I'm 22 weeks tomorrow and I'm getting bigger by the second! But first things first, check out our little boy curbug. Isn't he the cutest thing ever?!!! These pics are from my 20 week ultrasound. Cur had class so my mom came with me to the appointment. She kept saying "my ultrasound was
nothing like this!" It really is amazing what technology can do. I got to see the 4 chambers of this little guy's heart, check out the cerebellum in his brain, see his stomach, the length of his femur, and on and on. It was incredible.
Cur likes this one because it looks like he's smiling. A moment later he opened up and stuck his whole hand in his mouth!
The money shot. Definitely a boy!
There it is! There's no mistaking it. I. Am. Pregnant. Seriously. I have to tell myself sometimes that this is really happening. It seems like time has flown by so quickly! This baby is going to be here in no time and I'm feeling a bit unprepared at the moment (although, can you
really be fully prepared for something like this?!).
So, I've decided I'm going to do this birth all natural. I'm going to deliver in a hospital and everything, so nobody panic, but I don't want an epidural or pitocin or anything. I know some of you may think I'm off my rocker but for those of you that are behind me, or have experience with natural childbirth, how did you do it? I'm trying to figure out the best way to go about it. I've looked into hypnobirthing (sounds much weirder than it is), the bradley method, and I'm also thinking about asking my neighbor, a yogi & meditation extraordinaire to give me some private lessons on meditation and pain management. Obviously I have to pick a method pretty quickly so I can start practicing but I'm curious to hear what you have to say on the matter. I also need to figure out how I'm going to get Cur in on it since I will need his support more than anyone else's (one reason I like the idea of a class so we can learn about labor and pain management together). Any thoughts?
Oh and here's a belly shot from today:
