MATERNITY LEAVE: Day 3 (To Do List)

STATUS: still pregnant

I woke up - again - at 9:00. This time it wasn't just the inability to sleep. This time it was because I was having the WORST back cramps and contractions known to mankind. I was sure she was going to come out but the timing was irregular and the intensity didn't increase it just hurt all freakin' night. Poor Jason kept waking up from my moans and groans and applying counter-pressure to the worst parts. I think I finally fell asleep watching the Democratic polls on CNN around 1:15 (oddly enough - one of my favourite things to watch this year) so it was rather soothing...and this time Jason let me keep it on cause he knew I couldn't just moan in the dark. The races took my mind off of it at times. It sucked because everytime I was about to drop off the cliff into deep sleep the pain would start. Poor Olivia - she was up through it all, too, since it means decrease space and pressure on her as well.

I don't even remember Jason saying 'goodbye' this morning - which is normally a light-hearted conversation between us at about 5:00...ending with me going back to sleep for a couple more hours. I felt like I had been hit by a truck when he rolled out of bed at 4:15....

Anyway, this morning I am bound and determined to take it easy. I did a number of things on my TO DO LIST, which really requires me to sit in front of the computer...I set up an appointment to meet a possible pediatrician in Hoboken, am working on settling my life insurance (via email with my insurer), picked out/did research on the right breast pump for our lifestyle/family dynamic, and am currently awaiting a call back for an appointment from Jason's dermatologist..

Why a dermatologist you ask?
Well, when you are pregnant your belly button tends to...ummmm, 'level out' - ie, turn inside out. Mine is a deep one and apparently, unbeknownst to me I have a mole IN MY BELLY BUTTON. Slightly three-dimensional; however, definitely something to have a doctor look into ASAP since once I give birth that baby is getting sucked right back into the abyss for no one to reach. So yea....my OB/GYN says it looks harmless enough but it is always worth that extra assurance/insurance that all is well in that black hole sun.

For the rest of the day (it's only 10:30, mind you) /week...laying in bed, watching movies, waiting for Jason to get home about 2-ish. Then, if I am up for it, a lovely stroll through Hoboken and another tasty Subway sam'wich....

xoxo