30 Frickin' Weeks!

Yikes...and the 10 week countdown begins.

• Another good prenatal appointment. "everything is perfect" Dan jr is still head down and i guess he'll probably stay that way from now on. LaNette is estimating that he's about 2.25lbs, which is a little smaller than all the online resources are telling me (maybe 2.5-3lbs).

• I got my first shower gift this week too :) My Aunt Penny from Florida sent out a gift to mom's house. Mom gave me the option to wait until the shower or see it now...i chose to see it now hehe. It's a highchair!

• We had another doula interview this week (and another one tonight). Though it was better than the first one, it really didn't go that well. She seemed to have more confidence and i'm assuming this is coming from her background in nursing, but really she again only has maybe 5-7 births under her belt and they have all been at a hospital. however, this girl did have clients that she was not familiar with and seems to be moving in a more holistic direction. Overall, we still weren't impressed and at this point neither of those girls would be any better than just maybe having my mom there (and she would be free!). If these next few interviews go just as bad, I think i'm passing on a doula and will just look for an extra set of hand for dan from friend or family....

• Update: I had to stop writing this blog to take another doula interview. this one was great!! this lady was great, confident, experienced, knowledgeable, has homebirth experience, has worked with lanette before, and if affordable! she's bradely class instructor, certified in breastfeeding, infant massage, accupunture and herbal medicine, etc. etc. so cool.

• Dan's mom sent us an email early this week that she wants to "surprise" us by getting us a gliding rocker for a shower gift. This is a super sweet gesture, but it has ended up being a stressful one. Realistically, i don't think i want a glider. Vicki was adamant that we need one - a big comfy one. But when I think about it, it's just a big bulky expensive piece of furniture that I don't have room for and once i'm done with the bulk of the nursing, will just be something else I have to deal with. And if i'm really thinking that, it would be a waste of her money to get us a glider. We tried to tell her, but she said that she would just feel better knowing that we had one...the only thing holder her back was that the one we "wanted" was not in stock. So, that night (and during my lunch break) we ran out to the store to sit on all the rockers again and we weren't able to find one that was big enough and comfortable. So, we told vicki and she since has seemed to change her mind that if we really didn't want it, she wouldn't get it. so, now we are back at square one.