This week we have quite a few appointments scheduled. We've already had two, and have two or three more coming up before Friday. (Details about these appointments is coming in a later post.) I think these many appointments are the most exhausting part of late pregnancy so far. I know many mothers are quite ready to just have their babies already by this point in time because they feel so large and uncomfortable or have a lot of pregnancy-related pain. Although my baby bump looks quite large to me, I know that I am on the smaller side, and as such, I feel like I haven't had as many frustrating late pregnancy symptoms as other mums usually do by this time. Even still, I am going to be very grateful when this baby does finally come so that we can scale back on having to go to all these appointments. I know that there will still be postpartum and pediatrician visits that we'll have to make, but hopefully they won't be clustered so close together. Even one a week would be quite nice, although fewer would be even better.
The weather has been very hot, and our car still has no A/C. This makes going to all those appointments quite uncomfortable. We have weighed the price of fixing the A/C and the other repairs that our car needs against buying a new-to-us car and the new car option will probably win out. My good ol' car has served me well for the past nearly 11 years, through my college years and for the first part of our marriage, but it's starting to finally show its 26 years, and the past few years we've definitely put more into than it's worth just to keep it going. Jonathan has been looking for newer used cars in the area and if he finds the one he's wanting, we'll probably be buying it. We're really hoping we can find one before the baby comes because if driving around in the car is uncomfortable for us, it will probably be unbearable for a baby sitting in a car seat.
Speaking of car seats, last week we finally got a car seat. Although it is an important piece of baby equipment, it is not the most interesting item to spend money on, and these days there are so many different kinds to choose from it's hard to know what the best option is. We had tried a few different ones out in a baby store while my Mum was here visiting and decided on one to get. Thanks to Nana and Grandpa G. for gifting it to us! Another thank you to Grammy and Grandpop Q., who gave us the bassinet we had picked out. It also arrived last week. I am so relieved to have both of those items now! We have some baby gear (diapers and accessories, some clothes, lots of baby board books, haha), but not tons. Those two big-ticket items are ones we're planning to use for a long time to come, and it's definitely reassuring to know that they're here set up in our apartment now, ready to use as soon as Baby G decides to arrive.
Jonathan has started filling out his paperwork to take some paternity leave once the baby comes. He is just waiting for me to go into labour so he can add start and end dates. It will be nice to have Jonathan at home for a few weeks once the baby arrives so we can both get used to having a new little person in our lives. For so many reasons, we are so thankful that Jonathan was able to get this job! We feel it was truly an answer to prayer.
That's about all I can think of to update you about for this week. Watch for our health update coming soon for more details about how me and Baby G are faring.
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