33 weeks and Thriving!

We are on the up and up! I am not working anymore so you are my complete focus! You and I are eating, drinking, going to the bathroom, resting, doing yoga, reading, taking care of the animals, and setting up your nursery. Yoga feels so good!

For a while I was struggling with light headiness from the low blood pressure. I kept me more stationary and on a lower energy level. Thankfully, I learned about Celtic sea salt and pink Mediterranean sea salt both which are full of extra minerals. At my last midwife appointment I was instructed to rest, do yoga, drink water, continue with the prenatal vitamins, increase my iron, take in protein at every single meal, increase my calcium and calories. So I have and we are now on the up and up! I switched to almond milk instead of soy over a month ago and didn't think anything of it until I was told to recheck my protein intake and I realized how much less protein is in almond milk than soy. Easy to remedy! I have to be mindful about my eating in the morning to make sure I have a good start for the day. I love these easy natural remedies! I went to whole foods and had the best time filling up my grocery cart to the brim. I was also getting something which I don't know the technical name for it but it feels like throw up in your mouth after you eat (acid reflex?) and I was instructed to eat vanilla ice cream and creamy products after and during meals. Worked like a charm! It's brilliant!

Another new thing, for the first time in my life I am actually warm not cold! My body temperature is blazing with you inside. Is that why they call it the bun in the oven?

We are busy gathering all of the home birth supplies, finding a pediatrician, taking birthing classes, reading all the books the midwives suggest (every time I go they tell me another few books to read!), talking to insurance companies, and completing the BirthCare checklist. Whew! I think it would have been a lot easier to give birth in the ole' days without all of these requirements and stipulations we have today but, this is life in a modern city so we're rolling with it.

I am also "instructed" to have daily time with you! So we have been reading, taking baths, massaging, singing, meditating, snuggling and it is a constant source of joy in my day! I hope you are enjoying our time too!

Daddy has been so adorable planning for you! On his days off he wants to do things to get ready for your arrival so we have been spending a lot of QualityTime together. I feel so much better about everything already! I bought some diapers feeling so privileged to get to walk down the baby aisle at the store. I came home and hugged the package when I thought of putting you in them...your cute tiny bottom!! We bought a new bookcase and dresser, lamp, shower curtain, and other little things for your nursery. We were so excited to put everything up we had to do it right away and sat in your room thinking about you and talking. It feels so good to share all of this with your Dad I feel so bad for the mothers whose partners are away or are single. It is so fun to see your Dad get excited about everything too.

I think we both felt proud inside when we went to your Dad's work and saw the babies in the NICU. I was too hormonal and got teary just seeing babies! I have such a strong hormonal connection to babies and kids right now. I just want everyone to have the most love in the world! This is why it's so hard for me to think of leaving my students right now. I can't think about them or I get too sad. I have to concentrate on you. I wanted to hold the babies and give them kisses! How heart wrenching that all these babies are separated from their families and their families are just praying they'll make it through the day. We are so blessed to be so incredibly healthy! You are such a perfect baby! We have to pray for all the youth everywhere to thrive like you.