Well, I haven't updated this blog since I was 19 weeks pregnant, so clearly I haven't really been keeping up with things. Yes, I do wish that I had kept regular track of the pregnancy and recorded all my thoughts and sensations during that time, but on the other hand, I felt like a sack of crap sitting in the middle of the road that a dump truck filled with crap backed up to and dumped all that crap onto the crap. So I'm going to forgive myself for not making perky weekly updates and gushing over my latest pregnancy symptom ("gushing" may be an awkward choice of wording when describing pregnancy symptoms).
Anyway, she's here! Yaaay! Baby Q arrived on November 19, 2012 at 2:00p.m., weighing in at a whopping 10 lbs 5 oz (just imagine if we'd waited until her due date!). The labor & delivery story is predictably dramatic, and I will try to bring myself to describe it at some point so that I can horrify all my future children with vivid imagery as I try to make it sound like a near-death experience. And by "all my future children," I mean, "I miiiiight try for one more 5 years down the road, if I'm feeling particularly insane." Because having a baby is awfully great, but man, those preceding 9 months were hellish.
Q is two weeks old today, and it is also her due date. She is still chilling in the NICU with her much smaller neighbors as we try to get the jaundice and breathing issues under control, but she is looking extremely bright-eyed and alert and will undoubtedly get to come home with us in the near future.
Somewhat related cool things today:
1. After 21 weeks, I put my wedding ring back on. And it fits! Slightly snug, but I have not been able to cram it onto my finger at all since the ridiculous swelling began at 19 weeks. I have missed it.
2. Pastor Dave came to visit and was allowed into the NICU to hold and pray for Quinn. He is the first non-parent/non-grandparent who has seen her, and I was excited to finally be able to show her off to someone!
3. I got a chocolate chunk cookie from Tim Horton's, and it was delicious.
Well, the husband, a.k.a. "bun abs" is here, so I'm going to wrap this up like a... pig in a blanket. I'm really hungry.
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