Today I had my 7 month check up and not that things haven't been feeling real about our little one coming soon, but it started to feel really real today for some reason. I had my glucose screening and started rotations with the other doctors in my doctor's practice. Then one of the nurses gave me a "goodie bag" as she called it, filled with sample formula, bottles and information on cord blood banking. That led to me signing away my life for them to help with labor and delivery and one prick and poke after another to make sure I had all my shots to protect little baby from flu and whooping cough. Not to mention signing up for breastfeeding and child birth classes, talking about finding a pediatrician when she gets here and just looking down at my ever expanding belly which keeps protruding more and more for all to see. And finally there was the nurse doing her routine monitoring of baby girl's heart beat- which I'm happy to report is very strong.
I'm constantly reminded of her when I feel her cute little kicks and it all just makes me really happy and excited that she'll be making a debut soon but at the same time I have to admit I'm slightly terrified of all the changes that lurk around the corner. Not scared in the sense that I think I can't do it or won't be a good mom (gosh I hope I will ;)... but just scared of the unknown that no matter how hard you try to prepare yourself for you know your world is about to turn upside down and there's nothing you can do to truly prepare yourself for the roller coaster ahead. And ok, I'm a little scared about never having a good night's sleep again for a long long time.
Plus, as my due date gets closer I'm reminded of all the things I need to do to prepare myself as best as I can for her arrival and it seems like time is just moving lightening speed all of a sudden. I know I need to figure out what to do after maternity leave in terms of finding a nanny and making a plan to try and have the best of both worlds (if that exists for a working mom), and I'm attempting all this planning on what feels like a half a brain and body these days as I am slowly but surely losing my memory and energy the further along this pregnancy goes. Dilemma dilemma. I seriously forget what I'm doing 5 minutes after I just had a thought to do something. But, I know everything will get done and all will be fine when baby girl gets here. Just one thing at a time.
And on that note, we made our first step at preparing her nursery by painting this weekend and putting together the furniture. I can't believe how pink the room looks when we picked one of the lightest shades we sampled but I'm hoping once I get all the other accents done for the room it won't be so overwhelming and I'm sure I'll love it.
I can't wait to finish her room! Just ignore the S on the wall decor that I'm planning on painting. I thought we had decided on an S name but it's back to the drawing board :(
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| Notice all the samples in the back. We first picked the color all the way to the R but it was so pink once Trey painted a bigger sample that he decided we should go lighter - I agreed and we picked the one second to the R but it was still super pink. |
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| Excited daddy about to have several hours of fun :) |
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| I'm going to paint the wooden letters and hang the Letter frame with a ribbon. That book case in the back is going to be white too. |
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| 27 weeks |
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| Random addition - but I had to find time to make my annual ginger bread house. Can't wait to make these with my daughter one day. |
Yea!!! The nursery looks great so far and the pink will definitely be toned down when everything else gets in there. Looks pretty and girly though!
ReplyDeleteAnd, I just wanted to say that everything you are feeling is totally normal and you are going be be just fine.
She's going to be here before you know it, though. You are right that time is flying. :-)