Peanut Update

Hi All! I am now 31+ weeks pregnant with the peanut and mostly feeling great - but occasionally I feel like the top photo. The warrior momma image was Aaron's idea (just for the record). He thought it would be good to have some pictures to threaten the peanut with as he gets bigger and more difficult. You get the idea - "You better behave or your mom will turn into warrior momma and come at you with the Katana!!"

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed right now with all the preparations for the birth and nesting. I feel like I have to have it all done before school starts because then all my extra energy will need to go towards that. I'm taking two classes this fall - Steel Design and Hydrology. Both are lab classes so that will take a little more. I have it worked out that I am at school only Tues, Wed and Thurs. Aaron is going to schedule himself for evenings those days or he may have to open on Wed so I can make my lab. We have to figure that out too - although not until the arrival. He does get two weeks off and well I get whatever I need balanced with trying not to fall too far behind. Some how it'll all work out. I hope. Well I guess it has too.

We did get a Doula through the Center for the Childbearing Year. They got a grant to offer Doula services to low income familys (we qualify!). Aaron and I are both excited about that. They asked me some questions and said that they will try to find a match for us and get back to me in a couple of weeks. It'll just be nice to have someone that knows our wishes advocating for us and helping us both keep focused on the goal during labor. I went to see the doctor Friday and Monday. Friday was a consultation with the high risk OB.GYN due to some glitches in my medical history but I got a 100% go ahead from them. So the baby is at no risk and we can carry on as we were - that was a big weight off of my shoulders. The regular appointment on Monday went well too. The peanut is head down, has a heart beat of 137-143, and my womb is 31 inches top to bottom (yikes). The little guy is moving around a lot still but more from side to side at this point. He should stay head down until the delivery (we hope!) because he just doesn't have the room anymore for those manoeuvers. Aaron was able to hear his heart beat last night and we had some fun reading Dr Suess', "Cat in the Hat" to the little Pea. I think he liked it because he was wiggling around whenever we stopped.

It all just seems so crazy that we are going to be parents. Even at 25 (shh...) it feels like I'm not old enough to be someone's Mom.