sideways, we're not intending to buy anything until after the first tri too... we just had to LOOK at stuff. hahaha!!!
omg. I'm SOO HUNGRY! Within an hour or two of eating a full meal, my stomach is rumbling for more food. I NEVER eat between meals except *sometimes* I have something in the evening, but never during the day, so I can only put it down to the hormones?? I'm not sick at all [still early yet!] but I'm feeling 'off' because of my constantly rumbling churning tummy too, but it's definitely hunger rumbles and not sick rumbles... Mind you in saying that this morning I had a teeny bout of definite nausea, but it lasted for all of a minute and never came to more...
Been thinking all yesterday, how we're going to break the news to our parents... I want to tease them and have fun! LOL! I'm thinking for my mum I'll tell her that I know what I want for my birthday [my b'day is late sept; I'm due mid oct] which is her rocking chair. Now, her rocking chair is an old kit-set one that she carved the leather for the back and seat of it years and years ago... It says "Mum's Chair" on the leather and me and my 3 siblings were breast fed in that rocking chair; I've grown up with it always around.... I want it!!! lol! And it'll spark a reaction from mum if I tell her I want it, either she'll guess right away, or she'll comment on the fact "but it's MUM's chair!!" to which I'll simply
look at her, and I fully expect she'll get my meaning... hahahaha!
Hubby is thinking for his parents we'll be all serious, and sit down with straight faces [ohh, good luck to me trying to do that! lol] and telling them how we have been talking, and we've had some ups and downs in our relationship lately and there's been some things we've had to come to grips with... and we've decided that.... You'll be Nana and Pop! lmao!
I have NO idea what i could do for my dad & stepmum though... We'll be telling them when my older brother and his fiance there too so will have to be something to include all of them. Hmmm. All I can think of is that I tell my dad he better not be going anywhere mid-oct, cos I expect him to come and visit his first grandchild! lol
Ohh, I got prenatals in the weekend. I know I know, I should have already been taking them, but I AM taking them now!!! lol.
I just bought the 'hypnobirthing' book & cd online this morning too. See, I have vaginismus, which basically is where my pelvic floor muscles reflexively tense up when anything comes near (the same way you'd close your eye if something came towards it; it's a reflex!) so while normal child birth is perfectly possible with vaginismus [the body does what it's gotta do!] I don't expect it'll be *easier* with my condition!!! I CAN control the muscles to some degree, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to have sex to be able to conceive!! But it's not always easy initially.
Someone on another forum suggested I look into hypnobirthing because of my vaginismus, as it's all about a very relaxed state of mind, allowing the body to do what it's supposed to do. There aren't any classes closer than 5 hours away to me so I won't be able to do them, but I figure the book will be better than nothing!! If it at least gives me SOME ideas and techniques for keeping relaxed then I'm all for it!!
Ohh, who is wanting to know the gender!?? I know for SURE I do NOT want to know!! I'm soooooo wanting that whole "It's a ____!!!" I don't want to know ahead of time... lol! I don't want to have everyone expecting one or the other, I want to be able to have my baby and let everyone know what gender it is and it's name, not just that "xxxx was born today"... Call me old fashioned, but I'm determined I do NOT want to know. I've also heard of too many who've had it wrong in the scans and they have everything ready for a girl, only to have a boy, or vis visa! lol
And thanks for the info on happy heiny, I'm probably going to be using cloth diapers as well.
We dont know that many people who have had babies and the ones that have are probably going to be having more so are keeping the stuff they have.
So I've called one of those names and she sounded really really nice [I'm sure they all do though!!? It's their profession to care!!!] and she's going to give me another call tonight at home when we both have more time [I'm at work, she was between appointments and stopped her car to chat for a min] and have a good chat about everything, and if I think I like her then we'll sort out some time to meet and chat more. She was pointed out the fact it's a case of "going with your gut" if you like a certain midwife or not, and she stressed that I can change my midwife at any stage too so don't ever feel stuck with someone you don't like after all. That alone makes me feel better about her! haha!
