Catching Up

This week went by quickly as I felt like I was trying to "catch up" once again from a busy weekend and the dreaded time change. Luckily this weekend was nice and relaxing... to the point where I was able to even able to clean out a few closets! Lately I have really been having this strong urge to get everything prepared for the baby, but my body isn't cooperating as much as I would like it to, so I find myself sitting down and just thinking about everything I would like to do!

On Monday we had our first Lamaze class, which was really great. Our instructor is a doula (i.e. labor coach) and her approach to viewing birth as something beautiful, natural and empowering is something that I am really attracted to (My favorite quote from the evening was "Doctors don't deliver babies, MOMS deliver babies... Doctors just CATCH babies!"). In fact, it is so appealing that Marshall and I are seriously considering hiring a doula for our own birth. Our instructor is "booked up" in May, but her cohort is available and I will be talking to her tomorrow to see if it would all work out.

Other than that I have been surprised at the fact that just this week alone three men at work asked me why I was still there. When I told them I still had over 2 months to go they seemed shocked. Marshall's cousin Matt provided some insight on this issue though when he told me that a lot of men just assume that once you finally "look pregnant" you probably are ready to have the baby! Based on those who asked me at work this week, I would guess that is a pretty good assumption. I, on the other hand, am all too aware of how much longer I have to go! I am starting to feel really "weighed down" and reading that the baby will gain about half a pound a week from now until 38 weeks will only make that more so!