Tomorrow marks 29 weeks with this little boy. Sometimes I feel like this pregnancy is going by at a snails pace. Other times I'm like, holy crap, I'm having a baby in 2 1/2 months! Only major complaint is fatigue. Totally normal and expected. Except when I was this far along with Ellie, I had already quit my job and it was the winter of the polar vortexes. I could sleep and eat and sleep whenever I darn well chose to. Now, I'm on a potty training toddlers schedule. She will be three very very soon and is 95 % potty trained. Her normal wake up time is between 6 and 6:30 and she rarely takes a nap anymore. She goes to bed around 7 those days. We have an "ok to wake" clock but so far its not been super effective. Probably need a sticker system or other reward for staying in the room till 7. She needs a chore chart too as we start to instill some basic principles into her routine. Some things, like setting the table and emptying the dishwasher, she loves to do. Things like cleaning up her toys or staying in her room, not-so-much.
A lot of things are getting harder to do with my growing belly, again not an issue with Ellie. I was big but no toddler. Picking up the screaming toddler for time out is not the easiest thing as she flails and arches. Cuddling her on my lap takes some careful arranging. Picking up toys, searching under furniture, bath time, extracting myself from her bed (if I had to lay down with her to get her to sleep) without waking her up. All things that are very challenging. We manage though. Sometimes I just tell her she needs to wait till daddy comes home. I still have bad sciatic pain that if I'm not really careful will turn excruciating.
She may not be three for another week or so but she is definitely showing signs of being a three-nager. Esp when she needs to sleep but has refused. She communicates well until she decides to be a three-nager and grunt and scream at me instead. She is 90% delightful and is excited for the baby but oh my word, that 10% would drive me to drink (if I could drink!). We are planning a very small family party for her 3rd birthday. We don't have the finances to pull off something big right now. With the baby coming and possibly two health care deductibles to meet, just not gonna happen.
We have his names(s) picked out and are happy with them. I start my 2 week visits to the doctor next month and see MFM doctors for a growth ultrasound in 4 weeks. Next mile stone to reach is 32 weeks as his brain will pretty much be developed. After that is his lungs maturing and weight gain as I understand it. I'm eating A LOT more than I remember eating with Ellie, I've already gained 30 pounds and I still have 11 weeks to go. Kind of daunting. Heartburn is worse too. I'm still limiting exercise as I end up with pains to worry me. In April for sure I'll be doing some spring walking to encourage him to drop and for labor to start.
After talking through labor options with one of my doctors I'm still not super happy. My best bet is for labor to begin naturally and need no helps. So I am praying for that. If there is a need for Pitocin my risk factors for scar abruption (from my csection) come into play. It really depends on how everything ends up going and how well I progress.
Soon my baby will be 3. She will have her own update after her birthday. So so proud of my little girl and who she is becoming!
