Being Sara

I had my 20 week appointment last week and told my doctor that I have decided to c-section.  We picked a date - yay!  December 30th is baby #2’s birthday.  It’s funny, when I tell people this is the day I’m having my baby, they all say to me - “oh, maybe you’ll have a Christmas baby”.  Then I launch into the explanation about how my first baby was exactly on time, and how my “official due date” isn’t until January 5th, so unless something goes horribly wrong, I’m not expecting any more children until December 30th - period.  Honestly, I would rather have more time in between holidays before the baby’s birthday, but there is only so much I can do about that.  

I am quite happy to have a date - I’ve officially arranged the dates for my maternity leave, and made arrangements for family to watch Xander during and just after the birth.  With Xander, I didn’t know the gender or when the baby would be coming and with this one I know as much information as I possibly can prior to the birth.  It’s a very different experience - a lot less guessing, but for this type-a personality mom, it’s quite nice to be able to plan things in advance

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I am a type A personality.  I like structure and orginization.  I make lists, and I follow up on questions.  I rarely forget the details.  That is, until now…  My hormones are driving me nuts now!  I can’t remember even the simplest tasks.  Sometimes I’ll have a conversation with someone, and completely forget about it by the next day - it’s like de ja vu to them, but it’s an entirely new conversation to me.  Others at work have noticed too.  I’m more forgetful and scattered these day.  I’ve started making myself lists at work - lists of things I need to at work, lists of things I need to do at home and lists of things I need to talk about with Zach.  Of course, I keep forgetting my home lists at work, so that doesn’t always work out in my favor…  So far, this has been the most irritating pregnancy side effect.  The nausea was the most miserable, but at least it didn’t effect my professional relationships, and I was still able to remember everything that I needed to get done.  Now I just look like a ditz with a round belly.  I don’t know if this symptom will eventually go away like the others, or if I’m doomed to another four plus months of being the pregnant idiot…

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