Third Tri's the Charm

Yes I finally hit my third trimester yesterday! Woo-Hoo! Plus, I had an awesome appointment yesterday! Thank God! Cervix and cerclage are holding up well and I guess its due to me resting and working from home. I also cut back on my sorority duties as well so that probably helped as well.

Anyway, L.J. is growing nicely! He's 2.5 pounds and he turned; he is now head down and hopefully he stays that way LOL! I am now on bi-weekly appointments and on March 28th Hubs and I will attend our first child birthing class! Time seems to be flying by but I'm glad. I can't wait to hold my little guy and to get a break from work.

Fast-forward to earlier today...Hubs and I made some major moves in terms of cleaning house. Originally, all of his clothes were in the two nursery closets. I am no happy to say that he condensed his clothes and shoes into the one closet in the office. Honestly, I'm extremely happy with the move and it makes more sense to have his things in the office closet since that's like his mini "man cave." My winter clothes were moved out of our bedroom closet and put in the laundry room (we have shelves and a place to hang clothes there). Once Hubs brings up the bins, I can unpack some of my summer maternity things and hang them in the closet.

So in accomplishing the closet switch-a-roo, we threw out a lot of papers and junk that was just sitting around since we moved to the house back in 2009. Also, we discovered that we should probably paint the closets in the nursery. :( Not sure if this will happen though as its not urgent and we still have other items to purchase and things to do but its definitely on the to-do list, so we'll see what develops.

I personally cleaned two out of three bathrooms, swept the kitchen floor, vacuumed the living room and our bedroom, dusted our bedroom and cleaned the kitchen ceiling fan. Normally I'm a cleaning machine but after that I was pooped. And at this point I'd love to take a nap, but I'm waiting for my mom and mother in law to come over and listen to their plans about the baby shower.

In fact here's a peak at the paper (yes paper) shower invites (edited out all the personal info):



I found a cheap printer that will print 100 invites for FREE! You only pay $4.99 to upload your own design and of course shipping (which I think is $12.00). So if we have more than a 100 invitees (yes its going to be a huge co-ed shower) then they will get the electronic invite. Unfortunately, the next number of invites is 250 and we definitely don't need that many. I'm hoping 100 will do but we'll see.

Another reason for my napless day is Hubs and I are waiting for some of his fraternity bros to come by and help move all the baby stuff upstairs. Unfortunately, the baby stuff will go in the kitchen until we get the carpets cleaned next month. Ugh! Again...slow progress but progress nonetheless. I'll just be glad to have everything set up as I'm starting to feel like we're running out of time!

A Return to "Normal"

I had a great doctor's appointment yesterday! Baby weighs 1lb 6oz and I saw him stick his fingers in his mouth! :) I guess there's not much else to do in there.

My doctor was very pleased with my progress and noted that nothing had changed since my minor surgery. He cleared me to go back to work pending this is what I wanted to do. However, he still instructed me to get as much rest as possible. Basically aside from work I'm still on restriction from housework, shopping trips, etc. BUT I can leave the house 3 days out of the week and this is a victory, even if it is small!

Okay so back to work...I decided that after working from home for majority of February, and seeing the kind of Bull-ish I was going to have to put up with from my employer I quickly told the doctor that I wanted to return to work for as long as I could. So starting Monday I'll be working three days a week in the office and two days a week at home.

However, I as lay here resting, I wonder if I made the right decision. I was so sure of my decision yesterday and was even happy to return to a somewhat normal life. But now I'm starting to have doubts. At the end of the day I just want to do right by my little one. Of course I don't want the stress of work as this is not healthy for anyone especially a pregnant woman.

I guess the only comfort in this situation is knowing that I hold the key to what I want. If I tell my doctor I no longer wish to work in the office due to the stress or the long drive (45min to 1 hour one way) then VIOLA! I'm back at home still working and being productive (but also being micro-managed).

Either way, I'm just going to pray for the next 12 weeks to fly by and that I have an uneventful pregnancy during that time. I am truly happy to be able to do a little bit more moving around.

24 weeks and 1 day! One milestone down, and three more to go! (28 weeks, 37, and then happy birthday to my little one!)