39 weeks today. My feet aren't my feet anymore. I don't know whose feet they are but I'm thinking maybe they belong to a walrus. They certainly look more like flippers than do feet right now. It has been unseasonally hot the last few days and my feet have decided that this is reason enough to take on a life of their own. Bulbous at the top with just little pokey toes sticking out on the end. Flippers. I won't post a pic here because, honestly, who really needs to see that?
We saw the doc yesterday. She is a little concerned with the excessive swelling because it is another sign of the dreaded preeclampsia. However, my blood pressure has been within normal consistently at the last several visits so there is currently still no talk of induction due to blood pressure. We are continuing to monitor BP at home just in case. Otherwise, there is no new news. We showed some signs of progress at our visit last week (Thursday) but there was nothing different by this week's visit on Tuesday. Again, I'm going to spare folks the details but baby is all lined up and just waiting for the perfect time to make her entrance into the world. Mama is hoping for sometime between May 10th and the 17th. Waiting until the 10th at least so we can save money on not having to pay Cobra for health insurance during maternity leave in August. Sometime before the 17th because that is currently when our next doctor's appointment is and they may get jumpy with the induction talk once we pass our due date.
Work for the Braunster Monsters has been crazy. Dada Braun got promoted! He will be starting in a lead position later this week. We are so proud and happy that he is getting recognized for his hard work. Once again his hours and days of work will change. Ugh. He will be switching from his current Wed-Sat schedule back to Sun-Wed and will have an 8day stretch of work during the transition week (unless baby arrives). His shift will move back by 2 hours from his current 6am-5pm to 8am-7pm making family time slightly more complicated if this shift sticks around until Baby goes into daycare. In other work news, Mama Braun's work has seemed to realize that it is now May and going out on leave is imminent. I'm currently getting slammed with projects that people unreasonably expect will be done before I leave. Not going to happen.
Lastly, we closed the baby pool as of today! Please email David to let him know if you're planning to put money down on your guess if you haven't already.
So the house is prepped, the burpies are washed, the puppy is shaved, and hospital bags packed. We will celebrate Noodle's 6th birthday tomorrow, May 9th, and then it's on to patiently awaiting the birth-day for the new addition! The final countdown has begun!
We saw the doc yesterday. She is a little concerned with the excessive swelling because it is another sign of the dreaded preeclampsia. However, my blood pressure has been within normal consistently at the last several visits so there is currently still no talk of induction due to blood pressure. We are continuing to monitor BP at home just in case. Otherwise, there is no new news. We showed some signs of progress at our visit last week (Thursday) but there was nothing different by this week's visit on Tuesday. Again, I'm going to spare folks the details but baby is all lined up and just waiting for the perfect time to make her entrance into the world. Mama is hoping for sometime between May 10th and the 17th. Waiting until the 10th at least so we can save money on not having to pay Cobra for health insurance during maternity leave in August. Sometime before the 17th because that is currently when our next doctor's appointment is and they may get jumpy with the induction talk once we pass our due date.
Work for the Braunster Monsters has been crazy. Dada Braun got promoted! He will be starting in a lead position later this week. We are so proud and happy that he is getting recognized for his hard work. Once again his hours and days of work will change. Ugh. He will be switching from his current Wed-Sat schedule back to Sun-Wed and will have an 8day stretch of work during the transition week (unless baby arrives). His shift will move back by 2 hours from his current 6am-5pm to 8am-7pm making family time slightly more complicated if this shift sticks around until Baby goes into daycare. In other work news, Mama Braun's work has seemed to realize that it is now May and going out on leave is imminent. I'm currently getting slammed with projects that people unreasonably expect will be done before I leave. Not going to happen.
Lastly, we closed the baby pool as of today! Please email David to let him know if you're planning to put money down on your guess if you haven't already.
So the house is prepped, the burpies are washed, the puppy is shaved, and hospital bags packed. We will celebrate Noodle's 6th birthday tomorrow, May 9th, and then it's on to patiently awaiting the birth-day for the new addition! The final countdown has begun!
Dada Braun wants BabyB to come tomorrow so he doesn't have to do said 8-day stretch at work... come on Baby... don't disappoint Papa :-)
ReplyDeleteI totally have the Final Countdown stuck in my head now, thanks for that :)
ReplyDeleteI learned a (new to me) term from the early 1800's the other day - Monsterful; meaning wonderful and extraordinary. It obv. made me think of my favorite Braunster Monster clan. Not that you haven't already been on my mind (and my 'find friends' stalking device) non-stop. We are so excited for B to make her grand entrance! I am sure it will be a monsterful experience ;)
Now go put your feet up (!!) and tell work 'yes, I will be more than happy to do that for you, in about 3-4 months...'