Peace
For a short while anyway.
Just sent Liam and Sarah off with Auntie Emmy and Nana to have their pictures taken with Santa. Sarah has this absolutely gorgeous outfit on that was sent by Fia’s mom. There will be pictures once I have them, promise.
Sadly I think this foray out will not last long enough for me to justify climbing back into bed for a nap. *sigh*
Sphere: Related ContentShatner, Get Over Yourself
October 23, 2008 by katy
Filed under Pop Culture
In the last day or so, all the big entertainment blogs have been posting little tidbits about how William Shatner, aka, Star Trek’s Captain Kirk is upset that he wasn’t invited to fellow Trek alum George Takei’s wedding.
Boo hoo.
George has responded by saying Shatner was issued an invitation but never responded. Either way, I don’t think it matters. It was George’s wedding and both he and his partner Brad made the decisions as to who got to come and who stayed home. So even if Shatner didn’t get invited he should suck it up and just wish George and Brad the best instead of making a huge fuss about it. You’re almost 80 years old man, act like it.
Sphere: Related ContentMore Pregnancy Fun (NOT)
So now I get to watch out for signs of pre-eclampsia.
When the nurse took my BP it was high (132/93). The midwife said that in combination with my swollen feet raised a red flag for her.
Now, I get the BP thing, because I generally have low(ish) BP anyway so any major deviation from my norm is certainly cause for concern. But the swollen feet? They’ve been that way since I found out I was pregnant, so to me, no red flag. And I would have thought that would have been the case with the midwife since I’ve had the swelling since I’ve been seeing them, but…whatever.
So I had to lay on my side for five minutes and then have the BP redone, and it was fine. Then she sat down and brought up the pre-eclampsia and the words “modified bed rest” came out. Basically I’m supposed to lay around (or in this case sit) and do nothing, which is basically what I’ve been doing (minus a few chores which I gave up just this week)! She wanted me to come in earlier than one week so I could get my BP taken again but it couldn’t be arranged. So she said, find someone who has a BP cuff/machine (mom does yay!) and check it on Monday (laying down) and if the bottom number is over 85, they want to hear about it. She also gave me other symptoms to watch out for: further swelling of my feet, bleeding, headaches, pains in the chest that aren’t heartburn related. And then she actually said, “Can I trust that you’ll page us if any of this happens?”
WTF??? I’m 32 years old, college educated and after everything I went through with Liam (which I’ve told them about, several times) why wouldn’t I call???? I’m just as concerned about my own health as well as that of Sarah as you are!!! I wanted to say something, but by that time I just wanted to get out of there so I could go to the store to get milk and go home. Now I love everything that the midwives have done for me so far, they have given me far superior care than I ever got with the health department when I was pregnant with Liam. But that…*seethes* it made me want to hit something.
Sphere: Related ContentFour More Weeks
That’s right, as of today, I am 36 weeks pregnant. And boy do I feel it.
Getting to sleep and staying asleep is an adventure. Solid eight hour nights are going to be a thing of the past until Sarah is sleeping through the night. When I stand up, I can’t see my feet, that’s how big I’m getting. I’m not sure how I feel about that. My bellybutton is threatening to become an outie. That never happened with Liam. And best of all (sarcasm), the nausea has returned. Depending on what I eat, when I eat or how much I eat, my stomach protests. All perfectly normal the midwives assure me.
Next week is the bigger milestone. 37 weeks is typically considered “full term”. That means Sarah has pretty much done all her important growing and can survive outside the womb should I go into labor. So, yeah, after next week, all bets are off as to when she’ll arrive. Then Brad goes and tells me stories of one of his online friends who, despite all the ultrasounds saying there was only one baby, had twins. Good God, if that happens…… Now there have been twins, on my mother’s side of the family, but none in two generations. I prefer to think the two ultrasounds I had were correct and that Sarah’s the only one in there.
So basically at this point, it’s all sit and wait. The office/nursery is almost clean so we’ll be moving the crib in there soon. We have everything else we need; stroller, car seat, playpen. Clothes are coming from my family. Here’s to waiting.
Sphere: Related ContentGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I am all kinds of pissed off at Liam’s school right now. If I don’t get the answers I want, someone will have hell to pay. Read more
Sphere: Related ContentOMG, SO AWESOME
Like many kids of my generation, I grew up on Sesame Street. The program is only 7 years older than I am, so I was watching very early on. It’s had it’s up and downs, but I like to think it had more ups. I was so pleased to see Liam watching it when he was smaller (and he still does sometimes) and I can’t wait for Sarah to begin watching it.
Sesame Street has always had the coolest musical and celebrity guests. From Stevie Wonder to REM to Paul Simon and Little Richard. It has been a place to expose kids to all things cultural as well as educational. (Plus Savion Glover got his start there. We know where you came from, Savion.)
So as the show is getting ready to roll out it’s 39th season, there are some really awesome highlight reels I would like to share.
And the best one for last, Neil Patrick Harris! Singing! (unfortunatly the embed feature was disabled so I can only link to this one, but it’s well worth it, I promise!)
Sphere: Related ContentA Post About Liam
So, recently Liam has been asking about where things are in the world. He’s showing a big interest in geography. He’s asked where Fia lives and where some of my other friends live. Well, I came up with this really awesome idea.
If you would like, could any of you on my flist send Liam a postcard that shows where you live (ie city or state or heck even both!)? I think it would be a really cool way for him to learn geography, we can show him on a map where these places are and he’ll get to learn at the same time!
If you need our address, just e-mail me. Thanks!
Sphere: Related ContentThe State Of Me
I should be writing. Really. I have something due on the 8th. I have the idea for it. But I just can’t get motivated to write it for some reason. Bad me.
Instead I’ve spent the last two days reading X-files Mulder/Scully fic. *sigh* And some Iron Man Tony/Pepper for variety.
In in yay news I have my greedy little hands on Series one of the new Dr. Who. I put it (and series two and three) on reserve at the library back in February and it finally made its way to me. Now granted I’ve seen series one twice already thanks to Netflix view instantly, but now I can watch it in surround sound. And all the behind the scenes stuff too. And the library’s website tells me that series two is in transit, so double yay! Now if only they’d get me the first season of Farscape (which I’ve had on reserve since last October).
I’m remembering now why I hated being pregnant in the summer with Liam. It’s hot and sweaty and just generally uncomfortable. Thank god for central air. And when did I become less bendy? I mean I know baby belly and getting older have something to do with it, but I distinctly remember a time when I could touch my toes without a second thought (or without becoming winded). And for about a day there Sarah decided to sit herself on my right side, just below my ribs. It was decidely uncomfortable, not just to lay down on that side, but to sit. And I have 20 more weeks to go.
I keep trying to remember to take a picture of the baby belly, but neither of us can remember where the heck the digital camera is. Once it is found I promise there will be pictures.
Random Liam hugs are awesome.
It’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that Dragon*Con is out of the question this year. Which is a shame cause the guest list is to die for. Fia is not going either. So we’ll mope together. Though I did invite her down here to spend time with us. (And no, it has nothing to do with the fact I need more incentive to clean out the third bedroom/office/nursery). But it would be awesomesauce to have her here so she could meet Liam and Brad and my family (I talk about her often enough) and just generally fangirl.
That’s about all for now.
Sphere: Related ContentBaby news!
I did take Liam with me today and he thought hearing the hearbeat was cool.
So all the bloodwork turned out okay, so baby is healthy. They had to recalculate it after redoing the baby’s age but as long as she’s healthy I don’t care. My blood glucose is good, so no diabetes yet, but I will want to get it redone later because of the risk that I had for it when I carried Liam.
Based on the ultrasound, I am at 19 weeks, it will be 20 on Saturday. I have a new due date of November 8th. And the midwife said because of all of this and they fact they didn’t see everything quite as clearly as they would have liked on the ultasound (cause Sarah was so small and all bunched up), it gives them an excuse to do another one. So next month, another ultrasound. I’m gonna take Liam to that too.
She also said that I have lost my immunity to measles, mumps and ruebella. I guess they got that from the bloodwork. So after I give birth I get to get revaccinated. Oh joy. But I can understand it wearing off, it’s been almost like twenty years since I had the booster for it. So I have that to look forward to.
But all in all everything is going well, so I’m very happy about that.
Sphere: Related ContentBaby Update
I do believe I am feeling the first movements.
Bits of fluttering here and there.
This makes me happy. Ten more days until my next appointment. I’m thinking of bringing Liam along so he can hear the heartbeat. He’s still somewhat blase about being a big brother but I think this might stir some excitement.
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