Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin

Another one of those pregnancy side effects I never knew about.....facial hair....well just one hair really on my chin.  Who knows how long I was walking around with that long black chin hair!  However, the hair on my head is amazing, thicker than ever and growing like crazy.  I'll be devastated when it goes.

Mama Natural

I've been watching natural birth videos on you tube looking for stories of women giving birth naturally in the hospital.  Last night I discovered Genevieve, aka Mama Natural, an amazing woman who chronicles her labour and the birth of her son Griffin in a three part video series.  It's amazing, terrifying, inspirational and yes, terrifying watching her 27 hour pain-med-free journey.  After watching all three parts I texted my husband to tell him that I cannot deliver this baby and we are just going to have to find another way to get it out.

To Doula or not to Doula

Yesterday we had a doula come to the house for a private prenatal class.  There were lots of options for prenatal classes but I thought a private session would be best for us.  We have been through a previous pregnancy loss in hospital and I had a lot of concerns and questions that I felt were specific to our experiences that I wouldn't have felt comfortable sharing in a public class.  She was lovely and very informative and five hours (yes, five hours!) flew by.  I now find myself very confused about my plans, originally I was an epidural girl all the way, now I can't believe I am actually considering hiring a birth doula and trying natural childbirth.  Most of my friends have gone the epidural route so I'm reading as many birth stories as possible to get perspectives on both options.  Please share if you have a story of your own.

Friday Summary

Weeks Pregnant: 31
# of times I was asked today how I'm feeling: 3
# of times I answered this question with "good": 3
# of times I lied in response to the question "how are you feeling?" 3
# of strangers who told me today that I looked "about ready to pop": 1
# of said strangers I wanted to push in front of the oncoming subway: 1
# of times my husband mentioned to me this week that pregnant women are supposed to want to have copious amounts of sex: 5
# of times this week I have wanted to have copious amounts of sex: 0