Rants, Recipes, and Running

"She will come when she is ready" The most annoying phrase of the week.  Thank you for your wise insight. I had no idea that was how this whole pregnancy, labor, and delivery concept works.  Also, when someone is sleeping about 4 hours/night for the past week - telling them "she will come when she's ready" is so therapeutic. I was tired, uncomfortable, impatient, and anxious... But now I feel s o much better knowing such valuable information.  ( Ha! :D )  Okay okay, I'll end my rant. You know I have to rant. I know these comments of insightful and wise advice aren't meant to be annoying. But, they are annoying.  I've been pregnant for 39 weeks and 5 days, my house is 100% ready for a baby, I'm not sleeping well - and I am very aware that babies come when they are ready.  And just to add, I've heard this from a handful of friends/colleagues this week. I never once asked them "when is this baby going to come?". this has been their re...

My last "Currently" post before becoming a Mom!    Reading :  The Dutch House by Ann Patchett  My sister recommended this book and author to me. I loved The Patron Saint of Liars so much, I decided to read another Ann Patchett book.  Thinking : About labor. I'm planning on a natural childbirth with no epidural. But every birth story someone tells me makes me afraid. Also, one of the you tube videos I watched about "natural labor pain management" the lady said she lost consciousness 3 times during labor because the pain was so intense.  Um, you should get off YouTube, lady :D Ha! Feeling:  Surprisingly good! I don't really have any major "complaints" at this point. I mean, I don't sleep the best and I'm ready to not be pregnant. But I don't really have any aches/pains/issues. I feel I paid my dues in the 1st trimester with all that vomiting. I did my fair share of whining during that phase. Anticipating : The moment I start to feel contr...

 As my due date approaches within the next 2 weeks..the advice has been coming in strong from multiple angles. And holy crap, is it ever overwhelming. "Let the baby cry it out" "Don't let them cry, they are a new born - they need your love" "Nurse your baby to sleep." "Whatever you do...do not nurse your baby to sleep! This creates bad habits." "Pump so dad can bottle-feed." "Don't pump until you have to, or she will get confused." "Just nurse them in bed"  "Whatever you do...DO NOT nurse them in bed..." "You can breastfeed!" "Don't be so confident you'll be able to breastfeed. I wasn't able to breastfeed with any of mine. Not everyone can do it..." "You're awfully small. Are you sure they have your due date correct?"  "You don't let ready to deliver in 2 weeks. You'll go over."  Ha! My response to all of it is "Oh thank you for th...

 While most of this blog since it's rebirth has been focused on "growing a watermelon" in terms of having a baby... I thought I'd take a more literal approach and do an update on the actual watermelons we grew! What is funny is that we planted our watermelon seeds back in April, and tonight we finally ate one. So that took about 9 months seed-to-table. And I'm on my 9th month of growing a baby!  Moral of the story - don't eat watermelon seeds.  We are in the midst of my absolute favorite gardening season in the Sonoran Desert -- The winter garden! (Yes, we get to garden year-round here). In the winter we grow things like: all the greens, carrots, beets, broccoli, Brussels. Right now we still are enjoying some of our long summer crops such as butternut squash, eggplant, and watermelon. Squash has a very long growing season - partly because we had such a dry summer.  Here is what we are enjoying currently via pictures :)  Here is a bowl of greens! We currently h...

How to piss off a pregnant lady in 1 simple step! Tell her how fast her pregnancy has gone!  I have heard or read those words so frequently over the last week from colleagues, friends, and a few people on social media.  They are so right. The part that's gone really fast has been the part where we have been on lockdown and my face-to-face social interaction and "outings outside the house" decreased by like 70-80%. Or perhaps the 3 months I spent on my knees in our bathroom floor dry-heaving. That was like a blink of an eye!!! Time flies when you're having fun. Or vomiting.  Okay, okay ... I'm just kidding around.  But seriously - don't tell a pregnant woman (during a pandemic) that time has just flown by because it probably hasn't for her. In seriousness, my pregnancy has gone fast in ways. And I've mostly enjoyed it and had it pretty easy! But when I look back at when I found out I was pregnant at just 5 weeks..that seriously feels like eons ago.  An...

Every year towards the end of December, I sit down and write down a "bucket list" for the year. I do that instead of resolutions or goals because it just feels more fun to check things off as the year goes on.  Well, in 2020 - I have a lofty bucket list involving different travel plans, career endeavors, and athletic accomplishments.  And then COVID happened. And then I got pregnant. So now when I read my 2020 goals, it kind of makes me giggle. While 2020 looked different than I thought it would -- it shaped out to be a pretty great year despite conditions out of our control! One thing I can't stand is making up excuses for things you didn't get done. Excuses = crutches. If you didn't accomplish something, you clearly didn't make that a priority. But this year...I think I can we can all use a"judgement-free excuse card". So here is where I came out :D  1. Run 50K -- I did that! It was January 25, prior to the world starting on fire and races shuttin...

 I haven't been writing too much about my pregnancy, because honestly, I don't have a lot to report.  At my last OB appointment, my doctor said "You're one of my most boring patients I'm seeing these days. Keep it up!" Which is the best thing I could ask for...  I'm currently 33 weeks and 2 days along. Not that anyone's counting. The baby is the size of a pineapple (those fruit comparisons make zero sense to me, by the way...).  But here are some updates that maybe I'll look back on in my future pregancies... Symptoms : Heartburn, Restless Legs, and Insomnia.  I'm having to be really careful about what I eat and when I eat - or I'm up all night with agonizing heartburn. It is not uncommon for me to be pacing the halls of our house chomping on Tums at 2am lately.  I always have wicked restless legs at night. No matter how much I stretch and try rolling out my calves - my legs seem to contort Emily Rose Exorcism style.  Ryan got me a Pregnanc...