I'm 36 weeks pregnant (well, 36w2d today). Baby Day is getting closer! Mum and I went shopping on the weekend for all the last minute baby things. We got a baby bath, nappy disposal unit, a few more newborn sized clothes, a baby book (I know they're a bit out of fashion these days, but I really wanted to do a baby book for Baby Boy), and a manduca baby carrier. The carrier was on my wish list and I wasn't planning on buying it until after Christmas, but mum treated me and bought it for me.
I had my 36 week appointment on Monday. We met with my OBs midwife first, and she talked us through what will happen on Baby Day. And we got the time we need to be at the hospital, what we need to bring in that day and what can wait in the car until after the c-section.
Then we went and saw my OB, my blood pressure is starting to sneak up a bit. It's not in the scary range yet, but is getting close. I had a feeling it was getting higher, I haven't had any headaches or dizziness, but my feet and hands are pretty swollen. And I'm having some carpal tunnel symptoms too, at first it was just my right hand but now it's both. It's making sleeping a nightmare. Until now I've been sleeping ok, up every few hours to visit the loo and roll over but for the most part I'm not aching or sore.
But now? The only way I can sleep that doesn't make my hands and wrists hurt and go numb is laying on my back with my hands flat on the bed next too me. I prop myself up with pillows but I still snore and wind up waking with a dry mouth and aching hips and back.
If I sleep on my side, my right arm goes numb and throbs. Then it takes ages to get feeling back in it and by that stage I'm wide awake. So I wind up napping in the glider or desk chair for a few hours until Tony's alarm goes off and I wake up and go back to bed for an hour or two. But I feel fuzzy and groggy for the rest of the day.
We've had a few warm days and I've been trying to make sure I drink even more water than my usual 2-3l a day. And I've cut down on salt and processed foods but I haven't noticed much of a difference.
My wonderful sister in law took a day off work last week and drove me up to ikea. We picked up a chest of drawers for the nursery and some storage boxes to go in the bookcase we already had. The drawers were a challenge, we're really limited on wall space in the nursery (due to windows taking up one wall and the wardrobes on the other) so they had to be able to fit in the wardrobe, but our wardrobes are really shallow. But we found some that matched the theme of the nursery so they can go out in his room later on and also fit in the wardrobe!
I spent Friday putting away all of his clothes, sheets and things. Then on Saturday Tony finished painting the nursery and on Sunday we moved everything else into the nursery. Tony put the cot together and I organised the change table. We put the cot canopy over the cot to keep the kitties out of the cot, but Monday morning I found White-kitty under the cot anyway. Oh well.
I still want to make cot rail protectors and a cover for the change table mat. I think that'll be my project for next week. And I'm looking at some prints and decorations for the nursery too. I think I've found what I want on Etsy, I just want to check out a few local stores first before I buy them online.
Baby still doesn't have a name. We're tossing around the idea of using family names for both his first and middle names but it still doesn't feel right or feel like it's a good fit. I guess we'll still be talking about names after he's here. I'm down to weekly OB appointments now and there's not many left to go!
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