Fun stuff.

Wednesday I went to the midwife. This was the first appointment where Tad wasn't there, but no way around it because he's in fire rookie school for the next six weeks. It was normal appointment in that I had a list of questions and Anjili and I talked for about 20 minutes. I told her I would be really surprised if she doesn't attend the birth because I've seen her more than anyone else there! Three weeks before at my last appt. bb was still breach so I was eager to find out if anything had changed so after we chatted she felt my belly -- the head was down! That was great news... I was surprised I didn't feel all that movement of the 180 degree turn but I had no clue. I was so excited when Anjili said she was going to do a quick ultrasound to make sure. Too bad it lasted less than 30 seconds... she just said "yep, there's the head, there's the butt and there's the feet". Much different than my 20 minute ultrasound at See Baby! The only other news from this appt. was that I had lost a pound. She didn't say anything about it, probably because I'm measuring fine. Tad was worried but I told him as long as the baby and my belly are growing then I don't care if I gain another pound in the next 9 weeks!

That night Tad and I went to Atlanta Medical for the Midwife Meet n' Greet. It's mainly for people who are thinking of using them so there was a Q and A session and a maternity ward tour (which is why I wanted to go). Tad and I are incredibly lucky that we've gone to Intown Midwifery from the beginning. There were several women there who were in their third trimester who decided to transfer because they were unhappy with their OB. Tad even said "we have to make sure we have all of our kids with them". It makes me happy he loves them as much as I do!

I'm still feeling pretty good, just get worn out easily and I'm always hot (to be expected this time of year in Atlanta regardless of whether you're pregnant or not!). I pretty much take lukewarm showers and I still feel light-headed so I sit down to brush my teeth and put on my make-up in the morning. The past several nights I've been waking up at around 2:30 and stay up for an hour to an hour 1/2. It's pretty annoying. I'm never uncomfortable but sometimes I'm hungry so I eat something with protein in it and then lay back down. My mind is super busy with thoughts of pregnancy, labor, and work so it takes a while to fall back asleep. The baby is most active during this time too so I have a feeling he or she arrives I'll be up at the same hour. :) I'm thankful that the nausea is minimal. On average, I probably get sick once/week but it hits me all of a sudden. Sometimes it's when I brush my tongue in the morning and other times it's completely random (like on Thursday when I drank some water with lime and had the sudden urge to vom). I'm used to it now.

We decided on a doula, the amazing Shari Aizenman.

Lastly, my first baby shower was yesterday. Jess and Becky hosted at Jess' house and I must say, it was one of the best showers I've been to with lots of yummy food and awesome decorations! I have some pretty wonderful friends too... bb got tons of stuff! Here are some of my favorite pics:

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This week we have the water birth class at North Fulton on Sunday. It's required by Tenet to labor/deliver in the water. I was planning to take it at AMC, but when I called last week to register they said the next available slot was Sept. 1st. Whoops, procrastinated on that one! I thought that was cutting it a little close to my due date so I just decided to go up to Roswell to take it. On Saturday, Jenny is throwing me a shower with some of my old Acsys co-workers. I'm looking forward to catching up with them!