So... 6 weeks until term, 9 until due date, 10 until I'd actually expect the kid to show up.
Rambling obsessiveness aside....
Sea Monkey: is about 16 inches, 3.3 pounds (4 navel oranges, apparently). S/he's plumping up (yay!). His/her nervous system is developing, too, which means there are spurts of non-active-ness (this freaks me out every time, but then I lay down and do my kick-count and it's just fine). Val also mentioned something about me not being able to feel everything as much because things are stretching... I don't remember what she said, exactly, but everything's normal.
I: am always tired, and always sleeping terribly (it's ok, though, some of my dreams are so ridiculous and funny that it makes up for it). Also, I've discovered that (attempting to) bend over shortly after eating is not such a good plan. But it makes me laugh to think about it.
We had our appointment this past Tuesday, and it was such a boring (good boring) appointment that I didn't even bother to update. So here's the short (and late) update: things are going well for both Sea Monkey and me. Val couldn't tell exactly how the baby was positioned, though, and I was minorly bummed, because I've been very curious to know what's been kicking me where.
We had our 2nd to last childbirth class last Saturday, talked mostly about how to take care of newborns, talked a bit about cloth diapers (I think all 8-10 couples in our class were interested in cloth diapering, which was pretty cool), and about what happens to the mothers during/after birth. Talked a lot about post-partum depression. Tomorrow is our last class, and we'll be talking about breastfeeding and having celebratory "we're finished with class!" snacks. I'm excited. I love food.
This past week, I've been making a list of things I need to have done by when (I'm a list/countdown/scheduling maniac). It's both very nice to see everything I need to do all there, nice and orderly, but somewhat depressing that I can't do anything yet. We're waiting until after the baby shower (which is in 3 weeks!) to buy any baby stuff, so there's nothing I can sort/wash/set up yet. I can just plan to do that stuff sometime. Which is entirely unfulfilling, because I want to cross things off my list!! Maybe I'll add "make a list of things to do and by when" to my list, just so I can cross something off.
Also, we (the entire Ham-thews household [Richard, Karen, baby Zach, my Zach, me, and Sea Monkey]) are probably going to be moving in the October-ish time-frame. That's exciting. It's been a fun year and a half sharing the house together, but I think we're all just ready to sort of move on. So we're trying to find somewhere to live in town that we can afford and that's not all crime-ridden (because wow, some of the apartment buildings that we could afford have horrible reviews online about nothing ever being fixed, things being stolen and shootings..... yeah, that's a great place to raise a kid). So... we're looking. And I'm sure when we're a couple weeks out from moving time I'm going to want to punch myself for planning to move a few weeks after having a baby..... but that's why I have lists!! And Monica on Friends did it (nevermind that it's a scripted television show and she didn't actually have babies), so I can too, right?? So if you live in the area, I may be recruiting you to come help. And maybe even if you're not in the area, I'll try and recruit you for help. I'll give you cookies...... and you can see a really cute little baby! That's a good deal. Hours and hours of moving boxes and furniture and stuff that we think we need in exchange for cookies and seeing a newborn..... who wouldn't want to do it?? (If you need more motivation than that, I'll also give you a gold star.)
...That picture looks massive. I don't feel like I'm that ginormously huge.....
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