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July 11, 2001
I'm ba-ack!
Wow, it's been a long time since I posted an entry. Things are fine now, but right after I last posted someone really close to me had a miscarriage. She and her husband had been trying for about a year for their first, and were so excited to be pregnant. Anyway, her loss just broke my heart and made me not feel like babbling away about my pregnancy for awhile.
Now I am 26 weeks pregnant (almost to the third trimester!) and am beginning to freak out a little. October still feels like a long way away, but it's definitely getting closer! We still haven't even begun to set up the baby's room or to talk about names. But, I'm starting to feel the pressure! He will be here before we know it!
Yes, he is a HE! We had an ultrasound which left no doubt. (We saw he was a boy from several angles!) I was a little surprised, since I had been thinking "girl" right from the beginning. Probably because I'm so used to taking care of a girl. Also, my family is really female-dominated so it's hard for me to picture being the mother of a son. I'm really excited about the adventure, though. It will be a lot of fun having one of each.
The other big news is that I ended up switching OB practices. With Kara I had a nurse-midwife deliver her in a hospital. I loved my midwife and even though we were in the hospital, I felt like I was able to have the low-intervention type of birth experience I wanted. We have moved since then, however, so I couldn't use the same midwife. I thought I'd found something similar here, but the midwives at this practice didn't have the same attitude. They seemed to have more of a medical approach. Which is fine, but not what I was looking for. After each appointment, I felt disappointed and I kept comparing them to my first midwife. Anyway, a friend of mine told me about a Birth Center nearby and I checked it out. I LOVED it! Their approach really fits in with how I want to give birth. So, I switched. It was a little complicated with the insurance company, but I'm so glad I did it. The midwife at the Birth Center is wonderful! And it's such a comfortable environment. They only do low-risk births there, however, so I have to stay healthy. I was really healthy last pregnancy, though, and so far am feeling great this time, so I'm optimistic that I'll be able to deliver there.
As for my sweet little girl, she just had her second birthday! Sometimes I'm so amazed that she's two already, but then she starts acting like a typical two-year-old and it makes her age much easier to accept! She is definitely growing up into her own person. We've backslid quite a bit on the potty training, unfortunately. She knows what to do, just chooses not to. That's been a little frustrating since she was so close a couple of months ago! Oh, well! I know she'll be potty trained eventually and I don't want to push her before she's ready.
As for nursing, we are holding on to one to two times a day. We nurse right before naptime and right before bedtime. I wouldn't mind dropping the bedtime one, since she doesn't nurse to sleep at night anymore, but I don't know what I'll do without the naptime feed. It's the only way she'll take a nap! Fortunately, she doesn't look ready to give it up yet. It will be interesting to see what happens once the baby arrives. I'm really hoping that she won't want to nurse as often as he'll need to.
Well, I guess I'm pretty well caught up! Happy nursing to everyone!
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