1. As of my last appointment, everyone is healthy and I’m measuring right on schedule. 33 inches, 33 weeks. Great, except this tells me absolutely nothing. What I really want to know is “Wheeeeen will she come oooooout?”
2. If diva doesn’t make her debut beforehand, my delivery date has been scheduled for the last week of July (approximately four days before my due date). To pass the time, she’s started a fight club in my uterus. My spleen and kidneys are suffering the brunt of it.
3. I miss sleeping on my tummy.
4. I signed up Scout and I for parent-tot swim lessons this week and next, which either earns me a medal or a padded cell.
5. We picked out a name, but I’m not telling you what it is… because, you know… pregnant women are smug. Mmmmm…
6. So “push presents”…”Push prize”. “Baby bling”. “Baby baubles”. “Slice-of-life gifts” (for c-sections). Whatever you want to call it… I’ve spent the last few days trying to write a post about it and I’m stumped.
Disgusting? Thoughtful gesture? Mandatory payback? Your thoughts?
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Congrats on the baby girl!
And I hope you had a fabulous birthday last week. So funny we share the same day!
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Whew and you’re surviving the heat of summer! I’m all about baby-bling! My husband gave me a channel set diamond ring for every child. They are each engraved with that child’s birth date and initials. And I’ve never heard it called “slice of life” gifts…that is hilarious!
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I think it should be one of those mandatory thoughtful things you act surprised about and then say, ‘oh honey you didn’t have to.’ like flowers on your anniversary….i never did get one, and probably never will. so maybe it’s bitterness talking, but after all of the gestating and pushing, i would have loved some pearl earrings so even though the rest of me was a flabby leaking mess, at least my earlobes would have looked good. =)
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Look how cute you are!! Awww!
I didn’t get a “push present” with Isabella…not a big deal to me. Sure, it would be nice, but it’s not something I would hang over my husband’s head forever about. I say if you get one, good for you….if you don’t? Good for you, too 🙂
Can’t wait to see what name you pick out!
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You look fab! Good luck in the next few weeks! I love the idea of baby bling. I coincidentally got an emerald ring when we were in Key West before I got pregnant, so we considered that my birthday/”I got knocked up” ring. With having “the boys”, I haven’t gotten anything yet, but I think I’d rather have a new coffee maker.
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You look adorable (not smug).
Slice of life???? The term is disgusting. The concept? Eh. I think I’d rather get a nice gift for Mother’s Day or my own birthday–not my kid’s.
Looking good, momma!
How nice that you have a definitely date for her to come, if not beforehand!
And, no push present here…but that doesn’t upset me.
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For the swim lessons, I say you get a medal AND a padded cell.
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I had no idea how much I would miss sleeping on my stomach. Hmm, or sleeping flat on my back for that matter… or sleeping.
I hate the names for those kinds of gifts. They sound really crass to me as does the idea of getting jewelry or other luxury items. Maybe I’m just uptight but in my humble opinion, if you really want to do something nice for a woman who just had a baby, get her a doula or a maid.
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Man, I MISSED sleeping on my stomach in the worst way. And then I had Maureen, and I STILL couldn’t sleep on my stomach, purely out of habit. That stunk.
Good luck!
You look beautiful! Am I the only woman that looks like a bloated puffer fish when pregnant? My husband was about as exhausted/shocked/horrified/in awe as I was with the birth of our daughter, so he didn’t have his head together to get me a present. We both deserved presents, to be honest, because he was incredible through it all, but I guess that the sweet baby girl will do. 😉 But I say go for it if your hubbie is so inclined!
(By the way, that You Tube “Pregnant Women are Smug” thing was pretty terrible. I just thought “Hmmm, that’s not really funny.” But my husband ranted on it for days. Heh.
“Pregnant Women Are Smug” was frickin’ hysterical.
No “slice of life” gifts here (4 c-sections). At the risk of sounding corny or smug, there was no gift that would have taken my attention away from the baby. That was all the gift I needed. UNLESS, of course, you’re talking about 6 months of weekly maid service OR a part-time nanny to take care of the other 3 darlings while I learn to breastfeed the 4th OR the nightly delivery of fresh, tasty, healthy meals because I’m too darned exhausted to make a meal with ANY of those qualities OR a gift certificate for one spa day per month for the next year. Hmmm…now those are some gifts I can get behind.
I used to think the push present was a bit stupid but it has grown on me (just in time for my own pregnancy, convenient right?) But my dad gave my mom a piece of jewelry for each of us (usually for the mothers day after or something like that) and that became our jewelry later. My brother proposed to his now wife with the diamond in his push present…which I think is neat.
Please let us know if Mike gets you something