We are now in the home stretch, as they say, of our pregnancy. This is the time that most people say feels the longest and it does feel like we have quite some time before the due date, but we are guessing it will go by pretty fast. Why wouldn't it? So far things have felt (relatively) quick and smooth.
We had our home visit with our midwives last week. The first thing they asked to see was the kitchen. Yeah, we thought the same thing...the kitchen?? They make herbal teas and whatnot for the birth, so they wanted to know where to find our big stock pot, mugs, honey (Shani questions the honey, she never uses honey for tea. Silly Hakujins), etc. Next was the laundry room (John thinks sweet, they will be doing laundry not him) then to our birthing supplies. Being the organized person she is, Shani had all the birthing supplies in order and set in one area for them to go through. The midwives commented on how nice and easy it was to see everything. It looks like we had everything we need which is a good start. We then went to the bedroom to see where the tub would go. We thought we'd need to move the bed around to make space, but they said there was a great spot for it. John still wants to slide the bed over a bit to be nice and give us a little more room. Then it was to our "normal" prenatal visit. Shani's BP was 120/82, baby's heart-rate was 132bpm, she is measuring 34cm, and everything continues to look healthy. Now that we've officially hit 36 weeks and had our home visit, we are clear to deliver at home! Hurray!
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| 36 weeks |
Shani had another wonderful shower this weekend that her great friends Betty, Lisa, Liz, and Michelle threw for her. They served brunch, a cool twist to the traditional baby shower times, and a delicious variety of food. This shower had some of Shani's soccer friends that she's known for 15+ years as well as other great college and family friends. Among the friends, there were 6 pregnant gals! What is in the water?? We were blessed again to receive so many helpful and adorable things from friends. This little guy of ours already has a wardrobe larger than John's. If he is anything like his dad, it's a good thing he has so many clothes because John's white shirts never stay white!
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| The pregnant mommy's at the shower |
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| Piranha Girls (Soccer) |
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| Great shower hosts Lisa, Betty, Liz, and Michelle | | |
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| Wonderful Friends |
Here is a picture of the room. There are still some pictures and shelves and a valance and closet curtains that we want to hang, so we'll post more pictures once the room is all the way done. John put up our new blinds this weekend so now that wall looks a little more complete. We are very happy with how it turned out and it still shocks us when we walk by that room and see it all decorated. There are times when it still has not hit us that our lives will be changing, but at the same time we can't wait!
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