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Thoughts on a Sunday (now Monday) Morning
May. 9th, 2016 06:00 am- First off: Lady's foot. The doctor actually gave her a tentative diagnosis (severe ligament strain, not actually torn) and went ahead with a treatment (cortisone shot and stay the fuck off the foot for a week) and tomorrow today is our follow up to see if there was any improvement. If not, we'll try something else (I think he has a few more tricks before we go the MRI route).
- Lady crutched for a few days and then we got her a knee walker and it makes all the difference. So here's your PSA for the day: if you need to stay off your foot for more than a day or two, RENT A KNEE WALKER. It 100% makes a difference in mobility and how you feel about yourself. Those things are awesome.
-Today Yesterday was Mother's Day and I was super early for once and sent mom a gift like two weeks ago. Mostly because she and dad might have been back on the road and traveling by now. But also because I didn't want to put it off and then forget. Seems like a bad year for that, inbetween all the grandchildren.
- Mother's Day is an fascinating tradition that changes meaning a lot from year to year. Just last year I wanted to avoid the day like the plague and flinched every time someone wished me a "happy mother's day" because we were still in the trenches of TTC. My own mother had it worse, since her mother died earlier that year. So we both kind of just let it glide past. But this year I embraced it a bit more, and am overall really beginning to comprehend what it means to be a mother, to chose or not to chose that path, and how much our (American) society would prefer mother's shut up and go back to work already.
- I honestly don't know how most Americans do it. The fact that we don't have paid maternity leave and are only guaranteed 3 months w/o pay in very specific circumstances is insane. I keep looking at our situation and thanking all of our stars that Lady and I are in a spot where I don't have to absolutely go back to work for at least 6 months after and my current job is giving every indication that they would like to keep me around - even though they don't (legally) have to [FMLA only applies if you've worked somewhere for a year].
- I could probably rant about maternity leave for hours.
- I'll just... not for now.
- I am 18 weeks today. Lady Jr is the size of a croissant, which is problematic, because now I want a croissant.
- I am feeling more confident about there being a tiny creature in my abdomen still after my appointment Friday. Lady Jr (or whoever is in there) has a heartbeat of 145bpm, which took the doc a while to get because Lady Jr kept moving around. That's all I get to know about the sitch until the next appointment at 22 weeks (aka beginning of June), where we will (hopefully??) see Lady Jr and find out their sex. Bets are being taken! Sister-in-laws are threatening with ugly clothes if I don't divulge the sex! Joke's on her because Lady Jr will be covered in blankets and wearing thick jackets so nobody will see ugly clothes!
- I think I might have finally felt something on Friday/Saturday? I am not 100% sure it was Lady Jr, but it felt like big bubbles popping and I know my guts don't do that, so. I hope it gets stronger because having reassurance that something is in there would be reeeaaal nice. It's been very difficult to believe this is happening, but I think that's starting to change.
- Happy May!
- Lady crutched for a few days and then we got her a knee walker and it makes all the difference. So here's your PSA for the day: if you need to stay off your foot for more than a day or two, RENT A KNEE WALKER. It 100% makes a difference in mobility and how you feel about yourself. Those things are awesome.
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- Mother's Day is an fascinating tradition that changes meaning a lot from year to year. Just last year I wanted to avoid the day like the plague and flinched every time someone wished me a "happy mother's day" because we were still in the trenches of TTC. My own mother had it worse, since her mother died earlier that year. So we both kind of just let it glide past. But this year I embraced it a bit more, and am overall really beginning to comprehend what it means to be a mother, to chose or not to chose that path, and how much our (American) society would prefer mother's shut up and go back to work already.
- I honestly don't know how most Americans do it. The fact that we don't have paid maternity leave and are only guaranteed 3 months w/o pay in very specific circumstances is insane. I keep looking at our situation and thanking all of our stars that Lady and I are in a spot where I don't have to absolutely go back to work for at least 6 months after and my current job is giving every indication that they would like to keep me around - even though they don't (legally) have to [FMLA only applies if you've worked somewhere for a year].
- I could probably rant about maternity leave for hours.
- I'll just... not for now.
- I am 18 weeks today. Lady Jr is the size of a croissant, which is problematic, because now I want a croissant.
- I am feeling more confident about there being a tiny creature in my abdomen still after my appointment Friday. Lady Jr (or whoever is in there) has a heartbeat of 145bpm, which took the doc a while to get because Lady Jr kept moving around. That's all I get to know about the sitch until the next appointment at 22 weeks (aka beginning of June), where we will (hopefully??) see Lady Jr and find out their sex. Bets are being taken! Sister-in-laws are threatening with ugly clothes if I don't divulge the sex! Joke's on her because Lady Jr will be covered in blankets and wearing thick jackets so nobody will see ugly clothes!
- I think I might have finally felt something on Friday/Saturday? I am not 100% sure it was Lady Jr, but it felt like big bubbles popping and I know my guts don't do that, so. I hope it gets stronger because having reassurance that something is in there would be reeeaaal nice. It's been very difficult to believe this is happening, but I think that's starting to change.
- Happy May!
