work has been crazy busy for the past month, over the past 2 weeks i've had to place almost 3 dozen PADS puppies in homes, we've attended 2 of our birthing from within prenatal classes, celebrated father's day with both sets of parents, bought new dressers for our bedroom, and we puppysat beau. phew!
another typical family bbq
our friend, beau
our prenatal classes have been interesting. we've worked through 2 different "pain-coping" techniques, and i'm still not convinced. i'm not sure if it's me, or chris, or if this class is too "out there" for me. before the classes started, i thought i would enjoy them and that i might actually try and get through labour/delivery without any drugs. i don't think that's going to happen anymore. whatever chris tries to do to help through the "ice contractions" is not working. all i can focus on is the cold ice in my hands and how much it hurts. now i'm definitely glad we hired a doula! i think chris' role will be to stay by my side and be a silent supporter; roxanne will be the one talking me through the pain and comforting me. we still have 3 more classes to get through, so we'll see how it goes.
our new martha stewart dressers are arriving this weekend. we found a great deal from scan designs on a line that's being discontinued. we're making baby steps towards getting our 2nd bedroom baby-ready. hopefully after this weekend, the only thing left to move out is the computer workstation and some boxes! on the electronics-side, we've picked a digi-cam that we're interested in, and we're starting our research on videocameras. i'm feeling really good about our progress and we still have 13.5 weeks to go!
after all the craziness of the past few weeks, i'm looking forward to a very quiet weekend at home, just to chillax.
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hey, we have to get together some time soon!
if it helps, i really doubted my pain management with the ice too. I'm not good at non focused awareness. But I will say that regular contractions are different, it's easier to concentrate on the pain management. The deep breathing is what really helped me, and Roxanne is a star at getting you to relax =).
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