Last Friday we took the night to catch up on some things we had been overlooking. For me, that was a GIANT mound of clean laundry that needed to be steamed and hung up. For Jamie, that meant putting together our brand new glider for the nursery. Aside from the window panels that we have hung already, the glider is the only other nursery item we have and it is also the only thing we will have to put together on our own (the furniture is being delivered and put together for us).
So Jamie got to work and a couple of hours later we had a beautiful, rocking, reclining, glider!
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| Coming Along... |
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| Job well done...the hubs is pooped! |
There is actually an ottoman with the chair, but it's possible I got excited a little too early and took the pic before that. Don't worry, once the nursery starts to come along, I'll post some new pictures. Note the window panels-I'm taking full credit on putting those up all by myself.
Anyhow, Monday came and I had another doctor's appointment. They tell me all is well and goon's heartbeat is very strong. Yay! I'm also measuring right where I need to be. If you have no idea what that means, I can't really help you because I've never actually asked. I'm pretty sure it's their way of making sure baby is growing at the right speed. But if you have some extra insight on that, let me know. As long as they say things like, "yep, right on track" or "you are right where you need to be," I don't ask questions. I just roll with it.
My mom came with me on this appointment and got the pleasure of hearing her first grandchild's heartbeat! No matter how many times I hear it, it's still a reassuring, wonderful sound. She's been kicking and moving a lot more these days (hard enough that I can feel it), so I know she's in there swimming around, but there is just something about that heartbeat. It's magical.
Then came Wednesday. We had a scheduled appointment to get a private tour of the maternity area of the hospital I'll be delivering at. I know they have a special name for all of it, but to be honest, it's basically four floors of rooms dedicated to mamma and baby's well-being. We had a wonderful nurse show us around, answer our questions, and show us all the scenarios of how our little one's birth could go.
Without going into too much detail, there was a lot to take in. I am 100% sure that it is the right hospital for us and I'm very happy with all that she showed us. We didn't hear anyone screaming their head off, and I didn't come in contact with any crazy women being rushed into the birthing unit. So that was nice.
However, she did say that "December seems to be a busy month this year, so it will probably be busy."
Jamie and I took one look at those waiting rooms and thought, "well lady, our family is going to take up at least two full waiting areas, so be ready."
Also, word to the other mommies to be due in December: Move aside...I'm getting one of the real birthing units...no one puts baby in a corner...or in an "overflow room". Psh...
To conclude this post I will just say this. The tour was great and I'm pretty sure I know where I should go when the deed needs to be done. However, there are a lot of things that make me pretty nervous. As I'm sure any woman would agree, I'd like this portion of my life to go off without a hitch, if you know what I mean.
It also feels very, very real now that we have seen where the birth, recovery, etc. will go down. In fact, I was so nervous that evening that I couldn't sleep, felt sick and ended up sleeping half the night on the couch. Is it too much to ask that she just walk right out of me and shut the door behind her?
Oh, and have I mentioned that I'm looking into "natural" childbirth? That means no drugs...so we will see. Yes, I may be crazy.
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