Sleeping now officially stinks. I'm tired, but I toss and turn (make that heave myself over to either side) all night. Friday night's childbirth class went fine, except that we showed up 15 minutes late (Brian went biking.)...
The nutjob couple did not show up and neither did crazy talk-a-lot high schooler and mom. It was kind of nice having just the four normal-ish couples there. We had a tour of the hospital and it made me glad that we're not due until November. I'm so excited to get to go to the new hospital! Mainly just because I am not keen on sharing a postpartum room, but also because everything will be new and nice and calm colors and yay! We're going to try and get a tour of the new hospital sometime in the next month or so. Along with meeting a pediatrician, getting Olivia a vet appointment, finding a dresser, etc. oy!
Here's the newest belly pic. I didn't like my face in it, so you don't get to see. Ha ha.
I can now see body parts moving around, which is about the weirdest thing in the entire world. He will also poke me in the bladder, which I have told him is not a nice thing to do, but he doesn't listen very well. :)
I'll try to write again soon.
We're all still alive down here, just been busy lately. We had the first of our "every two weeks" appointments on Thursday. The news from the ultrasound is that the placenta has definitely moved out of the way and everything is looking good. Snowpea was 2lbs, 14oz and that was over a week ago now! He's getting big! (Actually that puts him in the 36th percentile for growth, but still!) Blood pressure and all are still doing well, but I did convince the dr. that I had a lovely little infection, so I'm now on antibiotics for a week. Apparently not treating with antibiotics could lead to preterm labor, so there wasn't really a choice there. This baby isn't fat enough to be born yet! :)
Last night we had our first of two childbirth class sessions. With my experience working in the OB department in high school, living with my mother, and just being so smart, I didn't really learn that much. But it was reassuring to hear all the information again and know that Brian was forced to hear it too! He was an excellent "coach" (lamest name ever) and made sure I was stocked up on hot chocolate, orange juice, and graham crackers for the full three hours. Apparently the center realizes that a bunch of pregnant ladies don't want to sit in a hard chair for three hours, so they also had these little wrestling mats that you could sit on. No one else really used one, but I was all over that idea! I even had our two pillows propped up behind me and leaned on Bri's legs. Now, for the nutjobs. Of course, we had the obligatory high schooler there, which wouldn't have been so bad if she hadn't brought along her know-it-all, white-trash mom who talked waaaaay too much. Her boyfriend also showed up later, so their little group of three was just a spectacle to behold. The best/weirdest/OMG situation though, was this very normal-seeming couple. The woman did seem very anxious about the whole idea of giving birth and stated her "biggest fear/concern" during the icebreaker as the "genital mutilation" that would occur. Then, we watched a 9 minute video about the stages of labor and lo and behold, they took 3 seconds to show a baby crowning. At this point, the girl turned away from the t.v. screen and apparently told her husband, "we need to leave now!" They got up, walked out, and never returned. What the heck?!? You are obviously the person most in need of this class (even more so than high school girl) and you get up and leave because you saw a glimpse of what's going to happen to you next month??? WOW! There's $45 down the drain. Nutjob.
Anyway!
Today Brian went for a run and then had to go down to the lab. I decided to take this opportunity to browse Borders and picked up Snowpea's first book! It was hard to decide because they had an awesome fabric version of "Are you my mother?" with a little stuffie bird that could sit in his nest and in the snort, but I ultimately decided that he would enjoy this book more: 
It's a touch/feel book about kittens! Since Snowpea will be born into a family of two merrows, he needs a book about them!
I also had to mosey myself on down to starbucks and pick up a tall decaf pumpkin spice latte. Seriously, this is one of the reasons I like the fall. :)
I can now see body parts moving around, which is about the weirdest thing in the entire world. He will also poke me in the bladder, which I have told him is not a nice thing to do, but he doesn't listen very well. :)
