I've been a total slacker! I haven't updated this blog in what feels like decades! Rather than doing the normal weekly questions I think I'll just write about what has been going on in our lives.
The Center for Women's Health at Evergreen (the clinic I most recently switched to) is under going lots of changes. One of them being that the midwives at that office are leaving and going to EvergreenHealth Midwifery Care. Evergreen's very first midwife only clinic! You can bet that I'm following them there! The midwives that I've already been seeing, Shana and Michelle, will continue my prenatal care along with 1 other midwife. My first appointment at that office is on Tuesday, the 11th. I'm excited to be one of the first patients at Evergreen's first midwifery clinic!
Tommy and I have been hard at work on baby Ayla's nursery. If you're friends with me on facebook I'm sure you've seen plenty of pictures. Her room is almost completely set up and her closet fully stocked. I was hesitant at first to use pink, but honestly what little girl doesn't love a little pink in her life? :) All we need now is bedding, a few more organization bins, and a couple other odds and ends.
I was blessed to have a wonderful shower thrown for me on the 25th. My sisters in-law Mitzi and Kelsey threw a beautiful party and everyone was so generous! Thank you to everyone that came to celebrate Ayla with me. She is already one spoiled little girl.
(We're going to get a little more intimate in this next paragraph.) As far as pregnancy specific symptoms and feelings go, I've been feeling pretty good. I have experienced stretch marks, but not where I was expecting the first ones to show up. The "girls" have grown by 3 cup sizes (WOW!) and my skin didn't appreciate that very much. The stretch marks are still pretty faint and I'm sure they'll fade over time. Luckily none have strung up anywhere else yet. Baby girl is still breech (I'll be talking to my midwife at my next appointment about things I can do to help turn her), which means her little head is RIGHT under my ribs. Her head is also squishing my gall bladder which is causing even more discomfort. I spend a good couple hours a day with my hand at the top of my belly pushing her head down. Ayla has been so much more active over the past couple weeks. It might be that she is just getting stronger so I'm feeling every movement way more. I can't even explain how neat it is to feel her move. It's completely surreal to know that it's a tiny little human in there making my belly jiggle and poke out. Until next time I'll leave you with a couple video of baby girl spazzing out. Look toward the left side of my belly. I promise my next update won't be 8 weeks late!
I couldn't help but laugh. Those two big jerks at 50 seconds are me chuckling.
