Trying to be...
2004-01-07 - 8:25 a.m.
i haven't updated in forever and ever....
i'm doing a-ok....will be 15 weeks on Friday, and next week I get the AFP screening at my dr visit. Then just a few short weeks until we get the level 2 ultrasound, where we can really see our little peanut (who hasn't been seen since he/she was 6 weeks and only a half a centimeter).
I made the switch to maternity clothes - well really just pants so far. Don't need the tops, but wow, what a difference when the pants fit over that little pooch! I'm like a new woman!
last night I slept through the night w/out having to pee -- this is major progress.
i'm already beside myself agonizing about returning to work after maternity leave. if only we could afford to NOT have me return - sadly its less about the money and more about the stability. My job is far more stable than D's is (we earn the same amount) and my benefits are just as secure, and cheap ($1 per paycheck for me, and I think $5 per paycheck for a family plan). So while we never know if he'll have a job, we have to rely on the fact that I have a steady, guaranteed income.
That being said, we are already worrying about paying for childcare. I don't want to put a 3 month old baby into a daycare -- I worry about the germs, and the individucal attention (or lack there of). Those early months are so critical for development! And yes, there are already waiting lists for day care for children who have not been born yet, who aren't even VIABLE yet!
As for private care, I don't think we can afford a nanny/babysitter. I think they start at $300/week and I'm not sure how we'll swing it. And that's every week, including when we are on vacation and when the nanny is on vacation.
Another bridge to cross, and one we have postponed really fretting about until this spring.
