Stuffy Stuff

This past weekend was pretty uneventful. On Sunday, Bryan and I went to church, Wendy's, then came home and watched football and some movies. After the movie, we went for our daily walk. Every morning, we go for a walk on a trail that goes around base housing. It is about a two and a half mile walk starting and ending at our house. Hopefully walking like this will help later on with getting little Garret to come out sooner.

Last Thursday, Bryan and I had our last child birth prep class. The week before, we got to see the labor and delivery rooms and the post-partum rooms. This hospital is very old fashioned. The labor and delivery rooms have two beds in them, so hopefully there aren't a bunch of women giving birth the day I do! They also don't have tubs in the labor and delivery room but they have a jacuzzi tub for after you give birth. This does not make any sense to me!

I went yesterday for my epidural consultation. I wasn't going to but when my doctor asked if I had yet and I told her I didn't think I was going to, she told me that she wanted me to anyway. She said that it is just for safety precautions and that if I ha to have an emergancy c-section or something, that it would be dangerous for them to give me one without knowing my medical history or anything about me. So they have a paper on file at the hospital now just in case.

Bryan's birthday and other stuff!

Bryan's birthday was quite a fun day. We were just going to hang out at home and order pizza and just hang out, but our friends wanted to go out to a Japanese Steakhouse with us before they left (he deployed to Iraq yesterday and she went home). Anyway, it was amazing. There is a big grill type thing with a table and eight chairs around it. The chef cooks everything in front of you. He does different tricks and stuff with the cooking tools and also flicks things to see if you can catch it in your mouth. They make it a pretty fun experience. While the chef was making our food, a gentleman comes up and sits next to Bryan. I didn't hear what he was saying because I was talking to Liz. After the man leaves Bryan told me that he paid for ours and our friends' meals. When we left the restaurant, he told us what the man said. He basically told Bryan that he could tell that he and our friend Jason were in the military and he was thankful for them serving and that he heard it was Bryan's birthday. Liz, Jason and I didn't get a chance to thank the gentleman and Bryan guessed that he didn't want a lot of attention. One day when we are able to, I want to be able to do that for someone.

While we were still eating dinner, our chef asked if we were out celebrating anything. Liz and I pointed out that it was Bryan's birthday. Later on after dinner, the staff came out with a drum. They said that they were going to sing him a song and he had to stand up on his chair and if he danced, he would get a year of good luck. He ended up dancing and what a sight it was...lol!!

After we left the restaurant, we decided to go putt-putting. for old times sake. I could definitely tell that I am getting a lot bigger because I had to have someone get my ball out of the hole every time because I couldn't bend over.

My sister got into a car accident. Thank goodness she is ok! They were coming up towards the railroad tracks on Maish I think, and a lady slammed on her brakes. It turns out that a kid on a moped was trying to turn left and the lady didn't see him. Meghan says that she didn't see any brakes lights on the lady's car but no one checked. Anyway, her air bag ended up deploying and her car is undriveable. My step-dad is flying out here on Sunday to come get the van because they are now out a vehicle. Thank goodness Meghan and Chelsea are both ok.

Random!

I realized that I didn't blog after our first child birth preparation class like I said I would. Overall the class went really well. There were about ten or eleven of us prego ladies with their partners. Some of them had a friend or mother with them due to their husband being in boot camp or deployed. The first thing we learned about was the basic stuff, how the baby is positioned, what happens during labor, etc. A couple of the women had a ton of questions about everything. I guess it is a good thing because some of them questions were great. Bryan even asked a question but I can't even remember what it was..lol! One of the girls I got to talking to, is due the 17th of this month. She may not even make it to the last class.



The next thing we did was practice imagery. The instructor had us lye on a mat with the lights off and some soothing music on. She told us to picture a place that would relax us (i.e. the beach). She told us to concentrate on what we hear, smell and see. We were instructed to take deep breaths and just focus on relaxing. The music really did help me relax and helped paint a better picture of my relaxing place. All of us almost fell asleep, including the partners.



This week, we are supposed to watch a child birth video and learn more about the different stages of labor. Next week, we are taking a tour of the labor and delivery ward, and the last week, we are going to go over some things that we didn't get to and some basic baby care.



Change of subject, Bryan and I finally put the crib and changing table up a couple of weeks ago. We also bought some Safari wall stickers which Bryan put up. Last week, I washed all of his newborn and 0-3 months clothes and all of his bedding, blankets, burp cloths, bibs, etc. I know that I still have ten weeks to go, if it takes that long, but I really felt like I needed to get that stuff done. I still find myself every time I go to Wal-Mart, migrating towards the baby stuff looking for anything we don't have. Which reminds me that Bryan and I bought a stroller over the weekend on craigslist.com for only $40. It is a jogging stroller which I know maneuvers much better than a regular one. It also leans back for newborns!



Here is a pic of the bedding and the crib. You might not be able to see it that well but here it goes! There is still a queen mattress in his room for guests, but as soon as we aren't expecting any more guests, it will be moved to the garage.

I am going to make an appointment with the anaesthesiologist, in case I do decide to get the epidural. I have pretty much decided that I want to go all natural with out any medication, but I want to have it as a back up in case I don't handle the pain very well.

I know, I know!

I know that I haven't been a very good blogger these past few months. I don't even think to get on here when I am surfing' the net.

There hasn't been anything really significant that has happened. Last week our friends stayed at our house with us for a few days. They had to move out of base housing because he is deploying to Iraq in a few weeks and she is going back to Ohio to be with family. It was weird having to share the house with people and waking up with people in the house.

We took Roxy on her first trip to the beach yesterday. Here are a few pics.

This is Roxy peeking over the seats. It was her first ride in our new SUV.

She loved walking on the sand, chasing birds and trying to get attention from all the other people on the beach. When we took her down towards the Ocean and the tide came up to her, she ran away from it. I think she was a bit intimidated by the waves. One time, we went towards the water and didn't get away in time. She ended up getting soaked, which she didn't like a bit. By the time we left the beach, she was all sandy and wet. I could tell we wore her out a bit because after we got home and gave her a bath, she plopped down and went to sleep.

In other news, I went for my blood sugar test for pregnancy diabetes. I was the only one out of three patients that day to pass. My next appointment is on the 8th. I will have a different doctor, which I am not looking forward to. On Thursday, Bryan and I start a child birth class at the hospital where I will deliver in November. I have also been reading about the Bradley Method in a book that Kim let me borrow.

That's all the news for now. Hopefully I will blog before then but if I don't, I will tell you how the class goes on Thursday!