Julia's Child

Day 9: Where do you think you’ll be when you go into labor? Why?

Out somewhere with Kyle (grocery store, walmart, the mall). I’m not sure why.

Day 8: List 5 things you think will change once your baby arrives:

I honestly have no idea! I know a lot will change, but I can barely fathom it. Sleep for sure, the ability to just go out and do things whenever we want, relationships with family and friends, laundry! 

Day 7: List 5 things that have changed in your relationship with your spouse since you’ve been pregnant:

1. We’re closer emotionally. I think this has to do with the fact that a lot of our core belief’s are surfacing, and we’re realizing how similar we are. We’re on the same page with almost everything. We want the same things for our babeh.

2. We see each other a lot more often.

3. He’s more accepted by my family, which has really affected our relationship positively.

4. We have more motivation/direction.

5. It seems like we have more in common, haha. But this sort of goes with number 1.

Day 6: What’s your ideal labor experience?

Go into labor at home (or at least get home as soon as I can) and labor at home for as long as possible, then go to the hospital when my water breaks.

Kyle will be there for sure, he wants to be involved in the process as much as possible. I’ll probably want my mom there, too. And I also want my best friend there, so she can experience what I experienced with her (I call this revenge ;)

I really want to do it natural and deal with the pain, and I’m hoping I’d be strong enough not to give into the epidural. It would be great if I had the freedom to stand and walk around. I also think it would be great to have a water birth! I want immediate skin-to-skin contact, and delayed cord cutting. 

I know things wont always go as planned. In my mind I’m expecting to be like 2 weeks over due with a 12 pound baby, get induced, give into the epidural, and then having to have an emergency C-section when they lose the babies heart beat and it breaks it’s shoulder and poops or something. 

Day 5: List 5 qualities you hope your baby will possess:

Baby as a baby? Or baby as an adult? :) As a baby I have s/he’s calm and not too fussy (I can dream, right? ;) and just happy in general. I hope s/he’s healthy above anything else!

As an adult…

1. Genuinely kind. I hope s/he’s genuinely kind to everybody, not just friends or the opposite sex.

2. Appreciative, able to appreciate something even if it’s not his/her cup of tea. :) (Something else that goes with this is respectful! I want a respectful kid. Not just to me, but to everybody and every living thing.)

3. Well balanced, able to see things from both sides. 

4. Not afraid to be different (this is so cliche :P). It would be great if concepts like “social norm” didn’t really exist to him/her. S/he could just do what they felt like doing, and not even think about being “different” from other people in a negative way.

5. Motivated/ambitious. 

Day 4: Is your nursery complete? What’s the theme and what do you have left to complete?

No nursery. Baby is sleeping with me in my room. I’ve been *attempting* to clear it out so we can set up the crib (which we still have to paint), but I’ve sort of been procrastinating. I do have a bassinet, though!

I kind of want a “baby arctic animals” theme surrounding the crib. I’m also thinking about hanging pictures from a clothes line above the crib with clothes pins, and maybe hanging the flag banner we want to make for the shower above the crib. We’ll see! :)

Day 3: When you think of yourself as a mom, what’s the first thing to come to mind?

I think the first thing that comes to mind is “Me? But I’m like seven.”

Day 2: When did “Oh-my-gosh-we’re-having-a-baby” really sink it?

I’m not really sure! I think I’ve had this realization multiple times. Probably within a few weeks of finding out, though.

Day 1: What name did you and your spouse call your baby before you knew the gender?

Dr. Octopus.