- Tuesday- sucked into a presentation by one of my neighbors trying to sell me something. I end up purchasing a year long membership to something I will not need and never use. Commence financial guilt and I am currently looking for a way to cancel within three months
- Tuesday & Wednesday- Ceiling painter comes in to do the baby's room, our kitchen, master bath and master bedroom due to cracking and nail pops. He leaves my house in shambles, covered in paint dust and dried bits of paint everywhere, including on furniture, hardwoods and appliances. It takes me 3 , 4 hour evenings of cleaning to get everything back to normal
- Thursday- Two hour fetal ecocardiogram with my mom (starting at 8am) followed by 4pm settlement on our refinance- finally!!
- Friday- Three hour birthing class- the first of two - that I was looking forward to! We were late and M had to step out multiple times due to an emergency at work
- Saturday- Wedding shower an hour away
The fetal ecocardiogram went really well on Thursday. Nothing of note, just spent 1.5 hours inspecting his heart and got some great 3D images of the little guy. I brought my mom, which went really well. I am glad she got to see how everything works and got to be part of it since M couldn't be there. If I were her, I would want my daughter to take me along too so even thought I don't think she understands much of it I think it was a nice thing to do. At first I thought she'd be more emotional but she really wasn't; I think she was just amazed at the technology.
The birth class we went to at the Birth Center this week was really awesome. It was taught by a nurse from Jennersville Hospital who also used to work at the Hospital of the University of Penn. She is an advocate of natural childbirth and the class itself was to prepare us for natural childbirth in the hospital setting. She went through a slideshow and showed us some relaxation techniques, massage, and other ways to cope with pain. She also described how labor might feel, how we would know when it started and the timeline we expect it to take. Next week I think they are showing more videos of birth and we are supposed to go into "mock" labor and we'll practice what we've learned. I'm excited because next weekend is also our first doula prenatal appointment and I'm looking forward to see how much Nikki's teachings correspond to this birthing class. I am thinking about getting a birth ball (i.e. an exercise ball) to use during labor.
At this point, if I don't get to have my natural labor I will be crushed. I have such a strong feeling towards doing this my way and on my terms that accepting anything less would just be unfathomable to me. I want him to come into the world in the most natural way possible, and assuming I don't have something severely wrong with me, I believe it can be done.
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