32 weeks, 1 day - 7 weeks, 6 days to go

Everything seems to be ramping up all of a sudden. The baby to-do list is still pretty long. It's budget season at work, meaning I have to ask for more money (as usual), which I never like to do. Many new things are getting installed in our house: kitchen cabinets and a  staircase in particular. I've resigned ( Read more... )

30 weeks, 2 days

Snow day in Seattle!  I'm sitting in our basement next to Mitch, who is currently playing Red Dead Redemption.  My supervisor let me work from home.  It was a productive-ish morning, and now things are slowing down.  The County keeps sending ambiguous emails about this and that work function having permission to go home, and I'm ( Read more... )

28 weeks, 2 days

I'm officially in my third trimester! Lorna, one of our midwives, pointed out that the baby was lying on my left side (my perspective) of my uterus. In the last two sessions, we felt the baby's head near my pelvis. Heartbeat is within normal range.

I also learned that my glucose screening came back within normal range, suggesting ( Read more... )

Week 27, Day 2

Baby's palm is the size of a starburst.

I'm pretty excited to meet this baby. I'm excited to see their smile and whose nose they inherited. I'm excited to pull the baby towards my chest shortly after giving birth; I hope everything goes well.  I've been listening to a 12-minute guided meditation recommended by our birthing instructor ( Read more... )

26 weeks, 1 day

Milo is ready to sleep without a problem tonight.  Thank god because that means I can also catch some rest.  Last night he kept pacing the room, every now and then looking toward the future patio door.  It didn't help that last night was super rainy with the wind howling against our windows.

Matt cooked shrimp burritos/tacos(?) ( Read more... )

26 weeks

Mitch left for London for two weeks  and Milo is laying out in the living room, staring at the door and windows, already waiting for him to return.

We moved our stuff back from Justine's (bed frame, dresser, side table lol aka nightstand), so I'm sleeping in the 'master bedroom' tonight of our house.  Matt, our tenant who recently moved ( Read more... )

21 weeks, 6 days

The last 6 weeks have been eye-opening. I've spent a lot of time processing Amy's water birth story, which in turn opened me up to the whole world of natural birthing outside of a hospital setting. After some research, multiple consultations, and personal soul-searching, Mitch and I have decided to switch providers to a small, ( Read more... )

15 weeks

The conflict with the engineer - let's call him Mark- has finally culminated with Mark escalating his concerns about a new issue on our project to management.  In the near future we will all meet to discuss openly.

Here is what I have been able to glean from Mark's complaints based on  discussions and emails so far:

- he wants to be the ( Read more... )

14 weeks, 3 days

Not much to say, exept that life is turning into routine. I'm not sure I like it 100% because I'm always itching for new places, but it's helping me appreciate the small things, like having dinner with Mitch and enjoying a good walk to Rosalina's which has the best quiche in the area.

I've noticed that my gums are more tender ( Read more... )

When I told my friend Megan  that I was 11 weeks pregnant, we were sitting in a grey "green space" in downtown Seattle eating Indian food from Columbia Tower. She asked me at the time, "Are you scared at all?" It was a great question, but surprisingly difficult to answer. I didn't feel particularly scared at that moment in time, and I was ( Read more... )