27 weeks 2 days - On the way to recovery and Christmas

It's hard to believe that Christmas is here yet again. As the week draws to a close things are winding down and the shopping is just crazy! I luckily got all my Christmas shopping done today early in the morning. It's odd when there are 6 people waiting outside Toys 'R' Us for it to open at 9am. I also stopped by the Panda Candy outlet. It happens to be a couple of blocks from us. What better way to get inexpensive chocolate!? I've hidden all the toys and will wrap them when Anna goes to sleep. Tomorrow I'll pick up the turkey.

I'm recovering nicely and feeling very good. I had a prenatal care appointment today and baby is growing well and is already positioned head down. I've started the third trimester. Baby seems to like to punch me in my bladder. My hemoglobin is at excellent levels. I was surprised since it dipped so low while in the hospital and now it's up to normal levels! No wonder I feel good!

We'll be going to JP's parents house on Saturday probably. I'm looking forward to having a video conference with my parents and brother during the weekend! I wish you a very Merry Christmas!

26 weeks + 1 day - Pneumonia

I've just gotten out of the hospital for pneumonia. I was there for four days and they let me go home when the infection levels went down enough for me to be taken care of at home. I'm still on antibiotics and am on bed rest for the week. There was a little scare while in the hospital. I started having contractions every 5 minutes and that isn't good. That was really scary. I was thinking that I'd have to go through labor with pneumonia and the baby would be so tiny. Luckily it was a false alarm. They told me that because my body was under attack and under stress contractions are normal but everything looked good and baby would stay where it was supposed to.

I'm on sick leave until the 28th of December. It's so hard to sit still when there's so much to do but in the interest of my own health I think I'll do what the doctor orders.

24 weeks 6 days - Super boredom....blah...

Tomorrow I'll be 25 weeks along and I'm oh so bored. I'm just going through the motions. I don't have anything to complain about and nothing to shout about either. I'm just getting over a bad bout of flu. The cough was and is terrible. This is going on 3 weeks of hacking and gurgling. Everyone was sick for a time. That was pure rapture.

I did go out and buy some new maternity clothes. It never ceases to amaze me how a few well picked bits of clothing can make you feel like a new woman. Anna and I went shopping on Friday and had a real girls night out. We went shopping and then went for ice cream. We had a really good time. I think we ought to make that kind of outing a normal occurrence. She had a great time looking in the big mirror at H&M turning and posing with me. She'd look at the clothes I was trying on and say, "mommy, cute!". I thought that was the sweetest thing ever. She's just so much fun to spend time with.

This week is a short week due to Finnish independence day on Thursday the 6th. Basically no ones going to be at work on Friday so that makes it a nice 4 day weekend. I'll try to get another picture of the ever expanding belly online. I've been slow with the entries due to lots of work and lots of flu going around. Bear with me.