22 weeks

Posted by Me Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:49:00 GMT

I am 22 weeks today. Baby G has been making himself more known by kicking up a storm. It’s still pretty subtle and usually only more apparent in the middle of the night and early morning, but I love it. :) LOML was able to feel a couple of kicks the other night but as said they are still pretty subtle and you kind of have to concentrate to really feel them. Either way it’s nice to feel those little thumps once in a while. I hope he keeps it up.

Life has been busy. My work contract got extended until whenever I decide to stop due to Baby. As of right now, I plan to work until beginning of January and then take some time to get ready for when baby comes. Work has been supportive but really busy. The project I am on is taking a beating so all the powers that be are slightly freaking out. Oh well, luckily I work remotely and don’t get the full onslaught of the chaos that seems to be running rampant over there. The beauty of being a contractor in a different state. :)

When not muddling through test cases and excel spreadsheets, we’ve been busy preparing the nursery. We finally cleared the room out and LOML even put a few fresh coats of pain in there – a pale yellow on the walls and a light blue on the ceiling (official names: Convivial Yellow & Byte Blue). I guess you could say it is coming along slowly but surely. We were also able to finally clear out and organize the garage which we had been putting off for 3 years. Now, there is actually room in there. I still have to clear out stuff from the guest room, but figure that’ll have to wait until we get back from our vacation.

Yes, vacation! We are leaving Oct 4th for our long-awaited trip to Hawaii. We are so looking forward to it. :) It’ll be nice to get a little break and enjoy some time together before the baby arrives. I still have to do a bunch of stuff before we go but that’s to be expected. I am a planner by heart afterall so procrastinating is not a word in my vocabulary.

In any case, today we have a lunch scheduled with LOML’s grandparents to look at cribs. They generously offered to pay for it so hence we are making a trip to our local Babies R Us and show them the one we like.

Health-wise, I am feeling better though only if I take my B6 vitamin concoction in the morning. My belly is getting bigger but still have that ridge at my belly button. It hasn’t smoothed out yet. I haven’t taken any belly shots though people have asked to see some. I don’t know – haven’t really felt like it. I am sure we’ll take some pics when we are out in Hawaii so those will have to do. I don’t know…I have never been one to just pose each week with my belly exposed. Oh well.

I have another Doctor’s Appointment on Oct 2nd. Hopefully, all is well. It should just be a general check-up. On Nov 2nd, we have our second u/s where we check on the marginal placenta previa and the cysts in our boy’s brain. Those two things are on my mind, but I am not spending my days worrying on it. I try to focus on the kicks and all the other stuff that is going on…praying all is well with baby.

As a whole I am doing good at keeping my natural worrying at a minimum, I was stupid enough to watch the Season Premiere of ER the other night and couldn’t help but freak out a little at Abby’s predicament … delivering her baby 2 1/2 months early and then undergoing a hysterectomy! Yikes! Now that I am this far along I do occasionally worry about the “preterm labor” risks and all that jazz. I know it can happen and since I haven’t gone through pregnancy before all those things are things that pop into my mind. I know it doesn’t mean that it’ll happen to me, but well with my history you can’t blame a girl for wondering and/or worrying.

However, as said, I am trying to keep those at a minimum. Working and thinking about the nursery and stuff is keeping me busy. Since we are going with a “Curious George” theme room, I got the Jack Johnson “Curious George” soundtrack as a motivator. LOML & I love Jack Johnson’s tunes so it was just perfect that he wrote the score for the movie. :) We’ll be listening to it on our way to Hawaii and hopefully our little Jack (name is not set yet – but in my opinion – still the front runner!) will be soothed by the tunes like we are. So far, I haven’t had any complaints so I think we are good. :)

As mentioned, no final name has been picked. We bought some more Baby Naming books and plan to bring them along to Hawaii where we will have some time to sort through them and see which names we like. So, we’ll see if we come to some agreement by the time we get back! :) My mom is constantly bugging me as to whether or not we have picked one out yet. I told her about Jack and I am not sure she likes it too much – but really it doesn’t matter. LOML & I will pick the name we like. I could just do without some of the snarky remarks people make when they ask about names you have thought of and they answer with “Really? – Oh ok, it’s your kid afterall so you can name him whatever!” Yeah – people and names are funny. EVERYONE has an opinion. Sometimes it seems like it would be easier to just not say anything since clearly when they ask at times they already have an opinion. As with my Mom, she’d say “Ok, Jack or James!” Let it be said that neither LOML or I have ever considered James as a name nor plan to. I just find it funny how she’ll get sneaky and throw that in there like that name has always been in the running! Oh well!

In other news, weather in Vegas has been perfect – long gone are the 100+ temps and we have now settled into the nice 80’s/70’s. Sunny and at times breezy. Fall & Spring are really nice here. Winter isn’t too bad but it does get pretty cold here since we do live in the desert and temps are pretty extreme. It makes being outdoors so much more pleasant.

I can’t believe the year is just whizzing by – before you know we’ll be starting a whole year! Where has the time gone. In Nov/Dec, LOML & I are scheduled for some classes at the hospital – the traditional childbirth education classes, a class on Basic Infact Care and Safety, and on Breastfeeding since I do plan to nurse. Hopefully, those will be entertaining.

Anyways, I have written a novel and need to get ready for our lunch date with the grandparents. Hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday! I hope the baby keeps growing and staying healthy. As Bekah mentioned in a comment, it’ll be good to make it past 24 weeks – viability stage – still dangerous but still a nice milestone to keep an eye out for. :)

All righty – hope everyone is well!