady of leisure these days. My doctor put me on bedrest for the remainder of my pregnancy. I went into his office all stressed out over the situation at work in early November and he said "this Friday, November 4th, will be your last day." I was like "Excuse me?"Doc put me on disability
because stress is bad for the gestational diabetes I already have and for the apparent high blood pressure reading I had that day and some of my tests indicated I was at risk for pre-eclampsia. My new job, is to go to the hospital for neonatal stress tests, twice a week, on Monday's and Thursday's with a weekly OBGYN appointment on Thursday's after my hospital appointment. Throw in some eye doctor appointments with an eye specialist (apparently my eyeballs are strained) and then some peranatologist/nutritionist appointments and suddenly, going to see Burbank's medical community is my new job.I did get the okay yesterday, front the peranatologist to not see him anymore yesterday after he did an intense anatomy scan and it showed baby girl looking real good (big head, nice femur, strong stomach, strong backbone, good amniotic fluid) weighing in at 6lbs, 3 oz. So that made me really happy as my eye doctor and last two stress tests were anything but non-stressful.
Besides doctor appointments, hubby and I have been busy going to Lamaze classes to learn about birth. He has learned he wants to sat north of the border and I have learned I definitely will be taking the epidural. There is no need for me to try and be a super woman. I have known intense pain in my life and I don't need to feel more to make me feel validated as a woman. God bless those ladies who go it all natural. The hospital classes we signed up for have been pretty helpful. So far we took the hospital tour and saw the delivery and labor floors. Then it was the CPR class in which we learned how to resuscitate a non-breathing baby,
then it was a breast feeding class for me and now these Lamaze classes. I guess my next big thing to figure out is my birthing plan. I am not exactly sure how to write one but I know some things I want during the process like (epidural, massage, a nice candle, lights off, calming music, and visualization (Fiji is my special place). Oh, and of course, hubby has to be there. The doc is now estimating that I will give birth between 38.5 and 39 weeks instead of on Dec 22. He didn't give me a new due date as I am sure this involves inducing so a date will need to be decided.
We have our last Lamaze class this weekend, hopefully, we will be ready. I am trying not to think about birth because I know it will hurt a lot so there is no reason to sit here and stress about it until i get there and even then they say I should try and be relaxed. The thing about fear is the unknown. Well, I have tasted extraordinary pain so I am hoping that the pain of childbirth is somewhere in that arena. If its not, I am totally screwed but then again that is why I want the epidural.
So when I am not bed resting, going to the doctor or going to a baby class I found myself attending a second shower. My work shower was cancelled due to the bed rest but my good friend, Lisa
threw Brian and I a baby shower this past weekend involving my LA Friends. 
It was a really fun time. She did such a great job with decorating and having fun games and activities. She had set up a onesie decorating station so that ll the guests could decorate a onesie. She set up a scrapbooking table so people could make scrapbook pages for a baby album. Then she had some games. Overall, it was a great party and I had fun visiting with my friends. This week, I am really taking it easy, I might never have another time in my life with time to myself so I am trying to enjoy it as much as possible. I am trying to take a cue from Moses, and take a lot of naps throughout the day.
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