15 weeks and 5 days

Help me - Baby Slings

I have been looking at the baby slings and am so overwhelmed! I think I like the moby wrap the best because it goes over both shoulders. I'm just not sure if I might like one of the Maya type ones better, or have even looked at patterns to make one. Can you ladies that have used these things let me know what you think? All of the baby stuff is so overwhelming for me!

Another Rainy Weekend

It's Memorial Day weekend and raining as usual. I was really wishing it would be nice so we could go camping or on a bike ride, but no luck there. On Saturday Myles made Pollo Assado on the barbecue with Mexican corn on the cob. It was so delicious!! I did a few projects on my sewing machine, and it felt good to sew again. On Sunday I stayed in bed until 4:30!! I am so lazy!! I just felt so tired, and it was raining outside, so I just slept and let the baby grow. Today is Myles and my 5 years anniversary of being together. I didn't even remember, but he reminded me. I can't believe I forgot a date like that! I can't believe 5 years has flown by so fast. It seems like only a year ago that I was living in Prague, or even San Diego. I can't believe I've been gone from SD for so long. I miss that beautiful sunshine!

14 Week Midwife visit

Myles met me for our third midwife visit. This time we met with Nora who is the other midwife that we may end up birthing with. She was very nice, but more serious than Catherine. The baby's heart was beating at 160 bpm which she said was good, and my blood pressure is really good as usual. The scale wasn't working correctly, so now I am depending on the scale at work which doesn't seem so reliable either! So far I think I have gained between 3 and 5 lbs, depending on where my bowels are! Gross!!

On the way home I went the wrong way and almost got lost, and Myles followed me in his car so it was kind of funny because he knew where he was going, but followed me the wrong way anyway. Now he keeps joking about my driving =) We have picked out the car seat and stroller that we like best. It's the top rated for safety on consumer reports, and we both agree it seems less "cheap" than the others. We don't want to buy it yet though in case things change in the next few months. We also found out that with our insurance we will pay $960 for the birth and pre-natal care with the midwifes, plus we have to buy a birthing kit and rent the birthing pool if we are going to use that for a water birth... Good thing we have been budgeting and will be able to handle these costs!! If I wanted to have the baby at Kaiser I wouldn't have to pay anything, but I feel this is an experience I will remember for my whole life, so feel it's worth the cost.

Poor sicky wah wah

I was hoping that once I hit the 13 week mark on my pregnancy I would feel wonderful and not be sick anymore. That is not the case =( I spent the entire weekend on the couch. I'm so tired, but the worst part is the nausea. I threw up this morning for the first time in about a week. Yuck!! I know this is all worth it and there is an end in sight... but sometimes I wish I could just stay in bed instead of coming to work and having to deal with other people's problems.

On a lighter note. Our friend Francis is planning on moving up here from San Diego and I'm so excited! She is such a sweetheart and a good friend, so I'm excited to have her around. Also, our friend Trav just got an awesome new boat, so I'm planning on spending lots of days out on the river this summer. It will also be fun when we go camping on the lake... they can haul our stuff in their boat so we don't have to worry about tipping over our stuff in the canoe! I love camping and summer time... I can't wait. It is supposed to finally warm up this week. yay!

Hot Chocolate

I was just joking with my friend Rebecca about making hot chocolate for her out of breast milk once I am able. Is that so funny...or just disgusting?! I think I am going to have to keep humor in these things. I have no idea what it will be like to have milk coming out of my body. Weird!

Anyway, I think I'm starting to feel a little better. Last weekend we rode our bikes around the neighborhood and got more veggies to plant in our tiny garden. I'm so excited for the rain to end and spring to be in full effect! Portland is so beautiful in the Spring time. There are flowers blooming everywhere. Our cherry tree has already done it's blooming for the year. We are afraid there may not be many cherries because as soon as it bloomed, the rain and snow came back so the bees weren't out. Our friend pointed out a little hole in our siding that had bees flying in and out of it. At first we panicked and tried to figure out what to do...but then I said "hey give them a chance". I keep hearing these scary things about bees disapearing and I would love to be one of the people that helps them have a safe home so they can polinate our garden and trees! I love the bumble bees.

Big boobs

Today I went to get a new bra. I have always worn a 34b. I have small boobs. 34b is perfect. Now that I'm pregnant I can see my poor bra stretched to it's limits. I wanted to wait longer to buy anything new...but a new bra couldn't wait. So I go in and try on a 36b and a 34c. You know the girl told me the cup actually gets bigger when the number is bigger, so she thought I would just need a 36b. Well I walked out of there with a 36D!!!! I can't believe it. I think it will fit a while, and hopefully my boobs have done their growing until they get the milk in there....momma friends, can you please tell me what to expect here?