Monday Morning Update

What a weekend. 

We officially handed over the keys to our old apartment and I spent the entire morning Sunday cleaning the crap out of that place. It is sparkling! (We want our deposit back). Saturday, I did NOTHING. I raked a few leaves, but mostly sat around and watched Master Chef Junior. It was lovely. 

So, as you know, Friday we found the new small hematoma that is reportedly healing. *Fingers Crossed*. By Saturday the brown bleeding had all but stopped. Sunday morning I woke up, cleaned the apartment, then went out to visit my mom's horse and tried not to do to much, but I know I overdid it. As evidenced by the fact that the bleeding returned. Still only slight, but last night into this morning it is back. 

Now that we are done with the apartment, I am officially putting myself on modified bedrest. It is couch time only from here, with the daily 15 minute walk to try to keep the weight off. Next doctor's visit is Feb 10th, and I'm thinking she'll schedule the nuchal scan and harmony testing, so I'm hoping next Friday we'll see the baby again and check on the hematoma. 

Until then, it is going to be trying to relax. 

As far as workouts - I decided not to join the gym yet. With the bleeding, it just doesn't make sense, especially because my old gym is just on hold, and I will have five months to pay for that after the baby arrives (If everything goes as planned), so I don't want to over commit financially. That means that I will be walking the neighborhood and trying to get a mid-day walk around campus in. And also trying to control my diet. I've made a bargain with myself that if I can be under 300 lbs ( I was 301 last appt) at my next OB appointment, and everything looks okay with the baby, I am getting a new Raw Threads "Mama Bear" shirt. It's little goals that I need to look forward to to keep on track as the whole idea of 6.5 months left of pregnancy is hitting me like a bag of rocks. (it feels like forever). 


Also, I have decided that if I can get some debt paid off by June, I will sign up for Princess Half (or maybe just the 10k) for next February. It'd be the first trip with the baby, a short weekend trip to Disney, a chance to get out, and a motivation to get moving again after August. That is my goal, we'll see how it goes. . . . 

Anyways, last night I was in pain. My body was sore, my uterus was sore, I didn't sleep well. So the moral of the story is - take care of your body, and relax. Growing a human is hard.

-Emily