I decided long ago that I was gonna be a loving, responsive, natural mama. You know: a natural-birth-giving, Moby-wrap-wearing, breastfeeding mama. I had no idea how difficult it is to be “natural”. Let me tell, you: natural does not mean easy (look at my hair, lol). Breastfeeding Christian requires tons of patience and tough skin. When the lactation consultant first showed me how to breastfeed, it seemed easy. Probably because SHE physically latched him on.
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September 30th was marked by several huge events. First, Tyrell FINALLY transferred down here and arrived in the morning. It was great to finally have him with me again. Second, we officially moved into our very first apartment. Yayyy!!! He’s lived “on his own” before, but this was a first for me. Before this I was either living in a dorm or working as a live-in nanny. This is my first time staying somewhere where I have to pay rent and buy groceries and all of that.
Soooooo… Tyrell and I are scheduled to move into our apartment (my first time living “on my own”) on Thursday. Which means I should probably start packing my things in preparation. I’m all gung ho about this plan. “I’m going to pack up everything! Yay packing! Industrious powers…ACTIVATE!” Then I look around the room and what do I see? A MILLION THINGS TO PACK!!! Christian has just about as many clothes as I do, a pretty sizable library,
So…this morning I noticed that I was spotting (tmi, right?). I know that at this point it’s probably nothing to worry about, but I decided to call my doctor’s office just to be sure. They told me to go to labor and delivery to get everything checked out. I get there and they hook me up to a machine so that they can monitor Christian’s heartbeats and my contractions. The machine allows me to hear Christian’s heartbeat while it’s being measured.
Soooooo…..the time is now 4:26 pm CT and I have been awake for about 45 minutes or so. Why? Because I spend most of my night running back and forth to the bathroom. And I am STILL exhausted. Gahhhh!!! Anyways, I’m really excited. There are only about 16 days left until Christian arrives. I had an appointment yesterday and the doctor is pretty sure (after checking my cervix) that we have until at least October before labor begins.