I am about 10 weeks right now. I have my first official appointment next week to find out for sure though. This pregnancy and birth will be different than my other two because I have decided to have this baby at a birth center instead of a hospital. I already have one picked out, and I really like the midwife and the facility. I don't think there is anything wrong with hospital births. I just decided it wasn't for me. I felt like all throughout my labor and deliveries with Dawson and Addy I was being bossed around and told what to do. Don't get me wrong, I felt like the nurses and doctor were very kind, but I also felt like I didn't have many options or choices about my labor. I also hate needles, and throughout the my labors I felt like I was being poked and prodded the whole time. I really wanted to have a natural delivery in the hospital, but I just felt like I was hooked up to so many tubes and machines that I couldn't move around to relieve my discomfort. Both of my previous births went very smoothly, but this time I have decided I want something different. I am excited to see how everything goes, and to have a new baby in our home next Summer!
Addy obviously doesn't get what is going on, but Dawson does and he keeps telling me it will be a boy. I have a feeling he is right!
Morning Sickness. I thought I was going to avoid it with this pregnancy because I was feeling great for a while. Boy was I wrong. Around Thanksgiving time it hit me with a vengeance. I hate that feeling of being nauseous! It is just annoying enough that you can't get anything done! I am usually a pretty scheduled person, and I like to get up and get myself and the kids ready for the day after we wake up. I think that's why I hate morning sickness so much. For the past two weeks, unless I absolutely have to be somewhere, I just stay in my pj's, and so do the kids, rarely put on make-up, and shower about every other day. The house has been in a bad state, and clean towels and underwear few and far between. I need this morning sickness to be over! I can't take living like this much longer, ha ha. I know it will be coming to an end soon though, so I can stick it out a little longer.
I did manage to go meet Tyler for lunch in Salt Lake yesterday, and then take the kids to the zoo. I may have been looking a little rough but I honestly didn't care. Tyler's mom let me know that the zoo was having free admission yesterday so I decided to take the kids. I was feeling pretty sick as I was getting ready to go, but I felt like I owed it to the kids to take them since we have been so cooped up for the past couple weeks. I was really glad we went. We enjoyed getting to see Tyler, although Dawson was sad he didn't get to come with us to the zoo too. And the weather was great for the zoo! All the animals were up close so the kids could see them, and it was a fun day overall!
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| Loved this little elephant |
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| He was pretty excited by how close those sea lions were getting |
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| Addy was pretty entranced by this polar bear if you couldn't tell |
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| Telling me what the tiger says |
