The Challenge: celebrate infant Being outside longer Than Inside!
The Friday before my 37th week of pregnancy, Eric left for work, as well as stated to my stomach, “Son, would you mind coming out sometime this weekend?” Lo as well as behold, at 4:00 AM that night, I woke as much as my water breaking. I couldn’t believe it, we weren’t even completely packed for the hospital! 15 hours later, my early-bird infant arrived. Thus, instead of completing Rookie mom difficulty #40, throw an Inside-Out celebration at week 40, we celebrated it at week 37. I was more than happy to provide early, as I had a not-so-fun bout with gestational diabetes (GD), which made the end of my pregnancy incredibly stressful. having GD prevented me from doing even more activities/eating more foods than “normal” expecting women, so on this day of jubilation, I celebrated both Weston being on the outside longer than he was in, as well as the truth that I don’t have gestational diabetes any type of more (mine really went away the second he was delivered).
Grateful all the time Long!
I began my day with lying in bed. When I had GD, I had to get up every single day at 7:00AM to test my blood sugar. I quietly lay in bed, with my bit guy sleeping soundly next to me, as well as believed about exactly how grateful I was to be able to just lie there as well as not have to prick my finger. Of course, I started breakfast with two cups of strong coffee; I didn’t have coffee during my pregnancy, since the one time I did try some, Weston went wild inside of me. I likewise treated myself to some delicious runny eggs, as well as reveled in exactly how gorgeous the yellow yolks are when not completely cooked.
I’m the type of lady who likes rearranging furniture, this was obviously something I couldn’t do while pregnant, as I was afraid of falling or breaking a bone. On our 37 week event day, we had to move a lot of our old furniture to the garage to sell, as well as when Eric offered to do it, I said, “No, I want to!” I lifted those chairs high over my head, strutted outside, as well as plopped them down in the garage. It made me feel so strong as well as capable to do those kind of activities again!
But, the part of the day I enjoyed the most was our trip to Target. While there, I chosen up containers of pre-cut fruit. While expecting I had a wicked fear of pre-cut fruits or vegetables. I was constantly afraid of listeria, so I refused to eat any type of vegetable that I didn’t cut up myself. Fruit was totally off the table because of the diabetes. Do you understand what’s it like to go a whole summertime without watermelon? Exactly. I devoured my pre-cut fruit, pineapple, blackberries, as well as watermelon, with utter gratefulness.
Looking back, it is silly exactly how anxious I was when pregnant, but, the professional at anything was when a beginner. I enjoyed my day of celebrating Weston’s 37th week of life; it was special to not only celebrate his birth, however be grateful that I discovered so much as well as made it with the experience a stronger woman.
[Photo Credit: Olivia Howell, all rights reserved]
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