Day 206 - 30 Weeks

Wow, I made it to 30 weeks! I thought it would never come! Basically I have less than 10 weeks left because I am having a C-section. I'm practically in the single digits - wahoo! And yes, I could have chosen to have a normal birth, but I am choosing to have a C-section. I would have only had a 50% chance of normal anyway, so I might as well choose the "planned" option. I don't know why, but everyone thinks I'm crazy for choosing a C-section. I don't care what they think, I LOVED my first C-section. And I know plenty of women who had a normal birth that were in more pain than I was after they had their baby. I came home  and I was sweeping, maybe I shouldn't have been, but I was fine! I recovered quite quickly.

The only thing about  C-section that I'm not looking forward to is being in the hospital for 3 days so they can monitor me and such. I'm going to miss Jonas so much! Oh well, I'll bring my camera and Clint's laptop, and take pictures and keep my blog updated and keep busy so I don't go crazy. Clint won't be able to stay with me the whole 3 days like he did with Jonas, just the first day and a half till my mom has to go back. She's so nice to "volunteer" (I asked) to stay with Jonas at our house for the first bit.

I think I've managed to get my "sleep" (if you can call it that) under control. As long as I get a nap during the day, I don't feel like I'm going crazy from sleep exhaustion. My body has finally got used to sleeping on the couch because I don't wake up as often on the couch, so I get a more solid 2-3 hours of sleep before I start to toss and turn on the couch.

The baby is kicking up a storm. I can sit down, and within 15 minutes she starts to move. She's a lot more active than Jonas. I remember at times thinking Jonas was dead or something because I hadn't felt him all day (although I was working so I couldn't concentrate on him moving like I do with her), and I would worry about him, but I never worry about her being awake/alive in there.

I'm finally starting to love milk! At first, it tasted nasty, but now I love it and drink 2 cups or more a day, which is good because her skeleton is hardening and she needs the calcium. Other than that, if I have a "craving" I can usually eat it once, and then its out of my system and I don't really "crave" it again.

Now I just feel like I'm waiting. We got our garage mostly organized, and we got more shelves so I can start moving stuff from the back closet to the garage, and get her room more situated. I'll still wait to move the bigger items in that room till November time. Also, I'm getting really excited to take newborn pictures of her! I feel like I learned so much the last time I did it with my nephew, that I'm pretty sure I can get some even better pictures this time with better posing. I dream about taking her pictures at night sometime. Oh dear! I'm a photography nerd! I just love it! Yay for being almost done. I'm also glad the holidays are coming up because that will make time fly by. YES!