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20something. married. part girly girl, part sports enthusiast. dog person. soon-to-be-mama. corporate slave. media junkie.Following
Brotherly visit! A couple of hours playing tv scene it and wii fit plus. Good times
so much has happened in the world of pregnant judi in the last week or so!
we completed our “prepared childbirth” class. we learned some breathing techniques for labor (which actually came in handy as i was getting myself all worked up (for no good reason, it should be noted) while we were waiting in the doctor’s office this morning), and we got a full tour of the hospital’s labor & delivery unit, so we have a little better idea of what to expect.
we are certified to administer infant & child CPR and to use an AED (automatic external defibrillator)! last night’s class was actually interesting and very, very informative. but the coolest part?! we met a couple whose due date is the day after mine/ours, and they went to michigan state!! they knew a few people in common with greg, which was neat, and as we were leaving we got each other’s digits (and emails)! greg and the other husband already exchanged an email and made a tentative plan for the 4 of us to get together after thanksgiving! OMG PARENT FRIENDS! ;-)
this morning we had the first of our ok-we-will-see-you-every-week-now visits. that is a milestone i was very excited to hit. we actually met the nurse midwife in the practice for the first time today, which is almost too bad - she was great! she’s not officially part of the delivery team, but she’s a nurse at the hospital where we’ll be, so she’ll very possibly be there for my delivery, which i was happy to hear.
there’s no way of knowing yet if i might be early or late, but she did approximate the baby’s weight at 5.5-6 pounds! wowza. hope she doesn’t get *too* much bigger b/c i am a pretty small lady, and that could get tricky…
OH, but probably the best news of all - the furniture is finally (actually) here (this time)!!! it’s being delivered next friday (the 27th). we are going to paint the baby’s room this sunday, and then next weekend we’ll be able to actually start getting the room ready. very excited about that.
only 27 days left to go now!! so crazy…
wow, i thought this was a headband when i first noticed only the picture. that would make a really cool headband, too.
aww. a little bittersweet, b/c - should they really have to explain themselves? and yet, i love that they did. happy thanksgiving, indeed.
i love, love, love the sight of christmas decorations* - the lights! the tinsel! so pretty! - but i also happen to love the warm cheery tones of the thanksgiving table. that can make for some lovely decor, too, and it seems to get more and more overlooked every year as retail steamrolls from halloween straight on to christmas.
*ps - i’m jewish, and as such i do not celebrate christmas. but i just can’t help myself, i kind of love everything christmas. from a little bit of a distance, at least ;-)
i admit, i’m honestly not sure if greg and i ever talked about adoption very seriously before.
it’s a subject i’ve put a good amount of thought into on my own, though. i have actually thought at various times in my life that i was sure i would only adopt to build my family.
obviously, things have changed slightly. i am now pregnant with a child of our own and i couldn’t be more thrilled to see our love brought to life - literally.
but with so much sorrow of children needing homes and families in this world, i think i still believed in my heart that i’d like to adopt a child someday.
anyway, just the other night the topic of alternative methods of creating a family came up in conversation. greg and i were talking about what people have to go through when they have difficulty having a child the “natural” way. he said he couldn’t imagine going through all of that.
then i said to him, “well, would you consider adoption?”
i loved that, as he happened to have his arm around the dog at the time, petting him on the couch, he said - so casually and comfortably - “well, we adopted him didn’t we?”
and i know it’s not the saaame. and i know we weren’t really talking about “us” in that moment. and i know that we really don’t know where our family will go from here. but i am so happy to know that we share similar values on this. we definitely have so much love to share, and it’s heart-warming to know that maybe that means we’ll one day expand our family and our lives in a totally new and amazing way.
Met a really nice couple in the infant CPR class! She’s due one day after me, and they both went to Michigan State. We’re excited!!
(via emilyposts)
aw this one looks a lot like my own monkey! i wish i had a picture of him in this pose, but i can’t find one. he does that a lot. so cute :-)
Amazing, terrific, fantastic surprise! My bro just texted me to grab lunch! He’s heeeere :-)
Ok this one clearly plans on liveblogging her spawns birth on facebook. Ugh
And what the fuck happens when you “pit”!? I’m not sure I want/need to know.
(via allthingsalishan)
“pit” is the drug pitocin, which is the man-made form of oxytocin, the hormone your body naturally produces to start contractions. (cue obnoxious nbc “the more you know” music :-P)
(it should be noted that i pretty much agree with you that there is no need to liveblog a birth experience, and especially not on facebook of all places.)
Tomorrow. For vacation. Yay!
If anyone has any great suggestions of things to do (preferably things that don’t involve hiking), please do share.
check out the five point cafe (especially if you’ve been drinking). amaaaazing burger, and great pancakes too. amusingly obnoxious waitstaff.
