In this past week, I have been starting to feel Christian's hiccups!- its so sweet. And last night I felt braxton hicks contractions for the first time. This is all exciting for me because all of these little things are reminding me how much closer it will be until I get to meet him and hold him and snuggle him! I have already made Dan get out all of our infant supplies out of the attic so I can look through it and remissness on the days of nursing and taking care of Tahlia. I really did not care for the infant stage too much but oddly, I find myself missing it. I hope I can enjoy it more the second time around. I made a list of things we will need for Christian's arrival and have already started getting things here and there. I am super anxious to get the double stroller I have had my eyes set on :) and I am strangely excited to get ready for nursing him (I bought a manual pump that I am "pumped" to use! lol)
The guests that come into Coopers Hawk are staring to notice I am pregnant and that is pretty awesome. And my OB appointment revealed to me that I gained 5 more pounds!! That is the largest weight gain I have had since I have been pregnant so I am happy I am starting to put on the weight I should.
This week we will be meeting with a midwife to discuss our options on payment and what not for a birth center birth (Because I just found out our lovely insurance does not cover midwives/birth center/ home birth). I pray it will all work out because it has been my dream to give birth in the water since I knew I wanted to have kids. I also made an appointment to tour St. Joseph's the day after meeting with the midwife just in case this option for a birth center birth does not work out for us at this point in time.
So, we have a busy week ahead of us and I hope to have some sort of plan for how Christian will be born into this world by the end of the week :)
I will keep you posted!
Love,
Jessica
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