I am officially up 40 lbs from where I started back in September. Mama is getting big! So is baby…I believe truly that he will be definitely over 7 lbs when he is born, closer to 8 lbs. Just something I’m feeling. If he’s not, well then I don’t know what to say. I’ve been trying to get in all my junk food eating before I give birth because afterwards I’m declaring jihad on my fat pregnancy body. Breastfeeding coupled with some exercise and a juice/raw foods fast should hopefully put me right back to where I was pre-IVF. If I can lose the 40 lbs and then some I will be SO HAPPY this summer. I am really ready to hit it hard, I just feel so disgusting and I know I look pretty disgusting too.
Last week’s appointment was uneventful- still measuring on target with low blood pressure, everything looking good. I’m not dilated at all but, again, he said my cervix is soft. My doula said that doesn’t mean anything, as things can happen really fast when you are in labor. Consequently we had our last pre-natal visit with Doula Nikki last week during a wicked thunderstorm and had to light candles for the 3 hour session! But it was really fun- we LOVE HER and I’ve already purchased a $100 spa giftcard for her after our labor/birth. I would recommend her to anyone, she is just so great- so knowledgeable and informed without being overbearing and making you feel like it’s her way or the highway. I feel like we have a childbirth “team” consisting of me, M, and Nikki and I think we will work very well together when the moment arises! I can’t wait to go through this experience and I know it will be a positive and rewarding one. She was able to share a couple of positive recent birth stories that she had, one being at the hospital we will deliver at. That’s the second good “natural” birth story that I have heard at our hospital and my hopes are very high that we will get the care we are wishing for.
I also reviewed the birth plan with my doc at Friday’s appointment and he didn’t seem to have any concerns at all about what we were trying to accomplish. He was actually very PRO dimming the lights, using the mirror, using a birth ball, stool or bars on the bed to hang with. He said our hospital has gone from one extreme to the other and he is happy to see the changes in effect. There is no nursery at our hospital, only 24 hour in rooming with the baby, along with skin to skin contact whenever possible. These are all things I’m adamant about, so I feel like we won’t have to “fight” to get our natural un-medicated birth like I thought we would have. I’m feeling very relaxed about the whole thing and am very confident in my choice to not go to the birth center. Of course, the plan is to labor at home as long as possible before going in, just in case. I wouldn’t want to go in any less than 6/7 cm in order to avoid being put on their clock to labor and deliver. Doula Nikki says when we leave the house anyway sphincter law kicks in so there will be some backsliding anyway as most people don’t deliver their babies in cars on the way to the hospital.
Other than that, we are just continuing to prepare Luke’s room for his arrival! Only a couple more things on our list- install black out shades, hang pictures, hang the baby monitor and put the exersaucer together! We put the high chair together and stroller, swing and car seat are ready to go. My sister in law is letting me borrow her snap n’ go (which is so lightweight) and I have the diaper bag all packed and ready! All I really need is the baby. Things are going so well it almost makes me think that things are going TOO well. I hate when I do this to myself. Now I think something bad is going to happen to combat all of the good things going on in my life…why do I always do that?!
He is on the move all the time, albeit running out of space in there. He kicks and squirms from 10-11am, then around dinner, then again after 830pm. I wonder if he already has his little sleep schedule in there. I do feel hiccups sometimes, they are so cute. I feel them down near my upper thigh, where his head must be. I feel little thumps that come at equal intervals and it cracks me up. I still talk to him every day and tell him that whenever he is ready to come out is fine with us. I tell him it’s completely up to him and we will wait until he’s ready to greet us. I have these little tinglies in my belly when I think about him and how much I love him. I just can’t wait to kiss him and snuggle him in person. Doing it from in the womb is getting old.
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