thrive

he he! here’s me and the babe. only a sec on line wanted to show off

hugs!

deb

send my buddy kama some xtra love whikle her daddy gets better!

very early thursday morning 2:29am on the 25th. he’s a lovely little boy. we named him eliot hayes and will call him eli. we are all well, but super tired. just home earlier today which is exciting as i missed my hubby and son last night. we are all off to bed early now.

love,

deb

hi all!

thanks for all the well wishing! i’m still at home, still every 5 minutes with the contractions. will most likely go to the hospital tonight after the kiddo goes to bed. things are getting stronger and baby won’t be on board much longer

figure all the contractions are good exercise. even did a 2 mile walk today too - just took a long time!

soon soon!

well, you all knew that - that the baby would come one of these days - that part is a given. but, it seems it might be the next day or two. so here comes my lil one! it’s VERY exciting and we feel ready now. The last couple of weeks have been confusing but i guess that can happen the second time around. also, i just feel everything - maybe being in touch with my body isn’t so good after all

will let you all know when it happens but thought i’d give you a little update in between contractions. so far they are relatively mild but pretty regular. gotta call in the midwife when they start to really smart! Am hoping for a waterbirth - i’ll finally get my swimming in. can’t believe a whole pregnancy with no real swimming (just at the beach a few times).

you all take care and eat and exercise well!

peace

you women out there that have had kids know this one…you just feel like the baby is going to drop on out in your panties when you’re walking down the street. or maybe using a public restroom, right? yep, i’m in that phase. so happy to be walking again though - THANK YOU FOOT FOR HEALING! but whew, the moments of pressure!

last night was date night for my husband and i. after eating all that cake and chips yesterday in the midst of a drama-induced binge i was very full. BUT we still went out to dinner, not once, but twice last night.

yep, you heard me right. TWICE!

First we went to this local italian restaurant we’d been wanting to try. after that we were heading to a movie. well, the italian food was so incredibly salty it was insane. i, of course, ate most of mine, but my husband didn’t. apparently his was inedible. so then off to the movies…well what we wanted to see wasn’t actually playing, so then what? we had about 2 hours of freedom outside of our house. all we wanted was a couch to sit on to chat…bars didn’t feel right being about to explode a baby and all. so we tried a few coffee houses but with the college kids back it was hard to park. finally we decided to check out a few restaurant/bars that have a nice vibe. figured we could get a dessert to share.  then we amble by this place we’ve always wanted to try and is supposed to be amazing. Chez Henri! they had a table for two so in we went not sure what we were doing…dinner number 2? dessert? appetizers?

There was this strange feeling of getting out now while we can. i’ve been contracting the last few days and we figure baby is on the way… so down we sit. we felt guilty taking a table at this nice place and only having dessert and that led us to the real menu. we got a tomato salad to share. i was going to try a roasted squash soup, too, but it was only part of this special menu, so we got the only other vegetarian thing on the menu - a tamale - but it was an entree. what the hell were we doing?  It totally became dinner number 2! To top it off we each got dessert!

…oh my am I a big girl today…

at least i took a nice long walk this morning…

i think i’ll try to just have one dinner tonight…

well except for my breathing. it got hot here again and man am i poofy and slightly short of breath. otherwise all good and status quo. had that false labor stuff last week that kind of drove us all batty, but now we are back to the usual just get on with everything and the babe will come when the babe is ready! unfortunately we called grandma in last week so now we don’t have a great care for our older one plan, but that’s what friends and neighbors are for, yes?

i am back to walking - the foot is still abit sore but okay for walks. am trying to up my protein and really stay on top of my water. did you know that if you are poofy or bloated it could be from a few days of eating too many carbs (even the good ones like veggies and fruit). or i should say it can happen from not eating enough protein.

my goals, therefore, are to:
eat yogurt everyday - i’m buying the greek now as it is super-protein rich, have a protein drink as well, and guzzle water in the middle of the day. i am great about first thing in morning and at night, but can slack in middle of day.

peace out!
deb

ps - am due sept 23rd…we’ll see when this one chooses to come. midwife did guess it’s already 8-8.5 lbs so hoping it won’t get too much bigger

hi all! been trying to check in on all of you but computer still really slow for any kind of responses. also, mother-in-law in town as we thought baby was coming early. seem s like it’s not! been doing well and eating well. finally have a foot i can walk on again although not too much yet. it has been so wonderful to move. may try and make it to yoga this weekend, too - that would be great. roasting a squash now and gotta go check on it. making squash bread or muffins for a preschool potluck tonight. see y’all later. and to my texas friends - stay safe!

isn’t it just amazing how quickly things pass. i have been better about remembering this thanks to writing here. i knew i had the not-enough-sleep blues going on earlier and that that led to the overeating to give myself some energy. now, after fun with my friend cooking, a yummy soup for dinner, and then time watching my son and all the neighborhood kids play up and down the street for a good half hour i feel great. i am still tired but less blue. so interesting how it all changes…also reminding myself how much writing helps as does fun social interactions!

thanks for the support!

but i know it’s just because i’m really tired. i’ve been up the last two nights for several hours in the middle of the night. yesterday i took the time to organize the office/playroom and today i got a bunch done in the baby’s room. Yesterday I actually went back to sleep for about an hour and survived the day okay. Today, though, i never went back to sleep and i just did the typical munchfest during my son’s nap. i just feel so blue about that. i feel like i will always be this giant tired eater. if i can’t stop now while i have every reason to be kind ot my body, why would i stop later. i know more tiredness is sure to come with the baby and yet i choose this old habit over and over again. so bummed about that. i couldn’t nap earlier as my son wouldn’t fall asleep and by the time he did i was awake. now it’s too late in teh day for naps. a friend is coming over soon to cook some more soup together, so that will certainly be fun and give me a jolt. i have to hobble over to the kitchen and unload dishwasher and clean up so we can cook. okay, feeling slightly better. i will try and avoid snackfest tonight since i already overindulged…this no exercise or even movement is killing me, too. i really shouldn’t be on my feet at all…i feel like one more week of resting my foot and it will be better…sorry to be a bummer - just the no sleep talking with the aid of the chocolate oats and cheese popcorn…

for a baby update - still wiggling in there and having stronger feelings at times. I believe it will be a little while before the little one makes an appearance - so exciting! one of my best friends back in CA had a baby girl last night!

it’s time to play what is that feeling and am i in labor…

i hit 37 weeks today and baby is making a move lower in the bod. I think i had some sympathy labor starts yesterday while talking to a friend in labor with her first child. so now i am in that wait, watch, feel, wonder place. it’s very exciting! we are gettting the plans more solidified for our 3 year old son and just feeling ready. we’ll see - could be now or could be 3 weeks from now!

my bum foot is still kind of bumming me out and i really am resting it a ton. so no exercise for me. lots and lots of sitting. went to a friend’s today with the kiddo and we made soup together. i sat and chopped and read the recipe while she did the rest. the boys played well together so there weren’t too many leap up to pull them off of each other moments. a very fun way to cook.

the eats are up and down - didn’t actually over so anything yesterday, but today a bit more. having the baby coming soon has me in a different more reverential space about my body. i feel lucky to have my body and i believe it int’s ability to do waht it needs to do to deliver a healthy child. now, if i caould hold onto that feeling in my day to day i think i’d have a different relationship with food.

honoring the body. nice to do. it truly is an amazing marvel!

will keep you all posted!