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Swallowing a Huge Bite of Humble Pie

Remember this post where I worried about how I would let go of my need for things being done my way?

Yeah, I guess you could say that being knocked on your ass has a way of making you appreciate every bit of help people offer.

My in-laws drove all night to be here to care for Peanut so that I wouldn’t have to worry about him being cared for. They are staying until after the baby is born. They could be here for over 3 weeks. I couldn’t have made it these past few days without them.

My kitchen linen drawer is not organized, nor are any of my cabinets. The dishwasher is being loaded “incorrectly”. Peanut is a little off of his schedule.

Guess what? I don’t care. It doesn’t matter to me.

My MIL, who is just spectacular, has cooked, cleaned, tended to my family, and changed some king-size crap diapers. And she hasn’t complained or criticized one time.

I am so lucky to have this great support at a time that I so very much need it. This experience has made me swallow these petty control issues. Suddenly nested tupperware bowls seem insignificant.

Peanut is being well cared for. That is all that really matters.

I’m off now to eat a slice of my freshly baked humble pie.

Tags: Extended Fam, Lucky Me by Jennifer
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I Am B.O.R.E.D

As a result of the Spinal block I received for my surgery the other day, I’m unable to do anything but lie down. I can’t sit up or walk without excruciating pain in my head. I’ve urged Tate to go ahead with the craniectomy, but he says it would be too messy and might “damage” Peanut. Whatever.

So, anyway, here I lie. Bored. Why can’t there be anything good on TV? There’s not even a good movie on pay-per-view! The Cubs and Cardinals game is on TV, but their games always stress me out. (I have a severe aversion to the Cubs…sorry to any of my Chicago readers.)

I would again like to thank each of you for all your kind words and encouragement through this sucky time. I will be making rounds and trying to thank all of you in your comments sections…it’ll take some time.

I hope next week to post something a smidge more entertaining than my woes. I’m getting bored with my own posts.

Tags: Quirky Me, ouch by Jennifer
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Mama Had a Kidney Stone

And I thought labor was bad!

Kidney stones, especially those blocking tubes making it so you can’t pee, hurt way worse than labor ever hurt. Way worse. Like a million times worse.

I remember very little from Wednesday. I do remember being in severe pain, unable to pee, and cussing. Lots and lots of cussing. I’m pretty sure I scared the bejeezus out of several nurses, doctors, ultrasound techs, X-ray techs, and especially Tate.

Although I hated to, I agreed to 2 X-Rays (ended up getting 4), Demerol (which was completely worthless), some anti-inflammatory drug (very bad this close to delivery), and “surgery”. Seeing as I didn’t so much as take a Tums when I was pregnant with Peanut, I am quite worried about the side effects of all these interventions. Petunia has been monitored and is doing well, I just hope there aren’t any long term effects. All the doctors and nurses assured Tate and me that these meds and procedures most likely wouldn’t harm the baby. (We did get a really cool picture of Petunia inside of me.)

Yesterday, I had “surgery” to remove the kidney stone. I’ve always considered surgery to be where they cut you. Luckily no cutting was involved, just a tube up my tinkler and a laser to break apart the stone. Doc said it was a very large stone. No shit. I have a stent which is incredibly uncomfortable, but still better than the ginormous kidney stone. Can’t wait until Monday to have the stent removed so that I won’t feel the urge to pee ALL THE TIME anymore.

Thanks everyone for your kind words. It was so nice to come home yesterday with 60+ messages in my inbox. Tate was impressed!

RE: Tagged, Spread the Love post…I have no clue what any of it meant either. Deep links? No idea. I don’t have too gooda smarts in the computery world.

Oh yeah, how could I forget…the Contest! Click on the button on your right!

Tags: ouch by Jennifer
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Jennifer’s Big Adventure

Hi everyone…this is Tate. Jennifer is in the hospital this evening as a result of a kidney stone that may require surgery. Keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

Tags: ouch by Jennifer
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Tagged…Spread the Love

I was tagged by Colleen at A Madison Mom for this meme. She probably thought I forgot all about about it! It sounds like the idea of this game of tag is to increase the traffic to your site a bit. Sounds like a good idea to me.

So here are the rules…

***Start Copying Here***
*NEW ADDITIONAL RULE: You must spider the previous tagger and DEEP LINK a URL so everyone gets a better link! *

1) Write a short introduction paragraph about how you found the list and include a link to the blog that referred you to the list.

2) COPY the ENTIRE List below and add it to your blog. To avoid duplicate content and increase the amount of keywords your site can accessible for, go ahead and change the titles of the blog. Just don’t change the links of the blog.

3) Take “My Adds” and move them into the “My Originals” list.

4) Add 3 Brand New Bloggers that you know of

My Adds:

Absolutely Bananas
Auburn Gal Always
While You Were Sleeping

I have so many blogs I enjoy reading. I have picked three that I hope will join in!

Here are the originals:
Momology
Christy’s Coffee Break
Playgroups are No Place For Children
Simple Kind of Life
A Madison Mom
MsDanielle
I’m not just a mom… I’m a Home Mom
WahMedia Blog Network
A Celebration of Curves
RealtyBizCoach
Live the Power
Home With Heather
girliegeek reviews
tinybellows
80’s films
blog me
blog sire
E G
spinayarn
silken
ussjbird
Singlish Bible Verses
sien stories
ValkrieANGEL
Fellow iPod lover Diana Tan
Forever Tulip
Recommended Read
Doris
Paris Beaverbanks
Albie
Menj
Samantha Yeap
Chan Eileen
Chan Lilian
Liew CF
Andrew Wee
Hong Kiat
Gary Lee
Ed Lau
John Chow dot Com
Nate Whitehill
Stephen Fung
Michael Kwan
Jeff Kee
Stuart Hannig
Hannes Johnson
Nomar AhSoon
Nathan Drach
Saman Sadeghi Jon Waraas
David Lithman
Matt Blancarte
Ryan Parker
Josh Buckley
Matt Coddington
Brice Wong
Leo Chiang
Tyler Ingram
Ah Boon

***Stop Copying Here***

Tags: meme by Jennifer
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Not Like Schwetty Balls

I recently had a coupon for Coast soap. I do love coupons, especially if using it actually makes the item cheaper than the product I usually buy. Oooh, bargain hunting is exhilarating! I can’t believe I just admitted that.

Today was the first day of use for this Coast soap. It does smell nice…if you’re a man. And today, that’s how I feel, like I smell like a man. It’s got a very manly odor. Not in a bad way, like schwetty balls or formunda cheese. But, like a freshly showered, shaved, and dressed man who likes to wear lots of cologne. And has a very hairy chest in which he shows off with the top two buttons of his tropical shirt unbuttoned. And his name is Stan and he wears a diamond encrusted pinky ring.

I hope I get used to the smell, the coupon was for like 10 bars. That’s a awfully long time to smell manly.

I prefer to use girly-scented soaps, but on a day when my biggest plans are to sweep the kitchen floor and READ BLOGS, it seems silly to smell like Archipelego Soy Milk Bath.

My grooming routine is certainly different now that I have a child. I took looooooooong showers pre-baby. I loofahed. Never would I have used something as “grocery store” as bar soap, pshaw! Only Redken hair products for my lovingly foiled blond hair. I took time to shave my legs EVERYDAY. I used special masks on my face while washing all my 200 other body parts.

Now? During my 10 minute (max) shower, I use bar soap, wash my face with Oil of Olay facial cleanser (cause I’m getting OLD), wash and condition my hair with Suave, and shave my pits and, uh, some other parts.

This abbreviated beauty routine actually happens only on days that I have time to shower. The SUPER abbreviated beauty routine consists of brushing my teeth and putting on deodorant.

At least I make time for the most important things.

So what are your favorite beauty products for the bath and shower? Am I the only one with a Coast Soap aversion?

****Yes, I’m reminding you AGAIN!!! Don’t forget to guess the weight, length, and time of birth for my daughter and win her blog naming rights! Click that link over on your right.

Tags: Mommydom, Quirky Me by Jennifer
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Not Knowing is the Hardest Part-Updated

I feel like this is a stupid question…How do you know when you are really in labor?

I spent most of yesterday convinced I was in the early stages of labor. I had many of the symptoms of early labor as opposed to “false” labor. In fact, I felt so bad, I didn’t feel like reading blogs.

I DIDN’T FEEL LIKE READING BLOGS.

After 7 hours of irregular contractions, they finally stopped. I still feel very crampy, but the waves of contractions, back ache, and abdominal hardening stopped.

(I was finally able to get my Google Reader to “no new posts.”)

Tate and I were freaking because we weren’t quite sure what we were going to do with Peanut when we needed to go to the hospital. Tate’s parents are set to come and stay with us in about 2 weeks. I couldn’t really decide if I was truly in early labor or if it was just a false alarm, so I didn’t want his parents to drive 11 hours just to have the contractions stop.

Not knowing if I was actually in labor was the hardest part. Since I was induced last time, I have no experience with spontaneously going into labor. Not knowing if my in-laws should come was incredibly stressful.

I have a doctor’s appointment this morning. Maybe she’ll tell me I’m 9 cm dilated and it’s time to be admitted! Or maybe she’ll say that I’m going to just have suffer through the cramping until labor starts. Maybe I’ll post an update later, maybe I won’t.

Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

**Don’t forget to participate in my name the baby contest! Click on the button to your right! You may not have much time left to participate. Don’t miss out on the fun!!!

Update: I’m not in labor. Fingertip dilated. Bladder infection (explains the cramping and possibly the contractions). Induction scheduled for May 11.

Thank you all for your kind words and advice. Your comments have really helped.

I’ll probably not do much commenting at all your blogs today, I’m grumpy and fear my comments may come across that way. Hopefully I’ll be back to my jolly self tomorrow.

Thank you all again.

Tags: Huh? by Jennifer
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