Pregnancy Journal: Thinking About Goals

It’s been…kind of a crazy week.  I’m almost 30 weeks pregnant and time is going really fast now.  I’m trying really hard to keep up with everything so that I can hopefully get ahead…and get stuff ready for the baby.  But that’s getting really, really hard since the summer’s coming, the kids constantly want to go outside, and I’m working so much.  Sigh.  Someday, it will be easier…right?  (Probably not.)

I still cannot stop thinking “What if it’s twins?”  I know that is really, really dumb.  I know I am probably completely crazy.  But I can’t stop wondering, what if?  Sometimes I feel movement in strange ways now…like pushing side to side while something else is moving down low.  I think this baby must be a gymnast, at the very least.  (Except probably it will be too tall, LOL.  Our kids are so far estimated to be in the 5’10″ to 6′ range, not exactly the ‘tiny gymnasts’ we know.)  Who knows…we won’t find out for 10 more weeks, give or take.

10 weeks is not a long time.  I have only made chicken nuggets for the freezer, nothing else.  I am trying to stock up on some bulk items now, like nuts and almond flour at least.  We’re trying to go grain-free again.  As long as I can have my ice cream and the occasional baked good I’ll be fine, and almond flour works very well.  Hopefully I can get more stuff made and put away before baby is here…!

Not to mention my sewing projects, which I haven’t started.  Or…well, there’s a lot to do.  Working so much plus having two other (active) children really makes a difference.

So, please check out some of my Babble posts from the last week, if you haven’t.  Please?  We (unfortunately) get bonuses based on traffic and I’ve been too busy to do as well as I could this month.  Plus, I’m kind of in a minority here, championing natural health and natural birth against some very medically-minded mainstream writers.  I’m the “crazy” one.

Recent Babble Posts:

• Home Birth Supply Kit
• How to Choose a Good Home Birth Midwife
• The Pregnancy Body: Attractive or No?
• Natural Ways to Help Anemia
• Gestational Diabetes Test: Should You or Shouldn’t You?
• “I Hope It’s a Girl!” Taboo, or No?
• Nicknames: Do You Use Them?
• When Should You Have a Baby?
• Claiming Baby Names: Okay or Not?
• When Do You Make the “Facebook” Announcement?

There’s a lot of really good stuff in there.  Don’t miss it!  For example, you should definitely read about anemia, gestational diabetes, and swollen ankles…written from a natural health perspective!  Plus, if you’re planning a home birth, you won’t want to miss what to have in your birth kit.   I’m planning to end the Healthy Pregnancy Series very soon, so whatever I haven’t covered, I probably won’t cover, so read it over there!  (I’m trying to end the pregnancy stuff here for the most part, and just cover it over there.)

That is this week!