The last couple days I felt awful again. I was really crampy and I couldn't get comfortable. Wednesday was a long day at work for me and I walked several blocks to go to meeting at a hotel. I took my time and didn't feel bad after walking, but by the end of the day when I had to go to a network dinner and stand and talk for 2 hours, I started feeling awful. I almost felt drunk driving home at 8:30 pm (after getting to work at 7:00 am) I was so tired! It took until this morning to recover. I laid down, got extra sleep and drank lots of water.
I guess I need to take it easy and bow out of any after work activities. It made me really nervous that I felt awful for 2 days. My anxiety only gets worse when I hear about women going into labor early. I've heard of at least 3 women who are due around the same time I am that have already had their babies!!! Ahhh...I'm not ready for him to come right now!! So I will be slowing way down from here on out.
Chris and I just realized how long I will be home for maternity leave. For some reason he was thinking it was only going to be 8-10 weeks. Nope, it will be 19 weeks!!! We've never spent that kind of time together. I sure hope we don't kill each other!
I have a strange new symptom that might be pregnancy related, because I have no other explanation. I blame everything on the pregnancy that is unexplainable. I have SUPER dry lips--so dry that they've started cracking. I've asked around for remedies and for 2 weeks, nothing has helped. Brandy at work recommended I put lanisoh on my lips--yep the same stuff you put on your nipples when you breastfeed. Well, it seems to be working, my lips are actually healing!! I feel weird carrying around nipple cream as lip product...but whatever works!!
Sleeping is getting tougher. I now sleep with 3 pillows. One for my head, one to keep me propped up on my side (it goes against my back), and one for between my legs to help with hip pain. I take up 3/4 of our Cal King bed and poor Chris has such a small amount of the bed to sleep on. It doesn't help that Cooper likes to keep me awake for at least 1 full hour in the middle of the night. I lay there and think, 'Please, just go to sleep.' I doubt that this will be the last time I utter those words.
Cooper is so big now and every time he moves it sort of jerks my body around. My belly is often deformed by him moving and I feel like a punching bag. Sometimes it is so alien to watch him move and other times I absolutely love it and think it is the coolest thing I've ever experienced. It makes me want to see what he looks like.
We received another gift from a coworker and his wife. They bought us the big weekender diaper bag, two cute outfits, a rattle, a sleep sack, and really pretty, soft blanket. Greg said his wife was so excited to pick everything out. We thanked them and let them know we think they are incredibly generous.
The nursery is really coming together. I just love going in there. I love the feeling of the room--so cozy and full of love. Even Scout likes hanging out in there. We need to hang some pictures, put up some kind of window treatment to soften the blinds, and do some more organization. It's fun to see it all come together. I'll take pictures of it soon.
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