Our New Family of Four Pics

Okay so I probably teased some of you making you think I've had the baby! Nope, 10 more days or so, although there are several; "bets" at work that I won't make it through this weekend! Wait and see is all we can do.

I wanted to share some great pics that my modest friend Margaret took. She loves photography but I think feels more comfortable with non-human objects so I'm so grateful she was willing to come out of her comfort zone for me. I had always wished I had more pregnancy photos taken when I was pregnant with Eian and with this child I am even more in awe of God's miracle that I wanted it captured!

I think Margaret did a great job don't you? She picked a great setting too and one I wouldn't have thought of on my own. It's actually our Historical Museum which is really and old home of one of the town's founder's. It's closed for remodeling so it was very quiet and peaceful. You would never know from the pictures that we're pretty much right in the middle of town would you?

My plan is to get some of these in black and white and sepia and get a large one to go in the living room. Sorry it's been so long since I've blogged last. My brain and body just doesn't function like it used to therefore making it harder for me to multi-task which in turn leaves less time for extra little things I enjoy like my blog. Anyway, I'm glad I made the time to share these with all of you. Hopefully the next photos I post will be of the baby himself!

Baby Update

I have to say, I love my blog, especially now after my preggo checkups. Friends and family are always anxious to hear how it went and I would love to call each and every one of them. Working full time and two kids doesn't allow much time to call 10 people though! So I'm going to start posting updates, starting with this one.

We went today for my 16 week checkup. My once tilted uterus is normal for now and allowed us to pick up the baby's heartbeat right away through the regular hand held thingy. It was a healthy 140 beats per minute! The doctor said all my labs came back normal, she says I seem to be in great health and everything seems to be progressing normally.

Our next checkup is the BIG ULTRASOUND where we can find out the sex of the baby. We have decided to find out, we're impatient people what can I say! No really, we had thought about not knowing but it would be nice to know if we can use Eian's old baby clothes or do we need a new wardrobe?

The doctor did briefly talk with us about labor and delivery. I went so quick after my water broke with Eian (dilated from 3 cm to 10 cm in 2 hours!) that she said we may want to schedule it just to be safe but it was our decision. Apparently your labors tend to go quicker with each additonal child. I don't know, I don't like "making" things happen unless absolutely necessary. I want it to be the Lord's time not mine or David's just because it's what's convenient for us. It would be different, and would pose a health risk, if we lived an hour from the hospital but we only live about 15 minutes away.

I did tell her that my goal is to go all natural with childbirth, no drugs. This may be the last chance God gives us for a baby and not going naturally with Eian was something I kind of regretted. Hubby and I definitely need to hone in on our pain management system though(breathing, massage, etc.). Do any of you have stories (good and bad) of going naturally? What kind of pain mngt method did you use and did it work? Please share!!