Week: 25.5

Weight: +1

The weeks are flying by! Last week was a busy one so it flew by even faster. I celebrated my birthday, the big 3-0! There wasn’t much fanfare, mostly b/c being in the high throes of pregnancy, I dont’ have enough energy to be very excited about anything. I can keep up with busy plans, but I’m definitely feeling the wear and tear a busy weekend brings about.

The birthday weekend consisted of driving up to NYC, seeing Wicked and eating out with my sister and Saji. We had a nice brunch on Sunday,saw some good friends and just chilled. I had a birthday lunch with just my parents on the actual day of my birthday, while everyone else was at work.  The rest of the time my mom cooked me mouth-watering, Malayalee food that I couldnt ‘get enough of! My dad returned from a 2 week jaunt to Delhi-Jaipur-Kerala with goodies and it was fun seeing what he bought and hearing the news about the relatives back in the Motherland. If I wasn’t pregnant, we had planned on taking the trip together, with me conducting some research in Delhi and Calcutta. But life threw me a curveball and instead I’m gestating in the States and waiting to finish out this semester so I can get started on my maternity leave. 

The two weeks prior to this, I was home alone since Saji was in LA on business. Being alone for that long was really tough on me!  I’ve noticed now that I’m pregnant I definitely could use a massage or foot rub at the end of the day.  Also, I have this anxiety of the what-ifs. What if something happens to me in the middle of the night and I have to go to the hospital? What if I go into preterm labor? What if…? I definitely have family and friends close by that I can rely on if any such emergency happened, but it’s just reassuring having your partner around during something like this. It was nice to have someone in the house again and to know that there is no more travel until after the baby comes.

I registered for childbirth/infant care/breastfeeding classes in the months of November and December, as well as a Labor & Delivery tour at the hospital I’m delivering at.  As the days and weeks creep by and my belly gets bigger and bigger, this whole thing seems to be approaching at a rapid rate. I could have sworn time was crawling when I was at week 12 or 13.

Baby gifts have already started pouring in and that makes the reality of this whole thing even more real! Now we’ve got the task of assembling pack and plays, infant car seats, strollers, etc! There’s so much I have to learn about baby gadgets. I also feel this strong urge to get going on the baby’s room. The room has been cleared out, carpets cleaned, and closets almost done being cleared out. I ordered my baby furniture last week and it should be shipped to us in another few weeks!

I had another ultrasound last week to do follow up pictures on fetal development. The first time around, Baby AM wasn’t very cooperative about staying still for too long. Well this time was a bit better, the doctors were able to get better pictures of the heart and chambers, but not great side views of the vessels because once again the baby was curled up in a comfortable position and not willing to cooperate no matter how much he was poked and prodded. From what the radiologist saw, he said everything looked great! But he wants me to have another appointment in 4 weeks.  The plus side, another checkup on Baby AM and more pics, the negative, another ultrasound, which I’m beginning to hate!

The doctor told me Baby AM was weighing 1 lb 10 oz and that was ‘fine and normal” but I read that it was a little ahead of what he’s supposed to be. I’m hoping he’s not going to be TOO big at delivery! We’ll have to wait and see what happens. So far, I’ve only gained about 12 lbs during this pregnancy. I’ve been concerned about my glucose/insulin levels since both my parents have diabetes and therefore I’m a strong candidate for gestational diabetes. I’ve felt my sugar levels dip in the past week or so and I’ve been trying to keep that stable as the pregnancy progresses. I’ve noticed the key to that is to definitely eat every few hours and to have plenty of snacks around. I’m not used to grazing all day really and it can get kinda tiresome to always eat a few bites every hour rather than just have a couple of bigger meals throughout the day. My problem is I got busy and caught up in stuff and forget to eat.  I have my glucose screening this Sat and I guess after that we’ll have more answers as to whether I have to be concerned about gestational diabetes.

Baby AM is still kicking away! I can feel definite patterns to his kicking/sleeping routine.  I’m usually not a sucker for baby clothing but this week I saw a tiny velvet blazer and houndstooth newsboy cap and I just couldnt’ resist purchasing it! I also got some cute onesies and sleeper sets and I couldnt ‘help cooing at the size of these things! They’re sooo tiny!

I’m rounding out the end of second trimester and my third starts in just two more weeks! According to my Babycenter newsletter, I’m about 70% done with pregnancy! I have to say despite the increase in heartburn and a few more aches and pains in the past few weeks, pregnancy has been really good to me!  For the most part, I can’t remember I’m even pregnant for most of the day because that’s how comfortable the process has been! Let’s hope it continues!

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