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She Sleeps
Finally. I am sleeping much, much better. I can even stay up past 8pm now. The main problem I’m having is with the poodle. He starts his barking and whining when he hears my parents get up at 6am. I’d like to sleep later than this – at least long enough to get 8 hours! But it won’t happen after the baby comes either so I guess I should just get over it. But why start sleep deprivation now?
Another factor in my sleep is that I wake up in the early morning (say 4am-ish) to go to the bathroom and when I lay back down Asher is up and moving around. A lot! The longer I’m up, the more I’m aware of being hungry so I end up eating a little snack and then lying down again to wait for him to settle down. This all takes a good hour to hour and a half. (Yet another reason I need to sleep past 6am.) But at least I have time for a nap during the day although I rarely take one. It is usually an option and I’ll probably need more naps the further into my pregnancy that I get.
Speaking of… I’m 7 months now… 32 weeks on Friday. At my last appointment I discovered I had gained 9 1/2 pounds. According to my mom’s scale as of now I’ve gained 11. So I’m still on track although I’ve really been enjoying the food since I’ve been back and really need to pull in the reigns a bit. Jonathan and I also plan to start walking since we just don’t walk here like we did in Africa and I think that really helped me through my early pregnancy. One of my books says that I should expect to gain a pound a week from here on out - that would put me at a 20 pound weight gain. The recommended weight gain is 25-35 pounds so I figure now that I’m back in the States I’ll be in there somewhere. I really have been enjoying the food here… Mmmm…
2 Responses to “She Sleeps”
January 2nd, 2008 at 6:21 pm
It sounds like you’re staying at your parents? We were staying at my parents when Daniel was born. If you will still be in the weeks after the birth, well, first of all, I think everyone should do that. It was wonderful. I got to focus on my baby and be well taken care of otherwise. But just as importantly, I got plenty of sleep! If we had a bad night with Daniel, I would just bring him down to my parents in the morning and go back to bed. They were delighted, and I got to sleep. If you’re lucky enough to have your mom at home with you during that time I highly recommend this technique. (: If not, then everyone says sleep when the baby sleeps, but I don’t know. They sleep a lot when they’re little though.
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Yes, we’re staying with my parents from now until we leave again for Africa at the end of April. I’m excited to have their help and expertise (that they insist they don’t have – but I know better).