31 Weeks: I Gotta Pee

Peeing. It’s one of those things that everyone knows about a pregnant woman: She always has to pee. What’s funny is that if I’m sitting, I can usually go for several hours without a bathroom break, even if I’m drinking water. But the minute I stand up? Gotta pee. I could almost ALWAYS pee at this point. It’s even worse when I walk. In fact, I can barely make it through our 3-mile walking route now, simply because I can’t go an hour of walking without needing to pee. And sleeping? HA! I’m up probably 3-4 times a night now, just to stumble into the bathroom. ‘Tis fun. And this is supposedly going to continue getting worse until the baby drops down into my pelvis just a few weeks before delivery. Yikes!

I’m a nesting fool these days. Not every day, but when I get the itch? Watch out. On Sunday, we were on the hunt for small shelves for the nursery wall. When they were out of stock at the first place we tried, I couldn’t take it. I don’t know how to explain it, but it’s just like I CANNOT BE SATISFIED unless the thing that I just HAVE to do is DONE. In this case, it was shelves. I dragged poor Michael all over town before we found what we were looking for. Thankfully, he was a good sport about it. It made me feel so crazy, though–my rational mind was saying, “just wait until the shelves are back in stock!” but my pregnant, nesting mind was all, “No. MUST. FIND. SHELVES. NOW.”

We had another birth prep class last night. We practiced a few more breathing techniques, talked about the most common reasons for c-sections, learned about some of the medication options that will be available to us during labor, and watched a few videos about labor and delivery. I wouldn’t say I’m really nervous about giving birth–at least not yet. Instead, I’m curious about it. I’m wondering how it’s going to work out for me. I want to go for as long as I can without pain meds, but am not against getting something if I need it. I wonder what I’ll be able to handle, and how things will turn out. I think it’s the unknown that fascinates me, as it seems like it could go so many different ways. And whenever the instructor talks about going to the hospital, being in labor, delivering the baby… all it really does is make me excited, because when we’re at that point, we’ll be so close to meeting our child!

We ordered our stroller last week, and over the weekend, we ordered our first cloth diaper supplies (yes, we’re cloth diapering–more on that as we get closer!). The nursery is coming together, but I think I need to wait until after my second baby shower (August 7) before finishing it off as best we can before the baby gets here. I’ll hopefully be able to share some pictures then, even though it won’t be TOTALLY finished until after the baby is born. We have a few final touches that we plan to add, but how we do it depends on whether the baby is a boy or a girl. So those have to wait.

As of yesterday, we have exactly two months to go…