Today marks 32 weeks and 5 days, which means there are approximately 50 days left until Baby Franza’s arrival. There is something good and also overwhelming about that.
#1 The good part is that I will feel more like a human again in about 50 days–minus the sleep. I am extremely exhausted lately, and it is definitely from the pregnancy insomnia that is happening right now. I feel like I just toss and turn all night. I also keep waking up on my back…which feels amazing to sleep like that, but pregnant ladies are not supposed to sleep on their back. Flipping over in the middle of the night is quite the hassle, but Peter is a good sport about me grabbing onto him as a lever to hoist myself over. What a nice guy 🙂 I’m pretty much dead once 8pm hits. It’s a miracle if I can make it through a TV show at night. I find that it takes about 3 days to actually make it through a television show lately.
My pelvis is pretty sore right about now so I’m trying to distract myself from pain by walking around stores and window shopping. It is nice to walk around a store at my own pace and just browse through each aisle.
#2 The overwhelming part about things is just feeling like I have to wrap up projects at work and possibly train a temp; this idea sounds like a nightmare to me, and I dread the idea of it. I also have to clean the house one of these days but see point #1. The days are much shorter when you are exhausted.
The idea of having maternity leave during the fall/winter actually sounds pretty good though. Here are some highlights:
- Not having to drive to work at 8am in the dark
- Not having to drive home at 5pm in the dark
- Being able to plan Emma’s birthday party
- Being able to have a little cupcake party for Emma at her school during the week of Christmas
- Being home during the holidays
- Having Peter work from home during this leave which means I might actually be able to shower and brush my teeth
- Actually being able to celebrate Christmas this time versus last time
- Being able to walk around the block during the month of November/December before it gets too cold
- Hoping that most people take lots of time off at work during this season so I don’t miss much at work