Baby Freiman at Week 36 - week of October 10th

     
Better late than never on this week's blog post! It does actually feel like I'm carrying around a honeydew. It was an eventful week in the life of Baby Girl Freiman as we had our last sonogram and saw she is definitely still breech (and she is measuring 5lb 10oz - 2 more pounds!- and 28th percentile for weight). My c-section is scheduled for 39 weeks, otherwise known as Thursday, October 31. She could certainly come before that but it's nice to have a date to plan around anyway! In the event she flips, the c-section will be cancelled and we'll try for a vaginal delivery. For Halloween I'll be dressed as an almost-mom having her first surgery!

People keep asking me how I feel about having a c-section, or they seem disappointed. I've had a lot of time to wrap my head around it, and I think I've done a nice job of limiting my expectations around the whole process. While I know the recovery will be challenging, I'm fine with whatever will result in a healthy baby sooner than later! In the meantime I am keeping up with the stretching and protein shakes. Symptoms that are still going strong are my sweet tooth, swelling hands/foot, wart, and lack of sleep.

Highlights of the week:
The weeks are kind of running together now, but recent highlights have been:
*Early birthday dinner in Georgetown with David - it was so delicious and fun
*My mom came this weekend and I loved having her here to help us get things ready and just spend time together. She'll be back in two weeks!
*My co-workers threw me a shower and it was awesome! They were super generous and I really believe we officially have everything we will ever need.

What I've learned:
*I'm tired of working, effective now. My last day of work will be October 25. It can't get here fast enough.
*After this weekend I've had a noticeable drop-off in energy and general comfort levels, and I am super scatter-brained. Example: today I forgot I did something at work resulting in unecessary confusion for co-workers,  "lost" my cell phone, got out of the shower with conditioner still in, and left my computer at home -all before noon. It's pretty frustrating actually so forgive me if I'm a little cranky. :)

I unfortunately don't have any pictures this week. Maybe I'll feel more photogenic in week 37!