Today is my family and friends baby shower.
It started snowing around 7am and I am hoping that all who can make it arrive safely.
The house is pretty much ready. I didn’t get everything on my list of 45 things done, but it is presentable. I just hope people don’t go snooping through our messy master bath and all my clothes that need organizing in my closet! 
I still need to organize little Z’s room a bit so people can check it out.
We moved the dogs crate and the ferret into our room for the day.
I am on the verge of a head cold. I felt it coming yesterday. Now I am all snotty and my head is a bit full. All the dusting and sweeping and de-hairing of carpets and upholstery didn’t help. Having three cats, two double-coated dogs and a ferret makes for a tremendous amount of hair. Perhaps we should have put a warning for any allergic people to take their meds before they enter, because there is no way we would ever be able to get it all up.
My mom, sister and BFF are coming early to help decorate and set up the cake and stuff.
I have to give myself insulin injections after dinner because my sugars are not lowering after that meal as they do on others. I am sure I probably eat more then too, and I could limit my carb intake through that, but I am usually more hungry then so we decided to go with the injections. It seems to be going ok.
My latest fear is that my water will break and I won’t know. It is hard for me to tell – because I don’t know what is normal stuff and what is not normal. So now I am just waiting for something that seems completely out of the ordinary until my next OB appointment on Friday. It is my 36 week appt and I will have an ultrasound and a cervical check. My fear is that what if what I think is normal is not and then I get an infection or something. I just don’t want to be one of those hypochondriac preggers that think something is wrong when it isn’t. I know it is better to err on the side of caution, but then how do I know I am not over thinking it in the first place.
I had my breastfeeding class this past Wednesday. I think I can do it. I know I need to build up more confidence before she comes so that I am 110 percent ready for it. I hope my PCOS doesn’t get in the way, and I hope going back to work doesn’t become too great of a challenge. I think the benefits outweigh the obstacles, but I am a little concerned that it will be too much for me.
This next Wednesday we have our last of all the classes.
And then the week after that we will be full term.
I walk around knowing I am on the verge of a watershed moment in my life. Once the labor begins I will not be the same person. My life will never be the same.
How extraordinary.
“And how!” as Dorothy Gale would say….
Hope you had a great shower!