Monday, March 3, 2008

25 Weeks and Maternity Leave


I am 25 weeks pregnant today! (Well, if it's according to my OB's office, I'm about 26.5 weeks pregnant, but I don't agree with them, as we all know!) I have a few more weeks and then I'm out of the second trimester.
At work, I make outbound phone calls to some prospects. Typically, if it's not a good prospect, I schedule the next call for 3 months from now. Three months from now is starting to put me into June! I sort of panicked a bit today realizing that the impending birth is right around the corner! I also realized I had to start thinking about my maternity leave and when I was going to stop working.
With Katarina, I stopped on Friday the 13th because my due date was Monday the 16th. As we know, Katarina didn't come for another week. I pulled out the June calendar to see what would work for me this time. (Part of the reason I don't want the baby to come until mid-June is because there is a family vacation planned for early September that I want to be able to go on! If the baby comes too early, I'll have to be back at work and I'll miss on the fun.) Anyway, I looked at the calendar and I decided my last day - Friday the 13th! It's funny how not exactly 2 years later the dates fall on the same days of the month as when I had Katarina. I figured it was some sort of "sign" so the 13th it is! Now, if the baby holds out that long...but not too much past it!
The pregnancy is going ok right now. I feel the baby moving around regularly. I have periods where I'm pretty uncomfortable, but for the most part I have no complaints. I started taking extra iron since my mother and my co-worker both told me I am "looking anemic". A little extra iron can't hurt. I have my next doctor's appointment on Thursday and I guess I'll be getting paperwork for my GD bloodwork and my RH shot. Fun times.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You are just so beautiful and I am just so proud.