Christmas in Bed

36 weeks 0 days

Two days ago was Christmas, and I wasn't initially going to blog about how our Christmas went because this blog is more about how the pregnancy and our marriage are going.  But this little moment is worth sharing.

Christmas morning, I'm tossing and turning as is usual for me, trying to catch snatches of sleep as I can.  at 8:30am though, my husband rolls over and looks at me.  I figure he was going to go back to sleep, but he sits up and tells me that he has awful acid reflux and can't get back to sleep.  He takes a few minutes to really wake up before rolling out of bed.  I was starting to try to get up as well, but he tells me to stay there.  I'm starting to get my normal bout of acid reflux myself because I hadn't had anything to eat or drink yet, but I was curious what hubby was going to do.  So I prop myself into a sitting position and try to push baby down off my stomach.

My darling husband comes back in the room carrying the Christmas gifts he and I had gotten for each other and sets them on the bed.  He crawls back into bed sitting up, and the two of us had a non-traditional Christmas in bed.  It was fun to get to have Christmas from the comfort of our own bed.  The cat even joined us and claimed a present of some ribbon for himself.  We liked it so much that we're considering making it a tradition in our household.  We followed it up with Zantac for both me and him so we could stop feeling miserable.

Baby Update
The hand swelling has gone down, but the doctor told me it's just going to be a normal symptom from now on.  *grumbles*  My cervix hasn't made any progress yet, but he's beginning to measure a little ahead of his due date.  We suspect that means he's growing to the larger size we're anticipating.  I'm pretty sure he's head down, but I'm going to ask at the appointment later this week.  Whatever position he's in, it's made walking around pretty uncomfortable.  He could really come anytime now, but we're still secretely hoping he comes a few days late.