In the last six weeks, Baby Grover has nearly doubled in height to about 16 or 17 inches. She should only gain a few more inches before her grand entrance. Her eyebrows and eyelashes are fully formed, and any hair she has on her head (I'm guessing there's quite a bit) is white because it doesn't have any pigment to it yet.
I'm getting bigger and bigger every day. I'm starting to get a little achy right under my ribs.
Our class started last night officially. I think we have a nice group of people. When class first started I think I was actually a little nervous. I don't know if it was because I was in a room full of people I didn't know or if it was because the immediacy of this whole parenting thing became real. There's a doula/massage therapist in our class that I have my eyes on. The further along we get, the more interested we are in the possibility of hiring a doula.
We saw the coolest video at our class. A brand newborn baby was placed on its momma's stomach right after birth. We watched the baby scoot up the momma's tummy, find her breast (all on its own), and start to nurse. It was unbelievable and totally precious.
2 comments:
I think hiring a doula is a great idea. I am thinking about that for our next one also. You can do fine in the beginning stages of labor on your own, but once it gets really hard I think a doula would be great to keep you motivated and positive, especially if you want to do it natural. After 16 hours of labor au natural, I started to kind of freak out and since I couldn't understand anyone and Patrick had never been through it before either, so was also kind of freaking out, I had to get the epidural, but I think I might have been able to stay calm and make it all the way if I had had a doula. Long comment, probably more than you cared to know, but those are my thoughts on a doula.
Jeannine Sacco (NP, who delivered Tim, massaged my lower back in the last stages of delivery. It was relieving as well as calming.
On another note. Seeing Elena's pix, I keep being reminded of Nana Eclarin's brother's comment when she was carrying your Aunt Anne. The gist of the comment was she needed a red flag as her belly was getting so big. I should talk! I know what it's like to grow so much during pregnancy. In those days sonagrams were not routinely ordered, but doctors had me take them to make sure I wasn't carrying twins. Whew! My prayers were answered--just one little bundle of joy.
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