Still A Kid At Heart

Today I'm 33 weeks pregnant! This is a huge milestone in light of all that has happened in the last few days and while I'm celebrating week 33 in the hospital and not at home...I am so very very grateful to have reached this milestone. 

An update ~ We had an ultrasound yesterday. Biophysical profile and cervix check. The good news...baby looks great. The tech switched over to 3D to give us a view of his sweet little face. The bad news...my cervix in now under 1.5. This was not the news I was hoping to hear but the encouraging part is that I haven't dilated anymore. Yeah for small victories. I'll gladly take what I can get. 

The plan today is to monitor the contractions, which I'm happy to report have spaced out. The OB team will come in later today and see how the day has gone. Depending on that we'll make a decision on going home or not. My OB doesn't think that will happen but I guess we will just have to wait and see. 

As you can imagine...I have a great deal of time on my hands. I'm trying to keep myself distracted (thank you to Netflix for helping with that) and to just relax. There is nothing that I can do to change the situation so I might as well make the best of it! 


With the arrival of my son and the joys of childhood that come along with that, I was laying here reflecting on why I'm still a kid at heart and this is what I've come up with...

- I not-so-secretly want a kids menu at restaurants.
- I never pass up an opportunity to pop bubble wrap.
- or hit a piñata.
- I don't mess with dark basements. They are scary! - I sometimes play "the floor is hot lava" when I'm alone.
- I  prefer to drink everything out of a crazy straw and I would probably eat more cereal if they still came with toys.
- I secretly want to jump in puddles.
- Building a pillow fort is something I often think about.
- I love sleeping in and taking naps while wearing footsie pajamas and wrapping myself up in a blanket burrito.

What makes you feel like a kid at heart? 


 
Pretty rainbow outside my hospital room window. 

Comments

  1. cyclistaJuly 31, 2014 at 9:59 AM

    Hang in there Janet and baby! I hope you can squeeze in a few more weeks.

    And, when you get home, please please stay away from the WD40- that stuff has nasty effects on human (and birds and bees) health... its really not nice stuff.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Just TJuly 31, 2014 at 11:03 AM

    Yay for 33 weeks! Your son is going to be perfect :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. ginger cJuly 31, 2014 at 11:17 AM

    Think about the fun you will have eating ice cream together soon ! Messy ! : )

    ReplyDelete
  4. Do I Have to Be a D.I.N.K.?July 31, 2014 at 11:25 AM

    You need to add taking naps to your list!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  5. waiting and wishingJuly 31, 2014 at 12:59 PM

    I'm so glad to hear he's still hanging out inside and continues to do well! You are going to be such a fun mama-- especially for a little BOY! Lots of fort building, indoor dodgeball and squirt gun fights in your future :) it's the best!

    ReplyDelete
  6. ErikaJuly 31, 2014 at 1:07 PM

    So glad he's still tucked in tight and that the hospital is taking good care of you!!!

    ReplyDelete
  7. JessJuly 31, 2014 at 1:16 PM

    I just love you... HOORAY for 33 weeks and further baking! And HOORAY for being a kid at heart, because it will make you an awesome parent. I love that you play "the floor is hot lava." My short list... playing memory, having one-woman silly 80s dance parties when I'm alone, having a collection of picture books that started well before I started trying for a baby and before I became a teacher (although not so many picture books in 8th grade, even though I use them anyway at least three times per year). I love this post... keep on baking, baby boy!

    ReplyDelete
  8. KelseyJuly 31, 2014 at 2:49 PM

    I've been thinking about you and am glad to hear that baby boy is doing well INSIDE! I'll continue to say my little prayers that he stays there for awhile:)

    ReplyDelete
  9. HeidiJuly 31, 2014 at 7:30 PM

    33 Weeks is good stuff!!! Keep him cooking! You're doing a great job! Your "kid heart" is going to make you a great mommy!!

    ReplyDelete
  10. KelBelJuly 31, 2014 at 9:54 PM

    Congrats on 33 weeks!! Yay! xoxo

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

What are you thinking about? I'd love to hear what you have to say...

Popular posts from this blog

Keeping Secrets

Image
I've been keeping a secret. I'm not even going to make you wait. I'm just going to come out and say it. I really don't like when people say, "Hey, I have news" and then ramble on for fifteen minutes about how they didn't know how to tell you, and would you like the good news or the bad news first. I mean, if you don't know how to tell me, then maybe you should have thought about it a little bit more before you brought it up, because now I'm just sitting here waiting while you find the perfect words to share news that...let's be honest...probably doesn't impact me in the slightest. And as for the good news/bad news question? What do you think? If you're really asking, I'd rather not hear the bad news at all. Because who wants to hear bad news? Unless it's just "bad" relative to the good news, but not really all that bad in its own right, well then I guess I wouldn't mind hearing it. And I might like to hear it first...
Read more

Dilemma

Image
I’m having a bit of a dilemma. Which is putting it mildly. I am not sure whether to shut the factory down for good, or keep it chugging along in its pitiful, yet marginally functioning state. If things were normal, if *I* was normal (cue hysterical laughter here), then I might be happy to let things chug along as they were and see what happens. But things (my body and I) are far from normal and so I feel like I need to make a decision either way. Which really sucks and makes me feel a renewed sense of frustration, irritation and mourning for the sorry state of affairs of my reproductive bits. We recently had an appointment with our RE to discuss our options and see where we stand. It was great to touch base with Dr. L but as expected, nothing has really changed. My fertility has been on a fairly rapid decline and there's not much we can do to change that (FSH last tested at 20). It was good to hear that my tubes are open and that my uterus appears to be in good shape but despit...
Read more

Start Spreading The News...

Image
My trip to New York City was completely amazing but I'm not going to lie....the re-entry to life has been difficult this past two days. After 5 days away I thought I'd return refreshed and ready to jump back onto the work/life wagon...I was wrong. Is it Friday yet? The highlights of my trip were many. But first...I had a moment. When we made it to the hotel, the emotions that had been building the entire day and week came bursting out and I cried and cried. Oh, how I cried! Uncontrollable, sloppy, snotty bawling that pretty much claimed an entire box of tissues. You see, the morning that we left my period started...a full 5 days early. I was crushed. I was sure that this was THE cycle. My emotions got the better of me but I quickly re-grouped and a little voice chimed up saying, “Go splash water on your face and get out! Go and tackle your NYC bucket list head on” And tackle we did! In short, we took in two shows on Broadway, made a visit to the 9/11 Memorial, saw the Statue of...
Read more