I missed last week because I had cold. It started Wednesday when I woke up with a very sore throat that seemed like it was cause by post nasal drip. It was painful but I didn't think I was sick. Made it through the day but had a doctor's appointment that afternoon anyway so I let her know. She checked me out and agreed it likely wasn't strep throat. She said that I could take Sudafed and use saline nasal spray for congestion. It was strange because in the car ride home I started feeling progressively worse. When we got home I gargled Papi's recipe of warm water with salt and lime. The next morning I gargled again and my throat was feeling a lot better however new cold symptoms were forming. Thursday experienced a lot of congestion and sinus pressure. I suffered through the day at work and that night. I woke up Friday with less pressure but lots of mucus running everywhere. I called labor and delivery early in the morning from the persistence of Papi bugging me to take something even though its not in my nature. They told me the same about the Sudafed and added I could take Robitussin DM or Mucinex DM. I stopped at the pharmacy on my way to work and had to ask the pharmacist about the Sudafed. He told me it could cause premature contractions and that the other would be equally as 'hazardous' is the word he used. As someone who is not inclined to take medicine, that certainly did not convince me. I left with just the Saline nasal spray and Emergen-C (vitamins). I again struggled through the work day, coughing and sneezing, clearly ill. I came home and lied down for awhile. I had been feeling slightly feverish throughout the day but wasn't expecting to have a fever. Finally I took my temperature and it was 99.7, elevated but not enough to warrant calling the hospital (100.4)... yet. By 7 or 8 however it was up to 100.9. Called labor and delivery and they instructed me to take 975mg (3 regular strength) Tylenol. Papi was kind enough to go out and get some with a can of chicken noodle soup, not because I love soup, but I thought it was worth a shot and possibly more nutritious than the peanut butter & jelly I was considering. And hour later my temperature dropped to 97.7! It worked! From then on I began feeling better and better, but continued to take it easy through out the weekend. By Monday all I had left was a runny nose and am continuing to improve.
Recovering from the cold has really been the focus these past couple weeks, but Baby Boy is kicking around like crazy! And today when I look back at my weight tracking I think I discovered that I started 1 pound less than I thought. Which means that I'm up 9 pounds instead of 8. No big deal, just funny that I've been confused this whole time... I'm going to try and look back a little closer and make sure that's correct. My wedding band suddenly stopped fitting sometime around 32 weeks, just overnight, but I think it has to do more with swelling. Being at 34 weeks feels like I have so little time, 6 weeks is nothing! And the holidays are really going to make them fly by I think, especially for work.
We both think that Baby Boy is going to come early. My prediction was December 17-December 20, if I had to guess a day, I'd pick the 18th. Papi told me he thought the first week of December, like December 2nd! That would be crazy! I can't imagine it begin so soon, right after we return from Thanksgiving travels. Most importantly we want Baby Boy to be healthy, so whenever he needs to come for that to be true is ok with me. We'll see if I go the typical week late like they say most first time moms are.
Christmas music started playing on the radio stations the day after Halloween. I would usually find it pretty absurd, however that combined with and early cold front has really got me excited for the arrival of our winter baby. I can't wait to meet him!
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