MJ Squarepants – Our Third Trimester in Reaction GIFs

We had another ultrasound today to check on the size of the baby and to make sure she had enough amniotic fluid. It turns out she’s only 5lbs 12oz right now, which is shocking. She moves around and takes up all the room of a much bigger baby. Here are some examples of what it’s like.

MJ’s reaction when we are trying to sleep

MJ’s reaction when the doctor tries to listen to her heart beat

 

MJ’s reaction when I rub MDL’s belly

MJ’s reaction when MDL eats ice cream

MJ’s reaction when MDL and I are trying to cuddle

MJ’s reaction when a car alarm goes off nearby

MJ’s reaction when it’s time to go to the bathroom for the third time in one night

MJ’s reaction when MDL eats jello

MJ’s reaction when someone other than me wants to feel her kick

Never Send a Polar Bear to Do a Nurse’s Job

MDL is now at 35 weeks, and the baby is coming soon. I’m not worried about MJ, that little wiggle worm is just fine. MDL is not doing quite as well.

She works overnights in a hospital where she’s not able to sit down and take the breaks she is legally entitled to. They are consistently understaffed, and need at least another nurse each night. They also don’t have enough nursing techs or secretaries, which gives more work for the nurses to do.

MDL has been doing things she is medically not supposed to be doing (like lifting adult women) for much longer than she is not supposed to be doing them (12 hour shifts) and she can’t do it anymore. She is in a lot of physical pain from overexerting herself, and she is having tons of Braxton-Hicks contractions. They’re not progressing into actual baby-having contractions, but they hurt a lot.

Today she is calling to organize the start of her leave for the baby (which is all unnecessarily complicated!). She feels like she is letting people down.

But that’s not true. She’s working much harder than any of us are at home right now. (If I can remember to do both writing time and math on a hot day like today it’s kind of a miracle. I think I was supposed to be a polar bear.) And when she is home, she’s still working.

MDL is officially nesting right now, which means it’s time for all the most awful cleaning jobs to be done. The other day she decided we had to scrub the dining room floor, so she got out the Murphy’s Oil Soap and the big scrub brush. However, she hadn’t really started with a plan, and instead was pouring things all over the floor and trying to scrub them. I kicked her out, got a bucket, and started work, when all of a sudden I realized she was now in the kitchen, scrubbing the floor with a towel and all purpose cleaner. Thankfully, after she finished that she took a break for a little while.

This is just how nesting is. Nesting is not reasonable.

I’m hoping that when she’s off work, we can have more relaxing time, and plan those big jobs into the day instead of doing things randomly all at once. We don’t have too much left to do to get ready for the baby, but you never know. New things to be cleaned pop up all the time.