Some retail therapy I really don't want to buy too many things until the baby shower but when we stopped by the mall yesterday Pottery Barn Baby was having a sale. I scored a crib sheet and a dust ruffle all for the low, low price of $16 marked down from a total of $51. Can you believe that? Before I got pregnant, I didn't think I'd end up shopping there since I think it's overpriced but if they have good sales like that, how can I resist?
Another item we bought a couple weeks ago was a "coming home" outfit for our little boy. I should've bought a hat to go with it. I looked at it last night just to see and I can't wait to see him in it. Baby clothes are so cute! I think we need to edit some things in our registries but for the most part, all we want are in there.
2007-07-11 (27 weeks)
Cross your fingers There are two things that are crowding my mind right now: the first one, I'd rather not discuss, the 2nd one is my baby shower. I think I've mentioned that for my baby shower we'll be traveling by plane. Although it's only an hour jaunt, I'll still be about 33 weeks by then. I just hope my doctor will give me the go-signal and that I'll be able to pre-board. I'm also concerned about the gifts. I'm really hoping that people who give big items will end up just shipping them to us or better yet, gift cards are always accepted. :) I know I shouldn't be picky. I should be thankful that they'll even give something but these are the things that are kinda bothering me at the moment.
Honestly, if I have the bassinet a month before I'm due, I'll be happy. It's not good to stress out so much especially in my condition but being a worrywart pre-pregnancy doesn't help either. I just like being ready for major events, especially this one. Although I know things usually work out one way or another. If only I can have *some* inkling that things will be fine.
2007-07-09 (26 weeks)
Constant Change I didn't think that my body's gonna feel like this so soon. I notice that I'm feeling a bit more tired especially in the afternoon. I don't have my normal "pep-in-my-step" anymore. At least my stomach's not that big yet where it's terribly uncomfortable. I notice at night though that it's getting hard to turn over from side to side and once in awhile, I feel like I can hardly breathe when I'm on my back.
So today I had a bit of an annoying incident. I came in to do my glucose screening test and I even went there right when they opened around 7:30 AM. So the receptionist checks my insurance card and says that the lab request wasn't in the system. Before I left home, I even checked my baby folder to see if I had a lab slip (I didn't). Well I thought that maybe I just didn't look hard enough so I went home to double check. It still wasn't there so I ended up going back to the clinic to talk to my doctor. They're supposed to open at 8:30 but no one was there until close to 9 AM. So I finally had the glucose test at 9:10 and then the blood draw at 10:10. I wasted an hour. Oh well, I guess it's not so bad but I should've gotten to work sooner. I'm just glad that the clinic isn't that far to my house. I'm sure that if I was still at the old location, I would've just gone another day.
Now I'm just hoping that I pass the glucose test. I've decreased my sweets intake but I didn't necessarily cut it out and I haven't been working out as much as I wanted to this week. We'll see at next week's OB appointment.
2007-07-06 (26 weeks)
Taking care of things I have to say, my tummy seems to be growing by leaps and bounds. I know some people might think that I'm not that big yet but trust me when I'm at home naked, I can tell that my stomach is getting bigger by the day. The [non-maternity] skirt that I wore when I went to San Diego 2 weeks ago looks ridiculously tight on me now. I wanted to wear it today for work but I opted to go with a miniskirt and my bella band instead.
I just came back from talking to one of the HR managers earlier. I'm sure many working moms-to-be out there are thinking the same thing as me. I just wanna make sure I have enough for 10 weeks maternity leave with pay. I think it'll be okay though but being a control freak, I have to make absolutely sure that things will go as smoothly as possible. I think for now it'll be okay.
I can't believe I'm inching closer to my 3rd trimester. Aack!
