My feet are still up

Sort of.

Update since Wednesday:
I had more screening done yesterday. My blood pressure is back down to normal, though I do need to keep monitoring it daily. And I specifically asked if I do have preeclampsia or not - the verdict was no.

So that is good news. I am still taking it easy, though it's difficult for me. I feel pretty useless - especially watching T finish up MY projects. And I'm trying to just chill out with the housework and stick to LIGHT cleaning (thought light cleaning often involves a rag and bucket for me so I have to remind myself to slow down and take a break!).

I am working on small projects with Monkey - like finally organizing all of Monkey's baby clothes to pull out the gender neutral clothing and organize all of the girly stuff by size so I know which box to pull out should we need the girly stuff.

I will also be tackling one more painting project - but I promise it's small and easy. T painted the ceiling in the nursery and was quite annoyed to find the paint had dripped behind the tape. I'm the paint toucher upper in our house, so I'm going to fix up those drips and patch a few holes in the walls (and paint them) so we have a clean blank slate for New Bean.

I figured I'd post a quick update while I had a minute. I'm off to finish organizing baby clothes while Monkey finishes up her nap.

My feet are now up

I had a regularly scheduled prenatal appointment yesterday. My blood pressure was up a bit and there was a trace of protein in my urine. They immediately started the screening process for preeclampsia. After 30 minutes on the fetal monitor, I was sent to the lab for blood work (at which point my brain caught up with what was happening and I had the start of an emotional meltdown in front of the poor lab technician).

I went back to work and was luckily alone in the office where I proceeded to have a full blown emotional meltdown (I haven't had one in 36 weeks - I think I was entitled. haha). My poor Mom called in the middle of it, not having seen my email update on my doc's appointment yet. Oops. I think I scared her. I went forward in my day with the intent of tying up any and all loose ends I had just in case.

To be honest, preeclampsia isn't really all that scary at 36 weeks pregnant. New Bean really only needs 1 more full week of baking to be considered full term. So the emotional meltdown was obviously unnecessary. I guess hormones got the best of my brain.

My blood work came back fine. I'm still going to be monitored a little more closely (twice a week instead of once a week) just to be safe.

My ever loving husband, however, has decided to put me on modified "bed rest." He's taken away all of the power tools. I'm only "allowed" to care for Monkey, cook and do some light cleaning. No more projects, no more "heavy" lifting (not even laundry baskets) and no more playing in my flowers. Now, I know I could work on things while he's gone all day, but that would just result in a fight at night and THAT I do not have the energy for. So I'll comply with his wishes... sort of. (A sewing machine is neither a power tool OR requires my being on my feet, correct? hehe).

So I'll probably be getting around to sharing some of the projects I've finished now that I have the time to take and upload pictures of them.

And now I have belly comparisons for you.

First up - 36 weeks pregnant for Monkey (2007):

Second - 36 weeks pregnant for New Bean (last night):

Perfect timing. Monkey just came stumbling out of bed.

Have a good day!

My mental health is in question

Both my husband and my mother questioned my mental health yesterday.

While we were sitting to dinner, T asked me what was wrong. "What's with all this nesting? It's not like you're giving birth soon. Relax! We've got plenty of time!"

Later, I spoke to my mother via instant messaging. She told me "I'm starting to think you're going crazy!"

This was after they found out what I did during Monkey's nap yesterday:

I organized my closet so I could fit my fancy dresses from the spare closet.

I emptied one drawer in my dresser and put sweaters into my closet (I need to downsize my dresser when we empty the spare bedroom because my current dresser won't fit in our bedroom).

While working in my clothes, I pulled my maternity clothes out and put them into rotation (specifically, pants!! I only have 2 pairs of regular pants that still fit comfortably.).

I emptied the cedar chest at the foot of my bed. I put the things I had for Monkey in her closet (the empty bin on her top shelf is no longer empty). I put a few decor items I've been holding onto for my bedroom re-model under my bed. And I just have to figure out where to store Monkey's Halloween costumes.

I then was able to pull all of our big spare blankets out of the spare closet and store them in the cedar chest.

So, yes, I over did it yesterday. But I still never put more than an hour into these projects at a time. And they need to be done. What's wrong with doing it now instead of procrastinating and waiting until New Bean is here?

Monkey is finishing up her cereal and I'm sitting here enjoying my coffee. Then we're heading into town. I need to go to the office and I'm taking this opportunity to hit Target again for a few more storage solutions.

Because, yes, I do have another small project for today's nap time.

Nesting

I'm a nester by nature. Being pregnant just makes me more crazy about it.

I think it's safe to say I've hit the second trimester energy burst I've been waiting for. Especially considering we were up most of the night with Monkey and I'm still running pretty well at 3 PM. And I didn't even get a cup of coffee this morning!

I actually had quite a burst this morning. I finally got around to hanging the pocket quilt I finished back in October. I also reorganized Monkey's clothes. She had a lot of things in rotation she's grown out of. And I was attempting to make room for the new clothes she got for Christmas. I packed up what I could, cramming as much into the one empty box I had, leaving the rest in crates on the top shelf of her closet. And then I pulled out my needle and thread to sew the pom pom back onto Monkey's snow hat.

I would have continued but we needed to go mattress shopping with T. I know, I know. You're

not supposed to buy a new mattress while you're pregnant. We pretty much knew what we wanted already, it was just a matter of finding the best price for it.

We got a great deal at Tuffy Bear Furniture in Glenburn. Oddly enough, while I was pregnant for Monkey, we had been looking at new mattresses and they'd had the best deal then as well. However, this time, we actually made the purchase. We also went to The Furniture Gallery in Bangor (formerly American Mattress and Furniture Gallery). They are having a huge inventory blow out sale right now so we thought we'd be able to find a pretty good deal. The best deal we could find on an in stock mattress that we both found comfortable was $1000. Sorry. Too much. Have a good day. Thank you. Buh bye. Now I've got to list the old one on craigslist to get it out of our way. Free for the taking!

Speaking of craigslist.. during our marathon night last night, I had a lot of time to think. I really need to start getting this house ready for a fourth person. We're going to have to dismantle our guest room to make a new nursery. We've currently got the closet in there stuffed with extra sheets, blankets, sleeping bags and our "fancy" dress clothes. It's time for me to list my wedding dress, my mother's dress from my wedding and the bridesmaid dress I wore in T's sister's wedding. They are taking up extremely valuable closet space that I'll very soon no longer have the luxury of. I'm hoping to pull them all out tomorrow to take pictures of them.

I've got a little bit of work to do for the office, so I'm hiding in the basement during Monkey's nap. I've got a sewing project in mind for afterwards, though I may just wait until tomorrow and stick to my knitting tonight.

So on that note, the printout I've been waiting on is finished so back to work for me!