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Helloo, just got back from my trip, 12 days that was a long one! One more 9.5 day trip to go then I'm done woohoo! I'm still feeling great, my bump is getting huge already, really is growing quickly! I went and bought a whole bunch of maternity clothes last time I was home and that makes things soo much more comfortable. Congrats on all the gender reveals! So neat to see everyone getting down to business, it's getting so real now haha!
Baby has been kicking up a storm since I got home!
Hubby will be home from work on Monday, hopefully he will be able to feel some of the kicks. I haven't bought anything yet except one 2-pack of baby gowns that I got a while back just to have something baby in the house! Once I'm done work I'll start getting things together. We rent a house with only one bedroom and a loft, which we use as a spare bedroom for guests, but I decided it would too much of a pain to have a nursery in the loft upstairs so we're just not having a nursery. Baby will sleep with us or in a portable bassinet and I'll have a dresser in the living room with a changing pad on it. I want to keep things on the minimalist side and try not to fill the whole house with baby stuff haha! Sometime soon we want to buy some land and build a house but we haven't even started that yet so I figure this arrangement will do for now.
I also have no clue on the carseat question, there are soo many to choose from! I think I want to skip the infant seat and go straight to a convertible one since I plan on babywearing anyway. I think we will also skip a stroller until the baby is too big to wear comfortably and then just get a lightweight one. So many decisions to make! We did decide that my mom can come to the birth, and his parents will come over from Scotland afterwards to meet the baby, and then in April he is going over there so we decided me and baby will come with him so the rest of his family can meet him/her. Also I think we are pretty set on Isla Mae as the name if it's a girl, although that's with the understanding that it's open to change when we meet her if we don't think the name fits. We are having a much harder time figuring out a boy name though!
Smile: I've been very interested in midwifery and natural birth for a long time so I've already read a couple books in the past and this year I took a doula training course which was a wealth of information on natural birth. I also found a program called Hypnobabies which is a derivation of Hypnobirthing which I plan to do. I haven't started it yet since I haven't had time but when I'm done work I will. My midwife has had a couple clients use it and she said it was awesome. Most of what I've learned focuses on the mind/body connection - relaxation and trust in your body as the key to a positive birth experience, and allowing and working with your body rather than fighting it/fearing the pain. A peaceful environment, good support people, and freedom of movement aid the process. Tension increases pain and slows the birth process, relaxation eases pain and allows the body to work more efficiently. In theory anyway! ;-)
Baby has been kicking up a storm since I got home!
Hubby will be home from work on Monday, hopefully he will be able to feel some of the kicks. I haven't bought anything yet except one 2-pack of baby gowns that I got a while back just to have something baby in the house! Once I'm done work I'll start getting things together. We rent a house with only one bedroom and a loft, which we use as a spare bedroom for guests, but I decided it would too much of a pain to have a nursery in the loft upstairs so we're just not having a nursery. Baby will sleep with us or in a portable bassinet and I'll have a dresser in the living room with a changing pad on it. I want to keep things on the minimalist side and try not to fill the whole house with baby stuff haha! Sometime soon we want to buy some land and build a house but we haven't even started that yet so I figure this arrangement will do for now.I also have no clue on the carseat question, there are soo many to choose from! I think I want to skip the infant seat and go straight to a convertible one since I plan on babywearing anyway. I think we will also skip a stroller until the baby is too big to wear comfortably and then just get a lightweight one. So many decisions to make! We did decide that my mom can come to the birth, and his parents will come over from Scotland afterwards to meet the baby, and then in April he is going over there so we decided me and baby will come with him so the rest of his family can meet him/her. Also I think we are pretty set on Isla Mae as the name if it's a girl, although that's with the understanding that it's open to change when we meet her if we don't think the name fits. We are having a much harder time figuring out a boy name though!
Smile: I've been very interested in midwifery and natural birth for a long time so I've already read a couple books in the past and this year I took a doula training course which was a wealth of information on natural birth. I also found a program called Hypnobabies which is a derivation of Hypnobirthing which I plan to do. I haven't started it yet since I haven't had time but when I'm done work I will. My midwife has had a couple clients use it and she said it was awesome. Most of what I've learned focuses on the mind/body connection - relaxation and trust in your body as the key to a positive birth experience, and allowing and working with your body rather than fighting it/fearing the pain. A peaceful environment, good support people, and freedom of movement aid the process. Tension increases pain and slows the birth process, relaxation eases pain and allows the body to work more efficiently. In theory anyway! ;-)
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We don't frequent malls or live in an area that a lot of walking is possible and definitely not necessary, so even an umbrella stroller is unnecessary for us, I reckon. I think I want to spend all the money I'm saving by getting stuff second hand on a new buckled carrier though 
I'm kind of on the fence about how much stuff to buy ourselves, I made a registry on Amazon but I don't know how much we will get from family/friends. Maybe we'll pick up the expensive stuff and see what we get from everyone before we buy a bunch of small stuff. We live hours away from any family so I'm not sure if we should have a baby shower or not. We were throwing around the idea of having a big bbq party instead of a baby shower, think it'd be more fun and it would be a little more feasible for husbands to be able to come with the ladies since they would be driving 4-5 hours. Not sure yet! Is anyone else planning a shower yet?
Presuming this baby truly is a girl (and I won't know until 27 weeks 
) my sister is giving me all her clothes, too - which are all hand-me-downs to her from our oldest sister and one of our brothers, and one of her friends. 
(I don't think its a boy, but... again. Won't know until 27 weeks. 
)
