February 18, 2021
10 weeks (-ish) to go ♥
I feel amazing! I know this can turn quickly so I am grateful for every minute that my body feels good. Baby apps and articles says all these negative things every week and I can’t relate to most of it. For example, I don’t feel exhausted and my hands and feet haven’t been swollen for weeks – the only thing I can relate to is that I have to pee fifty times a day, but not at night. Ya these symptoms happens to a lot of women and I appreciate the apps telling me about them but it just sounds so negative and not fun at all to be pregnant. I’m trying to enjoy this time.
I feel quite calm as well, I thought for sure I would start to stress out about all the things that needs to be taken care of but I’m a lot calmer than expected. Yes, I’m desperate to know if we are moving or not once the baby comes cause then I could start packing now and start selling all our furniture which will be tough once baby is here, but we don’t know at the moment so there’s no reason for me to feel stressed about it now:)
I am a bit in nesting mode though I think haha. Slowly putting things in different piles in our storage room; one donation pile, one trash pile (old clothes with holes and such) and one “give-back-to-my-friend” pile (she came over with a huge box of maternity clothes that I’m not wearing, and one big bag of baby clothes that I don’t think I need or want). So my yoga/dance/pilates room is now an actual storage room. I want to have the bedroom cleaned out for all Lilliputs stuff so, the “Fanny Room” has to be sacrificed. I did a huge organization last weekend. For example, clothes we aren’t currently wearing and wont be wearing in the nearest future had to jump into suitcases we have in the storage. Our walk-in-closet looks like we have been robbed haha. I also emptied out one drawer in a dresser so we can fit diapers and stuff. It’s short term solutions that works in case we are moving, but if we are staying then I have to take some time in a few months to come up with a long term idea for our home.
I do feel like we should maybe read and prepare ourselves for when the baby is coming. I don’t know anything about newborns haha. I have been reading and researching a little over the past months but not as much as I probably should, and Jimmy started reading on Sunday. I do feel quite calm, confident and excited about the birth though. A lot of women are terrified, I have even had women reaching out with these book tips on how to not be afraid to give birth, and I don’t feel that I need them. The body knows what to do. I am however afraid to get a c-section (not of the actual surgery or recovery, I simply don’t want one because I want to experience the real deal). Here in America they give those to women regardless of if it’s necessary or not it seems like which is stupid. Giving birth during covid might change things as well. We aren’t allowed to go on a tour at the hospital so I have no idea of what they have and not. But, as long as my hubby is by my side and everyone around me stays calm, it will be fine.
10 weeks left, let the countdown begin.