38 Weeks!
I have reached the point where I am considered safe to give birth at home. Yay! Our birthing tub will be delivered this weekend, and now it’s a matter of weeks or days or whatever.
I’m annoyed, however, because I found out that I have group B strep colonization (basically, it’s a bacterial infection of the vagina - as with many bacterial infections, it’s pretty common and many women never know that they’re colonized, but when there’s a baby involved, there’s a risk of passing it to the baby, who is more likely to have problems with an infection). So, I have to address that. Really, there’s much, much worse complications that could come up. I have to speak to a nutritionist about ways to change my body environment to be less hospitable to the bacteria and push come to shove, take some antibiotics during my labor.
Otherwise, I’m feeling good. I just took an awesome nap. The nesting thing is really working out - I had the energy to clean a bunch of stuff yesterday - bathtub, floors, laundry, dishes, general straightening up… Good stuff. Ian has been doing some good shelf reoarganization, as well as other more labor intensive nesting projects, like moving furniture, cleaning under and the big rug, multiple laundry loads… We’re chipping away at the study a little each day - it’s kind of daunting. So much paper…
Oh - we had our first baby shower! It was great! There was an abundance of tasty food, and lovely people. And we got some kickass books to add to our collection:
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Moo, Baa, La La La! by Sandra Boynton
Jazzy Miz Mozetta by Brenda C. Roberts
Kitten’s First Full Moon
These are some of my favorites! Seuss and Boynton are old stand-byes, we got at least 2 titles for those authors. The second two were ones that I’d never heard of, but fell in love with instantly because of the awesome artwork (I have yet to see a story book with awesome art and a bad story. I’m sure they’re out there, but I haven’t seen ‘em). We got board books and paper books to cover a nice range of ages. I’m so excited about our expanding children’s library!
Well - there’s more to discuss, but I’m tired of typing. I’ll write again soon, though, since it’s been a while.
Atena Oyadi
