I did not post last week, so, yes, it is only 4 weeks to delivery. About two weeks until my mom arrives. I am happy to report that we (my hubby) did make some progress with the new arrival preparations - he fixed all the baby furniture. All that needs to be done in the room - the big stuff anyway - is to paint the walls and I need to find a chair or a slider for me to sit in. The room is now a very lively yellow - this was Luka's color. Even though the color is fun and fine, I want to change it. I picked a very light lavender/blue - Behr Hosta Flower: 640 C-1. I figure it will work for either a boy or a girl. And the chair - that's not going so well. With Luka I used to have a futon there - I was told I need a rocker/slider, that the futon will be awkward - but it wasn't. It was actually great for those early feedings (around 4 or 5 am) when I could not go back to my bed - I just slept there for a couple of hours. This time around, the futon has been repurposed so I need to get something new. I don't really like the gliders - they are not so comfortable, and I feel weird sliding. And I have not seen one that I can say I like, they are all kind of ugly. So I am thinking about an armchair, something deep and oversized and comfortable... but that's not so easy to find...
Why did I miss a posting last week? I was sick, so sick that I basically lay in bed for almost 10 days. It started the week before, with just a cough. Then came the sore throat and congestion and finally the fever. The fever did not last for long, but the other symptoms are still there. What enables me to do stuff and not just sleep is the medication - the doc had me take decongestants and anti-histamines so I can sleep and eat. I usually stay away from those kinds of medications, and just wait for the cold to run it's course - but that's when I am not pregnant. Now, I guess, it is better for the baby to take the meds so I can sleep and eat... And the colds do take looong when pregnant. It's been almost two weeks, and only today can I say that I feel somewhat better and that I see the end of it...
I did manage to take one belly photo last week (the one on the left), but I took it on Wednesday, so it's not really a week between the pics as I wanted... oh, well. The pic on the right is from today.
I asked Luka how the baby is going to get out of mommy's tummy, and first he said "I don't know!". Then he looked at me and said "The belly is going 'crack'...". We have a few books where birds come out of eggs - and eggs go 'crack'....
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