Just not keeping up with . . . life very well LOL. While I was very doubtful that I'd magically get my energy back when I hit 12 weeks, I DO think it's slowly returning. Monday I think I totally overdid it. We were at my parents' this weekend and came home Monday. So I got up on Monday, loaded kids & stuff into the car, went w/ my grandparents to get a bushel of apples from the orchard they go to (yum! My kids are loving that pretty much anytime they ask, I tell them to go on down to the basement & grab an apple, hee hee). Then we went to a friend's house, hung out & chatted while kids played, then she offered me some garden stuff if I picked it (she's 30+ weeks pregnant so not doing so much gardening herself at this point and her dh hasn't been able to keep up with the garden thanks to his work schedule), so I picked some tomatoes and such. Met my parents for lunch, then drove home. Got home still feeling pretty good, figured I'd unload the stuff that had to be unloaded (read fresh produce LOL), then sit down for awhile and check my e-mail & such, and then do some of the unpacking, kitchen cleaning, etc. that I needed to do. BUT my computer wouldn't connect to the internet so I figured I'd go ahead & do the kitchen cleaning & stuff right away so I could spend my evening (after dh fixed the internet) online. Apparently that was pushing my energy level abit to far (especially combined w/ the can that had had veggie hotdogs in it & I thought was empty & wasn't and stunk, and I've not done smells well this whole pregnancy). I threw up for only the 2nd time this pregnancy, and then just felt kind of "shakey" the rest of the day, alternately shivering and sweating, etc. Needless to say after cleaning up the bare minimum I DID sit down and rest, and just got up in small spurts the rest of the afternoon to get stuff done.
Yesterday & today I've had more energy, still trying to catch up from being gone, but definitely feeling more energetic than I have for the last several weeks. Today I even made tomato soup from scratch (YUMMY stuff!) which included running downstairs to stir it several times while we were doing school, and taking the scrap STRAIGHT to the compost since we've been battling fruit flies around here (because taking things up the hill to the compost has been one of those things I've not had energy to do as often as I should).
So . . . we have progress. I've promised the girls we'll go apple picking this fall, and I think that will be feasible by the time we've used up most of the apples we have. Now to see if the energy will hold for the thorough housecleaning that really needs to happen tomorrow!
I think I've got a sufficient maternity wardrobe now (once sewing is done). I already had plenty of shirts, a winter dressy dress, a s-sleeve (which I can wear year round, w/ a sweater if needed) knit casual dress, and a knit jumper. I ordered a dress & a jumper from a site I found that made clothes at reasonable prices, and they came a week or 2 ago. When I got them, I realized I needed a slip under them (which actually further increases my wardrobe because I have 2 drawstring skirts that I'd written off as not working during pregnancy since they require a slip & I didn't have a maternity slip. Doubt I'll wear them much since it's a winter pregnancy & they're summer skirts, but they'll be nice for FL next month which was my biggest concern since I really don't want to have to do laundry while we're there & wasn't sure how I'd manage 12 days w/o it LOL), so Mom's spoiling me and making me a slip. AND mom's b-day present to me was the promise to make a maternity dress or skirt, and I opted for a skirt since I have lots of shirts & nothing to wear them with. We went shopping this weekend and found a pattern & material, so mom's making me a black cordory skirt (which means I can wear it w/ casual stuff AND w/ a couple dressy blouses that I got from a friend, so I have more church options too). And she also agreed to turn a pair of maternity jeans into a skirt. We were going to use a 2nd pair of jeans for the extra material (pattern uses 1 pair of jeans plus the legs from a 2nd pair to make the kind of skirt I want) but while shopping for the other sewing stuff, found some fabric that will work well for that, so now that's all planned out as well. So . . . by the time my regular skirts stop fitting, I should have a denim skirt, black skirt, 2 jumpers & 2 dresses. Woo-hoo!!
The other thing I thought of to extend my FL trip wardrobe is to wear sweatpants on the days that we're just driving all day anyway, sweatpants are comfortable, but I don't like how I look in them (pregnant or not), but a day when pretty much my family and a handful of random strangers at rest area bathrooms are all that will see me, it's an option.
And finally, my birth pool (otherwise known as a wading pool LOL) came!! Woo-hoo!! Dad suggested that it would be faster to fill the pool using buckets in the tub (fill a bucket, set a 2nd bucket under the faucet to fill while you dump the first one . . . repeat ad nauseum) and would save having to buy (& figure out how to hook up) the sink thing & hosing. But I need to pin dh down on whether he's willing to do it since I COULD hook up the sink thing/hosing and set it to filling on my own, I'm thinking I probably won't feel like carrying around buckets of water while I'm in labor. . . so we need to figure that out sometime in the next 4 or 5 months LOL.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Planning Ahead
Something motivated me this weekend to do some real digging into the whole birth pool thing. At the orientation thingy (at the birth center) the nurse said they recently got a birth pool that can be used (either at the birth center or for a homebirth) but there's a rather hefty charge for using it. So I thought I'd look into what my other options were. First I looked into renting a birth pool on my own, but that's even more expensive (when you factor in shipping especially), so that made the birth center charge sound not so bad . . . but then I recalled vaguely that an online friend had talked about getting a kid's wading pool and using that for her birthing pool, so I went first back into the archives to see what she said about it, but could only find brief mention of ordering a wading pool, and then talk of testing in (older siblings love that "hey, lets go swimming in the house today!") and using it and such but nothing real nitty gritty on the specifics of it. Then (duh) I thought I'd go see what I could find on the homebirth forum at mothering.com (my overall assessment of the message boards at mothering.com . . . people tend to be quite untollerant of views that differ from their own, it's not someplace I'd go and post, looking for empathy/support/hugs/warm fuzzies HOWEVER it's an awesome resources for all things un-mainstream LOL) and lo & behold, w/o even having to hunt, there was a huge long sticky at the top of the forum about birthing pool options, including what kind of kiddie pools work well (inflatable, w/ inflatable bottom for some padding, in the 100 gal range so you don't run out of hot water filling it . . . ) links to specific ones that people have used w/ success, and great detail in the instructions on what you need & how to use it to fill & empty the pool (though after reading about the options for emptying the pool, I'm leaning toward opening a window & hanging a hose out of it LOL . . . I think we'll for sure do that if there's room to set it up in the bathroom (since that window opens to the backyard where draining a bunch of water would be no big deal for sure) if we have to set it up in the "school room" those windows open onto the front porch roof & the main sidewalk to the front door so that wouldn't work so well unless I could talk dh or dad into getting out on the roof or maybe it could be done from the ground w/ a longer hose?) and running the hose along the porch roof so it drained off hte end of the house not onto the sidewalk . . .) otherwise you waste SO much water running water through to drain it & w/ our slow draining tub (that I don't have much faith will be fixed by then, or ever LOL) that doesn't sound like a good option). Anyway . . . after reading through the whole thread, it seemed like a no brainer to by the $20 kiddie pool from amazon and the necessary "acquarium supplies" from petsmart (though I want to check w/ Dad and make sure he doesn't have any of them already before I buy those) and call it good for under $40! I debated trying to figure out when stores put out their summer stuff to see if I dared wait & get a pool from Toys-r-us (or wherever) next March, but finally decided not to risk it & went ahead & ordered it from Amazon.
So . . . the birthing pool, otherwise known as a kid's wading pool, is on it's way to us :)
While I was on the homebirth forum, I also found a massively huge (also stickied) thread about good things to have on hand for a homebirth, and read through that whole long list & wrote out my own list that is probably overkill (especially considering how short, easy my last labor was) but still . . . alot of it isn't so much buying anything as just making sure things are nearby or where others can find them (having a bowl nearby in case you need to throw up . . . things like that) and alot of the suggestions dealt w/ things to do for tears & such, to ease the pain post partum, which I don't remember being bad at all last time, and that was w/ less than ideal labor position (flat on my back), a doctor who looked at me like I'd lost my mind when I said no episiotomy, etc. Of course it was also w/ 5 lb babies and I'm sure this baby will be much bigger LOL. . . so I made note of all the suggestions and can use them IF I need them, but probably won't do much "prep work" in that regard . . .
Anyway . . . it felt good to be making some actual progress toward planning such things, and have the birth pool ordered so that's a major thing off the to do list.
Beyond that, nothing too exciting happening here. I'm running really low on energy, not at all helped by the fact that I am EXHAUSTED in the afternoon but can't get to sleep at night for the life of me! And weekends make it worse because dh is around so I CAN nap when I'm so tired in the afternoon but then I have an even harder time falling asleep at night, sigh . . .
Yesterday at bedtime I was telling the girls that, according to one site I read, the baby is now "about the size of a plum" so as she went up the ladder to her bed L said "goodnight my sweet little plum" awwww :)
So . . . the birthing pool, otherwise known as a kid's wading pool, is on it's way to us :)
While I was on the homebirth forum, I also found a massively huge (also stickied) thread about good things to have on hand for a homebirth, and read through that whole long list & wrote out my own list that is probably overkill (especially considering how short, easy my last labor was) but still . . . alot of it isn't so much buying anything as just making sure things are nearby or where others can find them (having a bowl nearby in case you need to throw up . . . things like that) and alot of the suggestions dealt w/ things to do for tears & such, to ease the pain post partum, which I don't remember being bad at all last time, and that was w/ less than ideal labor position (flat on my back), a doctor who looked at me like I'd lost my mind when I said no episiotomy, etc. Of course it was also w/ 5 lb babies and I'm sure this baby will be much bigger LOL. . . so I made note of all the suggestions and can use them IF I need them, but probably won't do much "prep work" in that regard . . .
Anyway . . . it felt good to be making some actual progress toward planning such things, and have the birth pool ordered so that's a major thing off the to do list.
Beyond that, nothing too exciting happening here. I'm running really low on energy, not at all helped by the fact that I am EXHAUSTED in the afternoon but can't get to sleep at night for the life of me! And weekends make it worse because dh is around so I CAN nap when I'm so tired in the afternoon but then I have an even harder time falling asleep at night, sigh . . .
Yesterday at bedtime I was telling the girls that, according to one site I read, the baby is now "about the size of a plum" so as she went up the ladder to her bed L said "goodnight my sweet little plum" awwww :)
Monday, September 8, 2008
First Midwife Appointment
Today was our first midwife appointment (it was supposed to be Thurs but the midwife had a conflict and called and asked if we could change it to today). Typical first appointment with lots of paperwork/talking.
The girls brought along their backpacks of toys plus there were a few toys in the exam room so they did pretty well, although near the end they were getting antsy, Robin (the midwife) said "I can always tell when my time is up" LOL. Then they were thoroughly interested during the actual exam. The difficulty she had even feeling my uterus compared to last pregnancy at 9 weeks makes me more confident that there's only one baby this time. She tried to find the heartbeat but couldn't (had warned me, and I knew from reading stuff, that we might or might not be able to hear it at this point) and said if I want we can stop by in a couple weeks and try again.
The girls were absolutely fascinated to see the nurse draw blood. A friend of mine had mentioned her dd had gotten upset when she saw that, but not my kids, they thought it was super cool LOL.
This practice does not typically do ultrasounds, which I'm ok w/, dh isn't so thrilled about that (he wants to know the gender, and to know for sure it's not twins, I prefer to NOT know the gender and figure we can figure out the twin thing based on size & such as time goes on), so we'll discuss it some more and decide.
So that's about it. Next appointment is 10/20 (not counting stopping in to check the heartbeat in a couple weeks). Midwife thought my dates seemed accurate (based on uterus size) so that's good to know :) She was thrilled to hear the girls had been born vaginally & that I'd breastfed them and such, commented that she doesn't know how our country got so far removed from breastfeeding being the norm, but that we need to get back to that. . .
The girls brought along their backpacks of toys plus there were a few toys in the exam room so they did pretty well, although near the end they were getting antsy, Robin (the midwife) said "I can always tell when my time is up" LOL. Then they were thoroughly interested during the actual exam. The difficulty she had even feeling my uterus compared to last pregnancy at 9 weeks makes me more confident that there's only one baby this time. She tried to find the heartbeat but couldn't (had warned me, and I knew from reading stuff, that we might or might not be able to hear it at this point) and said if I want we can stop by in a couple weeks and try again.
The girls were absolutely fascinated to see the nurse draw blood. A friend of mine had mentioned her dd had gotten upset when she saw that, but not my kids, they thought it was super cool LOL.
This practice does not typically do ultrasounds, which I'm ok w/, dh isn't so thrilled about that (he wants to know the gender, and to know for sure it's not twins, I prefer to NOT know the gender and figure we can figure out the twin thing based on size & such as time goes on), so we'll discuss it some more and decide.
So that's about it. Next appointment is 10/20 (not counting stopping in to check the heartbeat in a couple weeks). Midwife thought my dates seemed accurate (based on uterus size) so that's good to know :) She was thrilled to hear the girls had been born vaginally & that I'd breastfed them and such, commented that she doesn't know how our country got so far removed from breastfeeding being the norm, but that we need to get back to that. . .
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Birth Center Orientation
Last night was the orientation for new patients thingy at the Birth Center. Random thoughts on it all . . .
- Waldorf toys in the waiting room. The girls had great fun cooking & such while we waited for it to start.
- Video telling me why midwives/birth centers are so wonderful was a waste of my time, thanks, I research things like that BEFORE I choose a midwife practice. Though the girls enjoyed the brief parts that showed a baby being born & such.
- The nurse doing the orientation/tour made a point many times that we always have the choice to opt out of things we don't want to do.
- When she listed the lab work they typically do, she didn't mention any u/s, not sure if she just wasn't thinking of that since it would be done off-site or if they don't typically do them (lab work they DO typically do is bloodwork at 1st appointment, blood draw for GD (whenever that's done, 28 wks?), and then culture for step B near the end.
- They WILL do waterbirths (woo-hoo) they have an inflatable pool that you can use at an additional charge or you can rent your own (I'm pretty sure a friend of mine used a kids' wading pool, I'm going to check w/ her on how that worked . . . though I would guess if we rented the one through the birth center, it would roll in w/the insurance stuff).
- 2/3 of their patients choose hospital births. She said they average about 1 homebirth per month (w/ the rest of the 1/3 non-hospital births being birth center births).
- No mention was made of the rule someone else told me about, where if someone else is in labor when I go into labor, I have to go to the BC rather than doing a homebirth.
- They have a sibling class they recommend if children will be at the birth, but it's normally on Sat. I figure I'll wait and ask during one of my appointments if they'd be willing to do a Sun (or weekday) one, or provide me w/ pertinent information to give the kids on my own.
Monday, September 1, 2008
I'm Outgrowing My Clothes!!
Actually, most of them are still fine, the advantage of having a wardrobe of mostly elastic or drawstring waist skirts & loose t-shirts LOL. But this Sabbath I put on a skirt that I wear pretty often for church and by halfway through church the elastic was cutting into my skin to the point of being painful. So it's now in the "pack away till next summer" pile LOL. Nice to know it's not my imagination that my belly is growing though LOL (and since my weight has actually gone down slightly, it's not just that I'm eating too much).
Overall I'm feeling pretty good. The busy weekend last weekend (at my parents') really wore me out and made me appreciate the fact that most of the time our lifestyle lets me intersperse activity w/ sitting down and resting. And I continue to not deal well w/ having to eat so early in the morning on Sabbaths, that was actually worse this week I think, I felt icky/not hungry most of the day. But the rest of the time when I can wait till 9:30 or 10:00 to eat breakfast I do fine.
Last weekend when I was in MD, I got my maternity clothes back from Kim (the ones she borrowed) and borrowed hers too. As I expected/remembered, both boxes were mostly pants. I tried wearing a pair of the pants last week one day & while they fit fine and were comfortable, for pants, it made me realize that I'm just not comfortable wearing pants anymore! I'm hoping that some of my non-maternity skirts will last most, if not all, this pregnancy since they're stretchy/loose and trying to find the ambition to turn at least one pair of my maternity jeans into a skirt (to see how I like it, and how hard it really is). I'm also watching goodwill for maternity skirts/dresses but so far the few I've seen have been short, sigh . . . I did find a reasonably priced site online that makes modest dresses/jumpers and will modify for pregnancy &/or nursing for no extra charge so I ordered one dress and one jumper from her last week. And hoping to talk mom into making me at least one dress . . . so if need be I'll just make do with that (in the stuff I already have I have one casual dress & 2 "Sabbath" dresses, one short sleeved, one long sleeved) so that would give me 4 dresses for everyday, the only time that might not be enough is when we go to FL next month (leave here on Wed, don't get home till the following Sun night so that's 12 days) I'm assuming at least 2 of my non-maternity skirts will still fit me at that point (I'll only be 4 mo) and as long as that's the case I should be fine . . . and if I get ambitious and make the skirt out of the jeans, even better (if it's easy and I like how it looks I have several pair of maternity jeans that I could alter, so then I'd be set for sure).
In other clothing news, last fall I bought a modest swimsuit from Sewn by Di and I have LOVED it this summer for Sesame Place. I'm not comfortable wandering around all the time in a regular swimsuit (even a "modest" one) and it's a pain to have to take clothes on/off for every ride. But it occurred to me the last couple times I wore it (since being pregnant) that there's not an easy way to nurse in this suit w/o exposing my belly. Additionally it occurred to me that this suit WOULD work as a maternity swimsuit if the shirt part were longer (the skirt is stretchy enough that I think it will go over my belly for most of my pregnancy & w/ a longer shirt, the skirt could sit under my belly at the very end of pregnancy (though it's more likely that the only time I'll need a swimsuit this pregnancy (except now when it's a non-issue) is in FL and I think the skirt will still be fine then). So . . .I started thinking . . . it's not worth buying the longer length shirt just for the FL trip, BUT . . . if she could make one that is longer for while I"m pg and also adapted for nursing (there's a shelf bra in the shirt, if she just extends the fabric down beyond the bottom elastic of that so it's "fully lined" that would cover my belly & then a center slit in the shelf bra would give nursing access under cover of the outer layer) then I'd get at least 2-3 years use out of it (the girls weaned at age 3, no way of predicting when this baby will wean obviously . . . ) which would make it worthwhile. And since the skirt of my current suit is plain black I can just get a shirt and continue to use the same skirt. So, I e-mailed her this weekend & she said she can do that so now I just need to send her measurements and we're good to go :)
I think that's about all going on here. Tomorrow night we go to the Birth Center for orientation (oh and a friend of mine who lives an hour or so away said that she had a friend who used this practice and loved them and that she'd have used htis practice if she'd done a homebirth, so that makes me feel better about it, since I feel like I'm going into it blind LOL). And then next week is our first appointment.
Overall I'm feeling pretty good. The busy weekend last weekend (at my parents') really wore me out and made me appreciate the fact that most of the time our lifestyle lets me intersperse activity w/ sitting down and resting. And I continue to not deal well w/ having to eat so early in the morning on Sabbaths, that was actually worse this week I think, I felt icky/not hungry most of the day. But the rest of the time when I can wait till 9:30 or 10:00 to eat breakfast I do fine.
Last weekend when I was in MD, I got my maternity clothes back from Kim (the ones she borrowed) and borrowed hers too. As I expected/remembered, both boxes were mostly pants. I tried wearing a pair of the pants last week one day & while they fit fine and were comfortable, for pants, it made me realize that I'm just not comfortable wearing pants anymore! I'm hoping that some of my non-maternity skirts will last most, if not all, this pregnancy since they're stretchy/loose and trying to find the ambition to turn at least one pair of my maternity jeans into a skirt (to see how I like it, and how hard it really is). I'm also watching goodwill for maternity skirts/dresses but so far the few I've seen have been short, sigh . . . I did find a reasonably priced site online that makes modest dresses/jumpers and will modify for pregnancy &/or nursing for no extra charge so I ordered one dress and one jumper from her last week. And hoping to talk mom into making me at least one dress . . . so if need be I'll just make do with that (in the stuff I already have I have one casual dress & 2 "Sabbath" dresses, one short sleeved, one long sleeved) so that would give me 4 dresses for everyday, the only time that might not be enough is when we go to FL next month (leave here on Wed, don't get home till the following Sun night so that's 12 days) I'm assuming at least 2 of my non-maternity skirts will still fit me at that point (I'll only be 4 mo) and as long as that's the case I should be fine . . . and if I get ambitious and make the skirt out of the jeans, even better (if it's easy and I like how it looks I have several pair of maternity jeans that I could alter, so then I'd be set for sure).
In other clothing news, last fall I bought a modest swimsuit from Sewn by Di and I have LOVED it this summer for Sesame Place. I'm not comfortable wandering around all the time in a regular swimsuit (even a "modest" one) and it's a pain to have to take clothes on/off for every ride. But it occurred to me the last couple times I wore it (since being pregnant) that there's not an easy way to nurse in this suit w/o exposing my belly. Additionally it occurred to me that this suit WOULD work as a maternity swimsuit if the shirt part were longer (the skirt is stretchy enough that I think it will go over my belly for most of my pregnancy & w/ a longer shirt, the skirt could sit under my belly at the very end of pregnancy (though it's more likely that the only time I'll need a swimsuit this pregnancy (except now when it's a non-issue) is in FL and I think the skirt will still be fine then). So . . .I started thinking . . . it's not worth buying the longer length shirt just for the FL trip, BUT . . . if she could make one that is longer for while I"m pg and also adapted for nursing (there's a shelf bra in the shirt, if she just extends the fabric down beyond the bottom elastic of that so it's "fully lined" that would cover my belly & then a center slit in the shelf bra would give nursing access under cover of the outer layer) then I'd get at least 2-3 years use out of it (the girls weaned at age 3, no way of predicting when this baby will wean obviously . . . ) which would make it worthwhile. And since the skirt of my current suit is plain black I can just get a shirt and continue to use the same skirt. So, I e-mailed her this weekend & she said she can do that so now I just need to send her measurements and we're good to go :)
I think that's about all going on here. Tomorrow night we go to the Birth Center for orientation (oh and a friend of mine who lives an hour or so away said that she had a friend who used this practice and loved them and that she'd have used htis practice if she'd done a homebirth, so that makes me feel better about it, since I feel like I'm going into it blind LOL). And then next week is our first appointment.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Telling Mama & Papa . . . and all the rest
Yesterday, the girls & I met Mama & Papa for lunch. The girls were wearing their Big Sister shirts again, and proudly showed them to Mama & Papa. Mama & Papa read their shirts, and made appropriate "you did such a good job making those shirts" noises w/o actually figuring out WHAT the shirts were saying LOL. With some additional prompting they finally got it LOL. We had already planned to stop by their office after lunch so the girls could see Mandy (Papa's co-worker who has enjoyed seeing them since they were babies, whenever we stopped by), but with our news, Mama & Papa also found it necessary to take us to various other friends at their office and share their news.
After that the girls & I went to the outlets and L was excited to find that the Plow & Hearth outlet STILL had the "horse-in-a-box" she remembered from several months ago and wanted to get as her "welcome to our family" gift for the baby (A's choice of gift was a doll, and I have an organic knot doll in my gift stash so I told her she could use that). We also poked our heads in the Motherhood outlet, but the one skirt that tempted me, they only had in too small or too big sizes, sigh . . .
Then we went to my friend Kim's house, where the girls not only enjoyed playing w/ Hannah & Yeva (& Sage), but also each took a turn holding baby Ziva :) Ziva is a DREAM baby, content whether held or not, sleeps at night . . . I asked her to PLEASE have a talk with this little one and explain how to behave LOL.
Yesterday evening after supper Mama, the girls, & I walked out to Grandma & Grandpa's house (that would be my grandparents for those getting confused w/ all the granparent-ish names LOL) and Grandma didn't "get" the shirt thing either LOL.
Today was another busy day with the much postponed final class from last spring's Kindermusik class. The girls told Miss Laura about the baby, and the class even sang to the "baby" during their welcome song :) Which effectively told another of my parents' co-workers who'd brought her son to "try out" the class for this fall's session :)
All the running around (today we also let the girls pick berries, tomatoes, etc in Grandpa's garden, and went to visit some other Frederick area friends, then came home and had a picnic supper, and roasted marshmallows for smores. Has made me realize that perhaps the reason I haven't felt as tired this pregnancy as I did last time is because at home if I start getting tired I can sit down and relax for awhile LOL. On the flip-side, w/ all the running aorund this week I've been falling asleep much easier than I had been.
So, now that all the grandparents know, it's "fair game" to tell whoever. And speaking of falling asleep more readily, I should be heading that way now . . .
After that the girls & I went to the outlets and L was excited to find that the Plow & Hearth outlet STILL had the "horse-in-a-box" she remembered from several months ago and wanted to get as her "welcome to our family" gift for the baby (A's choice of gift was a doll, and I have an organic knot doll in my gift stash so I told her she could use that). We also poked our heads in the Motherhood outlet, but the one skirt that tempted me, they only had in too small or too big sizes, sigh . . .
Then we went to my friend Kim's house, where the girls not only enjoyed playing w/ Hannah & Yeva (& Sage), but also each took a turn holding baby Ziva :) Ziva is a DREAM baby, content whether held or not, sleeps at night . . . I asked her to PLEASE have a talk with this little one and explain how to behave LOL.
Yesterday evening after supper Mama, the girls, & I walked out to Grandma & Grandpa's house (that would be my grandparents for those getting confused w/ all the granparent-ish names LOL) and Grandma didn't "get" the shirt thing either LOL.
Today was another busy day with the much postponed final class from last spring's Kindermusik class. The girls told Miss Laura about the baby, and the class even sang to the "baby" during their welcome song :) Which effectively told another of my parents' co-workers who'd brought her son to "try out" the class for this fall's session :)
All the running around (today we also let the girls pick berries, tomatoes, etc in Grandpa's garden, and went to visit some other Frederick area friends, then came home and had a picnic supper, and roasted marshmallows for smores. Has made me realize that perhaps the reason I haven't felt as tired this pregnancy as I did last time is because at home if I start getting tired I can sit down and relax for awhile LOL. On the flip-side, w/ all the running aorund this week I've been falling asleep much easier than I had been.
So, now that all the grandparents know, it's "fair game" to tell whoever. And speaking of falling asleep more readily, I should be heading that way now . . .
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Telling Grandmom
We went to Grandmom's house today to tell her about the baby. The girls wore their shirts. L was practically bouncing off the walls trying to give Grandmom time to read the shirt. And then both girls babbled on and on and on (and on and on . . . ) about it for the next I don't know how long. MIL was amused that one of them (A, I think) told her that Mommy made "our first midwife appointment" hee hee.
I got this book from the library last week. It was recommended on a homebirth page I was on, as a good book to read w/ kids if you're planning a homebirth. I agree, goes through the experience w/o going into too much technical detail (my girls are going to want more technical detail before it's all said and done LOL, but this was a good start). The only at all "graphic" picture shows the baby's head out, from that picture A has decided that the mommy "poops the baby out" (no amount of explaining will change her mind LOL. Hopefully she doesn't tell TOO MANY people this particular observation LOL).
Also cute annecdote from last week. The girls went up to get the mail & there was a package from a giveaway I won (baby sun hat). The return address label had the company's logo on it which included a picture of a baby, so the girls figured out it was something for the baby. L told me she started to say "It's for the ba . . ." then realized there were men nearby working on the roof of one of the outbuildings here, so she changed it to "barn" LOL. She was so proud of herself for coming up w/ a "save" to keep our secret :)
Now that we've told Grandmom & Aunt Lynette, we just need to tell Mama & Papa on Thursday and then the girls don't have to worry about keeping the secret anymore LOL. When I told the girls I thought we'd be stopping at their friend Hannah's house on our way to Mama & Papa's house, A was quite upset that "but then we won't be able to tell Hannah about the baby!" I told her since we'd be seeing Mama & Papa right after we left Hannah's house that she could go ahead & tell Hannah, so they're happy :) (and actually, talked to Dad tonight, I think we'll meet mom & dad for lunch and THEN go to Hannah's house so that way the girls can tell Mama & Papa first afterall).
I'm discovering I have "reverse morning sickness" (or something) this time around. I'd marginally noticed that I didn't have any real appetite in the mornings and that waiting till late morning to eat anything wasn't bothering me (whereas in general one of the main times m/s hits is first thing in the morning). Well this weekend w/ getting up & eating earlier (to go to church on Sabbath and to go to Grandmom's this morning) I felt worse than I have up until now in the morning. So I'm thinking the key is to actually NOT eat in teh morning . . . trust me to be weird that way LOL.
I got this book from the library last week. It was recommended on a homebirth page I was on, as a good book to read w/ kids if you're planning a homebirth. I agree, goes through the experience w/o going into too much technical detail (my girls are going to want more technical detail before it's all said and done LOL, but this was a good start). The only at all "graphic" picture shows the baby's head out, from that picture A has decided that the mommy "poops the baby out" (no amount of explaining will change her mind LOL. Hopefully she doesn't tell TOO MANY people this particular observation LOL).
Also cute annecdote from last week. The girls went up to get the mail & there was a package from a giveaway I won (baby sun hat). The return address label had the company's logo on it which included a picture of a baby, so the girls figured out it was something for the baby. L told me she started to say "It's for the ba . . ." then realized there were men nearby working on the roof of one of the outbuildings here, so she changed it to "barn" LOL. She was so proud of herself for coming up w/ a "save" to keep our secret :)
Now that we've told Grandmom & Aunt Lynette, we just need to tell Mama & Papa on Thursday and then the girls don't have to worry about keeping the secret anymore LOL. When I told the girls I thought we'd be stopping at their friend Hannah's house on our way to Mama & Papa's house, A was quite upset that "but then we won't be able to tell Hannah about the baby!" I told her since we'd be seeing Mama & Papa right after we left Hannah's house that she could go ahead & tell Hannah, so they're happy :) (and actually, talked to Dad tonight, I think we'll meet mom & dad for lunch and THEN go to Hannah's house so that way the girls can tell Mama & Papa first afterall).
I'm discovering I have "reverse morning sickness" (or something) this time around. I'd marginally noticed that I didn't have any real appetite in the mornings and that waiting till late morning to eat anything wasn't bothering me (whereas in general one of the main times m/s hits is first thing in the morning). Well this weekend w/ getting up & eating earlier (to go to church on Sabbath and to go to Grandmom's this morning) I felt worse than I have up until now in the morning. So I'm thinking the key is to actually NOT eat in teh morning . . . trust me to be weird that way LOL.
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