Today we slept in a wee because we had a morning appointment with our baby doctor. I was told, through her examinations, that Camper is indeed head down (although the ease with which she was able to figure that out made me a little scared that he has a monster-sized dome), that I’m pretty much ready to go any time (we did the strep test today in prep for birth), and that she’s ready to discuss the birth-plan type arrangements whenever we are…although she says, “Most of them, honestly, are pretty much the same.” Which actually comforts me a little. She seems to favor a sooner than later labor situation, which is comforting as well. Although my iron is up (as is my weight :( ) I am still on the low-side of nourished, so we’ll just keep working on it as we have been and hoping it gets high enough to sustain me through the birthing process. She also indicated that we can do whatever we want with regard to immunizations at birth, but her opinion is that they rarely cause the problems that people claim them to cause, and in some cases could not cause the problems that people claim they cause. She’s a big advocate of the Vitamin K shot, and I think the only other one we have to yay or nay is Hepatitis…I think they save the other ones until later checkups. We will see, I’ve got to find out a little more info about it.
In other news- I think we are seriously ready. We took a little trip to the store tonight for some butt cream and wipes and changing table stuffs…and really…I don’t think we should be allowed to buy anything else. So bring it on, Camper! We’re ready!!
Work today felt a little long- getting ready for payroll next week. I’m now training my replacement, which is a lot of work. Don’t get me wrong, she is so nice and I’m very VERY glad she accepted our offer. She is very capable and my favorite candidate for sure. I just didn’t realise that training in general… is hard. I don’t think I’ve ever had to explain such a large amount of specific processes and information with someone before. Everything I do I have to talk through- and I didn’t really realise how effortlessly I go through the tasks of the day. I guess I have been doing all this for awhile now, and again, I’m reminded that I do like (most of) the work. I’m just glad that I randomly got this payroll job with a bunch of fun people and was able to learn and gain confidence in a new skill set. Another little something that has expanded me a bit that I just stumbled into. I’m sad to let it go…but I’m working toward it. Maybe in a couple weeks I can cut down a little more to make sure I’m not overtired for when the baby comes. It’s amazing how much I can want to be lazy and not work at all, but be so reluctant to let it go, too.
I guess it’s just so final. I just won’t be working. And even if I wanted to, we’d have to figure out what to do with this new little person we’ve created. Crazy, huh? We are going to have someone else to worry about. Someone who can’t drive or stay home alone…or even eat without me giving him food. A litttllee tripppyyyy if you ask me.
So yes, we’ve got a restful long weekend ahead of us. We’re probably going to hide tomorrow, seeing as how BYU is playing the first game of the season down the street. Traffic hell, anyone? My Mom cleaned the entire house while I was at work today (I asked her what her plans were for the day and she said, “Oh, I don’t know,” and was TOTALLY planning on cleaning everything, I KNOW it) so we can all relax tomorrow. She’s a good one, huh? I’m totally spoiled. Maybe I’ll read something. Or watch a movie. Or lay in the backyard. We’ll see. I just know I’m NOT going to work, and I’m NOT buying baby stuff. Or any stuff if I can help it. Just reellaaaxxxx…..
