What a week

Monday - Working an extra hour since I have to dr. appointments this week and need to make up time.

Tuesday - work early since leaving at 215 pm for OB.  Bob had to take me since I got a flat.  We did not leave the office until 4:50pm so it was too late to work some more time.

Wednesday- worked early since leaving at 3 pm  for oncologist.  Found out I need to be on new shots and they do not have them in stock.  I will have to come back tomorrow to pick them up.  The office is about 50 minutes round trip from my office.  Plus I have to come back on Friday to get blood work at the same location!

Thursday- Got to work at 8 am.  Did not take a lunch so I could get my medication.  Got home close to 7 pm.  Learned the shots are not already packaged for you.  You have to change the needle and load them.  Ugh!!!!  (took me about a half an hour last night to figure it out but I now have the hang of it).

Friday- going in early again since I have no clue if there will be a wait time for the labs.  I will also need to stay beyond 5 pm to make up all the missed time.  On top of all this I have been trying to tie up loose ends and train the temp.     I cannot wait for this week to end.  However, next week might be just as jammed packed with appointments and working.  I already know of one appointment and lab and am sure something else will be thrown in the mix.  I am about ready to give up on making time but I hate lose one extra hour with Matthew once he is born.

If he comes on the scheduled induction date of 4/9 then I will be returning to work 6/8.  That was all the time I could take off without going without a salary and not keeping a whooping 3 sick and vacation days on the books.  8 weeks I will get to stay home and then it is Bob's turn to be stay at home dad until August.

2 to 3 more weeks to go . . .

Yesterday I hit week 36 and saw the oncologist. Amazingly I saw her with a wait time less than 30 minutes. Last time it was about an hour and a half. She was shocked that my OB had not scheduled a date for inducing me. The same thing my prenatal specialist said last week. She left the room to call the OB and found out she was out this week for Spring Break. In Texas everyone has Spring Break this week unlike the schools in Texas. She said that would like me induced by 38 to 38.5 weeks which is only about 2 weeks away. I was told that the date will be determined next week. I might have to change my shots if I am currently dilated. They can put me on other medication that leaves the body quicker so I will not bleed too much if I go into labor prior to the induction.

Bob and I are trying to get ready for the baby since it is truly around the corner. Bob painted Matthew’s room and it took a couple different color choices for us to agree. The bottom of the wall is a grayish blue, chair rail is navy and the top is a cream color. I am happy with the color choices. It is boy but does not scream I am a baby boy. I just could not do the ultra baby blue or bright blue.

Plus we have other things such as taxes to wrap up before our little man comes. I hope we can get most of my "to do list" done. Bob laughs that I make lists but it is the only way to keep things in control.

Erica's Belly at 35 Weeks

Well here I am at 35 weeks. I had no idea I was going to get this big when I signed up to have a baby. Silly me! He is slowing down on movement since he is getting so big. He is about 6 pounds now.

Wrong Timing

For the first time in my life I chose my family over my career. Now I have not had too many chances before since we have only been married about 2 ½ years. Last time there was a chance I went for the Account Manager job when we had only been married for 6 months tops. It was a job I always wanted and the opportunity arrived. I had the mentality of you better go for it now or it may never come again. It was not easy on our marriage since I had long hours and traveled while Bob went on the road a lot with the Air Force. Well last week we had an opening in our office which rarely happens since we are so small. About 10 of us work in Dallas compared to over 2,200 in my old corp. office. I thought I better jump on this ASAP. Then I started to realize I will go back to long hours and a little traveling while now having a son. Did I want to go after a new more stressful job and become a first time mommy? Bob now has a flexible job but do I want to be the mom that rarely sees her baby and consumed with work? After many conversations and tears I decided that this was just the wrong timing. If that spots opens up in the future I would jump on it in a heart beat but right now I need to make sure I get this mommy thing under control first.

On top of all that I have been working crazy hours with two doctor appointments this week. Along with doing the leg work and interviewing for the temp that will assist while I am on leave. Bob and I are heading to the doctor for an ultrasound at 2:00 pm CT. We are looking forward to seeing little Matthew today and hopefully he maintained or increased his percent tile in weight. I am gaining a lot so I hope the weight is being transferred to him. We will let you know what the doctor says after the visit and baby Bob will take another belly shot for all you fans.

Week 34 and Counting

34 weeks has been better than I expected it to be. No doctor appointments which is a true bonus. However, I am having two next week and one the following week. Another ultrasound will occur on 3/12 which I cannot wait. My dad is going to try to convert the VHS tape into a DVD so we can watch the ultrasounds in the future. I have not had a VHS recorder in long time.

My hips this week are not hurting as much. I must have slowed down on the stretching process. Plus I can still feel him moving but they are not as rapid and aggressive. He does make me cramp up from moving but it is smooth sailing compared to weeks 31 to 33.

I have started to nest if you consider washing baby clothes and hanging them up. We also are starting to figure out how we want the baby’s room decorated. We are looking at greens with a animal/Noah’s Ark theme. Since all the furniture is not coming from the same places we are going with white. It is too hard to match cherry, oak, and other types of wood.