8 weeks to go?
02/27/2008 02:36 p.m.
I go back to the Dr. tomorrow morning for another ultrasound. Most everyone is saying I won't make it another 8 weeks (8 weeks is when the Dr. is going to induce me, not the actualy "due date").

My husband continues to insist it's going to be the first week of April. I told him he better have at least $400 and a day care lined up! When I explained to him that daycare for a newborn would cost around $200 a week he changed it to... "The baby will get here when she's ready!"

My hope/goal is to make it 7 more weeks before delivery, even if it means going out on maternity leave a bit early. Since the "standard" is 6 weeks post-delivery for a natural birth with no complications, that will get me through the end of the school year. I get really jealous when one of my co-workers tells me about maternity leave in Europe (he's from Finland).. the mother can take up to 6 months off!

My oldest son continues to say the baby's going to weigh 13 lbs. 5 oz!... I could just choke him!

Right now, I'm back into the I can't eat a darn thing mode. I get hungry, and I know I need to eat, but the thought of food, any kind of food, is revolting to me. I can't stand the thought of eating in the morning, and I can't eat after about 6 pm, even with the heartburn medication I end up miserable from it and can't sleep all night. This has been going on for about 4 or 5 days again. Hopefully it'll end soon. I hate that I can't stand to eat, I know it's not good for the baby, but I'm absolutely miserable afterwards. I don't have the energy and stamina to prepare the kind of things I should be eating (could have something to do with the fact that I can't stand to eat right now), and I'm not getting much help from anyone at home. Husband is putting in 12-16 hour days again, and even if I trusted and could get the boys to cook every night, what they like to eat wouldn't do much to help me out.

I'm also stressing out because my oldest son is failing classes still/again. I found out today that work I asked him about and that he said he had turned in has not been turned in. He's also not feeling well, but he refuses to take any of the OTC meds I have. He starts coughing up phlegm from his lungs, and now suddenly he has Pnuemonia. He feels dizzy and it's brain cancer... OMG I'm going to lose my sanity! He has Dr. appts. on Friday, but sheesh, by the time we get to the PDoc, I may kick him out of the room and tell the Pdoc to "fix" me first!