Long Toe Nails :)

Ew, not me, well.. it is getting kind of hard to reach, these days.

At my appointment a few weeks ago the midwife told me that the baby's kicks would feel like a light flick. Many other people say "flutters." Books and websites say many differnt things, and everyone is different. (Great- that's a big help.) Lately, as I try to sit still in the evening and focus on trying to feel some movement, I've been getting frusterated with a twitchy/pinchy feeling. It happens often and then will happen in other areas. I finally mentioned it to someone else and they said THAT was the baby! I've felt it every day for maybe a week. I wanted to make sure before I got excited, or even mentioned it on here, but it still happens everyday, and quite often. It doesn't feel anything like flutters OR flicks. I was saying the Andrew that maybe it's kicking me with its long toe nails. Well I've waited to be excited, but the people I've mentioned it to all say it's probably the baby. Now watch, I'll suddenly feel "flutters" or "flicks." :)

My "sweet potato" becomes another produce item tomorrow, and my ultrasound appointment is on Thursday. Why do I always seem to leave school early on gym days?? Maybe I schedule them like that. :) hehe.. just kidding. They offered it, and I took it.

I started to wonder if I should take any child birthing classes, so I thought I'd read up on them. One site had a bunch of comments and I started reading them, just because I'm curious. Some say they were great and very useful, others say they weren't worth it, and then people also said they wish the had thaken them. That didn't help, and Andrew and I talked about it. He had no idea, so we decided to ask a few people. I asked my cousin first, whois my age, and has a daughter. She said she took a class, it didn't help, but it was just a one-time class. -I wanted at least a few weeks. Still no help. lol. I asked my mother-in-law. She said she took classes but they didn't help, but that was probably because she was a nurse and pretty much was familiar with it. So, I went upstairs to visit Lisa, Andrew's cousin. She said she didn't take classes, and did great. Your body knows what to do, and you have plenty of experienced doctors and nurses in the room to talk to you and to explain things to you. Good enough for me. Also, I know LOTS of people who have gone through the same experience (some many times). We don't have that much free time to spend going to classes anyways. Andrew gets home pretty late, and most classes in the area start by the time he even gets home. Lisa also gave me a little assurance because I want to ATTEMPT to have the baby as naturally as possible- knowing I may change my mind in the process. She told me for her first baby she did it naturally, but for her second, she used drugs. The end result? Same. Drugs or no drugs, when you're holding that baby, the pain's gone. So, I guess it's a little less scary after hearing that.

Well I've typed for way too long and I need to go make some dinner for the baby because it's starting to growl at me! :) Oh! Btw, that alfredo sauce was absolutely wonderful! I could probably eat it every night if I didn't have other cravings! lol. Oh, and if I didn't run out of ingredients. Tonight I'm making hamburger pie. Tomorrow is Tuna noodle casserole. They both sounded good for tonight but the hamburger pie is easier to heat up after music practice tonight. Lasagna sounded really good, too after Brittany mentioned it in school, bt I don't have the parts that belong to that. And, I was so hungry today after work that I stopped at the gas station to get a slice of pizza. Looks like I'll have to start packing more for lunch.