I am loving / hating summer.
Being pregnant makes me so hot, and not in the attractive kind of way. All day long I feel like I am dying of heat and I never want to wear anything but lightweight jammies and oversize t-shirts. But I do love swimming and being in the sun, so it's worth it, I guess. I'm thinking that I'm going to plan my next pregnancy during the colder months, though :)
We are almost halfway through summer term at BYU. I honestly cannot believe that I am graduating in August! It still doesn't feel real to me at all. Being done with school will be the most amazing feeling in the world and I cannot wait! And when I'm officially done, I will be eating, sleeping and breathing baby stuff to get everything all set up and ready for her arrival.
These days Baby Saron is doing great. She is crazy active all day and it's always fun for me to feel her moving inside me. I already feel like we're best friends, even though I haven't even met her yet. I feel so lucky that I get to be the one that carries our child. Even though I'm hot and achy and tired, it is so worth it to have 24/7 bonding time with this little tiny person. What a miracle this whole process is!
Lately I am starting to get really excited for her birth. I've been doing a lot of research online to prepare myself and learn more about what my body will experience. Which reminds me -- does anyone have any experience or suggestions with birthing classes? I am considering taking a hypnobabies class because I have heard amazing things about it, but they are a little pricey and Tyler's not too convinced about it. The hospital offers Lamaze classes that are a lot cheaper, but I don't know much about Lamaze.
I know all you moms out there will tell me that I'm crazy for wanting a natural childbirth, but honestly I'm not too set one way or the other yet. My plan is to learn how to manage the pain and go as long as I can without medication, but if it is too overwhelming I have no problem with getting help. It's not even really about the drugs for me as much as the needles. I have a huge needle phobia and honestly, getting an epidural scares me a lot more than the excruciating pain of natural childbirth. I know I'm crazy and everyone that has had kids tells me that you can't even feel it, but just the thought of it being there will make me faint repeatedly and tense up all over, and I think that won't be good for the delivery process... haha.
Our life is pretty uneventful in terms of day-to-day happenings, but then when I think about it a lot is really going on! I'm busy making a baby, I'm graduating in a month, Tyler is building a startup company and preparing his portfolio to apply for the graphic design program at BYU... I need to stop thinking that my life is boring. Only about 3 more months from now we will have a newborn to stir things up, so maybe I should enjoy the peace and quite while I still can :)
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Oh the joys of being pregnant during the summer:) I commend you for considering natural childbirth. I wanted to do that with Abe, but I just didn't prepare myself enough and my blood pressure was too high that my doc recommended an epidural. With the next one I plan on preparing for a natural birth using the Bradley method--I've heard really good things about it.
Good luck keeping cool, the summer heat can be a beast!:)
krys, you aren't crazy at all. I am the same exact way and that is the way I would advise. Go in with the thought that you are going to do things natural and then see what happens. I did that with both. I was like Manda with Max because my body was going kind of crazy and max was posterior and I had to either have an epidural or a c-section and I chose the epidural. Oliver was completely natural. If I can do it, you can! It is hard though.
My sister in law had all five of her boys natural. twins even! She is my inspiration. She also does the bradley method, which I read about. It is about coaching and breathing and being calm through the pain, with your husband as coach. Look into that. I have heard good things about the hypnobirthing as well. She also told me something that really helped me. She said once you think you cannot handle the pain anymore, you are almost there.
Maybe you can have tyler start punching you to up your pain tolerance. JUST KIDDING.
Call me any time if you want to talk. I am sure you have a wealth of knowledge from all of your sisters though. I am sure your mom was a natural mom too right?
and invest in good maternity dresses and skirts -- they will keep you sane all summer. I also bought thrift store dresses that had elastic waists and I cut off the tops of the dresses and just have elastic skirts. I LIVE in skirts and dresses in the summer while I am pregnant. there is nothing more comfortable to me. And go swimming as often as you can, or do water aerobics. All the extra weight disappears and it feels so good!
Thanks for the comments, ladies! I don't know anything about the Bradley method but I will definitely look into it now. And Tiff, almost all of my sisters have had epidurals and they mostly think I am crazy for wanting to go natural! My mom had natural births but she had pretty miserable experiences, unfortunately. She's just such a petite lady that her labor lasted for days and was crazy painful... so I'm basically getting all my info from the internet haha
natural was awesome, so was an epidural though. childbirth is the most amazing thing ever, whether you can feel your legs or not! I have some tips for you during labor, lets talk :0)
You're not crazy! Go natural! I've heard so many amazing, great things about it! I don't know from personal experience but I am thinking about doing it myself, if I can!
p.s. i've heard really great things about hypnobirthing, too.
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