September 22, 2008 by Avy.

Sleeping Peacefully Today
Originally uploaded by avytech.

Smallest of Bear tends to do things like this for like a million hours per day. I try wakin him up to play with me, but no dice. This morning, I poked my tongue at him over and over for like 3-4minutes. He poked his out twice and I was ecstatic. I stopped there. Maybe it was a fluke, but I call it Mama Bear - Baby Bear connections. I even asked him to sleep good hours so his dad could get decent sleep for work. Guess what… he listened. Mmmmm hmm. He slept from 10:30pm to 1:30 am, then 2am to 6am. Now tell me that’s not a darn good bear!

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September 21, 2008 by Avy.

I’m online way too much today, but it benefits the world. I was looking up loans again (a girl’s gotta know her options) and found this site: Cash Advances. I’m thinking about looking into something like that for some extra emergency money if something pops up this week. I’m not sure when my disability will come in and I hate not getting a paycheck until basically November. That’s the downside to maternity leave (imo).

Somehow I got over to the Bad Credit Auto Loans section. I don’t have stellar credit, so I figured it was worth looking into. I don’t want a car with a lease. I need something that’ll be cheap to insure. The interest rate for a loan from CLS doesn’t seem to be that bad when you really get down to it.

There’s so much grown-up business to deal with now that I’m all mommified!

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September 12, 2008 by Avy.

Soooooo I had my doctor’s appointment yesterday. He was surprised I’m still not having contractions, yet am still3cm dialated and very well effaced. He said he’d like to induce me Monday (5 days early) because of my high BP and Xavier’s size, position, etc. I agreed because of all that stuff, and my being sick of waiting. We’re all confident things will go smoothly, but I immediately started freaking out like, “omg it’s gonna hurt”

Time out: I’m watchin bringing home baby right now and this lady has baby in the basinet, on his side, with all these loose blankets and stuffed animals. Why am  so afraid/annoyed!

So yeah, I just watched a woman on TLC be induced for te same reasons as me and now I’m less freaked out. Hopefully things go just as smoothly for me, you and everyoneone we know (great movie btw).

I am sooooo bored. At least when he’s out I’ll have something to do and someone to talk to lol. AND Erik will be off work for a week and we’ll be keeping visitors away til after 5 days.

Okay I’m done ranting.

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September 4, 2008 by Avy.

(I wrote this to a friend and figure I’ll just be lazy and C&P to the world)

I was in the hosp from 1:30 to like 6pm today. Since I have high BP, I have to let them know if I have headaches (and other stuff) for fear of preclampsia. Well I was waiting for like 30min or so cuz it was crazy in maternity triage. Then I was hooked up to the machine for a Non-Stress Test. That took hours. They also drew blood. I’m okay with it all because my BP is high since the pregnancy, but sheesh!

I’m sooooo sleepy. Sheesh. 

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September 3, 2008 by Avy.

We think so.

So I’m not having any ouchy contractions yet, but I went from 0cm to 3cm dialated since last wednesday’s appointment.

Dr. R thinks I’ll deliver this weekend or by next Wednesday. That was the discussion this morning. He’s not my official doctor, but he’s in the practice so I see him sometimes.

Dr. E (my ‘real’ doctor) called me tonight because I told them I wasn’t going to the hospital for my weekly NST. I was just too tired and my foot hurts. So anyway, he double-checked my chart before calling and naturally he calls me and freaks me out. I’m kewl now, but still.

Dr. E says because my BP is still high, my cervix has dilated at a fast rate, and all signs point to Xavier wanting out, we’ll see about inducing me if I don’t deliver by our appointment next week.

Note to self: 9/11 is Thursday, not Wednesday. Next appt is Thurs. Hosp NST is Wednesday.

I want a cheesesteak.

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