Embarassing Moment

I went grocery shopping after work Monday with my “grocery game” lists and organized piles of coupons all pumped up to save a ton of $$ again. I went to Safeway and all was well, no hitches but I forgot that I had a $10 off coupon so I was a little mad at myself that I didn’t use it but by then it was too late so I just said whatev and continued to Albertson’s where the BEST deals of the week were. And there I began to unravel. First thing, I had the BEST coupon, 6 boxes of cereal for $10. It was a fred meyer coupon but Albertson’s will take competitor’s coupons. Took me forever to find the right cereals in the right sizes and they went into the cart. Then I couldn’t find the sauce I wanted and had to ask for help, then the yogurt that was on sale was not the fat free kind, then I kept getting lost and having to turn around again and again, I was all over the store. So finally I get everything I want – I go the register wait in the busy lines, people come in line behind me, I put my entire cart on the conveyor, organize my coupons for the cashier and realize that somewhere in the store I had LOST the 6 for $10 cereal coupon. I was panicked! Oh no! I wasn’t going to buy 6 boxes of cereal without that kick ass coupon!?!? I searched my purse all the while it’s getting closer and closer to my turn. It was nowhere to be found. And it wasn’t an Albertson’s coupon I could just go grab a flyer for an use…it was one of a kind!! NO!!!! I had to put everything BACK into my cart, have all the people in line behind me move so I could get out so that I could put all the cereal back and figure out what to do. So embarrassing. I was totally THAT person that I hate being behind in line…the retard that can’t figure out what the hell is going on. So I go put all the boxes back on the shelves with people looking at me like – huh…can’t make up your mind eh preggo?? I needed cereal anyways, but nothing I would actually eat was on sale at ALL and I couldn’t see spending $4.50 for a box when I was supposed to be getting them for less than $2 a box….so I thought maybe I’ll have toast instead – go to my Sara Lee Delightful bread and it too is almost $4 so I just get completely fed up and decided I’ll do one lap around the store and try and find my missing awesome coupon. No dice. By now I’ve been at Albertson’s for over a hour. L I had gotten strawberries and angel food cake at Safeway (on sale) which is Chris’ fav and I was going to go home and surprise him with it, but as I was checking out at Albertsons, no cereal, no bread, no sanity left, he called and was on his way home! NO! I wouldn’t get home in time to make the shortcake!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was SO pissed at first. Flew home in a rage at the damn store for eating my coupon. Then Chris got home…and I dissolved into a puddle of tears. I told him the whole story and the sweetie he is he made dinner while I prepped the strawberries so that I could get over it faster and not feel like I was a complete failure. I was seriously hysterical. I finally calmed down and was cutting the strawberries in the sink while Chris needed some water so he comes over and I go to turn the faucet on for him – but I have a knife in my hand and he is also going for the faucet – so I end up stabbing him. NOOOO!!!!! I feel AWFUL so I become hysterical again. Then I pull myself loosely together again (it didn’t even break the skin so he is fine). We go to sit down for dinner and my giant belly bumps the table and my milk goes all over, I become hysterical yet again. I was like that the rest of the night. Poor Chris. He said that I have far fewer meltdowns than most pregnant women as far as he has heard so I’m entitled every now and then….I felt like such an ass though.

But at least today I think the whole thing is hilarious.

Whoa - that was scary!

Well, I had an interesting evening! Went to the doc for my 2 week check up and mentioned that the baby was normally really active during the work day but that I hadn’t felt it move at all yesterday. Not a big deal but she asked so I told her. She normally can pacify me with any explanation but instead she sent me across the hall to the room with the monitors and strapped me in just to check it out. Had me drink some juice and lay on one side and just hang out and they would be able to monitor heartbeat and movement and my uterus for contractions. So after about 10 mins one lady comes in and goes “huh”, checks to make sure I drank the juice and starts tapping my belly to try and get baby to wake up…nothing…she has me lay on the other side….nothing…has me massage my tummy…still nothing….so she leaves me there for another few minutes. Doc comes in and checks out the print out and un-straps me, gives me directions from her office to the birth center for some more comprehensive monitoring and an ultrasound. Baby is not responding to stimulus so they want to do some more monitoring at the hospital and an ultrasound to check out my fluid levels and just make sure everything is ok. All the while heart beat is strong so baby doesn’t seem to be in distress but they need to see what is going on. So I start freaking out a little. I mean, I was kinda passive about lack of movement but my doc is sending me to the hospital!?!? Whoa. So we walk to the birth center and check in - I get a bracelet and all that and they strap me up to more monitors and I’m starting to get downright scared. Finally after about 20 more mins of nothing the nurse brings in this thing that looks like a massager and zaps my belly with vibrations and WHOA baby just about jumped out of my skin. So they were pleased that it responded and that the heartbeat accelerated and they just kept me hooked up to the monitors while we waited for the ultrasound tech…for 3 hours. Lame. But they had to make sure that the baby was just a heavy sleeper and that there wasn’t a bigger problem like low amniotic fluid or something (which I think they have to induce labor if there isn’t enough fluid). So FINALLY the ultrasound tech comes in, she won’t show us anything cause she said “we’re not concerned with those types of things, we need to make sure the important things are ok. I’m sure your baby is very cute.” Whatev. But all is well, no issues baby is just a really heavy sleeper and doesn’t seem too affected by sugar or normal stimulus. Doc says that is nothing to worry about – mellow is just as healthy as hyper. So my quick 15 minute check up ended up taking 5 hours. And if things hadn’t turned out like they did I could have had a baby last freakin night. I’m exhausted.