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Pregnancy week 38
Nov. 7th, 2015 02:55 pmCould be any day now, or it could be another couple of weeks. I try to relax but the lack of freedom in movement is starting to get to me. My midwife was amaZed at my health during our chekc-up last week which is a good thing. The eating healthy and continuing to walk/cycle/dance seems to pay off. I drove my bicycle to the midwife's appointment and I try to go for a one hour walk every day with the dog. One of my biggest concerns is that my next semester of classes starting on February eight, roughly 10-12 weeks after giving borth. The midwife thinks I'll be fine as long as I don't need a c-section. The bellydancing mommies on facebook are telling me stories of how hard it was, not being allowed to dance until week 16 or starting after four months and being called home to feed the baby because he wasn't drinking from the bottle.
Wether I teach or not, my maternity leave runs out in March and I'll be away for work three days a week between 8.00-18.30. Yes, it will be difficult to go back to teaching bellydance but compared to going back to work it shouldn't be that hard. We decided to go with the daycare center that is smaller and close by as one of my main concerns is overstimulating our daughter. I rather have her in a smaller group, we can always decide to let her go to the super intense daycare center with a lot of activities when she's ready for more. She'll be in daycare for two days, I'll be home for two days, E is home for two days and my mum wants to babysit preferably every week, except that she's on holiday a lot plus she works four days a week and isn't very flexible. We thought we better be on the safe side with planning the daycare.
My uterus is starting to feel tired and it appears that the days of perfect glowing skin are over. No sure signs yet of going into labor but something is definitly changing. My blood pressure is still low, I am still sleeping fairly well but turning around, getting up or finding a comfortable position is getting harder. If she hasn't arrived by herself in three weeks, we'll schedule an appointment at the hospital to start the birth, something I really don't want. I'd better get cracking with the home remedies of starting a delivery if she hasn't made any attenpt at week 40!
Wether I teach or not, my maternity leave runs out in March and I'll be away for work three days a week between 8.00-18.30. Yes, it will be difficult to go back to teaching bellydance but compared to going back to work it shouldn't be that hard. We decided to go with the daycare center that is smaller and close by as one of my main concerns is overstimulating our daughter. I rather have her in a smaller group, we can always decide to let her go to the super intense daycare center with a lot of activities when she's ready for more. She'll be in daycare for two days, I'll be home for two days, E is home for two days and my mum wants to babysit preferably every week, except that she's on holiday a lot plus she works four days a week and isn't very flexible. We thought we better be on the safe side with planning the daycare.
My uterus is starting to feel tired and it appears that the days of perfect glowing skin are over. No sure signs yet of going into labor but something is definitly changing. My blood pressure is still low, I am still sleeping fairly well but turning around, getting up or finding a comfortable position is getting harder. If she hasn't arrived by herself in three weeks, we'll schedule an appointment at the hospital to start the birth, something I really don't want. I'd better get cracking with the home remedies of starting a delivery if she hasn't made any attenpt at week 40!
