
Nolan Eason
At 1:03AM on Friday, March 30, 2012 my first child was born - a son. We named him Nolan Eason. 21" long, 5lb 3oz. He was beautiful and perfect in every way, except that he was stillborn. As we searched for answers to his untimely death, we also searched for comfort. This blog was created as a way of working through my sorrow by trying to find something beautiful in the world each day. Hopefully, along the way it will help others to heal as well.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Sleepless
I was going to go to Zumba this morning and I even woke up early, but I was so tired and still sore from yesterday's Zumba that I couldn't muster the energy to go. I didn't get a lot of sleep last night. I woke up at 4:30am and didn't get back to sleep until 6am. My muscles were so sore it was hard to get comfortable and then the baby was kicking so I couldn't get to sleep. I also find myself keeping myself up whenever I go to the bathroom to pee in the middle of the night. I feel like I can't go back to sleep until I feel the baby kick or move a few times. I guess it's peace of mind. I feel like if he's still moving periodically during the night then things are still okay with him and I can sleep a little more peacefully. At this rate, by the time the baby actually gets here I'm going to be completely drained from lack of sleep. Unfortunately, I don't know how to not do this. So far I feel like I've been pretty calm with the whole pregnancy but the closer we get to 34 weeks, the more anxious I get that everything is going to be okay. I did finally manage to drag myself out of bed and decided to kick off the day by doing something I hardly ever do - eat breakfast. Yes, I know it is the most important meal of the day, but I rarely eat it. I'm not sure why exactly but mostly I'm just not hungry until hours after I'm awake. Lately, though I wake up famished. So, I sat to making breakfast for myself this morning complete with bacon, eggs, toast and a banana and yogurt smoothie. It was rather delicious and I have to say it satisfied me for quite awhile.
To distract myself from being anxious about the baby, I called 3 different companies to get them out here to give us an estimate on the roof. I guess my "nesting" phase has kicked in and since there isn't really anything for me to do with the nursery, I am doing things around the whole house. I'm determined to get our roof fixed ASAP and to do an entire spring cleaning of the house. Apparently, I wasn't the only one bored today. Steve sent me a picture of Marshall fake sleeping on the job. As a sound department, they didn't have much to do this afternoon as a lot of the shots were MOS (without sound).

Location:
Wilmington, NC, USA
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