Last night was rough. S (our 4 week old son) fought sleep for about 4/5 hours and didn’t go down until after midnight. I wanted to scream at him. I wanted to drop him on our bed and walk away. I wanted to curl up into a ball with headphones and just let him cry/scream until he passed out from exhaustion, but J had already reached his limit so it was my turn. Instead of doing any of those things, I went to a quiet corner in my brain and just let my body take over until silence happened. Eventually he did go to sleep, by some miracle. And then…
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Labor & Delivery.
We went in to Via Christi to be induced on Sunday, October 25th at 7 am. I didn’t want to go past one week of my due date and the schedule for inductions was crazy busy, but luckily my doctor was more than happy to induce on a Sunday, and so was the hospital staff. That last night of sleep was a rough one. I couldn’t really sleep due to nerves and just being super pregnant in general. That means that Justin didn’t really get much sleep either so we were off to a great start! Once we got up to my delivery room I took off my mask (pandemic,…
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Pregnancy.
Our little guy is almost 1 week old and I wanted to get this information out on ‘paper’ as soon as possible so I don’t forget most of it. Which means that this post will be quite lengthy. A lot of this may just be for me to look back on as time goes by, but maybe there will be something in here that someone will read and realize they are not so alone in their journey. That I went through it also. We found out I was pregnant mid-February 2020 and it was one of the best days of my life. I hadn’t had a period since around Thanksgiving…
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Monday.
I burped and just threw up in my mouth a little bit. Being pregnant is amazing. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. You’re welcome.
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Nightmares.
Holy cow. I have been having the most insane dreams! They happen every single night, and have only been getting more and more bizarre. One night I had a dream about Justin’s ex-girlfriend moving in with us. The next, the pandemic had turned into a true apocalypse. It felt like we were living in a movie. Cars had no gas. People weren’t really living in homes. Stores were empty husks. People killing each other for food. And we had a baby who was the size of my hand that we were trying to keep alive (he’s bigger than that inside my body right now!)! Then I had one where my…
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Honest Thoughts on Pregnancy.
Why do most pregnant women or moms lie? Why? WHY? Answer me! As I am nearing my third trimester, I find myself getting more irritated by the fact that all the formerly pregnant people I’ve talked to have essentially lied at my questions. Non-Pregnant Alison: Q: “What is it like being pregnant?”A: “It’s amazing. Magical. I love it. This is the best period of my life.” Pregnant Alison: Talking to same person above, “Oh my gosh. The nausea is insane. It never ends. Also, why am I already struggling to breath? And seriously, constipation? Already? Their response: “Hahahahahaha. Oh I know. It sucks. I was miserable for months. Just wait,…
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Thing 1.
We have some exciting news! Baby Falter will be joining us in October 2020. We have been trying/not really trying for quite a few years now, and I think we are both still kind of in shock, even though we are halfway there! We had our 20 week ultrasound this past week and I had been debating for weeks if we would find out the gender. From the moment we found out I was pregnant, I was adamant that we would NOT find out. As the weeks have gone by, I started wavering. Finally, a few days before our appointment I made the decision to let Justin make the decision.…