3rd Trimester

I am so excited to be in the third trimester. I am now entering week 30. Theoretically only 10 weeks to go, if he is on time. It would not be unusual for him to come a little early, since preemies tend to have preemies, but first babies often like to stay in the warm, comfy womb. They say anytime 2 weeks before or after the due date is still really on time. I guess he will come when he is ready.

I have been busily teaching. I am getting sad to leave my class, but so excited for Alexander to arrive! We are having fun preparing for the move to North Hollywood, but it seems like it will all happen so fast! Such a busy, happy time!

The wallpaper for the nursery arrived, but it was misprinted. Somehow the stars were outlined in black rather than antiqued gold. If it doesn't work out, we will just paint the walls as we were originally planning and use the cute border. Here are the patterns. (You will definitely have to click enlarge photo to see them well)

Border:

http://www.ihdg.net/global/content/findwallpaper/detail.asp?pid=40846160#

Paper:
http://www.ihdg.net/global/content/findwallpaper/detail.asp?pid=40845330#

I am getting so anxious to meet my son!

So glad that I'm okay now!

I had a very unpleasant experience on abou April 12th. It felt like all my internal organs were being pushed around, which does in fact make sense. Unfortunately I also had a stabbing pain anywhere from my lower belly to the top. The pain was sometimes in one location and other times wrapped around my belly. On that Saturday night through that Sunday morning, it was accompanied by cramping in my back, mostly my shoulder blades. I might have gotten half an hour of sleep all night, in five minute bursts before the pain got bad enough to awaken me again. I have a very high pain tolerance normally and do not cry in response to pain, but I was actually crying from this. I was positive that it wasn't preterm labor. In fact, it felt like the opposite of a contraction. It got better on Sunday and I only had mild pain that night and yesterday morning. Unfortunately on Monday, right about the time I was supposed to start teaching, it became accute again and I practically collapsed into a chair in the faculty lounge. My colleagues sent me home and the science teacher took my class for the day. I called the midwife and she said we needed to watch this. I had another attack at night, but it didn't last as long. The midewife thought it might be problems with my gall bladder or somesuch, and, due to insurance, sent my to see my primary care physician. Apparently it is not uncommon for women to develop problems with their gall bladder during pregnancy. I had an abdominal ultrasound and bloodtests. We determined that it was, in fact, a gall bladder attack. They are thankfully disinclined toward surgery with me being very pregnant. With lots of prayer, I got through and have not had an attack since. People kept asking about what I had been eating, but that was all really normal. Nothing super highfat or hard on my digestion. I think my darling one may just have kicked my gall bladder. Hopefully there will be no further problems.