So we’ll start this week’s blog off with my not so pleasant story from last night. Nick & I were laying in bed reading before going to sleep. Nick with a non-fiction political book (God bless him for being able to read them, I’ve tried, but just can’t do it) and me with a baby name book…yes, we’re finally beginning our process- and no, we won't tell you what we like. You all get to wait until Cookie makes her appearance to learn what her yet to be decided name will be.
I was occasionally throwing a name out I liked and Nick would either veto or say add it to our little list for later thought. Little Mookie was coming in and out of the bedroom during this process, snuggling with me and when I would shift, getting up and going and exploring the rest of the house and then coming back. We were in bed for about 30 minutes or so. Nick turned off his light and turned on the news to go to sleep and Little Mookie jumped up and in the little space between my legs I make for him just like always and was looking at me while I was reading and then I heard it.
HE WAS PEEING ON ME!!!
I screamed and yelled he was peeing and Mookie ran away…there it was a puddle of pee quickly soaking into the blanket that was covering me. Nick went after Mookie. Luckily, I don’t use the same blanket as the comforter on our bed to sleep with any more because I get so hot so quickly and kick things off. Nick will sleep under our comforter and I use a different blanket and sleep on top of the comforter. I delicately pulled the duvet off and separated the two and threw them in garage (they’ll be washed today when I get home). Nick brought Mookie in the bed and rubbed his nose in it. I’m not sure this works with cats, but Nick insisted.
Now friends, what in the world do you think would make him pee on me? I can’t figure it out. He’s always, always, always been a mama’s boy. In the last couple of weeks he’s become even more clingier on me and insisting on cuddling me and following me everywhere and freaking out if I close a door behind me and he can’t get in. Nick has to work to get him to come near Nick now for pets and Mookie doesn’t cuddle with Nick at all in bed anymore. I’m all ears because Nick & I can’t figure it out…he peed in the spot he sleeps in every night and on the person he can’t stand not being near. Could he really have been marking me as his territory? He's neutered.
TOTAL WEIGHT GAIN: I think we’re up 1 ½ lbs from last week…we have a MD visit on Wednesday so I’ll let you know for sure. That would make total weight gain 27 ½ lbs. Sadness.
MOVEMENT: Still being a night owl. I can’t remember the last time Nick got to feel his little Cookie move. More sadness.
CRAVINGS: Still nothing I can think of, although I totally splurged after this last week. I went in for another 3 hour glucose test last Tuesday. If you recall, it should have been my regularly scheduled 1 hour, but due to my positive urine dip weeks ago, I had to go through the process. They wanted me to repeat the 1 hour, but my rationale is if it was abnormal a few weeks ago, it would be abnormal again so I wanted to jump to the 3 hour test because I just assumed I would have to do it anyway. I finished the test, had sweet potato fries with lunch, nachos for dinner, and then had McDonald’s cheeseburgers the next day. Totally gross, I know, how gluttonous can one person be? BUT, my rationale was I was convinced I had gestational diabetes, I needed to get in one last indulgence since I didn’t know for sure. My test came back NEGATIVE!!! Such happiness, but so much guilt for the total disgusting splurge in junk food.
SYMPTOMS: Emotional ups and downs, hot/stuffy all the time, missing feet, swollen fingers (wedding ring still fits), crazy dreams, heartburn, spicy food aversion, frequent urination, mild constipation, mild lower back pain. I also strained my neck Sunday morning telling Nick a story…it still hurts, but at least I had my prenatal massage this morning. Cyndi can work magic!
New this week: NO GESTATIONAL DIABETES!!! I’m still sleeping pretty well and haven’t gotten too uncomfortable. I still feel really, really fabulous. I’m hoping it will continue.
BELLY BUTTON: The top half of my belly button is still poofed. It doesn’t stick out like an outtie, but is more like the top half is just disappearing. Nick has until the end of the week for poppage and then I have to hope it hold out until Week 30 so I can win our little bet on when it will pop. I can still make it move in and out based upon my breathing. I still find it disgusting, but can’t stop. It’s like when you get a canker sore and can’t stop touching it with your tongue.
PREPARATIONS: I have the fabric I’m going to use for Cookie’s quilt and the curtains were hung last week. Nothing else in terms of preparations. My BFF, Lizzie was in town this weekend so we curbed the preparations. I did manage to get the fabric squares for the quilt cut up though. Just because you have people around, you can’t stop the nesting pregnant lady. It’s a disease.
MILESTONES: The belly button poofing comes to mind (see above). I also did my scheduled glucose test today. I went with the 3 hour rather than the 1 hour. I'm assuming the 1 hour would come back abnormal at this point so I'd rather just go to the lab once. As before, they have Internet so I was able to work the whole time.
Second milestone – baby preparation classes started. We learned all about labor and delivery on Wednesday night. I’m officially freaked out. I mean, my baby’s head will be the size of WHAT and I’ll only dilate HOW much?
Third milestone – We’ve officially started our last week of our third trimester. It’s really hitting us now. Next week it will be just a countdown to the delivery. No more trimesters to start.
Fourth milestone – Baby shower went off BEAUTIFULLY on Saturday!!!
WEEKLY WISDOM: Not so much a wisdom, but a realization. I have amazing friends. Our baby shower was wonderful on Saturday. We did a guy/girl combination party. The generosity of our friends was amazing not to mention my girlfriends who threw it. The decorations were made by a girlfriend in Northern California who couldn’t make, but shipped them down. I mean, we all know we have wonderful friends, but every so often you open your eyes and realize how truly wonderful they are. Thank you to everyone again, Nick and I are still so touched.
I should have uploaded pics from the baby shower, but I didn’t, I got lazy. Week 28 belly pic next week and I’ll upload some baby shower pictures then.
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