Saturday, July 19, 2008

1st week of maternity leave

Wow I made it through the first week of maternity leave. When I saw my doctor last week, she told me I was 1 cm dilated and may go into labor early. On Sunday night, I started to have contractions (stronger than previous contractions) and I really thought I was in labor. The good part is that it forced me to pack my hospital bag.

I had to make a deal with the baby. We are celebrating Nathan's party today (it's 2 in the morning and I can't sleep) and I wanted to be there for it so he has to wait until the party is over to make his grand entrance. And thankfully he is waiting...

I remember my pregnancy with Nathan...I was so anxious to meet him. I wanted him out as soon as it was safe for him to come out. With Noah, I was so uncomfortable because he was sitting on my sciatic nerve and it was so painful that I wanted him out. With our third baby, I'm hoping he'll wait a couple more weeks so I can fully rest (what does that mean?) and spend some time with the boys.

So how did I spent my first week off from work? I took the kids to several parks where they can play with water. They had so much fun. We went to the library during story time. I also took them to watch a movie. Every Wednesday during the summer, AMC is running a $1 special for the kid's movie. This week it was Shrek. It was Noah's first time in the theatre. He had fun! I couldn't believe how many kids were there! We ran a lot of errands buying all the stuff for the baby. We also bought Nate's uniform for school. I tried get a lot of things out of the way that will be hard to do with the new baby. Oh and of course, I tried to take it easy. I don't really know what it means to just relax and rest so Erdy has been on my back about it. He won't let me clean, wash the dishes, pick up the kids toys, etc. How nice huh! Don't worry, I'm milking it!

It's been so nice to sleep late and just sit and watch tv. My sister and I were getting a pedicure and I was telling them that it's great to sleep in until 7:30am. They just started laughing at me...they said you call that late!? I definitely think so! So one week down and 14 weeks to go! How nice!


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