A Good Night’s Rest? Anyone? June 28, 2008
Posted by Dad in The pregnant progress.Tags: sleep, snoogle
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S. has been living through the onset of frustrations regarding a good night’s sleep. We’ve tried the different beds in our house, the couch, with and without the tube-shaped pregnancy pillows. Nothing seems to work. You should have seen S.’s face when she came away from a Google search where she found no answer other than, “you have to live with it.”
Beginning Week 17 June 28, 2008
Posted by Dad in The pregnant progress.Tags: lack of sleep, quad screening, sleep, travel, vacation
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Just a morning update. Today begins week 17. This past week, S. went for her quad-screening. This is the first time we’ll get a risk assessment for chromosomal abnormalities plus isthe test for neural tube defects. She was expecting another finger-stick. What she got was 4 vials taken from her arm. As she put it, “they didn’t even offer me a cookie.” The test should be back next week.
We’re traveling in a few weeks. First the NYC, and then on to UK… Bath via London. Its okay for S. to travel internationally, as long as she gets up and walks on a regular basis (added risk of deep-vein thrombosis). Usually, she’s out like a light on the plane. I think she won’t have a problem, considering she’s had a problem sleep 8 straight hours at home for the past few weeks. I just looking forward to not having to stand in the queue because of deference for a pregnant woman.
Our vacation is book-ended by office visits. The day before we fly out, S. has her 18-week visit. When we get back, it will be time for the second trimester sonogram, which is when we would find out B.’s gender, should we decide to. And that is a blog post all its own.
A Home Run June 6, 2008
Posted by Dad in The pregnant progress.Tags: gift, pillow, rest, sleep, snoogle, stress
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Well folks, D. hit his first home run today. Well, second if you look at it from a certain perspective but that was covered in the first post. Today, friends, I brought home a snoogle. Its a body pillow for pregnant women. The marketing has a lot of purposes but the main point is that it provides support for back, legs, and ultimately S.’s “baby bump”. And while I was greeted as a hero when I presented my offerings to S., they weren’t entirely selfish reasons. No friends, I wanted my pillow back. If I went to bed after S., I had to sleep flat on the bed.
