Tic tic tic

Well, our midwife is back and we have been working on getting Kat here with natural methods. (All approved by our CNM). When we went for our appointment I was 2cm dilated and 30% effaced and the midwife said she would be "very, VERY surprised" if we went to 40 weeks. We will be too. Especially because I was woken up twice last night with irregular (but actual, not Braxton Hicks) contractions. So we stalled but are hoping it won't be much longer.
Maybe by Monday we will have a new Montgomery. :)

Gotta go brew some more Raspberry Leaf Tea now.

Ciao for now~
marymontmama

Shifting

Woke up today and noticed that things are changing. Miss Kat is definitely moving into her starting position. My babybump is about 5 inches lower than it was last night. (I know that can happen weeks before baby is actually ready to make her appearance but am hopeful that it marks forward progression.)

I always thought that women were ready to be done being pregnant because of the discomfort, that comes along with it, (and believe me the tips of my swollen toes to the ache in my sciatic back and down to my extremely temperamental bladder are ready) but it is also just that I can't wait any longer. She is so cool and amazing and funny and I haven't gotten to meet her yet. We play games where I chase her little feet around my tummy or I pat and she pokes/kicks at where I patted, etc but I can't really snuggle her and I so want to. I look at her cosleeper next to our bed and long for her to be snuggled in it breathing softly. I just can't wait for this adventure to really start and I know it is going to go by so quickly once it does.

We are almost all ready for her, I still have to get my pre-admit paperwork faxed to the hospital and pack a bag for us all but other than that and a few more items which I am going to be handwashing for her but that she won't need right away, we are almost all ready for her. (for the first couple of months anyway, haven't gotten the wraps yet for the next size of the diapers we are using)
gDiapers - disposable diapers from gDiapers are biodegradable diapers.
Amazing product super company and her environmental footprint will be the same as it will be for the rest of her life. Pretty cool if you ask me.If you don't feel like going to the site, they are reusable cloth diaper wraps with reusable washable plastic liners which you then put flushable, biodegradable inserts into. No 5,000 year waste in landfills, and not a ton of hot water/energy used washing cloth diapers. Same amount of water and waste as mommy and daddy use (just more often each day). The product itself is something I am in love with the concept of but then they go and make it adorable too which just adds to the appeal, and they are so amazing to their employees and a truly family friendly company I just want to give them my business.

Okay, enough singing the praises of the diaper company, I am really biding my time until next Friday when my nurse midwife gets back from Tanzinia and then I think I am going to try almost every old wives tale there is to get this ball rolling. (almost, some of that stuff is just plain nuts!) But just really can't wait, and am concerned if they think she is too big when we get the next ultrasound that they are going to want to induce or do a c-section anyway. We will just have to wait and see what Miss Kat decides, let's just hope she doesn't decide to come 2 weeks late and only with induction like her mommy did.

I have also been following the FlyLady website to get the apartment decluttered and more ready for baby. So happy with how it is going, just got to keep it up at this point and then once she is born I will hopefully be able to do more. (not at first obviously but we shall see) It's very difficult to clean when you can't really bend over...I know you wouldn't think it would be but yeah, there is quite a bit of bending involved in cleaning. I am loving having my house "company ready" all the time. It's not perfect mind you, one of my aunts who is particularly fanatical about cleaning would probably still get the vapors upon entering but we feel it is cozy and much cleaner. And I love not having to try to scramble around getting things either hidden or "cleaned" before people show up. If someone were to just drop by I wouldn't be embarrassed, and I can't tell you what a load off of my mind that is.

Anyway, I guess that is all for today except that I may not have mentioned lately that the LOML is the most amazing man ever and I am so grateful for the SUPER DUPER DADDY that I know he is going to be!

Ciao for now~
marymontmama