And now we are almost 33 weeks, putting us about 7-ish weeks out until her big arrival!
I've really, really enjoyed being pregnant. I've been incredibly fortunate and this pregnancy has been very good to me, so I'm thankful for that. I'm not to the point of feeling "done" just yet, but the temperature here has been steadily rising towards the 90s, so I'm sure my readiness for delivery time is around the corner. I do however, have a few things that I'm really looking forward to:
- Sleeping on my stomach*: For the love of all that is good I am so f-ing ready to sleep on my stomach again! Sometimes at night when I'm lying awake, body sore from sleeping on my sides for hours I daydream about what it'll be like to soon just roll over onto my belly once again. I'm half expecting harps to play and angels to descend from heaven the first time I get to do it again.
- Sleeping on my back*: I don't expect this to be as exhilarating as sleeping on my stomach, but for now even if I lean back too far in a recliner it cuts off blood circulation and makes me dizzy and nauseous. I could do without that.
- Sushi: I am going to eat the shit out of sushi post-baby. Consider this my declaration of war on the inhabitants of our oceans.
- Dying my hair: I am too white to have light colored hair. Either my hair or my skin needs to be darker in order to make things right and given the fact that my pale, white Irish skin is incapable of turning anything other than red, I'm in desperate need to dye my hair. I know it'll probably be a bit after the baby's born and not a need immediately met, but I'm still looking forward to it nevertheless!
* For those of you thinking "Sleep, what sleep?!" Please accept my serious eye roll and know that it's no secret that new parents don't get much sleep. On top of that we've had like a million people remind us of this. We get it. But I am going to rock the fuck out of those 10 minutes of rest by laying blissfully on my stomach :D
Even if you only sleep for an hour at a time, you'll get to do it on your belly! Sheesh, it's parenthood, not the zombie apocalypse. People and their advice, shut it. But more importantly, I didn't notice you'd stopped dying your hair. Harumph.
ReplyDeletePeople are strange. Luckily, we haven't run into too many people offering unsolicited advice...which is probably a good thing :) But the whole stating the obvious "Having a kid is a lot of work!" is a little ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteWe recently met someone with 2 kids who kept referring to them and then asking us "You sure you want to do this?"
Hmm, you know, I know I'm about 8 months in but now that you mention it! Someone call Dr. Till-oh wait.
Then again, he also told me that he and his wife didn't find out the sex of their kids because "God gives you what He gives you." :| I'm still trying to figure out what the Christ that means.
I'd be more than happy to be given advice if it's actually worth something. Like "If you tap their foreheads 3 times and whisper 'noodle' in their ears they sleep for 6 hours straight!" Now that's the kind of insiders know-how I want in on.
I ran into some assbag from NCJW today who told me how my leaving was for the best for everyone, and then said (and I quote): "God closes some doors, but then opens a sunlight for you." Um, what? Who says that?
ReplyDeleteAlso, here's my insider info: the noodle thing doesn't work, but a large dose of allergy medication does.