My friend at work (who was about 3 weeks ahead of me) had her baby this week - a health baby boy, so the "pressure" had turned to me. So far it's mostly just women in the bathroom acting surprised that I'm still around. And a ton of people asking how I'm feeling. It's funny when they ask me when I'm on the way to my desk in the morning. I mean, not being a morning person (EVER) I'm not sure what kind of response they are expecting. But, I'm guessing that on a normal day it would be rude to flick them off or just plain ignore them - I shouldn't try it now.
My appointment this week went well. I do not have strep b (go me!) so I don't have to have an IV during labor for antibiotics. :-) My belly has really jumped out in the last week. Most of my pants don't want to stay up and really require the longer maternity shirts that I have to make sure I'm not hanging out.
I haven't been sleeping through the night - with multiple bathroom trips and whatnot. Also, I have been getting in 3 or so hours of sleep and I wake up and can't get back to sleep even though I'm tired. That's fun. Just the start in the "lack of sleep" department, I know, but fun none the less.
My boss, who I really enjoy working for/with (and I'm not just saying that - she doesn't know the existance of this blog) has finally moved on from what I've been calling the denial stage and has accepted that I'm going to be out in a few weeks. On the way out on Friday, she said, "Can you come back on Monday?" and that she'll stop putting off talking about transitioning my work. It has been and will be very busy at work with the Annual Benefit Enrollment work that we have to do - and so far I haven't been thinking "I'll just wait to do this - maybe I'll be gone" - I've been trying to get things completely done. I'm sure I'm driving a couple people crazy because it means they are doing the work prior to when they "have to", but it makes me feel better.
Weekly doctor's appointments from here on out. It's only a matter of time.
3 comments:
Erin - I've been checking the blog daily, thinking there might be an announcement of some kind... Good luck, girl!
Stokes
I have a few more things for you to get like the boppy, a crib sheet and some pink cloth diapers. The time is getting short! Talk to you this week.
Keep up the good work.
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