No, she isn't here yet. In fact, I have another two weeks of waiting before she's even due. All I have to report now are sleepless nights, seemingly never-ending trips to the bathroom both to relieve the bladder and the morning (noon and night) sickness, and a sweet baby girl who thinks the inside of my rib cage makes a nice foot massager.
I look forward to posts of holding her, of feeding her and of watching her grow.
Still, I think it might be fun to get some of my plans and predictions typed out so that I can later compare them to our reality. Here's what I have so far:
1. She's going to come early. I'm not sure if it's wishful thinking or mother's intuition talking here, but I have a feeling she's going to catch me by surprise. I don't think she's coming tomorrow, but I'm thinking she'll definitely arrive before the due date.
2. She's going to be average size. Although my own personal birth weight of 10 pounds 8 3/4 ounces (My mom would throw a fit if I didn't credit her the 3/4 ounce.) might suggest she'll come out a behemoth baby like her mama, I'm guessing she'll wind up right around the 8 pound mark.
3. I'm going to be a mess during labor, but it will all turn out alright. I know this one may sound like a given, but my mind is constantly whipping between a fantasy where I handle a completely drugless, epiduralless labor like a champ with no complaints and a horror where I literally die of pain and exhaustion. I'm going to point my predictor somewhere in the middle of those two extremes.
4. I will exclusively breast feed. My fingers are crossed on this one.
5. I will (not exclusively, but mostly) use cloth diapers. If she's too small when she arrives, we'll use disposable and we'll use them on the go, too — I don't want to deal with dirty cloth diapers in restaurants or at church. But for the most part, I'd like to try to save some money and a little bit of our planet by sticking primarily to the cloth diapers.
6. Her name will be Anastasia Mae. I feel 99.9 percent confident that this one won't be changing in the next couple weeks.
7. I'll have lost all the baby weight in record time! OK, so maybe that's a little delusional. But I'd like to be showing significant changes in the first two months, even if that is mostly water weight.
And because seven is my favorite number, I'll stop my predictions there. Please forgive any mistakes and file any complaints neatly in the "blame it on the pregnancy" box, the contents of which will be addressed within approximately... never.
Note to my baby girl: I love you more than I can even begin to express with the words that I know, and I haven't even (really) seen your face. Also, if you would be a little gentler on the abdominal muscles on my right side, I'd really appreciate it. <3
Until next time,
Mama Joselynn
You are already a great mama, my dear. The depth of your love, your planning, your desire to be a good mommy...yah...you're there.
ReplyDeleteI'm praying for you and for Josh and for Anastasia. Boy do I love that name.
I love you!
Love the name!
ReplyDeleteAnd I totally look forward to reading this, getting ready to dive head first into mothering myself in about 17 weeks. Eep!
Oh, also, we thought about doing cloth diapering as well, but since we're living in apartments, it would actually probably be just as expensive since we have to pay Almost $4 to do a load (wash and dry). Instead we're going to use Seventh Generation diapers, which are "Free and Clear", so yay for that. :)
ReplyDelete