http://babytuition.com/blogs/bridgets-pregnancy-blog Just another Babytuition.com Baby Blogs weblog Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:40:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm still pregnant, which is ok by me since I really want this baby to wait until January to be born. But it is starting to feel like some kind of waiting game now. Justin and I have transitioned from thinking about pregnancy to thinking about baby these days and everything ... http://babytuition.com/blogs/bridgets-pregnancy-blog/2009/12/28/the-waiting-game/ As a pregnant mom-to-be, I've been listening to others talk about their experiences and thoughts about pregnancy as they chat, post on message boards and email lists and just in general make themselves heard in a lot of different ways. And I've started to wonder if I'm the only one who, ... http://babytuition.com/blogs/bridgets-pregnancy-blog/2009/12/21/38-weeks-really-isnt-all-that-bad/ I'm definitely at the point now where I'm swollen. The swollen belly I expected. That pretty much is par for the course when there's a growing baby inside there. A lot of women complain at this point, I've noticed. I get a lot of comments along the lines of "you must ... http://babytuition.com/blogs/bridgets-pregnancy-blog/2009/12/19/feet-how-i-miss-you/ So, as of today by any calculation, I'm full term- 37 weeks! Full term is the point at which, if the baby is born, he will no longer be considered premature. His lungs and other organs are fully developed and all he will do from this point until birth is ... http://babytuition.com/blogs/bridgets-pregnancy-blog/2009/12/17/full-term-and-a-growing-baby/ So, according to the calculated date, I'm now "full term"- 37 weeks. Which means that the baby could, theoretically be born at any time. I have my own issues about the dating, since I think my actual due date should be about a week later than it is. It was already ... http://babytuition.com/blogs/bridgets-pregnancy-blog/2009/12/14/baby-stay-in%e2%80%a6-due-date-calculation-and-inconvenient-birthdays/ As I posted on my Facebook page this week "The doctor told me my baby is engaged. I think he should at least wait until he's born to get involved in serious relationships." "Engaged" in pregnancy terms means something quite different, of course, but many women aren't sure exactly what it ... http://babytuition.com/blogs/bridgets-pregnancy-blog/2009/12/10/baby-is-engaged/ So, one of the most important things on the birth plan is, of course, how you want to handle the actual birth. I find it quite strange here in Beijing, actually, that many (if not most) women choose to voluntarily have a C-section. They schedule their baby's birth for a particular ... http://babytuition.com/blogs/bridgets-pregnancy-blog/2009/12/09/more-on-the-birth-plan-vaginal-birth-c-sections-and-the-question-of-pain-meds/ So, the famed nesting instinct has begun to kick in now that I'm one month away from my due date. Now don't anyone get over-excited and think that I'm cleaning and scrubbing down the entire apartment or anything. And I'm certainly not dusting the houseplants, as some of my friends have ... http://babytuition.com/blogs/bridgets-pregnancy-blog/2009/12/06/nesting-instinct/ Now that I've hit my final month or so (and realized this morning that December 3rd is one month from my due date of January 3rd!) , I've started to alternate between panic (oh no! I need to buy more baby clothes! Need to clean the apartment!) and getting a ... http://babytuition.com/blogs/bridgets-pregnancy-blog/2009/12/03/nostalgic-last-month/ Just as I begin to get to the point where I'm feeling uncomfortable again in my pregnancy, I'm starting to notice that there are some distinct perks to being pregnant. I don't want to complain, not really, since overall I'm still filled with joy every time I feel the baby move ... http://babytuition.com/blogs/bridgets-pregnancy-blog/2009/12/01/pregnancy-perks/