We have also made plans for the nursery and have started gathering materials (paint and such) and have bought a super-cool rug, which should help tie together some of the blues that will be going on:
Still absolutely no progress on a name choice, but I did finally manage to get our registry together. And I got us registered for our classes (tour/insurance paperwork, breastfeeding, and baby care basics) at the hospital for January. Next on the list - get a doula!
I have also given notice at my job. I have an open-ended leave date, which will be determined by how long it takes to train my replacement. But, mid-January will be the latest. We were lucky and found a great candidate internally, so the training should be a snap! Both of my bosses were wonderfully supportive of our decision for me to stay home, and I can tell my contributions here have been appreciated, which is an awesome feeling.
I have been feeling really crummy this past week and got to experience my first Braxton-Hicks contractions. They have settled down, but have become a general, continuous aching/crampiness in my lower abdomen. And I'm sleeping like poo again. I fear it is my body responding to the baby getting bigger. The good news is that I passed the one-hour glucose test, so no gestational diabetes for me!
I have a feeling the overall discomfort may be here to stay, and is a reminder that maybe it is time to slow down a little. Looks like the end is now in sight for my practice. I have clients scheduled through my upcoming holidays, and I'm not sure how far into 2008 I am going to get. It makes me so sad to think about shutting down the practice, but my body is making this decision very clear for me.
