29 weeks and 5 days…

almost only 10 weeks to go… phew!

I am now a good 45 pounds heavier than before I was pregnant, but I am feeling sort of ok with it all at this point. I mean, I’m not making the best food choices and I know that can’t help, but in a way, I’m giving myself permission to do it now. I feel like being ‘good’ to myself and the baby is not just about making the perfect healthy choices all day every day, I think that taking good care of myself also includes having a positive attitude and not feeling guilty or stressed all the time.

I do try to eat healthy as much as  possible, and I try to exercise as much as possible, but I work full time, it’s crazy hot outside right now and let’s be real – I don’t have the energy that I had pre-pregnancy these days… So I do my best and if it turns out I eat McDonald’s for dinner one night, then so be it!

I’ve done the glucose test recently and the results came back normal.  Woo hoo! They took some more blood at that time to check other things and found that I could benefit from taking some iron supplements because my levels of  ‘what’sitcalled’ were low. So all is now under control – I take a few pills each day but I feel good.

We’re working on the nursery which turned out to be a lot more work than we anticipated, but I think will be worth it in the end. We ended up sanding walls and plastering, etc. and when I say we I really mean the husband – thank goodness for my husband!

Other than that, I am trying to make a decision on maternity leave. I have officially told my work ‘people’ that I would stop working one week before my due date (back in June) but I have met with my doula and when I told her that she said:

-ooooo that’s kind of late?!

I asked:

-well, how much time do your clients typically take?

She said 3 weeks… 3 weeks would make me stop working after Friday August 27th. Here are the pros and cons I have gathered:

Pro:

• I would get more time off – ha!
• I figure I need one week to get out of ‘work brain’, one week to clean the house and prep things for the baby and one week to put my feet up and relax.
• My work stresses me out and stress is not good for the baby…
• It’s so HOT outside

Cons

• I would lose 3 weeks worth of pay instead of 1.
• I have to bug my work ‘people’ to say that I’ve changed my mind and now want more time off… which is awkward…

I’m thinking about it real hard until tomorrow, and if I still want to do 3 weeks instead of 1, I’ll tell them…

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