Alright, I have a bone to pick with all of my friends who have been pregnant before. Why didn't you tell me about adjustable elastic-waist jeans????!!!!
I know Stacey and Clinton (from TLC's "What Not to Wear") would drag me into the dreaded 360-mirror and mock me until I cried, but I may never wear regular jeans again! Have a big night at the Chinese buffet? Just loosen the side-tab a button-hole or two. Finally finished that time of the month and feel less Sta-Puffed? Cinch 'em in a notch.
No one can tell...well, if you wear a shirt that is loose and drapes over the waistband they can't, and our world needs a little more modesty in it anyway.
They're better than not shaving your legs to remind you to be a "good girl" on that first date!
I LOVE ADJUSTABLE ELASTIC-WAIST JEANS!
And I am not too proud to admit it. When you think about it, I'm really fashion forward, I bet ALL the Bettys in assisted living are wearin' them.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
First Visit to the Midwife
Today we had our first visit with our Certified Nurse Midwife, so I guess now that the insurance company is involved, this is really real. I'm only 10 weeks and 2 days along, so the midwife wasn't able to find the heartbeat with her little listening thing, but according to Joe I have a loud placenta. All things look good and we trust that Mother Nature knows better than the rest of us, so Ziggy's cooking along like s/he should be.
It was nice to have a full hour to talk with the midwife and go through all of the information she had for us. I'm pleased to have a variety of midwives and doctors available at the clinic, and lots of medical intervention options if we want them, but most important to me is that the general approach will be to allow nature to take its course unless there's a good reason not to. I sort of wish I could hunker down with the wise women of the tribe in the birthing tent to welcome this little one into the world. But of course I'd like the best surgical and pediatric team standing by in the next (sterile) tent over in case things don't go as expected. So in some ways, this seems like that compromise.
The best part of the visit was when we stood up to leave, Joe picked up the free diaper bag that they gave us and threw it over his shoulder to carry it to the car! Maybe a good sign of things to come??
I continue to feel mostly fine and have had limited WTF? moments (maybe Joe will write the next entry to confirm/deny such claims). Who says a little maniacal laughter, interrupted by extreme irritation, again interrupted by fits of giggles isn't normal? We've been told the fun has only just begun...stay tuned.
It was nice to have a full hour to talk with the midwife and go through all of the information she had for us. I'm pleased to have a variety of midwives and doctors available at the clinic, and lots of medical intervention options if we want them, but most important to me is that the general approach will be to allow nature to take its course unless there's a good reason not to. I sort of wish I could hunker down with the wise women of the tribe in the birthing tent to welcome this little one into the world. But of course I'd like the best surgical and pediatric team standing by in the next (sterile) tent over in case things don't go as expected. So in some ways, this seems like that compromise.
The best part of the visit was when we stood up to leave, Joe picked up the free diaper bag that they gave us and threw it over his shoulder to carry it to the car! Maybe a good sign of things to come??
I continue to feel mostly fine and have had limited WTF? moments (maybe Joe will write the next entry to confirm/deny such claims). Who says a little maniacal laughter, interrupted by extreme irritation, again interrupted by fits of giggles isn't normal? We've been told the fun has only just begun...stay tuned.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
2 Lines!
Joe and I are going to be parents! What a crazy, wild and wonderful thing it is! As you can tell from the pic, on the list of items to shop for is a new camera with better resolution. Who knew I'd want a photograph of a stick I peed on?? It wasn't much of a surprise, after a few months of trying and tracking my daily morning temperature, I only needed one test to confirm what we already suspected...there is a bun in the oven! I guess we'll put the rest of the multi-pack on the shelf for the future (they don't expire until 2010, which seems like a long time from now...).
Quite quickly we came up with a name...Ziggy, short for zygote...so there'll be no "It" or "The Baby" in conversation. We both keep using the pronouns him, his, and he...wonder if there's some intuition going on or maybe we're just persuaded by the name Ziggy. I not so secretly would love to spoil a little girl first (they're just so much easier to shop for!) but will be thrilled to welcome boy or girl to our family and of course just keep sending up prayers for health and happiness.
I also keep adding a little prayer that there's only ONE little Ziggy that we'll be welcoming! My sister is pregnant with twins, and my dad, feasting on the competitive spirit that exists between my sis and I, keeps saying things like, "Triplets to win, Brigit!"
not funny.
April 14, 2009 is Ziggy's expected arrival date. Along the way I'll add our notes and try to keep everyone updated. Thank you for the warm thoughts, prayers and squeals of joy and congrats the past couple of weeks. We are thrilled and love that our friends and family are equally excited too.
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