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Urr hrrr before I forget [15 Nov 2009|06:05pm] Do I need a knitting icon? Just started yet another pair of diaper pants. They're like a drug, I cannot stop. And every time I measure my BP, the numbers are lower. Can I just mention how fantastic this is? My eyelids keep falling shut, but I'm not tired in that hysterical way anyone who was around me at the beginning of this week witnessed, just... lacking energy. Pre-birth preparation or recovering from a possible head cold? Woof has had some slight symptoms of one for quite a while now, and I suppose I may have been misguided in thinking my slightly stuffy nose, muscle aches, general grouchiness and sleeplessness have to do with pregnancy. Not everything is about m'Blob, how strange. Today's my estimated due date, for what it's worth. I may have overdone the belly pics at last, as I feel not the slightest compulsion to take one. Maybe I'll get one at 41+0 if I make it that far, or the week after. eat jebus.

:-) [15 Nov 2009|11:54am] 120/70! eat jebus.

Acronym update [14 Nov 2009|12:02pm] BP ex at the hosp on Sun, DP is driving me! Eh, sorry. I've been reading too many pregnancy and baby-related communities. And the ones about cloth diapering are even worse: "PT'd DD and now have GMs FS, mostly GUC", that sort of thing. Right. Blood pressure checkup at the hospital tomorrow, Woof's parents are driving over today with cake and a blood pressure monitor for at-home-fun. As for yesterday, we went to bed at ten in the evening... and got up twelve hours later. Didn't sleep through all of that, of course, but for long enough to feel like a human being again. And I had a happy-making colossal* breakfast. "Sleeping for long enough" = sleeping for long enough to remember various separate episodes of REM sleep, also the sudden realisation most of my deja vus have to do with places I've seen in my (previous) dreams. How strange is that? *) Pink grapefruit, cranberry juice, tea, yogurt, bun, slice of sourdough rye bread, butter, two types of cheese, metwurst, tomato, pickle, semi-soft-boiled egg, and of course my d3-vitamins and, as a new addition, evening primrose oil capsules. eat jebus.

Where's my Lancet subscription? Oh, right, I don't have one. [13 Nov 2009|02:57pm] I want the full text of this Dutch study! Because, hey, not being at increased risk of developing severe hypertension would of course be nice, but I'd like to know what other factors comprised "poor maternal outcome" in the induced group. eat jebus.

What To Expect [13 Nov 2009|12:59pm] The most recent newsletter from this company of fear-mongering dipshits came with the subject line "Overdue and Anxious". My estimated due date is yet to come. Great going, fuckwads! Their articles on how to manage pain during childbirth are pretty invaluable, too -- in the other meaning of the word. Epidural anesthesia is perfectly safe, works for everyone (or in any case it not working isn't discussed) and has no effect whatsoever on the baby being born? Keep telling yourselves that, you might believe it. Better yet, just schedule an elective c-section so you don't have to worry about how the baby will "push its way through your cervix and out your vagina (yes — out that same tiny opening that you once thought was too small to fit a tampon)". If that isn't confidence-building, I don't know what is! In the way of doctoral updates, my blood pressure remains high but not supremely so (today's second reading was 141/87) so the instructions remain the same: get in touch with the hospital about when to go there, as they'll be taking over my care now instead of at 41+3. I'm thinking Sunday is a good day to drop in and see what they think, let's hope they agree. I don't know if actually getting enough sleep or the valerian in my sleep- and nerve tea (made for the nervous, right, not from nerves) contribute how much to how I'm feeling, but I'm not panicking. Going through worst-case-scenarios in my mind, of course, but in a relatively mellow way. Good for me. Have to give a crash course on teh evils of inducing to Woof, too, because that looks like a possibility in the future. I'm not so hell bent on having Teh Natural Birth I'd say no to all of it, just... to most of it. Being tied to a bunch of monitors and a stupid IV line that prevent movement is just about the last thing that'll help me give birth successfully, or without major traumas. Bah. eat jebus.

The happy of the day [13 Nov 2009|09:53am] I think I may have accidentally gotten another nine hours of sleep! Even better, I did of course wake up at least five times I remember -- once when Woof closed the roof window, thrice to pee, once when Woof was scourging the wardrobe for clothes. At all times, bar the last at eight-something a.m., I fell asleep again without much trouble. It's so good! Feeling a little tired today because I'm more used to 10+ hours and daydreaming/dozing off in bed for at least two more, but I'll take what I can get. Going to the good doctor's office in a bit for CTG and a blood pressure check up. Whee! eat jebus.

Let's motivate! [12 Nov 2009|04:02pm] My, oh my. Today, I've woken up refreshed after at least nine hours of mostly uninterrupted sleep, had a leisurely breakfast, taken our empty bottles and jars to the glass recycling containers (which admittedly live next to our house) and then wobbled to Schlecker (which admittedly lives close to the containers) to buy cleaning detergent and facial masks and whatnot. Back home for breakfast number two, after which we drove to this post office mentioned on a "you got shit" slip only to find out the address on the slip was incorrect because the postman is a moron, got some nursing pads from the baby store next to the post office, drove to Ikea to buy pillow cases & lamps & random shit and eat kötbullar, drove back to the other post office and finally got our package... which contained the cloth pads I ordered from Etsy! OMG AAAAHHHHHHH. They're so cute I die. Put them into the washing machine along with the new pillow cases and nursing pads, am now reclining in bed and feeling pretty damn accomplished. Perhaps I should bake a pie later. Apples or berries? ( Blabla. And what I hope will be the last belly pic from this pregnancy. ) eat jebus.

Lalalala [12 Nov 2009|10:01am] I have slept through the night! Got up kazillion times to pee, remember falling back asleep took a while longer just once, woke up with the sun in the room. And an adorably sleepy Woof next to me, as he's doing home office this week to keep an eye on me (read: rush to the rescue whenever something gives me conniptions) ... fantastic. I think I'll save anxiety for later, as I'm feeling far too good for crazy right now. And my resting pulse in the morning was only in the 80's, which is to say only twice as much as it used to be pre-insanity pregnancy! Woof is now practicing future fatherhood with the moka pot, which tends to start whistling like crazy if the steam comes out just so. "It's like a screaming baby, I have to run to the rescue!" eat jebus.

Self-diagnosing is fun! [11 Nov 2009|03:00pm] Some googling later I'm convinced the kidney issues might very well be a factor with the BP insanity. HA. Too bad this changes absolutely nothing. eat jebus.

Fuckity fuck rehashed [11 Nov 2009|01:31pm] ( And the follow-up to this morning's panic attack is... ) eat jebus.

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