How was your thanksgiving? Did you eat pumpkin pie? Get in brawl with your family members?
Mine was fine. Uneventful at best. I ended up excusing myself from the dinner table about 10 minutes into the meal to stretch out because mercy me, the braxton hicks contractions were seriously interfering with my ability to pack in the sweet potatoes and stuffing.
Friday I turn 34 weeks pregnant. People always feign surprise when I tell them how far a long I am.
"I'm 8 1/2 months pregnant"
"No your not! You are far too little! you can't be serious!"
and then i wish I could say to them, "seriously? you can't see the 28 pound weight gain right here in my face, ass, and thighs? You gotta act more surprised than that if you want me to believe you!"
Each morning I roll out of bed and take a look in the full length mirror. Seriously, every day my tummy doubles in size. The cute maternity clothes i have been wearing for the past several months now hang a little awkwardly.
But the cool thing? You can see alien baby squirming around inside just by looking at my stomach. What used to be little flutters or kicks are now full on fists and knees waving about. And over the weekend I was sure that her feet had lodged directly under my right lower ribs and she was stuck.
Pocket and I are halfway thru our hypnochild birth class and we are learning a lot. There are about 5 couples in the class and all seem to be very on board with the idea of natural child birth (ie no drugs, delivering at home, etc etc). One guy even said he was going to get in the birthing tub with his wife and deliver his child himself. Great. To each their own. I can't help feeling a little cynical though. My profession requires me to hear a lot of birthing drama/horror stories and I know that I'm jaded. But b/c of what I do for a living i also know that I will be delivering at a hospital so that in the chance that i need medical intervention, I will have someone right there to help. And I think I have realized that an epidural isn't necessarily a bad thing and it's not admitting defeat. That's just my personal views on the matter but I do feel that everyone has the right to be given the opportunity to have their ideal birthing experience, however that may be.
Anyhoo, not much else to report. just pluggin along and getting ready for christmas.
2 comments:
I know that it has been a while since I was in the baby birthing business but what exactly are hypnochild birth classes? Sounds scary! :)
holy cow!! you are getting so close!! and I think you look so cute!!! I am with you on giving birth in a hospital - and epidurals are fabulous!
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