I guess future posts will be about the baby instead of being pregnant as I'm going in tomorrow morning to have the lil' bean. Doc decided it was best to induce me in the am and get this munchkin out into the world. John and I are spending the day getting all the little things around the house in order or things that need to be done.
I'm excited, a bit nervous but most of all I think in a bit of shock. It's great to know that it will be tomorrow and despite knowing the facts, reading, hearing stories etc I'm still not sure exactly what to expect. Wow, I'm going to be a mom.
Suppose I'll shave my legs for the big day *grin* and finish packing my bag. I think I just might decide to have a chocolate milkshake for breakfast tomorrow seems like just the thing I'll need to make it through the long day.
Despite the fact I log onto the site every day and read what everyone else has been up to, I never seem to get to posting myself. Figured I'd catch everyone up on the last few months - 9 months to be exact. I am pregnant and due any day now.Found out in October when I was eating one of my favorite dinners and felt like I was going to hurl because of the smell. 2 tests later it was confirmed (yes Virginia you can actually mess up peeing on a stick) and I was off on this adventure. The first 3/4 months were a little hairy with nausea, but thankfully that was over quickly and everything has been great ever since. It's funny, a lot of people seem to be a bit amazed I'm not whining, bitching, swelling and cranky all the time - but I can honestly say I feel fine. Sure there have been some mood swings - crying to laughing within a single breath - but if I knew it was like this I might have thought of doing it earlier.
I've got a great midwife and she's been a real treat to work with. She said she's looking forward to the birth because I seem so laid back and ready to roll with it. I'm going to try it without induction methods and see how that works, but I told her if I'm in pain I'm screaming for drugs *grin* she said I'd be surprised what and how much a person can go through with it. Hell women have been doing this for millions of years so it's not like it's unique to me or hasn't happened before =)
We moved into a bigger place so we could have a home office and a baby's room. It's cute and really has come together in the past few weeks since the shower. I went from primary colors and ABC's to green/blue and a safari theme. Janice/Weav's got the cutest "No More Monkeys Jumping On The Bed" plaque and now I seem to be collecting monkeys like a mad woman. Speaking of the shower, it was throw by Franchot a few weekends back and was faboo. It deserves it's own entry so I'm going to leave it at this for now and be back later to drop some more information on ya.
I learned an expensive lesson this weekend. Don't leave string or thread around if you've got a cat or dog. Had to bring Tigger into the vet last night because he got a piece of thread caught on his tongue and it wrapped itself around his insides. They had to cut him open in 4 places to get the thread out, after telling me they might not be able to save him at all.
John and I were coming back from the vet and picked up our mail from the day before, I got a letter from my dad in it. His letter was talking about how there are people in the world called "Good Finders" and they find good in all kinds of places. Wow - how did he know I could have used that letter at that very moment.
Here's the good I've found - don't take anything for granted, especially the ones you love. I hope sharing my experience will help avoid this happening to someone else. I found that my dad is more insightful then I sometimes give him credit for, my husband is a pragmatist and no matter how good of a face I put on when I'm hurting, it shows. And I've found that I'm lucky for each day I'm alive. Tonight i'll be at home snuggling with my lil' kitty.
