30 Weeks

Wow - I am 30 weeks - only 10 more to go - unless Makenna has other plans!

The weather has finally turned cooler - I just hope it stays that way. I had always heard that pregnant ladies tend to be hot because of the additional hormones. But, I never really understood what that meant. Poor Robert! Because the weather has been cooler, he has turned on the heat at night. I think it is set at 68 or 69 degrees. But, I have to have the ceiling fan and a floor fan (only blowing on me) turned on as well. And, I am still warm. This is the craziest thing. So, the cooler weather is much welcomed by me!

For those that are married, you have probably heard of Theknot.com. Well, they also have TheNest.com and what used to be thenestbaby.com is now TheBump.com. So, I like to go to TheBump.com and see how other girls in the 3rd trimester or those that have had success after IF (infertility) are progressing. From this website I have found a couple of blogs that I like to read. There are two in particular that are 36 and 37 weeks. Both have recently had trouble with high blood pressure and pre-eclampsia (not sure of spelling) and have therefore been on some sort of bedrest - not complete bedrest, but restrictions on being up. One of them doesn't work, so it didn't have to much of an affect and the other was signed out by the doctor.

So, this of course has me thinking - what if something similar happens to me? You never know - and at some point Makenna could come whenever she wants - so now I am nervous. Because I have spent the past year and some months finally getting the finances and such organized and in order at work. They were supposed to find someone to come down my entire leave and work 5 days a week in my office, doing my job. Well, apparently things have changed. It sounds like the guy is only going to come down for month end. Now, I am at a small plant and I guarantee that my plant manager is not interested in someone coming down for a couple of days every month to process transactions through the system. This was the one thing that had me worried from the beginning - the lack of someone being there the entire time and the stuff getting messed up all over again. I don't believe I will have the energy or the desire with the little one at home to spend as much time as I have in the past to get things right again.

Of course the plant manager and others are raising flags to the higher powers, so we'll see - I am trying not to worry. The thing making me nervous at the moment is the temporary replacement has yet to come train with me. He did come down a couple of weeks ago for a day and I gave him a tour of the plant and breifly described differences between my location and others. When he came to visit he had been with the company 5 days - so this ought to be fun! He is coming next week - thankfully! I just hope he is able to get what he needs because I highly doubt I will be available to help if he has questions when I am gone. I know it will all work out in the end, it just doesn't seem to be working how I want it to! (I promise, I am not stressing - just thinking. Your brain does some strange things sometimes!)

On to other things.....a few weeks (probably over a month ago) I complained about sciatic nerve pain. And while we were in Hilton Head, it went away - replaced by sunburn. Well, it has decided to return - but on the right side this time. This is really not a fun pain to have - you look very odd trying to walk. I was thinking - I have 10 more weeks - and if I have to live with this pain for 10 more weeks - although I don't want to - in the end I will have my baby - and that makes it all worth it. I shouldn't complain - even though it took us longer than we wanted to get pregnant - we didn't have to struggle with shots and other IF treatments - our baby looks healthy and doesn't have markers for Down's or other diseases - I didn't struggle with morning sickness (although going on Metformin wasn't the most fun) - if this is my only problem - I have had an easy pregnancy - and for that I am grateful.