I recently joined the ranks of "every 2 weeks" appointments instead of once a month. And shortly in the next couple weeks I will graduate to EVERY week. Yowza, it's getting closer.
At one of my recent appointments, the doc used the phrase "Well aren't you just a model pregnancy now." uh WHA? Model? Me? In the health department? Crazy. Around 25 weeks my spotting really tapered off. I wasn't willing to verbalize it because it felt like every time I even mentioned it to my husband that it would come back with a vengeance! I went from every day, to a few times a week, to a couple times a week, and then right around Thanksgiving I went 10 days. Of course with my brain as soon as it comes back I freak out because now spotting is NOT the everyday pattern, and at this point spotting can be a sign of early labor. But they told me just to call if it breaks its normal habits of how it feels, etc.
The baby is bigger now, and for the last few weeks the heartburn has kicked in. Once Christmas was over and I took chocolate out of my diet I got rid of the 24 hour a day kind, but it can still be really uncomfortable. I have Tums in my school bag, lunch box, kitchen, and upstairs bathroom. Just yesterday I was cursing myself for not thinking to put it in my purse! Usually I have my school bag with me when I'm out of the house, but when I got to 30 weeks and the spotting was so minimal, I started running more than one errand at a time and so I was actually out of the house for like 5 hours between baby class, lunch, and shopping. Go me!
We have a basic nursery now, and have enjoyed celebrating with both friends and family at two showers. We are just using a dresser/changing table that belonged to my brother & me. My parents got us a crib and a "cubicals" shelf from Target to hold all the "stuff." The nursery was painted, the electrical outlets were fixed after I made a big spark trying to change the outlet cover, and we got new carpet in the whole upstairs with the money we didn't go on vacation with last summer. It's pretty and the cat is on a timer to see how long it takes him to puke on it somewhere, since it's approximately 1/2 of our house.We picked a dark tan color because it will hide both cat fur and any stain we can't clean all the way out. (Although our new pet stain carpet cleaner is the greatest invention ever - you can literally watch the stain disappear in front of you after you spray, just like a commercial!) Hopefully this pet stain remover works on kid stains too. ;)
Last night I built the bouncy/vibrating seat and the rainforest play mat. Cat digs the play mat with all the 3D animals on the mat and the dangling toys from above. He didn't so much appreciate the loud noises it makes though!
