Swell
I'm quite the slacker in the blogosphere, aren't I? Well, I've been busy growing someone. Sue me. I'm just going to give you the rundown of things going on in our lives. I say our, of course, cause there's two of us up in this.
The first question I'll address is "How is pregnancy treating you?" Well, let's just say good. Ok, really good. It's hard because I never thought I'd be that woman, but pregnancy fucking rocks. Once I got over the 1st trimester awfulness, this became the best thing ever. I love it. I love how I feel, I love that I haven't drank or smoked or done anything remotely self-destructive that doesn't involve candy in so long. I lost so much weight in the first three months by not drinking (or eating...thanks morning sickness!) that I've gone down 2 sizes.
My daughter (!) is jumping and kicking all over the place. She's perfect and precious and I never expected to love something that I haven't met so much. She and I are sharing this insanely intimate and special bond right now, something I know I'll never have again, so I'm trying to cherish it and be patient with it and not rush this time. It's such an amazing experience.
I fired my OB. She wasn't too forthcoming when I asked her about her c-section rate, and how she'd deal with a breech baby, etc. I hired a doula, whom I adore, and am now being cared for by a midwife whom I also love. I have chosen to go with the route that will lead me to the least possibility of intervention. No pitocin, no epidural. Obviously there are exceptions, and if there are complications, surely I will make the decision best for us, but I won't do it as a matter of routine, you know?
I'm surprised at how surprised people are that I'm doing so much research on the whole birthing experience. I mean, this is my one and only chance. Why would you not want to know everything? A co-worker of mine is going the epidural/pitocin OB route, and she's about 3 weeks ahead of me. I'm excited to see how our experiences will differ. As long as our daughters are healthy and happy afterwards, that's all I care about.
On a lighter note, M and I have booked a trip to Grand Cayman for February. A good friend is lending us her condo there right on the beach and I plan on spending 5 days just floating and hammocking. I'm going to bring no less that 5 books with me to devour whilst lying on my beach chair under the shade of a crooked palm. M will lie in the shade of my belly. We're quite excited!
I hope you all had a fantastic holiday. I'll try to write more, give better updates, etc. For now, how about we all just marvel at how lovely her spinal column is!
