Mama Thoughts

Welp! It's over.  Just like that.  Here's our birth story.  First- the short version with the few details for the squeamish, and then the long one with all of the nitty gritty that you can decide whether or not to read. Baby boy Pritzker (name TBA in 8 days at Bris) was born April 30th at 12am on the dot.  Literally.  The hospital says that means it's an April 30th bday, but I feel like it could have gone either way.  :)  8lb. 2oz. Only 1 oz. heavier than his sister.  His labor however, was anything but the same.  Read on if you're not squeamish. ************************************************************************* We got to the hospital at 10am to check in.  We were due for an induction since this little stinker hadn't made any progress in 42 weeks.  Already a whole different story from last time... where I was already transitioning and hardcore contracting.  This time...  we stopped at a bakery and Trader Jo...

Here we are! One day later than we made it with Ms. LJ. I'm large and in charge and have been home on maternity leave for 2 weeks.  Who knows if that is hurting the situation? Nobody. One thing's for certain and that is that my body loves to host little people for longer than the average bear.  Maybe it's because I'm secretly terrified of having two? Maybe I'm literally extending this little "vacation" psychosomatically? Who knows.  All I know is that this little person is going to get evicted at 10 am on Friday morning if he doesn't figure it out himself.  THAT is terrifying to me.  Induction isn't something that I really ever wanted. Kid is simply happy.  I'm going to these "trifecta" appointments every 3 days where they measure my fluid levels (making sure there's enough amniotic fluid), and do a non-stress test.  That kid has plenty of liquid to be swimming in and usually passes his NST within 3 minutes with the amount o...

Alright kiddo! Here's mama writing to you while you're comfy cozy within. I've had a whole week off of work.   Gardened (all of the containers are full, planted 70+ bulbs in the garden, visited like 4garden centers).   Cooked (Passover seder is tonight, baked all sorts of goodies and made matzoh ball soup).  Organized (the house is more or less clean, and your room is ready).  Went to village hall and set up permits for the driveway concrete work that needs to get done. I'm ready. Went to the midwives for my second overdue appointment today.   You're super active, love to be in there, passed your non-stress test in like 3 minutes (still had to sit there for the 17 additional minutes though).  Apparently I'm like 4 cm dilated (this means NOTHING) but you're still at -2 station which means you aren't ready to engage and party quite yet.  But who knows?! Could happen any day or any minute.  So many exciting possibilities for this Pesach seder. ...

Today was my last day of spring break solo with little LJ.  We woke up and on the way to dropping Yan off at the train she requested to also ride... so we did.  :) We took the Swift to Howard and back just so she could.  She was so thrilled at some point on the ride back that she grabbed my head and brought my nose down to her for a kiss. We went to Mariano's and got her the little red shopping cart and we stuck with that all the way until the cash register (we usually abandon it in the produce section).  We sampled olives from the olive bar.  She smelled all of the flowers in the floral section.  We sampled all of the the samples. We used the potty at the grocery store (going on 3 weeks in underwear!). We took a trip to PetSmart and looked at the dogs through the window and the birds and the hamsters and the fish.  We hunted for the frogs living in the aquariums and the snails. We came home and did all of the things she wanted.  We ate...