Mrs~ Actually our showers are only a day apart. Mine's on the 10th which is this saturday
I can't wait to see what we will be getting! I registered on Amazon.com and have not seen anything come off the registry yet which makes me sad a bit... But I do know that at least 3 people will be buying off it as they've just asked me questions about it. In my head though I'm going "really?! youve waited till NOW?!" but at the same time I still have all of nov, dec and jan to go... I don't feel like its too soon to have the shower, but the girl who's throwing it for me keeps telling me how it is.
I feel like a. I'd rather get stuff now, and know what else I NEED to buy before bebe get's here rather than after he/she arrives. b. the next few months are laiden with holidays which means people will be busy and not able to attend the shower, so I'd rather have more people come than not and host it earlier.
Either way- It's happening this weekend
Sorry you aren't feeling good Von~ I hope it's not bronchitis... Will you be seen for it? With all the coughing/ hacking and mucous if it doesn't get much better soon I would. Not that they can put you on anything strong, but maybe a decongestant would be helpful?
I don't have any more U/S in the future unless something changes drastically. The Birth Center I will be seen at from now on likes to do things as minimally invasive, and only when necissary. So from now on, it should be only figuring out babys position by feeling where the head/ butt is, figuring out growth by my uterus position, and maybe hearing baby's heartbeat on the doppler. I can ask for a fetoscope instead of the doppler, but I'm not sure if I want to or not...
With the doppler and U/S its all about risk versus benefit. because there is no hard core proven evidence that either are considered "safe" during pregnancy (really what IS safe during pregnancy? That's a whole other topic in itself.) The birth center likes to steer away from them unless there is a need to use them (for instance if I wasn't feeling the baby move, or had bleeds etc..)
Does anyone else feel like their SO is not involved enough in the pregnancy? I feel like that from time to time... I feel like DH should be asking to feel the baby kick, and wanting to help with my exercises but he just doesn't. Even when I jump or make a weird sound when baby ribes me he just looks at me funny like "what is your deal?" and when i tell him the baby's kicking, he just says "oh"
I feel like he should at that point ask if he could feel it too... IDK...
And I feel like the shower is very excluding as well. I know traditionally that the men folk don't participate in them, and I've hosted one that way. But when it comes to my DH, I feel like he should be there opening gifts with me too... I didn't feel that way in the beginning, as I figured he wouldn't want to be included in it. But then he asked if he was, and when I told him no, it made me re think it a bit.
Maybe I will get him a gift just for him before the shower, and give it to him that day. Like a little Onesie that says "I love my daddy" or something like that.
Geez do I ramble or what?!
Hope you are all feeling well today!
Oh, and Mrs~ We are not sharing the names until LO arrives.
I want it to be a secret up until then
now just to get rid of this cold...
Sorry you all are in these positions! Rest assured your bodies will do what they need to, and you'll get through this just fine
to be here and I said I can LOL!
wishful thinking 
