Dreams

Geoff has dreamed twice now that we have had a little girl. And it has been quite emotional for him as he loves our baby so much already.He actually cried in his dream because our daughter was so beautiful. I love that man. On the weekend, I dreamed that we had a girl too. Mine was a bit more off the rocker though as the baby was 3 months old and I didn't actually have to go through labour but was very concerned that I hadn't delivered the placenta yet. Everyone was there to hold the baby except for Geoff and when I finally realized that I felt bad that I had let everyone hold her except for Geoff. So I raced off with the baby to find Geoff at work. Then we played with her for the rest of my dream. I woke up and really missed that our baby wasn't here yet to play with. Weird dreams. I am still hoping for a boy but realizing that it may be a girl.

This morning I woke up to a couple swift kicks or punches in my side as the baby seemed to have been up earlier than me (630am) to do some aerobics or kick boxing or something. I'm torn between waking up to that or a cry for some food. Although both bring a smile to my face.

Anyway, I find that I am incredibly thirsty all of the time now. I just had my doctor's apt last week and I only gained one pound in the last two weeks putting me at 156 and 28 pounds in total. Not bad. The heart beat was at 145 or so and the baby is in a head down position with the feet in my ribs. Geoff was able to make it too to the doctor's and he got to hear the heartbeat again which was nice. There is a resident training with my doctor so he was doing everything. When he asked how things were going I asked if I should still be taking my iron pills. He said yes until the baby is born, how are you finding them in regards to constipation? That's when Geoff commented on how I was taking them with prune juice, which seemed to impress the doctor as he thought that was a great idea. My wonderful husband, the kidder. I don't like prune juice and he couldn't believe that the doctor believed him as it was said drenched in sarcasm.

Well our tub is in so we have everything that we need to redo our bathroom. Geoff has managed to get Friday and Saturday off at future shop so we are doing that this weekend. I have stopped cleaning the bathroom as off last week and it will be really nice to have it all new and clean. Check out the blog later on for before and after pictures. And hopefully all will go well as Geoff is redoing it all himself, with the help of his dad and brother. I've decided that instead of helping, I am going over to his mom's with his sister and we are going to spend the afternoon baking Christmas treats. I just want to see it done when I get back home. Plus with no toilet for a day or two, it might be better that I'm not around because a pee pail just doesn't sound like fun. I have a hard enough time peeing in the cup at the doctor's office. I'll just leave it at that.

My cousin had her little girl last Friday. Take a peek at the baby by clicking on the link for Alyssa. She is a cutie.

Baby Blanket made by Grandma Salter.

Geoff's Blanky! The baby for now.

32 weeks pregnant. 8 month belly picture.

Aqua Bellies!!

Count Down at 2 Months Left to Go!

Well, after last night's prenatal class it has hit me really hard that this is going by way too fast. In two months there will be a baby, give or take. Thanks for the advice Linda and Shanley. Although last night we watched two women go through contractions and labour and I'm not too sure that I still want in on this. I am going to do a natural birth, with probably some drugs to take the edge off if it gets to be too much but no epidural and it doesn't look like fun. What did I get myself into? I am looking forward to the after part when I get to hold the baby and stuff so I will concentrate on the first cry like Shanley said but what do I do while all of the contractions are hitting me? Thank goodness for Geoff. We learned how to do the next stage of breathing when the contractions are at their worst and he did it way better than I did. I had a hard time panting but he did a great job. So at least he will be there to coach me through. I guess I'm just a bit nervous because I don't do well with pain. It's been great not having the monthly but when you really think about it, it's just been building up for one big monthly with hours on hours of pain.

Plus it's good to have Geoff because he makes me laugh. Last night we were joking around about how we would be like the breathing Cosby's and that we would bring some salad spoons to help get the baby out. So I know that for the most part he will keep me smiling and stuff during the labour. I tried to see if maybe he would take over for the labour part since he's got the breathing down pact but no luck.

On another note, yesterday Geoff finished working on his last deck for the season. He went out with a bang as he managed to back up too far and fall off of it. But he's okay, just a little stiff as he landed on his back. Today he started his new job at Future Shop in the audio/video department. He'll be working there full time until the end of December and he has to work Christmas Eve and Boxing Day but that's okay. We can't go anywhere this year and he will be getting a discount through his manager so that's good. They are paying him a wage but if he does better on commission then they will pay him that amount, which sounds like a good deal to me.

Plus Geoff got accepted into NAIT!! which is really exciting and he will be starting in January. He might continue working part time at Future Shop while in school if they offer it to him and if he still likes working there. So things are going well for our little family. Although if we have a boy, he might still be nameless for awhile and we will have to refer to him as Baby Salter.

The First Prenatal Class

My take. . . it went well.

Geoff's take. . . it's two hours?! We are going to miss the hockey?! I only have to remember 20% of the information. . . so I only have to pay attention for 20% of the time. We are missing the hockey game?! Can we turn on a radio while we are here (him and every other guy that was there) It's two hours?

We started off with an introduction and then right into the breathing exercises. I am sure that they will help when the time comes but I couldn't stop laughing while we were doing them. First of all I laugh when I am nervous and pretending to be in labour made me think about really being in labour and that made me really nervous. Plus Geoff is trying to massage different parts of my body to help me relax plus I am trying keep my butt tight as a pretend uterus, just too much to keep track off.

The nice part is when Geoff was sitting behind me rubbing my tummy while I was breathing. And it's nice to when he breathes with me as he sits in front of me. It helps me to concentrate a bit more but I still couldn't help but laugh. Geoff's convinced that I am going laugh through the whole birth until I pass out from the pain. Sounds good to me.

Then we split up a bit for some discussion, boys and girls and then we learned some stuff about breastfeeding. That's when all of the guys really wished that the radio was on with the game. I even felt a bit uncomfortable but I guess it's good to know. Details on this subject are really unnecessary. Then we learned about the baby and what the baby is doing and stuff like that. All in all good to know.

The game just started when we got to the hospital, we were listening to it in the car and when we got back into the car we heard and thanks for listening tonight. Thank goodness this is the only Monday night game until we are done the classes.