Sunday after church my sister and I went to Babies R Us to register. It's soooooo much harder than I thought! We both left exhausted and with headaches. The massive amount of decisions you have to make in there is crazy! And I didn't even get everything on there that I wanted. Like a stroller (they don't carry it), baby legs (again, they don't carry them), and the cloth diapers that we need (grrrrr, don't carry). I feel like I'm guessing when it comes to the highchair and swing and all that. Do we even need a bassinet? Pack N Play? I have no idea. I'm sure we honestly don't NEED half that stuff. And I feel really strange telling people what to buy me by putting it on a registry. I'd rather they use it as a guide more than anything. I mean, I don't care what kind of bath tub, but I had to pick one. Same with bibs and wash cloths and most of the other things on there. We weren't sure what to do about a crib but my sis said I might as well put one on there so I did. I hope that people don't think I'm being greedy or expecting them to actually purchase those big items. I'm sure the two car seats are confusing enough. But she'll need a convertible car seat at some point so I might as well add it on there.
Monday I went to Auntie Anne's house to make endless jars of apple butter. My Grandfather has some fruit trees and so far we've already done peaches and now apples. That night I was feeling really sick and had a lot of pain in my belly that radiated around to my whole back. I was sick to my stomach again and getting concerned since it happened twice in a week.
My Dr appointment was on Tuesday and everything looked good. I'm at 186 lbs which is a 3 lb gain from last month and 7 lbs overall. Woot! I talked to her about the swelling in my feet and cramping and she said it's likely I'm just over doing it and need to rest a lot more. She warned me that if I feel contractions more than 5 times a day to call her. I had to do the glucose test that I'm assuming I passed since I haven't heard anything. After that we had our class where they talked about family planning and birth control options. Ugh...more decisions to make and things to discuss. Will it ever end?
I received another gift from my forum friends through our virtual baby shower! This came from the sweet lady that organized the whole thing, Heather (sweetsugarbabie). It really made my day. :)
We also got a package from Mom (Diane) with the most adorable hat and piggy bank that she painted!! It's so thoughtful and we love it! How cute is it that she has a piggy bank already? Hopefully I can teach her to be better at saving than her Daddy. LoL
Thursday we went to UCI for our hospital tour. I probably could have waited until the next one but they only do them once a month in the middle of the day so I thought we might as well go since Steven is out of work. I have no idea what next month will bring so now was as good a time as any. I forgot how strange people in CA are. Everyone is looking for a fight. One dad (white guy) was yelling at the nurse giving the tour because she kept saying "husband" instead of , I dunoo... "baby daddy" or "sperm donor" ??? I thought that was a rather nice assumption than the other options but apparently he finds the term "husband" degrading or something. And some granola hippies were asking every question under the sun about ridiculous things like if they could have a refrigerator to put their own food in. REALLY? You'll be there for two days, I'm sure you can deal. So the tour went much longer than it needed to because of dumb people. The hospital is very nice though and the new post partum rooms should be finished by the end of July so it looks like we'll be in the new wing! I'm very happy that they promote breastfeeding and the golden hour of skin to skin with no interruptions. Baby will be with us in the room the whole time so I don't need to worry about them sticking her with any shots I don't want or giving her glucose water or formula. We'll have a nurse assigned to only us for the delivery and they all seem very nice and supportive. I'm feeling a lot better now about having to deliver at a hospital.
Mom left for her family reunion in New Mexico on Thursday night so I had a very quiet weekend with all three dogs. Steven went racing on Friday and won so he was in a great mood. I've still been sewing on various projects and am spending more time on the couch or in bed. The cramping is picking up and my energy level is dropping rapidly. I think the last trimester is going to be much harder than the first. Steven loves to make me go lay down on my left side and encourages me to sit like a bum all day. I have to sneak loads of laundry in when he's not around.
So here is me at 28 weeks! I really feel like we had a growth spurt. 11 Weeks now and counting!
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