My oldest friend, Lori, is a labor and delivery nurse. When I was pregnant with Scout and reached 25 weeks she said "whew...a least it is a viable baby now!" What the heck did that mean?! While she was trying to ease my mind it just made me worry more. And if you know me at all you know I am a worrier! (Did anyone see the article on CNN last week about a nuke attack in the US by 2013?? I am already stockpiling food!). Who uses a word like viable to describe a baby? Someone in the medical field, that's who!
The thought of having a baby anytime before week 34 is just a scary thought. Another friend of mine had her baby at week 29. Little Jesse is fine now but in the beginning it was so scary! I am sure I have nothing to worry about. I am feeling fine. Plus my doc is just outside of Boston so I have lots of great hospitals within reach. Who hasn't heard great things about Brigham and Women's NICU??
I had a great week. I did get in three walks, which was great. I have already walked once this week and hope to get another one in tomorrow and a third over the weekend.
After gaining almost a pound week 24 I spent most of this past week thinking that I was getting pre-eclampsia and constantly checking myself for swelling. As I got on the scales this morning I was prepping myself for a three pound weight gain. I was pleased as punch when I didn't gain a thing! YEA! My pants are getting tighter. I was telling someone yesterday it is hard to get in the frame of mind that it is OK to get big when I have spent all this time trying to get small again. Well, I was never small, so maybe I should say trying to get smaller!
The next ten days or so are a little crazy. I have dorm duty this weekend and we head into the last week of school before break. The boys and I are leaving next Saturday morning for VA so I am also trying to pack and get ready for that!
til next week -
Mummy Q.
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