It's hard to believe I am in the 6th month. Time has flown by so fast. It doesn't seem like that I've been pregnant since August. But I have to say that the weeks have slowed way down since Christmas. This month of January seems to be taking forever! I hope this is no indication of how the coming months are going to be. If so, I've got a LONG road ahead of me. But on the up side, Brian has been able to feel the little guy move. It's nice that he can now feel him but I have to say, some of these kicks are not so bueno. They hurt!!!
I've apparently developed carpal tunnel in my right hand/wrist. Not sure if you remember a few posts ago that the massage therapists noticed things in my right hand. Anyways, the tingly sensations are in rare form later in the evenings now and I have to be careful how I pick up things. Sometimes I'll pick something up just right and then my hand almost spasms and have no strength in it for a while. This apparently very common at this point of the pregnancy and will go away after giving birth.
Last week, the feeling of being tired has managed to sneak it's way back in. By about this time (8:30pm), I am ready to lay down, relax, and just fall a sleep. Then in the mornings I'm so not wanting to get up. It's probably not helping that I get up 2 to 3 times a night to go to the bathroom. I feel like about the time I get back to sleep, I either have to adjust because my shoulder or hip is hurting from laying on it or I have to pee again. I remember back between 8 and 12 weeks and how exhausted I felt. It was horrible....pure torture to get up and face the day. That was only 4 weeks of the torture. I am now only 24 weeks with a lot more than 4 weeks left to go. I didn't think that the tired feeling was suppose to come back until well into the 3rd trimester. I guess exhaustion is my pregnancy symptom. I suppose it could be worse, I could have it along with many other symptoms. I have had a few headaches hear and there. One last night but they are so few and far in between that it doesn't seem so bad. Although they do hurt when gracing their presence.
Last week I also had my 6 month check up with my blood pressure doctor. The nurse does the routine things, check weight, take blood pressure, pulse, etc before he comes in. He walks in and says hey there how are things going while still looking at the chart. Then he says, wow, your blood pressure is that of a 17 year old. Turns and looks at me and says, are you still trying to get pregnant. I just smile and out he says, well, well...congratulations. He was pleased my numbers are so good. He asked how far along I was and made it a point to let me know that I need to check my pressure at least once a week going forward. Now that I am past 20 weeks, apparently I am at high risk for preclampsia so I need to monitor myself often. He asked when the last time we checked my bp machine against theirs to make sure it is accurate. I told him my last visit. They always have me bring it in once a year to check it. He said good, it should be okay then. I told him that my gyno said that she isn't going to let me go to term and I asked him if it is because of my risk of preclampsia. He said yes, that if it hasn't set in by 37 weeks she will probably induce the baby since considered full term and if it sets in before then, that she may have to induce even earlier. It just depends on how severe my pressure gets. He told me to be sure and let him know if it sets in so he can help monitor. I had heard of preclampsia but didn't really know what it was or the details of it. (Basically it hasn't been pin pointed in details yet in my readings/ weekly emails, lol). So Dr Trotter (my bp dr) basically filled in the facts for what Dr. Walter's was saying the last appointment about not letting me go a full 40 weeks. Dr. Walter's took the approach to tell me enough without stressing me out and Dr. Trotter told me more details that my busy mind needed to hear at this point. It's nice to know that both your dr's are on the same page without knowing it and seem to care.
So we shall see how the rest of the pregnancy goes going forward. Hopefully since I'm eating healthy and working out daily, I will have no preclampsia issues. Although at 37 weeks, it will still be April so we could possibly have an April baby instead of a May baby!!
I've started the hunt for child care. We've decided that we want to find someone that offers home care rather than a larger child care facility or having a nanny at the house. So I've pulled names and address off the Texas CPA website. I learned about this through a friend. That website is awesome. Because these in home care providers are registered or licensed with the state, they go through routine inspections and you can see any infractions along with the severity of them they have had in the past. So over the weekend, we did drive bys and ranked them by appearance as our first inspection, lol. We figured that if the outside of their home and yards were well maintenance and taken care then they would be a good selection to interview. Today I put together a list of questions and will begin calling tomorrow. Wish me luck. This has been stressing me out. Child care cost alone is stressful but having to place trust and confidence in a stranger to care for your child is stressing me to the max. I've cried a few times over this. I know it will be okay, it's just these stupid hormones. So if anyone knows of a good person in the HEB area, please let me know!!
The babies room is all cleaned out and ready to be painted. We've decided to have an accent wall of a blue (blue jean) looking color and then the other three walls a beige color to offset. I've just got to go to Lowe's to find and buy it. Brian is on call this week so I was going to paint over this weekend coming up but apparently Brian's co-workers have been giving him a hard time about letting me paint. So he is going to do it (I'm shocked) but glad. I HATE painting. I've managed to con his crew foreman to help, lol. It really wasn't hard or a lot of conning going on, I just said Jim you need to help Brian paint when yall are off call and he said okay. Funny part is, I think he meant it. So I'll just make sure there is plenty of beer for these guys. If there are any others helpers, we are happy to have ya (Tracy...hint, hint!!)
Next on the list will be finding a pediatrician. I have referrals from my dr which will be helpful (I hope.) The preparation list just seems to go on and on. I've read and really enjoyed The Happiest Baby On The Block. It all makes complete sense and plan to use the 5 S's as a calming method if needed. I've just gotta start practicing swaddling on a doll so I can be a pro by time little Colton is here. Soon I will begin reading Baby Wise and then will done with reading those type of books. Well except for What To Expect What Your Expecting book and my daily/weekly emails. I enjoy those for learning what is developing on the baby that week and what to expect body wise.
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