Beautiful Progress
I can't believe it. After all this time, the nursery is almost complete. My brother took me shopping yesterday for baby stuff and today Vance and I busted our butts and got the room cleaned and the crib put together. We're still waiting to get a changing table/dresser and a rocking chair, but everything else is there. There is a well-organized mess of boxes and Styrofoam in the corner that is going to take a few trips to get down to the dumpster, but other than that I still couldn't be more relieved.
In a lot of ways I am glad we waited this long to get this stuff done. I could have gotten this done a month ago and been sitting around terribly bored all this time. At least I now have something to keep me busy until I pop.
I am also glad that thus far I haven't had any problems with my blood pressure (knock on particle wood desk.) My bp has been consistently around 120/60 with the exception of my last appointment when it was 112/64. And my weight gain has been alright. According to my BMI (total b/s, btw) I can gain up to 40 lbs and I am pushing it. It appears luckily that my weight gain has plateaued seeing as I only gained a pound in 2 weeks as of my last appointment. Maybe the nesting is providing good exercise?
The only things I will complain about is when I am on my feet for any amount of time my feet swell and contractions suck. Yes, they are the Braxton-hicks "practice" contractions, but they are starting to get uncomfortable and annoying. Just think, if these are annoying imagine how bad the real, productive ones are going to be!
And Rush is in a week! WOOT!