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…30 weeks of heartburn…

…36 weeks of guessing…

…and countless hours of preperation…

…I’d like you all to meet my daughter Piper!

We were incredibly fortunate to have family and friends throw three showers for us.  I was kinda surprised that we knew that many people, much less that so many actually liked us.  And by us I mean me.  I attended two, missing one in Indiana that wasn’t really co-ed anyway.  I think two showers is more than enough for any dude to attend, so I’m not crying about missing one.  DARE YOU CHALLENGE ME?!? Our dear friends threw one hell of a party here in Columbus, complete with real-deal barbeque and an Elvis impersonator in honor of Tiny E.  Friends came from out of town, and so many wonderful people we’ve met in our few years in C-bus turned out as well. Tori went solo to southern Indiana for her family’s shindig, and most recently we traveled with the k9′s to Buffalo where my family got their chance to let us know how much they love us.

We started childbirth class two weeks ago.  We debated between having class at St. Anne’s, where we would get a good overview of how things are done at that hospital specifically, or at CHOICE where we would get a wider range of opinions and thoughts about birth.  Our classes started six weeks before the EDD, so we ended up begining with class 6 of 6, and participating in class 1 next.  So far the classes have been informative and fun.  It turns out that I had been following the midwife who teaches the class on Twitter for a while without knowing it!  She gave her email address to the class; “you can contact me at amazonmidwife at…” and I kind of babbled out “I follow you on Twitter!” recognizing her @amazonmidwife handle.  Ahh, to be a socially networking expectant daddy…

The nursery is all but complete.   Artwork hung, furniture assembled, bedding laundered and bed made.

I posted a couple of weeks ago that our friends had their baby, Esther.  We visited at the hospital, of course, but it’s been rewarding to see how they have transitioned back to their house.  It has been inspiring, as well as making me incredibly anxious about the logistical problems we may face having a newborn in a small Clintonville house with one bathroom.  But then again, I’m getting anxious about everything at this point.

Tori is looking as good as ever, and I have nothing to share from her recent visits to the OB.  All is well and progressing nicely.  The last few weeks, the fatigue has set in.  She’s usually in bed by 10 at the latest, although she’ll fight it till midnight now and then.  Tiny E just goes CRAZY in there now…rolling and kicking and punching, all visible to the naked eye if you watch her belly for a few minutes.  This has led to more peeing, more uncomfortable nights and every once in a while, pain in her abdomen from the movement.  Sleep is challenging these days.

We’re in a really good place with names (no, dude…we’re not sharing) for either sex.  We’ve had a few in mind for most of the pregnancy, and it’s looking like it’ll be an easy choice when the time comes.  We’re both still in love with them after having 7 months to mull them over, and we think that’s a good sign.

We met with our doula again at 32 weeks, and had a good open conversation about how we see things going at the hospital.  The birth plan was the focus of the conversation, and we decided it would be best to wait for our first few classes before we put anything on paper.  Right now all we really have is the idea that we want to be kept informed and have the right to consent to any procedural diversions.

Just this week, we had our initall consultation with the doctor who will be our new family doc.  We know her through some mutual friends, and she showed an ability to be our kind of doc…not an alarmist, able to deal with my incestant questions, and a good sense of humor.  She’ll be Tiny E’s pediatrician as well.

That’s really all I can think of for now.  We have just over a month to go until our estimated due date (I found out this week that Tori’s mom was a week late with Tori and her sister, so we’re expecting Tiny E a little late as well). We’ve been slacking on pictures of Tori’s belly, but I’ll leave you with a photo I took today at the water park:

]]> http://www.infrequentatbest.com/2009/06/14/market-report-2009-06-13/feed/ 0 http://www.infrequentatbest.com/2009/06/06/backyard-news/ http://www.infrequentatbest.com/2009/06/06/backyard-news/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:37:14 +0000 jeditang http://www.infrequentatbest.com/?p=583 Not much to say here, just wanted to put up some pictures of our small-scale gardening.  It’s almost embarrassing when so many of my friends and acquaintances have killer gardens and compost bins.  We had planned to go BIG this year, but something came up…