And a lazy weekend

After all of the excitement of the previous week/weekend, I have been a lazy lazy prego for a few days.   The relief of the glucose tests kept my spirits high and my light exercise mostly up. I have found that a few simple yoga poses and either riding the stationary bike (although uncomfortable) and/or light wii aerobics really do make me feel better if I'm feeling stitched up.

Friday I was literally in bed by about 6pm. Saturday was better, the Ryan's came over to cook out and we got to play with Phin :) Then Sunday I was back to hibernation mode. Nights are getting quite rough... I "think" I'm experiencing some Braxton-Hicks too. Usually starting around 10pm, after the baby is done with his gymnastics, I'll get some pretty uncomfortable cramping/tightening for a few seconds here and there. This usually lasts for a few hours too. Thankfully that's really the only symptom of wonkiness, but I fully intend on bringing this up at my appointment on Wednesday. Also on the agenda is the issue of my pre-natal vitamins. Holy god are they gross. I was able to stomach them mostly for the past 30 weeks, but now my stomach gets upset every time I take one and the smell of fish is repulsive. I'm hoping I'll be able to get a prescription form that does not include fish oil.

So after all of my ranting on the birth-plan subject (sorry to those of you who have heard this too many times), I kinda freaked out and thought that I may need to finish reading at least one of the baby books that I started excitedly 7 months ago. Truth is, I've been really turned off by the whole mid-wife attitude of "pick a coping method and do this naturally!" mentality. I'd like to know 1 mother who went into a birth with their plan laid out and it actually went that way. And again, after relentlessly venting this attitude to just about everyone, I am more confident in my personal decisions, but was interesting if anyone notable thought this way too.

Hello McMoyler!

I can just picture all you crunchy mom's out there... What with your birthing centers and water-birth plans... Don't beat me up, I totally support your decision to have a different opinion, it's just not for me.... (I am currently flaring my nose just thinking about it).
Eric and I read through the various labor/delivery options and low and behold, tucked way back in the depths, we seem to have found out about a much more "us" style. The book/DVD will be here on Wednesday, so we'll see.

That was the extent of my activity yesterday, so today I will actually leave the house and fulfill my house-wife duties. I'm also on the hunt for some cute pulls for the dresser in the nursery, so hopefully I'll have some cool pictures to post later this week too!