Oops. Life has been getting away from me lately.
Everything is still totally great, I just feel like I barely ever get a minute to myself. When I do, I just want to spend it sleeping or knitting or otherwise indulging in laziness. My dad came to visit last week, so I was completely occupied with that. It was a nice visit, but I’m glad to be done with house guests for a while, until my mom comes to help with the baby. I am still working full time until annoyingly late in the evenings. I do have an official last day at work, which will be December 14, at 36 weeks. Part of me would really prefer it to be November 14 instead, but, I still have a ton of projects I want to get done at work before I can leave without guilt. (This library was sorely in need of an actual librarian when I got there. Catalog records can’t really be done the same way as MLA citations… or is that just me?) Anyway, I am definitely looking forward to my month of nesting and taking it easy, barring any unplanned early arrival by Azuki Bean.
By the way. I don’t know if I’ve brought this up, but I have no idea whether to “count” my first pregnancy as pertains to how it might affect the whole delivery thing. As in, a first pregnancy is more likely than a subsequent one to go past the due date, and a subsequent delivery tends to be faster. So I keep wondering, in that scientific curiosity sort of way, to what extent will my preterm labor and delivery influence this one?
And on that note… Wishing a happy 18 month birthday to A, B, & C this past Sunday.
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Standard update stuff is in order. I think I was up like 21 lbs at the start of last week (I know I’m at +22.5 today), so still consistent with the trend. I’m giving up on complaining about it (for now). My diet is far from the well balanced, lovingly prepared, all organic menu I wish I had access to, but I don’t think I’m eating so very badly, and I haven’t noticed myself getting bigger anywhere but the belly, so, fine. Yeah, I’m ahead of where I want to be. I should probably start adjusting my expectations. Behold my glorious belly:
26 weeks
Yes, the photo was actually from last week, even though it hasn’t made it to the internet until now.
My 26 week checkup at the byouin was good, too. Measurements are still ahead according to their numbers but seem just about on track on the web. My blood pressure was downright normal (the first try!), and my glucose test was great. The threshold for further testing is 130, and my blood sugar was… 97. Nowhere even close to gestational diabetes, apparently. And indeed I did get another ultrasound (number 6!), which included some nice images of her little face in profile.
Looks like daddy
Just because it has the numbers.
Crossing the Double Pink Lines 