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Let's Add More Medical Conditions to the List
Some of you may recall from my previous blogs, a few years ago, BM claimed that SS was diagnosed with ADHD following SS' rejection from the gifted and talented program at school. SS had never presented signs of any form of attention deficit or hyperactivity and DH and I both refuted the diagnosis. BM was very unforthcoming with any information pertaining to the diagnosis; just that SS' pediatrician (who BM refused to disclose the name of) diagnosed SS.
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Baby Girl Arrived
Baby Girl was born this morning. She is 6lbs 9oz and 19 inches long. It was about 36 hours all said and done from induction to delivery. We had some scary moments but all in all, we are both healthy and doing great! Thank you everyone for the positive vibes and well wishes.
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Baby Girl is Coming
I went to my OB yesterday for my 37 week appointment. I developed signs of preclampsia and my OB sent me to L&D for induction at midnight last night. Baby girl should arrive either later today or tomorrow! DH has been great and I'm handling things as best I can at the moment.
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Annoying Phone Calls with SS9
So DH took his twice weekly Facetime call with SS9 tonight. I was hanging out in the living room when DH called. The level of entitlement and assholery that came out of that kid's mouth was astonishing. DH asked SS how school was going since Christmas break ended.
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O/T Possible Pregnancy Complication
Over the weekend, I felt off. I was nauseous, weak, fatigued, and just felt downright crummy. I'm 33 weeks pregnant, so I chalked it up to normal third trimester symptoms. I mean what pregnant woman in the third trimester doesn't feel tried and blah? On Sunday night, I developed itchiness on my abdomen. I have lots of deep, red stretch marks there so I googled it and it said it can either be due to the stretching skin or it can be a condition called PUPPP, which is like pregnancy chicken pox, and its a rash that develops on your stretch marks.
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Our week is coming to a close
Our week of Christmas break with SS9 is coming to a close. SS' uncle (BM's brother) will be picking him tomorrow afternoon. Honestly, I am ready for this week to be over - the planning, the entertaining SS when he's here, the increased interactions with BM, the visits from everyone who wants to see SS; frankly, it's all exhausting. I actually didn't do much with SS this visit; I stayed mostly disengaged and let DH entertain and parent him. Plus, with SS finding out I'm pregnant, he has been a little distant, which is fine with me.
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SS9's Phone Call with BM
So BM and GF called SS tonight. SS walked into his room and shut the door to take their call, but he was talking super loud, so we could hear almost everything. BM said "what's new?" and SS9 goes, "three things. 1. DH and CastleJJ gave away our cat, 2. They bought a house and 3. CastleJJ is pregnant." Didn't take long for SS to dive deep into our household happenings. SS then got all cocky and put us down for rehoming our cat and BM and GF were encouraging it saying that we have had our cat for a long time and it wasn't fair to the cat.
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Spoiling Santa Pt. 2
So, I posted last month that SS9 found out about Santa. DH and I suspected that BM told SS just because this is our second Christmas ever with SS and we suspected that she wanted to try to ruin it. Today, we took SS on The Polar Express and it stops at a cute rural town full of Christmas activities. SS loved it! SS9 asked for a picture with Santa, which DH thought was odd since SS no longer believes. DH happily obliged and took a few pictures of SS and Santa. After we were done, SS became a little emotional and said that he really wants to believe and wishes he still did.
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SS9 Arrived Tonight - Baby and House Update
DH picked up SS9 today. During the 4 hour car ride home, DH called me and we told SS about his baby sister. It was clear that BM and GF didn't say a word because the look of pure shock on SS' face was genuine. He smiled but also looked like he was about to cry; almost like the reaction you sometimes get when you give a child a puppy and they are just so overwhelmed. DH didn't push him and I didn't either. I just let him know that when he visits us in March, he will have a new little sister and DH gave him an ultrasound to look at.
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O/T Rude People
DH and I went out with friends tonight. We went and had a nice dinner and then went to Target to pick up some white elephant gifts for DH's work Christmas party tomorrow. One of our friends has a degenerative bone disease, so he fractures easily and he fractured his hip last week, so he walks slowly and with a limp. Me being 7.5 months pregnant, I also walk slow due to a huge baby bump and sciatic nerve pain.
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