【新年】Welcome to the new year

[kurikuribebi]

あけましておめでとうごあいます。
Welcome to 2022, everyone. May this year be at least slightly better than the last.We didn't do anything special to celebrate new years. We relaxed in a warm scented bath, made Temaki-sushi and Miso soup for dinner, and then Ryu watched TV while I took a nap. He woke me up at 5 minutes till midnight to do the countdown together and

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[ragnarok_08]

Sounds like a nice New Years :)

[kurikuribebi]

It was, thank you!

[koki]

You always look so genuinely happy when you're in pictures with Ryu! ♥ So pretty.

The snow there looks nice! It started snowing here tonight when I had to drive home from work. Not fun. Snow is nice to look at, but not drive in lol

[kurikuribebi]

What can I say -- I love being with the guy! lol

Oh, I'm the same. Looking at it from the inside of a warm room is perfectly fine. The minute one has to step outside though...it's not so fun. Luckily, the snow is gone now. Driving won't be as bad.

[kaishinmystik]

Your photo is lovely. I am sorry about your blood work and hope all goes okay for you. That is wonderful your family is planning a visit! I hope everything goes smoothly if no epidural is possible.
And how great to get to the Shrine for a New Years prayer _/\_

[kurikuribebi]

We'll find out today. Fingers crossed.

Yes! They had planned on coming in 2020, but COVID hit. Hopefully we can make it happen this year. Japan is still closed.

[kaishinmystik]

Fingers crossed here for you too! I didn't realize Japan was still closed. I hope one of these days soon they can come visit.

[kurikuribebi]

Yes, we've been closed for a while. We opened once, then the next day Omicron hit and we closed right back up. They're saying maybe April, but we'll see! Thank you!

[miss_ljv]

The HOSPITAL can SAY no MANICURES?!?! 😮😮😮 Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat my American brain is simply uncomprehending. 🤯

Your wishes are good and I wish for them for you too.

I’m glad you’ve been able to earn money even while pregnant - every little bit helps!

Oh and obv you don’t have to get into details but what about the blood work? Is it related to your other condition, or other deficiencies? I definitely wish you ease for birth, and the epidural stuff is really strange.

[kurikuribebi]

Yep. No manicures, no jewelry, not even wedding rings. My job doesn't allow manicures either, but I've always had at least my toe nails painted. Now that I can't do that either, I feel so...bleg. Like, "Whose feet are these?"

We find out the results today. I don't really know much myself because save for feeling over-exhausted, I've felt fine. But apparently everything was about 5-10 points below the designated female level. My lab work before then was fine, though a bit on the low-side, but not as bad as this.

[cijmama816]

I’m also mind blown on the hospital saying you can’t have manicures.
Also, they schedule your birth there? So do they automatically induce everyone? You don’t just naturally go into labor and then get to the hospital? And crazy they only do epidurals certain days

[kurikuribebi]

Granted, it could differ hospital to hospital. On my hospital document file, it clearly says no jewelry, not even wedding rings, and no manicures.

Yes, and no. If you are doing a C-section or epidural, you'll be scheduled and induced because there aren't enough anesthesiologists for hospitals to simply have them on hand. It might be easier to get a hold of one in the bigger cities, but the concept of "painless birth" with epidurals and such is still fairly new.

If you're doing a completely natural birth -- no drugs, no surgery, epidurals, you just naturally go in to labor.