Don't Put Your Booger There: 16 weeks and my awesome birth plan

The other night Matt killed a spider in our room so this weekend we did a thorough cleaning of the apartment. Although I caught Matt “dusting” the hutch with his hand; nothing a death stare and a can of dusting spray won’t fix. We only have a little over two months before we are moving to a new apartment so I need to get busy cleaning everything out and getting rid of more junk.

We never ended up celebrating Valentine’s Day; we had bible study that day. Matthew did end up buying some beautiful gerber daisies for me though. J Our group is splitting up into three groups because we have grown to 21 people and that is way too big for a “small group.” So Matt and I will be leading a group for married people. I’m going to miss my single friends though, I hate that we had to split up. I am glad that we will be hosting at our apartment; it will force us to keep the place looking decent and it will be easier when the baby is here.

I’ve been reading a lot of birth plans lately, they can get really long! I thought people were being unnecessarily picky at times but I found a birth plan that one of the local hospitals lets their patients fill out and they give you a lot of options. I’ll have to ask my doctor if they have a birth plan to fill out or if I should write my own. Mine will have instructions such as:

*no loud, obnoxious women will be permitted entry

*no “I love lucy” jokes if it’s a girl. Singing “Lucy in the sky with diamonds” is okay

*Matt will follow the baby everywhere because even though I know they take steps to prevent kidnappings, a combination of Chris scaring the crap out of me and my tendency to watch too many crime shows has me a wee bit paranoid.

*we are donating the cord blood no matter what my MIL tells you

*If the baby is a boy, Matt wants him circumcised. However, you will have a hell of a time tearing him out of my arms while I scream “DON’T HURT MY BABY!!!”

*Before I get an epidural my method of controlling the pain is pelting unsuspecting people with ice chips. It’s a scientific form of meditation.

*I will appreciate some help from the lactation specialist but there’s a point where I will get irritated that they are telling me what to do. I remember feeling annoyed for my sister when hers seemed to stalk her.

I’m working on the whole circumcision thing and the anger management. Can you believe I’m 4 months along!

How far along? 16 weeks (4 months!)
Total weight gain: ???? we shall see next week. Maybe I should get a scale?
Maternity clothes? I’m slowly putting my normal clothes into storage. Goodbye beautiful fall/winter dresses L
Stretch marks? lots
Best moment this week: Learning that the baby should start being able to hear now. I serenaded Matt with a horrible rendition of “I will always love you” because I was trying to annoy him. (Doesn’t it sound like we have a very mature relationship?) So maybe that’s the first thing the baby heard. Poor baby.
Miss Anything? summer, having the willpower and energy to bake and complete other domestic projects
Movement: I have no idea. I swear I kept feeling a bunch of kicks yesterday but I don’t know if it was a vein throbbing. Today I felt a couple nudges. I really don’t know what else it would be and the nudges moved to a different side. So maybe it really is baby? I told mom that I was disappointed that I was so confused. Mom said “Oh you’re gonna feel black and blue inside the last few months. But it’s so cool.” lol
Food cravings: cookies, pickles, milk shakes
Food aversions: I have a feeling I will never be able to eat fast food again. We got taco bell two nights ago and I don’t even want to tell you what it smelled like to me. Plus I tried to eat a chicken sandwich this weekend and that was a total fail.
Gender: About 5 weeks until we find out!
Symptoms: just the normal eating issues, but it’s getting better
Belly Button in or out? In
Looking forward to: Defeating Matt when we find out it’s a girl in 5 weeks. J We should make a bet.