I’m starting to get really nervous about giving birth. I had a dream the other night that I was in labor and that I was supposed to be numb but I wasn’t and Preston was standing at the foot of my hospital bed along with my doctor and I was screaming at the top of my lungs but no sound was coming out and neither the doc nor Preston paid any attention to me. I woke up and thought to myself “oh crap. I am actually going to have to give birth.” Before now, I haven’t given much thought to the birth process. We had a birthing class a few Saturdays ago that was supposed to be from 9-5 but at noon we decided the class sucked and we left. The instructor had not taught us anything that we hadn’t already read in books and in addition to that, there was a total grumpy, psycho lady sitting next to us. She started out really amusing me – the first thing she said was that she was not going to wear a nametag and then later when the instructor asked for her due date she asked what would be done with that information and if it’d be sold! HA HA, that gave me a huge laugh. She got worse as the class went on though, asking stupid questions every few minutes. Here is an example of one:
Instructor: “You will only be allowed ice chips unless otherwise directed by your doctor”
Crazy lady: “What if I want Gatorade?”
Instructor: “That’s up to your doctor”
Crazy lady: “Well I could want red Gatorade…”
Instructor: “…. Well you’ll need to ask your doctor, they don’t usually allow drinks but maybe yours will make an exception”
Crazy lady: “Well that’s okay because I’ll really just want apple juice. Can I have apple juice?”
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Seriously? Preston and I were just rolling our eyes the entire time then we decided we had enough and left. So much for learning what to expect at the hospital.
In addition to being scared of the birth part now, I just all the sudden hit panic mode about the nursery not being done. We’ve been so back and forth on a theme for the room- at first it was giraffes, then it was dandelions and other summery flowers, then it was birds, now it’s sort of absent of a theme and it’s just blue and pink. I’ve spent months looking at nursery decorations and we haven’t been able to decide on anything so I told Preston last night that we are just going to have no theme and just go with pink…. Pink… the one color I didn’t want to do. BUT after shopping online and in stores, I’m seeing that there isn’t much out there for baby girls that isn’t pink, so I’m giving in and going with what’s easy. The room is looking really cute though, and the pink is pale and soft enough that it really doesn’t bother me. Most of our work on the room so far has been painting, adding bead board, painting the bead board, putting in crown molding (Preston had to do all that part alone) and then last night we got a chandelier and Preston installed that already. It looks super cute. We should have curtains up soon too. Here is a picture of the chandelier, I’ll post more pictures soon after the curtains go up.
I really hope this baby doesn't come out a boy...
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