Work has been KILLING me lately. We've been dealing with this mysterious issue now for about 2 weeks and it's really stressful and it's an all hands on deck situation. I worked Friday night from 10pm - 4am Saturday, then off and on from 9:30am Saturday to about 1pm Sunday. Today I found myself rehearsing a little speech for doctor, it goes something like this... Me: "What kind of pain would I have to be having in order to get restricted from work? Because I'm pretty sure I'm having that pain." So far no regular contractions or anything though, so that's good. I've had a few I think but no more than I should be this late in the game anyway. Work just SUCKS, I am sick of it. On top of it all, the spa called today and canceled my massage for tomorrow because my masseuse had the nerve to go into labor this weekend. Actually I'm kind of worried for her because she's a week behind me and is having twins. The receptionist said they were trying to slow things down because the babies really need to hang out for a couple more weeks at least. So anyway, I got rescheduled for next Wednesday with another gal and Eric will have to be a sub in the interim.
I went to the other Motherhood in town after work to see if I'd have any better luck finding some good sizes. Nada. They actually did have a couple more 40E's but they still didn't fit right. The really cute ones with lace on them have a very strange shaped cup, it's almost pointy, resulting in there being an empty space there (like a reservoir tip, LOL) but part of my boob still bulging out the front. And the "soft cup" t-shirt bras didn't fit quite right either. So I ended up buying another one of the same that I got yesterday, and a couple of bra extenders. I tried on a couple more at JCPenney too and those were horrible. What is the deal?? Why can't Victoria make me a nice "Very Sexy" nursing bra, huh??? HUH?????? When I get a minute I am going to write her some hate mail.
So then I headed home, exhausted. Called Eric and sobbed a bit in frustration on the phone until he made me hang up and pay attention to my driving. When I got home I heated up some egg nog and rocked in the glider with Max on my lap while I waited for my brown rice to cook. There's nothing like a hot drink and a soft kitty to make me relax, ahhhh. Then I ate dinner which was FABULOUS Crock Pot Jumbalaya, and now here I am. Time for bed though. Now.
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My doctor wrote me a note that said I shouldn't be working more than the normal 40 hours a week. She wrote it for me when I was like 33 weeks or something. Of course, that doesn't really help when you're slammed and people are needing you. Like, what do you do? Whip that note out and wave in in their faces and then waltz out the door to go home at a regular hour? The note she wrote me just sat in a folder and never really did anything for me. Ugh. It's too bad co-workers/bosses don't encourage you to rest and offer up extra help so the pregnant ladies can work a normal schedule. I guess that's what you get when you're so good at what you do that people can't muster up the courage to offer you a break. :) I hope things clear up for you soon.
I rarely get sick. I'm super active. I eat right, exercise, take vitamins. And I got the flu shot. And I was exceedingly careful about washing my hands, using gallons of hand sanitizer, never touching my eyes, and holding my breath around all the selfish, stupid people who come in to the library and hack on me.
Still I've had two different viruses in 2 weeks that are both kicking my ass.
Don't compromise your health. Seriously, the stress in combo with the already weakened pregnancy immune system are not a good thing. Do whatever you can to stay healthy. Your work will understand.
I can't imagine going through labor sick. I'm starting to get really freaked out.
If I could do it over again, I would have taken MORE time off beforehand and hopefully prevented some of this sickness. Instead of being able to get done all those last minunte things I was planning on doing, I've had to spend every day off I've had in bed miserable. But tomorrow is my last day, if I even feel well enough to go in...
About bra's....they are annoying. I found the best ones at target of all places. But then, my very favorite ones of all are not nursing bras, they are regular soft demi cup bras from target. They're only $16 too! That's what I use (the boobs are big enough to whip out and the cups soft enough to slide to the side). Comfort was a big deal for me...and the nursing bras just seemed like a PITA to me (I bought a couple - but ended up switching to the target ones). The Gilligan & O'Mally bra's from target are the best (they have a cup, but no visible seams - and they aren't listed on target.com). Here's a good nursing bra I wore in the beginning (when underwire wasn't comfy): http://www.target.com/Gilligan-O%E2%80%99Malley-Nursing-Sleep-Bra/dp/B000KKX3FE/ref=br_1_5?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&searchView=grid5&searchNodeID=13768211&node=13768211&searchRank=salesrank&searchPage=1&rh=tgt_3%3AGilligan%20%26%20O%27Malley&searchSize=30&id=Gilligan%20O%E2%80%99Malley%20Nursing%20Sleep%20Bra
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