I have been waiting for that burst of energy and relief from sickness they say happens in the second trimester. I think I can confidently say that, at six months, I am experiencing it!
Sadly, I also have gotten the surge of hormones that makes me:
- Hate everything and everyone. With alarming specificity.
- No longer have connectivity in the bones in my pelvis.
- Not fit my shoes.
- Hate everything and everyone. This should be mentioned multiple times.
- Be obsessively anxious and worried about every possible thing in the entire world. All the time.
- Require the entire house to be nice and cool. Unfortunately for my family, this means that they are shivering every night while I am sacrificing my comfort and only using the swamp cooler on low, plus the window unit and a fan. I AM A GIVER.
I can feel the dude kick pretty frequently. This is a difference from Buster--he was not nearly this strong or consistent. I am hoping that this means Foetus will be bigger and closer to full-term.
I am not sure if I am going to do another CS or try for a VBAC, yet. Still praying about it. It really just depends on Foetus and his positioning, I suppose. And if I make it to the class Army requires me to attend. And if people start to get all well-meaning on me and try to convince me one way or another: See bullet point one. And four. And if I do have a VBAC, I don't know if I will go natural or medicated. Mostly my goal is to just come home with a baby. That is my entire birth plan.
One thing I am sure of, I am not going to save my placenta in the freezer and eat it. You can take that to the bank.
Posts
7 comments:
there's nothing quite like a delicious placenta stew after a long hard day.
i'm gagging just typing that so please forgive me if it went all the way and made you yak.
Alissa, I was just informed of the existence of "plasagna."
Hork.
I love you. Well, I did until you wrote the word "plasagna."
xo
Everybody knows you put the placenta in the crock pot.
*sigh
sometimes I miss hating everyone
So forgive me if this grosses you out. Both times during childbirth, I had difficulty delivering the placenta. The first time was awful and I will spare you the details. Recently, when Mati was born, after it finally came out, I asked to see it. I was just curious to see what it looked like after all that work. My sister and I started to joke about freezing it and making it into pills (yes, people do that). The OB (who was very new and young) got kind of horrified and told me I'd need to sign some papers if I wanted to take it home. I had a hard time not laughing in her face and quickly reassured her that I did not want to take any part of it home.
I say ignore any advice about what kind of birth you should have and just work on keeping that baby incubating as long as possible.
Love ya. So happy that you're blogging again.
Don't forget placenta margaritas. My friend is an OB nurse and witnessed it...they even went to the trouble of bringing their own blender.
And as she drank/chewed? it down, she nursed her 4YO.
So far, you're gold!
Post a Comment