the last prego pic

Here's the last one I'm taking -- I'm 40 weeks tomorrow. I'm not really expecting the little guy to come tomorrow; in fact I'm betting money on Thursday... just a feeling I get (mostly because it was my original due date when I was 6 weeks). We'll see.

I can't wait to get my not so round face back....

six month update

Here's the bella at 6 months! Mark took this in Chicago. Here's what I've learned so far:

• Don't drink any liquids if you know you won't be near a washroom any time soon


• Don't drink any liquids if you're going to bed and don't want to wake up 4 times a night


• People will let you get away with more things when you're pregnant -- they feel sorry for you. For example, I went to a Cubs game and wanted to bring my water bottle in and they said no because it could harm someone if I threw it. I said "Do you think a pregnant person would throw a bottle at someone?" They believed me -- little do they know pregnant people have raging hormones.


• It sometimes feels like your baby is kicking you in the va-jj. This feeling is evermore present when your bladder is full


• People will always be smaller or bigger than you no matter when they are due. I just found out a woman in my yoga class is due 3 days before me with TWINS and she's waaay smaller than me. And that's ok.

I think that's all I've learned so far. ;) I'm sure more will come...

my pregnancy feet shoes

I got these shoes to help my fat feet. They're starting to swell already and hurt after standing on them for 1 minute. We'll see if these suckers work.

flutters

Me: OH F&*@K I JUST FELT THE BABY FOR REAL!!!
Hubby: For real?
Me: Yes! Little flutter kicks!

Ok, I didn't use the word "kicks" but two swear words in one blog post might be a little much!! Poor kid -- clearly its Mom has a swearing problem. I'll have to work on that one. Now I realize the other feelings I had were just gas... OY.

midwife vs ob

Way before I got pregnant, I made a decision to have a midwife instead of an ob. I'm sure I sound like a typical first-time prego when I say that I really want to try to do this thing without any meds. No epidural. Nada. I'm not trying to be a hero, which is what I hear people saying about people that don't want drugs, it's just that the thought of getting a gigantic needle stuck into my spine freaks me out way more than the thought of the pain caused by childbirth. That being said I am very open to the possibility of such things occurring. We shall see.

I also really like the fact that I know my midwife, or her partner, will be delivering my baby. So many times I hear of women loving their ob only to have someone completely new in the delivery room. Midwives, from what I hear, spend more time with their patients, and make more time to answer questions.

What do you think? Why did you choose one over the other?