Brief squidlet update
Still on bed rest, going stir crazy, but both squid and I are doing well. Tomorrow will be 36 weeks (lung development, check), and if I can make it another week, the squid will be more or less fully baked. And then, let the wild rumpus labor begin, because dear Lord I am tired of being large and unwieldy and having heartburn and being short of breath and nervous about childbirth, not to mention lying down all the motherfucking time. Doctor's appt tomorrow, at which I am crossing my fingers I will be put on less restrictive bed rest (so I can stop feeling guilty about sitting up to do paperwork and running the occasional ten-minute errand), and at which we find out the squidweight (within a 10% margin of error). At least he is growing symmetrically - the doctor said sometimes with placental insufficiently they grow lopsided. Eeep.
But! The reason I am really posting this is to show you the picture of the dogs and the squid Himself took in our backyard the other day. Behold my largeness! Behold the total fucking awesome cuteness of our dogs! < /picspam>
But! The reason I am really posting this is to show you the picture of the dogs and the squid Himself took in our backyard the other day. Behold my largeness! Behold the total fucking awesome cuteness of our dogs! < /picspam>
posted by The Stute Fish at 14:03
6 Comments:
Nice picture - you don't look that huge to me. I scared my 19 weeks pregnant friend by showing her the photos of me that Chris took weekly from week 13 on.
Here's hoping that you make it to 37 weeks, so much easier for the squid after debuting in the world.
If you email me your address and the info on a take-out place you'd enjoy, I'd like to buy you dinner after the babe arrives. Sorry I can't make you something, but I think even by Fed Ex, interstate dinner might be a little sketchy.
Well, he is kind of small - hence the doctor's original concerns. I had two friends around here who had babies in the 98th percentile, and yes, their late pregnancy photos were TERRIFYING.
Thanks for the 37-week wishes! We've passed most of the major milestones - that's the last big one, and then, of course, labor and delivery - which I had a big sobbing breakdown about the other night, because I'm terrified.
This is a better belly shot but still not v. intimidating. I've only gained about 20 pounds thus far, but that seems to be perfectly standard for those of us who start out with a bit of extra padding (I was 10 pounds overweight at conception).
And thank you so much for the offer of dinner! There are a few places around here that would be great. Let me ask Himself about it and email you. Tres generous!
I know it's cliche, but -- you look so beautiful in that picture!
I should give you reviews of early-parenting books, since the pregnancy ones will shortly become completely irrelevant (at least for now). (Maybe I should just give you the books, my kids are now both beyond the entire birth-to-five genre.) I'll probably be the only person you'll hear this from: I love Dr. Spock.
I'd love that! We have "Becoming the Parent You Want To Be," "Heading Home With Your Newborn: From Birth to Reality," and "The Mother of All Baby Books." we also have that sleep DVD, "The Happiest Baby on the Block," which so many new parents seem to swear by.
I focused more on the practical how-to side of things (diapering, breastfeeding, etc.) when bookbuying than on the parenting side - I promised my husband I wouldn't over-research that. We've got enough common sense, internet skills, library cards, and sources of wise advice between us that I'm not as concerned with reading a ton about parenting as I was about pregnancy and childbirth - odd, when you think about which lasts longer and involves more grey areas, but there you have it.
Why do you like Dr. Spock? I haven't heard much against him, but I'm curious as to why you think other people wouldn't agree.
Not so much that I think other people wouldn't agree, but hardly anyone reads/uses him anymore -- he's kind of passe (despite what was, when Josie was born, a relatively recent edition).
Here's why I like him -- and why some people don't, in these strident times when parenting questions become the basis of flame wars: He's pleasantly non-doctrinaire. He'll say you can try something, but then also mention that even if you don't do that something, the baby will grow out of whatever it is you're trying to deal with. (E.g., if the kid is driving you nuts with no schedule whatsoever to when he/she is likely to want to nurse, you can try spacing out nursings --or not, and eventually your kid will eat meals and snacks like everyone else.) My beloved firstborn acted nothing like any of the babies in baby books and so it was comforting to have one book that told me, it's okay, she'll grow and change and no matter how you choose to deal with this, she'll pretty much be okay.
He's also got a really useful "things your kid might get sick with" section in the back -- what it might be and what to do if you see certain symptoms.
I like laissez-faire equivocation. Sounds good to me!
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