Well, not much to report here. Of course why would there be... we live in the middle of a field in freaking North Dakota. Every time I say "North Dakota," I put "freaking" in front of it. Makes me feel better.
I've gotten huge. I get bigger every day. I was okay with this whole thing until the baby got big... now I've changed my mind and I don't want to give birth anymore--or at least I don't want to be conscious for it. He is going to tear me apart.
Also, I think men can get the nesting instinct, too. Anton seems more worried than I am right now. He's convinced that the baby will be born two weeks early (because he knows a few other guys who's wives had their babies two weeks early), and he was telling me about labor: "When you have a contraction that you can't breath through, that's when you need to go to the hospital... or, I mean, midwife..."
That was after he asked me if I've been feeling any labor pains. I laughed so much that morning. But he asks if I'm in labor like once a week. That started way back in August. And he's constantly reminding me to take my pills and to not squish the baby. It's kind of adorable how serious and concerned he is about everything relating to the baby. And how excited he is to have a son. I think I picked a good one. :-)
I'm thinking about dying my hair again... a dark color like maybe black or almost black. But I'm afraid that I'll change my mind after I dye it because I won't want to keep dying it...
some of the longest, most difficult struggles I go through are about my hair. I'm so fickle about it. I almost got a super, super short haircut right after I came to freaking North Dakota (hehe). But I was too scared. Ugh, someone should just tell me what to do all the time.
Oh man. I remember wanting to dye my hair when I was pregnant the first time. I was talking with Jeri about it, and I guess she dyed her hair once (while pregnant) and it didn't take very well. You should ask her about it.
ReplyDeleteI also have an old neighbor who had red curly hair, and then she had her first baby, and it is completely straight now (like from the pregnancy hormones!). Crazy!
I keep thinking about cutting my hair off too. It's down to my mid-back. My hair grows so slow though I would be heartbroken....it's a love/hate relationship lol. I like your hair dark. It's pretty :)
And (sorry) it's totally normal to have Braxton Hicks contractions realllly early on. I started them this time at 21ish weeks.
He was talking about real labor. I haven't had Braxton Hicks anyway, though.
ReplyDeleteWe will not talk about my opinion on your hair being one of your most difficult struggles. Suffice it to say, if that is your biggest problem...(it's okay, this will all change in December). However, I would like to say that you are NOT old. You will never be old, so you are not allowed to feel old. Because if you are old, what does that make me? Yes, an old crone. And since it is not nice to call your sister names, I hereby demand that you cease to feel old this instant. Also, remember that I have gray hair, and lots of it. You, on the other hand, don't. If, by chance, you meant you feel that you are "old" in the sense of being over teenagerhood and hitting adulthood, that is entirely permissible.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I really wish I were going to be there for this birth. If for no other reason than to hand the paper bag to Anton to breathe into while you do all the work. But really, I do wish I could come :(
I mean difficult as in, I never really come to a resolution. The quicker I make a decision on something, the less difficult I feel like that struggle is for me. And I feel old as in, I'll never be this young again, and I can't go back to before I have kids. No more sleeping in until noon because we stayed up until 2 or 3 watching movies. No more spontaneous trips with friends... I guess that is becoming an adult...
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