Baby Bump

Yesterday I got up around 2 am to feed the starving cat who hadn't eaten in a whole 3 hours. Cruel and unusual, right? However, while I was on my way down the stairs in a sleepy stupor, I slipped and fell, bouncing on my tail bone 3 or 4 steps. It hurt. I am so, so, so thankful that I fell on my butt and not on the baby's residence. But still, it hurt. Not amazingly high pain, but that pain of "oh that's not going to feel good over the next few days" mixed with stress and embarrassment. It got my heart racing and took me about an hour to fall back asleep. Yesterday was a rough day as a result. I was tired, and yes, my butt is bruised. :( Sorry if that is too much information.

I was telling my Charles that I just just read the day before that I would start to get clumsier as I get bigger and my center of gravity shifts outward. I wonder if I am just that susceptible to information-- did I make myself fall because I let myself believe I'd be clumsier? Or was it just coincidence? I get up between 1 and 3 most days to feed the starving cat and I never fall. I decided I am going to use positive self-talk. I won't beat myself up for slipping on the stairs, but I will tell myself positive things. Such as:

They said I would be clumsy, but I really haven't been very clumsy at all!
Compared with other pregnant people, I am doing quite well!
I am keeping my weight in control. Some gain is necessary and desirable, but I have done a great job of not going overboard!

Trying to keep it positive. It is discouraging when my clothes don't fit right, but I need to remind myself that it is normal and healthy. And I can be careful without being an alarmist.

I have a lot of obligations coming up in the next month or so. A chapter meeting for the Special Libraries Association in Nashville on Saturday, dinner with librarian friends next week, hosting an SLA trivia night for the student SLA chapter next week, then a week out of town on travel to learn about SFX e-journal management. I am feeling a little over-committed. There are some other things coming up that I would like to do: the JDRF walk in early May, and the Rossini festival in late April. However I think I need to build in some down-time so I don't overdo it and stress myself out. This is a happy but hectic time, and the more things I schedule, the more hectic it becomes! That leaves a little less room for happy!