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Sep. 4th, 2007 11:55 am First, the really exciting news - Ellie slept by herself in her own bed last night from 9:00pm until 4:00am. That is huge, people! We still have not mastered the art of her self-settling back to sleep, but I'm feeling successful with 7 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Of course, it took me forever to fall asleep because I was hoping she was okay over there in the corner and not cold or something.
Not much going on with the pregnancy. I've gained about 11lbs. Most of that I gained keeping the nausea at bay and I've remained about where I am now for the last 8 weeks or so. I am a little freaked out about gaining too much weight since I never quite got to my pre-Ellie weight. Still, I'm trying to accept that I will go over 200 lbs this time (honestly, no healthy way around that) and I think I'll just step away from the scale when it happens.
I bought a bunch of new maternity clothes over the weekend. It's sad - I have tons of stuff from last time, but 80% of it is either too hot or too casual for me to wear here. I got mostly longer-sleeved stuff for work ( this building is so cold!) and super casual tanks and shorts for at home. It's so nice not to be wearing the same overall shorts I've been wearing after work for almost two weeks.
For a long time, I was imagining this baby as a boy and I was having a really hard time connecting to him on any level. However, I now feel that the baby is a girl - partly because I feel much more able to connect to the baby if I imagine her as a girl. That may well be just because I already have a daughter. I'll be happy either way; I'm just feeling happy to have some sense of connection. I've been feeling the baby move some, no kicks yet, and that has been nice.
I was totally dreading today at work, but so far, at just over half way, the day has gone okay. I'm enjoying the job more and I know I will miss the work when I'm gone, but I'm still committed to leaving once the baby comes.
Not much going on with the pregnancy. I've gained about 11lbs. Most of that I gained keeping the nausea at bay and I've remained about where I am now for the last 8 weeks or so. I am a little freaked out about gaining too much weight since I never quite got to my pre-Ellie weight. Still, I'm trying to accept that I will go over 200 lbs this time (honestly, no healthy way around that) and I think I'll just step away from the scale when it happens.
I bought a bunch of new maternity clothes over the weekend. It's sad - I have tons of stuff from last time, but 80% of it is either too hot or too casual for me to wear here. I got mostly longer-sleeved stuff for work ( this building is so cold!) and super casual tanks and shorts for at home. It's so nice not to be wearing the same overall shorts I've been wearing after work for almost two weeks.
For a long time, I was imagining this baby as a boy and I was having a really hard time connecting to him on any level. However, I now feel that the baby is a girl - partly because I feel much more able to connect to the baby if I imagine her as a girl. That may well be just because I already have a daughter. I'll be happy either way; I'm just feeling happy to have some sense of connection. I've been feeling the baby move some, no kicks yet, and that has been nice.
I was totally dreading today at work, but so far, at just over half way, the day has gone okay. I'm enjoying the job more and I know I will miss the work when I'm gone, but I'm still committed to leaving once the baby comes.