30 Weeks.....eek!

Today I had my 30 week appointment with the midwife. It was a great appointment as usual. I'm doing fine and so is the baby, which is always a great thing to hear.

I am 3 pounds shy of my ending weight with Cooper...Lord help us all! ALTHOUGH...Baby Girl is also measuring at 32 (equivalent to 32 weeks), not just 30! The midwife's prediction is that she will be bigger than Cooper was. That makes since though, this labor and delivery I want no medications, so it just fits that I have a bigger baby! :)

She is already head down....way way down. The midwife doesn't see much possibility of her turning into a breech position which is great news. Who knows, maybe since she's so low she will come at about 38 weeks and not 42 weeks!

We went and visited my family in Ft. Worth this past week. There are some great pictures posted (click on The Smiths under that Photo section). I realized on our way home that I should not be in a car anymore for long periods of time....my back hurt, I was have BH contractions and was worn out! So, from now until the baby gets here we are not going to be traveling.

Cooper's doing great. He had lots of fun with his cousins and is still talking about them. Today is actually the first day of him sleeping in his Big Boy Bed for nap time! He did very well with going down easily and such.

27 Weeks

WOW! I am so amazed at how fast this pregnancy has gone. I know once I get to the last 4 weeks it will seem as if it is dragging, but it's amazing that I'm already 27 weeks along.

We have decided to go with a Doula for this birth. We had thought of taking a Bradley Method Course and then being on our own with our midwife during the L&D. After talking with the midwife, she recommended that the course wouldn't be as beneficial to us as a doula would be. We interviewed a few of the doulas in the area and found a GREAT doula. She is a wonderful Godly woman who believes in allowing the female body to do what it needs to do to birth a baby. She is also not going to yell at me if I end up insisting on an epidural, ALTHOUGH she knows how strongly we feel against any meds during L&D and is prepared to get me through it. We meet with her again next week.

We're also going to take a few cool courses from a Maternity store in town that are offered for free. Those should be fun and interesting. Other than that, the baby continues to be low, she lays, sits, kicks on my bladder 24/7. I really feel that effect of going to the bathroom and then not even 10 minutes later questioning if I went to the bathroom recently because I just HAVE to go again.

Cooper's doing great as usual. He's talking up a storm. We went for his two yr appointment yesterday and the doctor was HIGHLY impressed at his communication and behavior (of course he didn't have a tantrum there!) Although she was impressed with how well he handled her poking and checking him all over. He didn't cry and was actually more curious about the instruments she was using.

Little things that he is doing that amazes me:

*when we drive by his MDO, he says "School Mommy, School" as if to tell me that we need to go to school b/c we haven't been in a while!
*he said "I Love You" today to me without any prompting...it was so sweet
*he gets on to the dogs for me all the time, especially when they are barking!
*this last weekend we had some friends over and their family. They have a 5 month old baby and Cooper did amazing with him. He would put a blanket on him and even insisted the he take his paci, even when the baby spit it right back out.

We go to see the midwife tomorrow. I think this month I have gained the MOST weight! EEK!