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Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Mar. 8th, 2017 12:42 pmHappy International Women's Day! When I was a kid in Soviet Union, it was a national holiday with a day off school and I would get presents. The presents stopped when we moved to the US. I can't take off work today, since I work part-time and also I really need to keep to our semester schedule, but it is a nice thought.
I had a big grading deadline on Monday, with Folder Review in the morning (where I meet with my supervisor and have to have all Paper 2 graded), but most importantly, I needed to get all the grading done so I can give it back to my students to keep on track. They are turning in Paper 3 today, so they needed my comments from the previous paper. I also had midterms to grade, but those were not as essential, and also go much faster, so I did one section for Monday and the other I finished today. So this weekend I was pretty much grading and grading and grading and being in a stressful grumpy mood. But I got it all done, so yay. Next week is spring break, so I get some extra time to work on Paper 3.
I finished midterms this morning, and had the time to wash my hair, and give myself a pedicure and manicure, so now I feel like a proper person.
I had a minor cold since Friday, so made me a little cranky. Mainly my nose was running and by Monday the cold was making my upper teeth, upper throat and left ear hurt a little. But it feels almost ok now, so I'm taking it as a win. So many people were really sick this winter than this cold feels like it was a lucky break. And I was really happy, actually, that it wasn't allergies (since we just moved it was a concern, but definitely a cold).
On Saturday, Bear and I went to my OB-GYN for my pregnancy check-up. After this, I will go every two weeks as I'm entering my third trimester. Everything with the baby looked good. She's two pounds one ounce already. She doesn't seem to want to move around as much as Tanya did - only when she's uncomfortable or in the car or when I'm at work, so she's probably (hopefully) a lazier, less spirited baby. She is a good size baby so far, although I'm gaining less weight than I did with my first pregnancy.
The only concern now that does worry me a little is low placenta. The ultrasound tech and the doctor told me this at the anatomy scan at 21 weeks and they said it will probably move and not to worry. At this scan at 26 weeks, it hasn't moved. It is still low - the tech called it marginal. So it's not placenta plevia, at least not right now, and there is still 10 weeks for it to move up. And in most cases, it will. But it is there and makes me a little nervous. I mean, if I will need to have a C-section, I will have one, it is not the end of the world. Mostly, I don't want to go on bedrest, or at least not until the semester is over and I want this baby to go to term. Again, this is all speculation right now, everything is in flux and, according to the mighty internet, in most cases, the placenta should move up and I would be able to have a natural birth. It is is problem in my .5% of cases only. We'll see. It's just making me a little nervous.
I had a big grading deadline on Monday, with Folder Review in the morning (where I meet with my supervisor and have to have all Paper 2 graded), but most importantly, I needed to get all the grading done so I can give it back to my students to keep on track. They are turning in Paper 3 today, so they needed my comments from the previous paper. I also had midterms to grade, but those were not as essential, and also go much faster, so I did one section for Monday and the other I finished today. So this weekend I was pretty much grading and grading and grading and being in a stressful grumpy mood. But I got it all done, so yay. Next week is spring break, so I get some extra time to work on Paper 3.
I finished midterms this morning, and had the time to wash my hair, and give myself a pedicure and manicure, so now I feel like a proper person.
I had a minor cold since Friday, so made me a little cranky. Mainly my nose was running and by Monday the cold was making my upper teeth, upper throat and left ear hurt a little. But it feels almost ok now, so I'm taking it as a win. So many people were really sick this winter than this cold feels like it was a lucky break. And I was really happy, actually, that it wasn't allergies (since we just moved it was a concern, but definitely a cold).
On Saturday, Bear and I went to my OB-GYN for my pregnancy check-up. After this, I will go every two weeks as I'm entering my third trimester. Everything with the baby looked good. She's two pounds one ounce already. She doesn't seem to want to move around as much as Tanya did - only when she's uncomfortable or in the car or when I'm at work, so she's probably (hopefully) a lazier, less spirited baby. She is a good size baby so far, although I'm gaining less weight than I did with my first pregnancy.
The only concern now that does worry me a little is low placenta. The ultrasound tech and the doctor told me this at the anatomy scan at 21 weeks and they said it will probably move and not to worry. At this scan at 26 weeks, it hasn't moved. It is still low - the tech called it marginal. So it's not placenta plevia, at least not right now, and there is still 10 weeks for it to move up. And in most cases, it will. But it is there and makes me a little nervous. I mean, if I will need to have a C-section, I will have one, it is not the end of the world. Mostly, I don't want to go on bedrest, or at least not until the semester is over and I want this baby to go to term. Again, this is all speculation right now, everything is in flux and, according to the mighty internet, in most cases, the placenta should move up and I would be able to have a natural birth. It is is problem in my .5% of cases only. We'll see. It's just making me a little nervous.
