Here's some pictures of the stockings which I wish I had a prettier background for but I was in a hurry to try to get to the post office before they closed.
I love all the earth tones!
As for a baby update, I was officially half way done last Tuesday (20 weeks). I've been feeling her move and kick a lot more and her kicks are getting a lot stronger. Brandon was gone for most of the week on a business trip and when he came home on Thursday he felt her kick for the first time!
A lot of you have asked me about what I'm going to do differently this time like am I going to get an epidural, etc. When I think about it I'm so glad that I have another chance to be able to do some of the things that I didn't do with the other ones - so here it is - my list of things I'm hopefully going to get to do differently this time around (some of them depend on if everything goes smoothly):
1. More maternity pictures and month to month pics!
I know some people aren't to fond of getting maternity shots taken but I think it's fun to catch that period of time in your life. I didn't get pictures done with Cole or Chase but I did an in studio session with Cylas. This time I want to go outdoors and have them done (my cousins sister-in-law is a photographer and has some beautiful outdoor shots - you can take a look at: http://www.sarahfrenzel.com/ ) I'm big enough to get them done now so I want to do it when the leaves are changing color, plus that way I'll have them done before I blow up like a blimp :)
I've never done the month to month snapshots but this time I've been taking them every 5 weeks. It's fun to see exactly how you're changing and I think it's something that the baby will love to look back at when she's older.
2. Invite family and maybe a couple of close friends to witness her birth.
In the past Brandon and I have thought that this is such an overwhelming and personal moment that it's always just been us in the room at the time of birth. Basically, I've had three most amazing moments of my life - I get one more most amazing moment, and I at least want our family to be able to share (if they want to) such an incredible moment not only in mine and Brandon's life but in hers :) (of course it will be from the side of the room - not from down there!!) . . . which leads me to my next change
3. Plan on getting an epidural!!!
When I was pregnant with Cole I was determined not to get an epidural and I got through the whole thing without one (although I looked like I got hit with a MAC truck afterwards - I seriously looked like I got beat up). I decided to try to do the same thing with Chase and this time I was being induced with pitosen. I got through it again - but wish I wouldn't have. Talk about the most excruciating pain of my life - his shoulders got stuck when I was pushing (shoulder dystocia) and this leads to a different scenerio when I was in labor with Cy. Again, I was going to see how I would handle it with no epidural but the second my dr. broke my water I started bauling in fear of having the same pain I did with Chase. That actually made me tense up and I was stuck at a six for two hours. I then decided to get the epidural and less than a half hour later I was pushing.
So, after these experiences let me just say, labor does not get any easier and each time has never been the same. I do want an epidural this time (especially since I want other people in the room) but I think I want to wait till I've progressed a little to get one. We'll see!!!
4. Video the birth (from behind my shoulder!!)
This goes back to this being such an amazing moment. I've never video taped any of my other kids and wish I had - now I have to depend on my memory to remember everything!!!
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That's the list for now. Like I said, some of these depend on if everything goes smoothly; if I don't get to do all of these things then that's okay as long as I have a healthy baby :)
1 comment:
I LOVE that fabric! I'm so happy that some of the last of it ended up in hands as creative as yours! =)
I think your list is great. I always said I would get an epidural with Gracie (I'm a total wimp) and although I had a few bumps along the way with it I will def get it again! But I really wanted to tape the birth and get more pictures so we'll do that next time. Cool! I'm so excited you're getting one last opportunity to do everything you want! =)
Great to see you guys Thursday!
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