Hi Folks!
Lynn, you cracked me up when you suggested that I am so calm about it all! That is hardly the case. I just am focusing on getting through the next few weeks, that's all. The painters started today so I am hoping the fumes aren't bad when I get home from work and that progress is being made. The weather isn't so good this week so they have to do all of the inside work first which pleases me as I don't care when they finish painting the house as long as the nursery is done!
This week is out of control crazy at work. I am in IT and am managing 2 upgrades that have been in the works for a couple of years and they are finally being done this week. So, when I go home Friday, I will be very relieved. This is the one thing I NEED to get through before giving birth!
My shower is this weekend and I am also signed up for a breastfeeding class on Sunday. I am looking forward to these things but can't say I am calm about any of them and am really looking forward to just getting comfy on the couch with DH on Sunday night and catching up on TV.
I am so sorry to hear that your instructor was so insensitve about your c-section! That is just ridiculous. People go to those classes to have fears calmed, not to be second guessed on what they are planning to do. I feel she should be reported. (During this pregnancy, I have become much more assertive and can't stand it when people try to dish out this crap). If you don't go back, which is completely understandable, maybe you could get a refund and explain that the instructor made you feel uncomfortable?
There's so much we have to go through getting pregnant, it doesn't help to deal with people like that.
I have just heard of a benefit recently about IVF though. I was asking my OB how far they would let me go past my due date. I am due 11/24 and really want to have a November baby. She said they usually wait 1 week. But, she said people go late in part because their due date is miscalculated but, in my case, we definitely know it is accurate so she is hopeful that I will deliver on time. I thought that was so nice of her to say. I don't know if it is necessarily true but at that moment, I actually felt lucky to have gone through this process!
Congrats on getting a date set. 11/4 will be here soon!
Ana - Good luck on the 19th. That's less than 3 weeks away now!!! That is so exciting. I am jealous that you are getting scans each time. I have only gotten 2 ultrasounds, one at 12 weeks and one at 18 weeks. I am so curious to see what my baby looks like now! DH is happy not to get them though. We are waiting to find out the gender and he feels it is safer not to get an ultrasound and chance seeing something.
pincushion - Good luck on the 20th! I am jealous that you are all going before me! It makes me excited though. I can't wait to hear all about your successful deliveries.
I hope the low sugar diet helps. It doesn't sound all that fun but it will be definitely worth it in 3 weeks when you get to hold your baby in your arms!
Have any of your doctors recommended getting the flu shot this year? My OB recommended both my DH and I get one in the next few weeks and I was wondering if others heard the same recommendation.
I feel pathetic saying this given all of the injections I have had this past year but getting an injection in my arm still makes me nervous. DH and I were laughing because I was saying I would much rather they let him give me the shot in my behind. That is what I am used to and much more comfortable with! Isn't that crazy?
Enjoy the rest of the week!
