Thursday, June 20, 2013

7 Quick Takes


1. I am still on a Facebook break. Nothing new is really happening, and I'm enjoying the quiet. I'm not sure when I will come back yet. :)

2. Thank you to all who suggested things to watch last week. We ended up watching all of the Sherlock episodes (6), and really enjoyed them. But dang, why does the bbc insist on making all of us wait for shows for so long? Now I'm waiting on Sherlock, Downton, and Call the Midwife to come back. 
I didn't even realize Watson is Bilbo from The Hobbit until the last episode. I'm slow. And no, I do not find Benedict attractive. (Who was also in The Hobbit, but you didn't see his face in it.)

3. The 2 big girls have vbs next week. They're so excited, and I'm hoping they have a great time like they did last year! Our parish does such a great job with vbs. 

4. I am now 25 weeks pregnant and I'm struggling a bit with the idea of another hospital birth. I respect my doctor so much, and have been going to him for over 8 years, but I am not sure I can handle another hospital birth where he will likely miss it anyway, and having the possibility of getting nurses who will not listen to my wishes, and end up with yet another birth that makes me angry just to think about. So, I've been researching birth centers and have decided that I will either procede with a hospital birth, but I will put my mean girl hat on, or step out of my comfort zone and do the birth center. 

5. This heat is killing my energy level. I had just recovered from being fatigued by the first trimester, and now the heat is doing it to me again. 

6. We will be submitted to "Colton's" country within the next couple weeks, this process is dragging on and on, but I am glad we're almost there. 

7. Man, this was a boring quick takes!! Sorry! Happy weekend! Can you believe it's almost July???

12 comments:

  1. #3: I really miss helping with VBS. There's no way I can do it with Daniel right now so I have at least another two years to wait.

    #4: Give the nurses hell! Unless it's a situation in which you or your baby are going to die, they need to back the heck off and let you proceed the way you want to proceed.

    #5: I will take -25F temperatures with -40F windchill ANY DAY over 110F heat in the summer. (I had both in Montana.) It is so much easier to warm up for me than it is to cool down.

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    1. I gave them hell last time and it was such a pain to be in labor while fighting off morons. It made for a pretty unpleasant experience. Sigh.

      I agree, I'd much rather be cold.

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  2. Hi, not boring. Just quick looks at your life. I enjoyed reading your post.

    http://mary-anderingcreatively.blogspot.com/

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  3. I miss you though!!!!! Come back to me ;)

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  4. My first was a planned home birth, but I ended up in the hospital for an emergency c-section. That experience confirmed why I had planned a home birth and I am going to try for a home vbac (taking all proper precautions, of course). No more nurses giving me birth control lectures while I am drugged out and recovering from labor. Ugh.

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    1. Luckily I made it very clear to them that I was Catholic and not going to have my tubes tied or go on hormones immediately after having a baby and if anyone asked me again, I'd walk out of there, but a lot of other crap happened that didn't make me happy, like they wouldn't call my doctor, so he missed the birth, they were going to stick a monitor in my baby's head without asking and I told them no way were they putting that in her head, they wouldn't turn the pitocin off like they were supposed to so I could get through transition without an epidural, so I ended up with an epidural again. They kept me on a constant monitor, bothered me during contractions about it, and wouldn't let me use the huge, nice tub for laboring. It was like being taunted. I'm just sick of not being listened to. I could never feel comfortable with a home birth, but I am considering this birth center. We'll see!

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    2. Ugh! That sounds pretty blah! A lot of the ickiness of my hospital stay had to do with the emergency surgery, which was pretty unavoidable. Since nobody there had seen me through my pregnancy, I didn't really have the chance to warn them away from the "preventing future pregnancies" lectures. I told the family planning counselor "We managed before. I am pretty sure we'll manage now." (Meaning "we didn't do anything to prevent pregnancies before and we sure as heck aren't planning on starting now.")
      Lol. Hopefully this go round it will just be my nice midwife who knows how I feel about pretty much everything. ;-)

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    3. I would do some good research on birth centers. It might be a very good option for you! In my experience, the more personal care and oversight you get, the better. Random doctors and nurses just won't be able to tailor the experience for you.

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    4. Yes, hoping to. I really don't want to have to spend my birth on the defensive again. I just want to soak in a jetted tub and try to relax instead of having to watch their every move.

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  5. Heat in pregnancy is the WORST!!! I felt like I was going to have a nervous breakdown at church on Sundays. And no, Cumberbatch is interesting looking but not handsome.

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    1. Yes! Interesting looking! And a very interesting actor. But I know some ppl who are all smitten. His neck is too long and they put way too much makeup on him! Lol. Although, I do admit in the pic above he does look nice. Not my type, I guess.

      Yes, Sundays are rough, I'm battling my toddler the whole time and sweatinf like crazy.

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