Last night I took the fruit out of my dinner foods and put it in to my bedtime snack. That change seems to have made all the difference. Dinner is no longer too high and with the lowered dinner value and then the added fruit at bedtime, morning is no longer too low :-)
Tonight Toshi and I are going to go talk to Mark to figure out what we owe him for the damages - hopefully not too much! And work on a schedule so I can do laundry... hopefully it will all work out...
Monday, January 21, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Washing Machine and I can't wait to leave NY
Yesterday the washing machine freaked out. After the last time it leaked (totally my fault for not securing the hose in the sink) I was incredibly careful, knowing that if it happened again it was likely our landlord would tell us that I wasn't allowed to use it again. I ran two loads of laundry in the morning checking often to make sure that everything was ok. Everything was fine. The hose was secured in the sink and no issues at all. I started a third load of laundry (trying to get all the baby stuff washed and put away) and then made a quick run to the store. I was gone less than 30 minutes and checked the hose before I left and somehow when I came back, the hose was out of the sink and on the counter. How did this happen? I have NO idea. I walked in the house, up the stairs and took one step in the kitchen and lost it. Yelling at the machine and crying hysterically. And, as suspected, this morning an email from our landlord telling me I can't use the machine anymore. That's all well and good now but what are we supposed to do with a newborn in the house? Not having laundry is not really an option.
I emailed back apologizing and telling them I didn't know what had happened or why. Stating that if what it would take for me to be able to use it again would be sitting in the kitchen the whole time it's running, that's what I would do. Otherwise we need to work out something with Mark, downstairs, to be able to use the washer/dryer down there. We tried this when he first moved in and it didn't really work as (to be expected) he didn't want me using it when he wasn't home. That's not really going to work either, as he's never home. But honestly, with a newborn, going to the laundromat just won't be feasible.
I sat here and composed the email back to them and read over his email a couple of times completely in tears. I don't know what else to do. I called Toshi but he's on the road to Boston to take a look at a bike frame he wants to buy. I have yoga in 25 minutes and although I know I should go and get myself out of the house I'm stuck here in this chair wishing I hadn't left the house yesterday afternoon to run to the store. I should have just waited until the stupid thing was done before leaving. I had the time I just felt like I had to go right then.
I suppose I should get up and go to yoga. It will probably help me calm myself down.
I can't wait to get out of NY to a normal house with a normal washer and dryer and to be rid of this stupid portable one that while at one point was wonderful just seems to be causing more issues. I used to leave the house all the time with it running and there had never been an issue before. I don't get it.
I emailed back apologizing and telling them I didn't know what had happened or why. Stating that if what it would take for me to be able to use it again would be sitting in the kitchen the whole time it's running, that's what I would do. Otherwise we need to work out something with Mark, downstairs, to be able to use the washer/dryer down there. We tried this when he first moved in and it didn't really work as (to be expected) he didn't want me using it when he wasn't home. That's not really going to work either, as he's never home. But honestly, with a newborn, going to the laundromat just won't be feasible.
I sat here and composed the email back to them and read over his email a couple of times completely in tears. I don't know what else to do. I called Toshi but he's on the road to Boston to take a look at a bike frame he wants to buy. I have yoga in 25 minutes and although I know I should go and get myself out of the house I'm stuck here in this chair wishing I hadn't left the house yesterday afternoon to run to the store. I should have just waited until the stupid thing was done before leaving. I had the time I just felt like I had to go right then.
I suppose I should get up and go to yoga. It will probably help me calm myself down.
I can't wait to get out of NY to a normal house with a normal washer and dryer and to be rid of this stupid portable one that while at one point was wonderful just seems to be causing more issues. I used to leave the house all the time with it running and there had never been an issue before. I don't get it.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
5.5 weeks to due date
Over the weekend we moved stuff around the house.
Our computers now live on the dining room table, the table that had Toshi's computer is gone and my desk is still in the room as a place for people to put stuff or have a place to sit when they are here visiting. The futon is also in that room. So the former computer room is now officially the guest room.
The former guest room is now officially baby's room! The bookshelf is cleaned off and I have started putting baby stuff there. The mattress is down on the floor. I have been through all the clothes and taken off all the tags (we have a lot of stuff although I know that babies go through clothes like crazy, especially if they are spitter-uppers). Today when Toshi gets home we will put the dresser together and I will get all the baby clothes washed and put away, organized in drawers by size. Other than that we just need to get the changing table put together. We ordered the Pack 'n Play and it will be here Friday - I guess that means I need to clean up the space next to my side of my bed so it has somewhere to go!
In a week or so (once the credit card has turned over) we will be ordering the rest of the stuff from the registry that we really need. There is a lot of little stuff left plus I think we'll need some plain white onezies, as I know that's a good thing to have for newborns - I'm thinking Target for those. We still need things like the diaper genie, a laundry hamper, soap, diapers, diaper bag, bibs, a thermometer, a boom box and a couple of other things. Nothing major but still a lot of stuff. Babies need a lot of stuff! :-) But, of course, it's all worth it and I'm excited!
On Monday I had a doctors appointment and they decided to start me on twice a day meds. I'm not really happy about that especially since the only potentially worrisome levels were my dinner ones and they weren't even that high. Yesterday I had my first levels with two straight doses of medication (about every 12 hours) and my lunch one was low. Then post dinner was high. So I'm hoping the low one was a fluke and that I just need to adjust the time I take the second one each day so that it after dinner I will have the second dose in my system and not just the very end of the first. I would rather not be on meds especially since I felt crappy yesterday after lunchtime but I'm going to try and adjust a bit today and see if I can fix it. I don't want to have to add in extra carbs/sugars to compensate for the pill because to me that would defeat the purpose.
I have a Biophysical profile today at the hospital. Friday I had the first one, along with a Non-Stress Test because after 24 hours I was still feeling decreased (not not there, just decreased) baby movement and I was nervous about it. So I called Joan, our midwife and told her. She works at the hospital as a NP so she scheduled me for an NST and a BPP so we went in for those. Everything is fine and I was just being paranoid. Afterwards baby went back to her normal crazy movements but since I have diabetes and am on meds they want to do an NST and BPP once a week. I was supposed to have an NST today as well but they are short staffed at the hospital and had to cancel the NST. Joan said as long as they are doing the BPP then we should be fine. Next week I will see her at the hospital, and then the following week the OB. They are co-managing me which I love. She is getting the support of having an OB check me for the meds etc and we still get to have midwifery care.
We have finished our Bradley childbirth classes with Celeste. She was fantastic and we learned a lot. Toshi really enjoyed the classes as well especially since Celeste is a great speaker. At the second class we went through all kinds of laboring techniques that I know will come in really handy when the time comes! Toshi will be the only one with me until we feel we need Vicky (the doula) so it will be good for him to know these things and be able to help me as much as he can.
On Monday I had my first class with the breastfeeding educator. I think after Celeste we were spoiled, as I was not as much of a fan of her as I was of Celeste. The first class in general was a bit disappointing as it was all about the importance of natural childbirth and watching videos. She went through all that stuff even though I told her that we had classes with Celeste. I know that she will be helpful after the birth - she'll come by then as well - but I'm hoping the second class with her next week will be more feeding related.
On the 31st we have a Baby Care class at North Shore hospital. I felt like that would be a good way for us to prepare for newborn care. I have lots of baby care experience but not with newborns, and Toshi doesn't have a lot of infant care experience in general. I think it will be helpful.
I'm feeling nervous and excited all at the same time. Excited to be done with being pregnant and excited to meet our little girl but nervous about the whole having to give birth thing. I know that women have done this for thousands of years and that many of them didn't really know what was going to happen to them when they gave birth as people didn't used to talk about it, it just sort of happened. I am grateful for all the education I have surround this, however I really don't want to watch any more birth videos before then because I've seen enough and I think that's what makes me nervous!
5.5 weeks from now is the due date!!!! We are going to be parents. How cool is that?
Our computers now live on the dining room table, the table that had Toshi's computer is gone and my desk is still in the room as a place for people to put stuff or have a place to sit when they are here visiting. The futon is also in that room. So the former computer room is now officially the guest room.
The former guest room is now officially baby's room! The bookshelf is cleaned off and I have started putting baby stuff there. The mattress is down on the floor. I have been through all the clothes and taken off all the tags (we have a lot of stuff although I know that babies go through clothes like crazy, especially if they are spitter-uppers). Today when Toshi gets home we will put the dresser together and I will get all the baby clothes washed and put away, organized in drawers by size. Other than that we just need to get the changing table put together. We ordered the Pack 'n Play and it will be here Friday - I guess that means I need to clean up the space next to my side of my bed so it has somewhere to go!
In a week or so (once the credit card has turned over) we will be ordering the rest of the stuff from the registry that we really need. There is a lot of little stuff left plus I think we'll need some plain white onezies, as I know that's a good thing to have for newborns - I'm thinking Target for those. We still need things like the diaper genie, a laundry hamper, soap, diapers, diaper bag, bibs, a thermometer, a boom box and a couple of other things. Nothing major but still a lot of stuff. Babies need a lot of stuff! :-) But, of course, it's all worth it and I'm excited!
On Monday I had a doctors appointment and they decided to start me on twice a day meds. I'm not really happy about that especially since the only potentially worrisome levels were my dinner ones and they weren't even that high. Yesterday I had my first levels with two straight doses of medication (about every 12 hours) and my lunch one was low. Then post dinner was high. So I'm hoping the low one was a fluke and that I just need to adjust the time I take the second one each day so that it after dinner I will have the second dose in my system and not just the very end of the first. I would rather not be on meds especially since I felt crappy yesterday after lunchtime but I'm going to try and adjust a bit today and see if I can fix it. I don't want to have to add in extra carbs/sugars to compensate for the pill because to me that would defeat the purpose.
I have a Biophysical profile today at the hospital. Friday I had the first one, along with a Non-Stress Test because after 24 hours I was still feeling decreased (not not there, just decreased) baby movement and I was nervous about it. So I called Joan, our midwife and told her. She works at the hospital as a NP so she scheduled me for an NST and a BPP so we went in for those. Everything is fine and I was just being paranoid. Afterwards baby went back to her normal crazy movements but since I have diabetes and am on meds they want to do an NST and BPP once a week. I was supposed to have an NST today as well but they are short staffed at the hospital and had to cancel the NST. Joan said as long as they are doing the BPP then we should be fine. Next week I will see her at the hospital, and then the following week the OB. They are co-managing me which I love. She is getting the support of having an OB check me for the meds etc and we still get to have midwifery care.
We have finished our Bradley childbirth classes with Celeste. She was fantastic and we learned a lot. Toshi really enjoyed the classes as well especially since Celeste is a great speaker. At the second class we went through all kinds of laboring techniques that I know will come in really handy when the time comes! Toshi will be the only one with me until we feel we need Vicky (the doula) so it will be good for him to know these things and be able to help me as much as he can.
On Monday I had my first class with the breastfeeding educator. I think after Celeste we were spoiled, as I was not as much of a fan of her as I was of Celeste. The first class in general was a bit disappointing as it was all about the importance of natural childbirth and watching videos. She went through all that stuff even though I told her that we had classes with Celeste. I know that she will be helpful after the birth - she'll come by then as well - but I'm hoping the second class with her next week will be more feeding related.
On the 31st we have a Baby Care class at North Shore hospital. I felt like that would be a good way for us to prepare for newborn care. I have lots of baby care experience but not with newborns, and Toshi doesn't have a lot of infant care experience in general. I think it will be helpful.
I'm feeling nervous and excited all at the same time. Excited to be done with being pregnant and excited to meet our little girl but nervous about the whole having to give birth thing. I know that women have done this for thousands of years and that many of them didn't really know what was going to happen to them when they gave birth as people didn't used to talk about it, it just sort of happened. I am grateful for all the education I have surround this, however I really don't want to watch any more birth videos before then because I've seen enough and I think that's what makes me nervous!
5.5 weeks from now is the due date!!!! We are going to be parents. How cool is that?
Monday, January 7, 2013
Gestational Diabetes, again and other baby stuff
I had a doctor's appointment this morning and although I thought that my levels had been good, he's now worried about my dinner values being a bit on the high side. They are often a couple points high. I think part of the reason for this is that I'm not active at all after dinner. Even just in the house I'm running around during the day but after dinner I just want to veg and do nothing. Also, I think that I'm not always as careful as I should be about dinner. For example forgetting that there are carbs in the sauce that is on the meat and not counting that (and still having the same amount of starch carbs).
So he said he was going to give me a week of cutting down/out the starch at dinner and see how that would go, but he talked to maternal fetal medicine and they want to start me on the medication once a day. So, starting tomorrow I'll take the medication once in the morning, in hopes that will help my dinner value be low. It does mean that I don't have to give up my dinner starch though which I kind of like, however I'd rather not be on the medication at all.
Also, I had emailed my midwife, Joan to see if since I was diet regulated she might consider taking me back. The email I got from her this afternoon said she would check with Dr. Bryson, however now I have a feeling that it won't happen since I'm on medication. Also, starting next week they will be doing some extra testing on me because I'm no longer diet controlled. I knew there was a possibility of this - as things change throughout pregnancy, I was just hoping it wouldn't be the case!
In other news there are a lot of pregnancies and babies happening!
Angela and Veda both had their babies with in a day of each other! I have to say, after seeing their photos on facebook, I'm a bit jealous!
We found out that Kara is pregnant and expecting in June and Eiko is expecting in July!
So, me in February, Katie in April, Mara in June/July, Kara in June, Eiko in July. WOW!
We have installed our carseat bases for the two cars. We did that yesterday and I have to say we were both a bit giddy while doing it. Knowing that soon there will be a little person to put in the carseat is very very exciting. We practiced getting the carseat in and out of the cars, both cars (the Acura is definitely much more difficult!) and I am thankful for the bases that now live in the cars. The seat just snaps into the base which is incredible.
This weekend we will be rearranging the rooms in the house. We were going to start this past weekend and then didn't. I did clean off the bookshelf in the guest room (which is becoming the baby's room) which will get moved to the study (which is becoming the guest room), but all the big moving is yet to do.
Computer room:
My desk is getting moved to the living room with Toshi's computer. My computer will live on the dining room table. The table with Toshi's computer will go byebye, or maybe live in the room so people have a table? The bookshelf will be moved in to serve as a dresser of sorts for guests we will be having, as well as the futon making the current computer room the guest room.
The Guest Room:
Is becoming baby's room! The futon and bookshelf go byebye and we will set up the changing table, dresser and mattress, plus there should be room for the rocking chair. Once we get everything up there then I can start organizing clothes and getting stuff put away so the room looks more like a room.
We are still needing the rocking chair which I'm hoping my dad will get us, and the Pack n' Play and then some little things but we are on our way to being ready! I want to be fully ready by 36 or 37 weeks just in case, or I guess feel mostly ready? Plus I figure after that point I likely won't want to be doing too much anyway.
So he said he was going to give me a week of cutting down/out the starch at dinner and see how that would go, but he talked to maternal fetal medicine and they want to start me on the medication once a day. So, starting tomorrow I'll take the medication once in the morning, in hopes that will help my dinner value be low. It does mean that I don't have to give up my dinner starch though which I kind of like, however I'd rather not be on the medication at all.
Also, I had emailed my midwife, Joan to see if since I was diet regulated she might consider taking me back. The email I got from her this afternoon said she would check with Dr. Bryson, however now I have a feeling that it won't happen since I'm on medication. Also, starting next week they will be doing some extra testing on me because I'm no longer diet controlled. I knew there was a possibility of this - as things change throughout pregnancy, I was just hoping it wouldn't be the case!
In other news there are a lot of pregnancies and babies happening!
Angela and Veda both had their babies with in a day of each other! I have to say, after seeing their photos on facebook, I'm a bit jealous!
We found out that Kara is pregnant and expecting in June and Eiko is expecting in July!
So, me in February, Katie in April, Mara in June/July, Kara in June, Eiko in July. WOW!
We have installed our carseat bases for the two cars. We did that yesterday and I have to say we were both a bit giddy while doing it. Knowing that soon there will be a little person to put in the carseat is very very exciting. We practiced getting the carseat in and out of the cars, both cars (the Acura is definitely much more difficult!) and I am thankful for the bases that now live in the cars. The seat just snaps into the base which is incredible.
This weekend we will be rearranging the rooms in the house. We were going to start this past weekend and then didn't. I did clean off the bookshelf in the guest room (which is becoming the baby's room) which will get moved to the study (which is becoming the guest room), but all the big moving is yet to do.
Computer room:
My desk is getting moved to the living room with Toshi's computer. My computer will live on the dining room table. The table with Toshi's computer will go byebye, or maybe live in the room so people have a table? The bookshelf will be moved in to serve as a dresser of sorts for guests we will be having, as well as the futon making the current computer room the guest room.
The Guest Room:
Is becoming baby's room! The futon and bookshelf go byebye and we will set up the changing table, dresser and mattress, plus there should be room for the rocking chair. Once we get everything up there then I can start organizing clothes and getting stuff put away so the room looks more like a room.
We are still needing the rocking chair which I'm hoping my dad will get us, and the Pack n' Play and then some little things but we are on our way to being ready! I want to be fully ready by 36 or 37 weeks just in case, or I guess feel mostly ready? Plus I figure after that point I likely won't want to be doing too much anyway.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Seattle Christmas and 32 weeks!
Toshi and I spent the last 10 days in Seattle running around seeing family and friends. It was a very busy 10 days but it was wonderful to get to spend time with everyone. Christmas was the busiest day with celebrating at home, with Barker's and then back at home with D'Amours. Although the grandparents were unable to join us for Christmas dinner I was able to spend time with them on New Year's Eve before we left New Year's Day. It was good to spend time with them, especially since my grandmother since I'm not sure how she'll be when we return in June. I can only hope that she will still remember me.
While in Seattle there was also a baby shower! 32 weeks to the day was the day that we celebrated at Betsy's house at a shower hosted by Betsy and Nancy. It was so fun to open all those little clothes and adorable blankets! We still need lots of stuff (babies need lots of stuff!) but we are getting closer!
Yesterday we returned to NY, back to reality (at least for Toshi who had to go to work this morning). I can't believe that we are only 8 weeks away from our little girl's arrival! I feel as though we have been waiting forever (40 weeks is a LONG time!) and now we are getting close. We are going to be parents! This weekend we are planning on doing some rearranging of the house to start getting the baby's room ready (even though she'll be in with us for a while). I can't wait to work on the nursery even though she'll only be in that room for a couple of months before we head back to Seattle.
Six months from now we will be back in Seattle. Toshi will have started his fellowship at UW and we will be all settled and away from NY. I have been looking forward to this for so long and we are getting close!
While in Seattle there was also a baby shower! 32 weeks to the day was the day that we celebrated at Betsy's house at a shower hosted by Betsy and Nancy. It was so fun to open all those little clothes and adorable blankets! We still need lots of stuff (babies need lots of stuff!) but we are getting closer!
Yesterday we returned to NY, back to reality (at least for Toshi who had to go to work this morning). I can't believe that we are only 8 weeks away from our little girl's arrival! I feel as though we have been waiting forever (40 weeks is a LONG time!) and now we are getting close. We are going to be parents! This weekend we are planning on doing some rearranging of the house to start getting the baby's room ready (even though she'll be in with us for a while). I can't wait to work on the nursery even though she'll only be in that room for a couple of months before we head back to Seattle.
Six months from now we will be back in Seattle. Toshi will have started his fellowship at UW and we will be all settled and away from NY. I have been looking forward to this for so long and we are getting close!
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