Unlike my wife, have not become obsessed with Poop and Diapers.
As Robin in 'Batman and Robin' would say----
Holding out.... Must hold on.... Can't constantly think... about Poop...
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
The baby dropped
And I can once again breathe. It happened on Friday, the day after American Thanksgiving. I was brushing my teeth around noon, leaning over the sink and I felt this ... internal slide. It was very bizarre... I haven't felt anything like that before. I thought it was the baby dropping - felt like something internal slid into place - not to be redundant. I immediately stood up and took a deep breath. And I could breathe like I wasn't pregnant. And the pressure right below my rib cage was/is gone. And the baby's movements all felt/feel lower down. So I think the baby dropped. It's also called "lightening" and I can totally understand why. I feel lighter. We went to the doula's house that day as well and she thought it sounded like the baby dropped. She said it was a good sign because that means the baby is head down, just as it should be and that won't change. The baby is engaged and the pre-labor process is beginning. She also said I'm right on schedule as the baby dropping can happen anywhere from 6 weeks to during labour... Also good to know because after it happened I told Don and I felt a little confused because I thought it might mean that labor was going to start fairly soon. But it doesn't. Which is good because we need to tidy up the house first.
Tomorrow we go to the obstetrician and I'll let them know the baby dropped. Hopefully I won't have gained 5 pounds these last two weeks. I've tried to cut back on chocolate. It's hard. I also get the Group B Strep test done tomorrow. Hopefully the results will be negative.
Tomorrow we go to the obstetrician and I'll let them know the baby dropped. Hopefully I won't have gained 5 pounds these last two weeks. I've tried to cut back on chocolate. It's hard. I also get the Group B Strep test done tomorrow. Hopefully the results will be negative.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
It' s a whole new world...
A world filled with cloth diapers.
Don and I have decided we want to give cloth diapers a try. We started at the Baby Bargains message board and have gone from there. There are soooo many resources out there. And it requires you to learn a whole new vocabulary:
Don and I have decided we want to give cloth diapers a try. We started at the Baby Bargains message board and have gone from there. There are soooo many resources out there. And it requires you to learn a whole new vocabulary:
- prefolds - Indian or Chinese, they already have several layers in the middle to soak up pee. You fold them in 3 and use pins or snappis to hold 'em together - or use a diaper cover.
- flats - the type of diapers our mothers and grandmothers used to use. A flat cloth that gets folded a special way and pinned or snappi'd together - or use a diaper cover.
- fitteds - material that is shaped and diaper-like. Still need to pin or snappi them. Or you can use a daiper cover to hold the diaper in place.
- pockets - almost like a disposable, but made from cloth. Has a pocket thru the crotch that you can stuff with as many liners as you want depending on the absorbancy you need. I think you need diaper covers with these, too since they're not leak proof.
- AIOs - All-In-One: cloth version of a disposable diaper. All-in-one means you don't need a diaper cover to make the diaper leak-proof. The issue with these is that they take a long time to dry because of all the layers of absorbancy in the crotch.
- PULs - a type of diaper cover made out of Polyurethane Laminated Fabric. Not as breathable as wool, or fleece - other options for diaper covers.
- DSQ - Diaper Service Quality: refers to the prefolds. If you get DSQ prefolds, that's the type you would get if you used a diaper service that picks up your dirty diapers and returns them clean.
- Snappis - an alternative T-shaped stretchy plastic thingy used to keep the diaper together. No longer do you have to worry about sticking the baby with pins.
- WAHMs - Work-At-Home-Moms: many of the clother diapers out there are made by work-at-home-moms.
You can even find free patterns and make your own. When Don heard about that he was stoked and thought I could start making my own diapers - and we would really save money. Considering we don't have a sewing machine and there's very little time left before the baby comes I told him to rethink that suggestion.
If you're interested and know nothing about cloth diapers, a nice website to check out that carries everything mentioned above is www.diaperware.com.
Other news... I've cut my hair and my belly is quite a bit bigger. We've officially started the Holiday Season as today is Thanksgiving. After this week, it'll be 3 more weeks of work and then I'm off, first on Christmas Holidays and then maternity leave. Can you believe that?!?! I can't! I'm in a happy place right now. Pregnancy limbo - I look pregnant. Some people might even say I'm huge, but I don't feel huge, not really.
Also, our new plantation shutters were installed in the two other bedrooms and they look fabulous! On the to-do list for this weekend is organize one of our closets in the master bedroom so we can move the chest of drawers out and put the pack-and-play, which will be the baby's bed and diaper changing station, next to me.
Happy Turkey Day!
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Hello, Nice to meet you, Goodbye....
That was how my last obstetric appointment felt like. I met the last doctor in the practice - I believe she was one of the founders - I felt like she couldn't get me out of the office fast enough! Didn't like that at all. She was nice enough, but, well a little more time would have been nice. I guess my pregnancy is pretty straight-forward, no complications (knock on wood) so she didn't feel she needed to take the time. She did tell me that I'm reaching the limit of the weight I'm supposed to gain. I've supposedly gained 30 pounds already and weighed in at 170 pounds (only 30 more and I'll weigh as much as Don). She told me I could only gain 5 more pounds otherwise the baby is going to be too big.
I don't think so.
I'm pretty sure at least 10 - 15 pounds of the weight I've gained so far has been packed on to my hips, thighs and butt and my arms... not to mention my milk machines. The cause? Well, I haven't exactly been holding back on the chocolate, ice-cream and Nestle chocolate milk. I'll admit I've been eating more, a lot more, than I normally would. Combine that with the fact I no longer work out regularly (do I ever miss Tori) and it's pretty much no surprise that I've gained so much weight. I did read, in my Lamaze Childbirth book, of a study conducted in Finland that showed that babies whose mothers ate chocolate during pregnancy were happier babies than those whose mothers didn't eat any chocolate. I'm going to have a very happy baby.
I'm also pretty sure my hips are getting wider. They're getting ready to let the baby move through the birth canal and all my joints are loosening up. The reason I think so is because at night I wake up because my hips are sore... It hurts to move. Fortunately moving makes it go away, it's just getting going until the hurt stops. I think that has been my biggest complaint when sleeping. The baby is pretty quiet during the night and doesn't wake me up. I do have to go to the bathroom often, but that's not a big deal. My hips hurting, though. That I don't like. And the fact I feel like a hippopotamus when I change positions in bed. I have to get up on my hands and knees to move.
But I've found a pretty comfortable way to sleep. I have 4 pillows. Two under my head. One under my stomach for support. One wedged behind my back for support and to prevent me from rolling over on my back. Also, that pillow against my back lets me rest against it without being flat on my back in an alternative sleep position to on my side. So I think I'm doing pretty good sleep wise.
Actually, I really have nothing to complain about. My pregnancy has been uncomplicate (knock-on-wood) and pretty comfortable. I may look huge, but I don't feel huge. And I'm not waddling yet.
I don't think so.
I'm pretty sure at least 10 - 15 pounds of the weight I've gained so far has been packed on to my hips, thighs and butt and my arms... not to mention my milk machines. The cause? Well, I haven't exactly been holding back on the chocolate, ice-cream and Nestle chocolate milk. I'll admit I've been eating more, a lot more, than I normally would. Combine that with the fact I no longer work out regularly (do I ever miss Tori) and it's pretty much no surprise that I've gained so much weight. I did read, in my Lamaze Childbirth book, of a study conducted in Finland that showed that babies whose mothers ate chocolate during pregnancy were happier babies than those whose mothers didn't eat any chocolate. I'm going to have a very happy baby.
I'm also pretty sure my hips are getting wider. They're getting ready to let the baby move through the birth canal and all my joints are loosening up. The reason I think so is because at night I wake up because my hips are sore... It hurts to move. Fortunately moving makes it go away, it's just getting going until the hurt stops. I think that has been my biggest complaint when sleeping. The baby is pretty quiet during the night and doesn't wake me up. I do have to go to the bathroom often, but that's not a big deal. My hips hurting, though. That I don't like. And the fact I feel like a hippopotamus when I change positions in bed. I have to get up on my hands and knees to move.
But I've found a pretty comfortable way to sleep. I have 4 pillows. Two under my head. One under my stomach for support. One wedged behind my back for support and to prevent me from rolling over on my back. Also, that pillow against my back lets me rest against it without being flat on my back in an alternative sleep position to on my side. So I think I'm doing pretty good sleep wise.
Actually, I really have nothing to complain about. My pregnancy has been uncomplicate (knock-on-wood) and pretty comfortable. I may look huge, but I don't feel huge. And I'm not waddling yet.
Monday, November 14, 2005
Herzliche Glückwünsche!
Es ist offiziel - Nanette und Rob haben sich verlobt! Hurrah! Jetzt werden wir warten müssen um zu sehen wann die Hochzeit sein wird. Ich freue mich schon darauf!
Congratulations!!!
Nanette and Rob have made it official and are engaged! CONGRATULATIONS! Looks like it's going to be another exciting year!
Thursday, November 10, 2005
32 Wochen...
Heute sind wir 32 Wochen schwanger. Das Baby bewegt sich oft - besonders den Tag durch. Morgens nachdem Don aufsteht und bevor ich aufsteh. Dann vormittags bewegt sich das Baby oft auch, und dann wird es wirklich aktiv nachmittags, so um 2 or 3 Uhr. Und Abends nachdem ich gegessen hab bewegt sich das Baby auch. Nachts durch ist das Baby ruhig, ausser wenn ich zu sehr auf mein Bauch liege.
Bis diese Woche habe ich die Nacht durch gut geschlafen ausser dass ich jeder zwei Stunden zum Badezimmer gehen musste - doch diese Woche nicht so. Wir haben letzten Samstag unser erste Geburt Klasse gehabt... Eine Doula hat die Klasse gehalten, und es war OK. Ich glaube es was das Video wo wir eine aktuelle Geburt gesehen haben wo ich mich unbehaglich gefühlt hab. Ich wäre glücklicher gewesen ohne die Details zu sehen. Im Krankenhaus wo ich geburt geben soll habe ich die möglichkeit ein Spiegel zu haben wo alles sehen kann... NEIN DANKE!!!! Unwissenheit und unsehenheit ist mir lieber! Ich will zwar ohne Medicamente geburt geben, aber alles sehen ist für mich unnötig. Ich glaube diese Klasse hilft mir nicht so sehr. Hoffentlich kann unsere Doula mich damit helfen. Ich glaube weil ich nicht weiss was ich vor mir hab, deshalb fühl ich mich so, obwohl ich weiss das Frauen für tausended von Jahren Babies geboren haben, ist es für mich das erste Mal... Wenn es soweit ist, werde ich OK sein, es nur diese Zeit davor.
Naja. So geht es.
Sonst geht es uns gut. Im grossen ganzen. Es hat diesen morgen geregnet und Don ist von sein Fahrrad gefallen und hat sein Kopf gut gestossen. Seine Brille ist kaput, er hat über seinen linken Augenbrauen schön geblutet und sein Auge wird morgen etwas blau sein. Er ist von der Arbeit zu Hause geblieben und hat den Morgen durch geschlafen. Ich bin zur Arbeit gefahren, hab mein Komputer geholt und bin wieder zurück nach Hause. Er wollte nicht zum Arzt gehen und mir was es lieber in seiner Näher zu sein als auf der Arbeit wo meine Phantasie verrückt gehen kann. Ihm geht es schon besser, aber ich glaube er wird morgen steif sein.
Und sonst gibt es nichts neues zu erzählen. Mein Bauch wird grösser und es haben schon Frauen gemerkt dass ich ziemlich gross bin. Ich fühl mich gar nicht so gross, ausser when ich etwas vom Fussboden aufheben muss... Ich bin sicher dass ich noch grösser werde denn das Baby hat kein Platz höher in mein Bauch zu wachsen. Es muss anstatt raus wachsen.
Oh, was ich noch erzählen wollte, ich habe letzte Nacht von unser Baby geträumt - es war ein Mädchen, und sie hat dunkle, lockige Haare gehabt wie die Nanette. Wie das möglich ist, weiss ich nicht denn Don und ich haben beide blonde Haare gehabt als Kinder. Und obwohl Don seine Haare etwas Welle haben, lockige Haare haben wir nicht. Wir sind beide gespannt was das Baby sein wird... Mädchen oder Junge? Nur noch 8 Wochen...
Bis diese Woche habe ich die Nacht durch gut geschlafen ausser dass ich jeder zwei Stunden zum Badezimmer gehen musste - doch diese Woche nicht so. Wir haben letzten Samstag unser erste Geburt Klasse gehabt... Eine Doula hat die Klasse gehalten, und es war OK. Ich glaube es was das Video wo wir eine aktuelle Geburt gesehen haben wo ich mich unbehaglich gefühlt hab. Ich wäre glücklicher gewesen ohne die Details zu sehen. Im Krankenhaus wo ich geburt geben soll habe ich die möglichkeit ein Spiegel zu haben wo alles sehen kann... NEIN DANKE!!!! Unwissenheit und unsehenheit ist mir lieber! Ich will zwar ohne Medicamente geburt geben, aber alles sehen ist für mich unnötig. Ich glaube diese Klasse hilft mir nicht so sehr. Hoffentlich kann unsere Doula mich damit helfen. Ich glaube weil ich nicht weiss was ich vor mir hab, deshalb fühl ich mich so, obwohl ich weiss das Frauen für tausended von Jahren Babies geboren haben, ist es für mich das erste Mal... Wenn es soweit ist, werde ich OK sein, es nur diese Zeit davor.
Naja. So geht es.
Sonst geht es uns gut. Im grossen ganzen. Es hat diesen morgen geregnet und Don ist von sein Fahrrad gefallen und hat sein Kopf gut gestossen. Seine Brille ist kaput, er hat über seinen linken Augenbrauen schön geblutet und sein Auge wird morgen etwas blau sein. Er ist von der Arbeit zu Hause geblieben und hat den Morgen durch geschlafen. Ich bin zur Arbeit gefahren, hab mein Komputer geholt und bin wieder zurück nach Hause. Er wollte nicht zum Arzt gehen und mir was es lieber in seiner Näher zu sein als auf der Arbeit wo meine Phantasie verrückt gehen kann. Ihm geht es schon besser, aber ich glaube er wird morgen steif sein.
Und sonst gibt es nichts neues zu erzählen. Mein Bauch wird grösser und es haben schon Frauen gemerkt dass ich ziemlich gross bin. Ich fühl mich gar nicht so gross, ausser when ich etwas vom Fussboden aufheben muss... Ich bin sicher dass ich noch grösser werde denn das Baby hat kein Platz höher in mein Bauch zu wachsen. Es muss anstatt raus wachsen.
Oh, was ich noch erzählen wollte, ich habe letzte Nacht von unser Baby geträumt - es war ein Mädchen, und sie hat dunkle, lockige Haare gehabt wie die Nanette. Wie das möglich ist, weiss ich nicht denn Don und ich haben beide blonde Haare gehabt als Kinder. Und obwohl Don seine Haare etwas Welle haben, lockige Haare haben wir nicht. Wir sind beide gespannt was das Baby sein wird... Mädchen oder Junge? Nur noch 8 Wochen...
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