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19 November 2009 - 4:06 p.m. dear diary, well, hello there. it has been a while. i guess i've been pretty busy with work, and in being a newlywed and expecting mamma. our baby is due in less that four weeks now. can you believe it? pregnancy is a pretty surreal experience, for me at least. for so long, i was in denial about it. even now i sometimes have a hard time believing i'm actually going to have a baby. oh, and i also have a hard time thinking i look all that pregnant, though strangers are now conversating with me in public about my impending motherhood. so i guess i'm not fooling anyone. we're getting so close to the due date, and slowly but surely, we are getting ready for our new family member. we've taken birthing classes, and will soon take an infant cpr class. i've got a breastfeeding class on saturday. we registered at target and babies'r'us and received lots of gifts at the baby shower - a shower which, for a few reasons, left me feeling sad and alone. but that is another story for another time. i am still working. originally i had planned to work up til my delivery date, but just within the last couple weeks, i've found myself growing more and more tired. i started working from home a couple days a week, and will stop working about 10 days before my due date. hubby and i are hoping the baby will come a little early, so maybe the timing will turn into a well-orchestrated plan. i've been really lucky in that this pregnancy has been a pretty good one, aside from my initial freakout! i've felt pretty good, only experienced a little heartburn in recent weeks, and the most aches and pains i've experienced are at night when i try to sleep on my sides. uhg...my hips burn and ache like nothing i've ever experienced before! but i know things could have gone much worse, so i am thankful for how things have gone til now. tomorrow i've got another ultrasound. my fifth one. the doc (my new male ob/gyn - my original one is on her own maternity leave) wants to see the size of the baby and the amount of amniotic fluid. i guess there's nothing to worry about. my parent are coming to visit and meet their very first grandchild on christmas day. i know, just know, my dad is going to cry his eyes out when he meets his granddaughter. i am so excited and feel so blessed to be able to give the gift of a grandchild to my daddy. he's been waiting a long time for this! of all the things i think about in becoming an new mommy, the thing that is currently stressing me out the most is my hubby's crazy family, who indicated that they want to be called as soon as i go into labor so they can come over to the hospital. (actually, it's his crazy, controlling sister who is leading the brigade.) i told hubby the only people i want there are him and my sister and i won't want any visitors for at least 24 hours after the baby is born. i know he doesn't like this because he knows this is going to piss off his sister, but i really don't care. this is my baby, not hers. the early days of my baby's life are for me to enjoy, not hers. and hubby better get on-board with me. otherwise, i'll tell him he can't be there either! well, that's the latest. i'm really tired and need to take a nap before hubby comes home and we meet a friend for dinner. i'll try to come back more often, diary. xoxo, cali |
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