Hello 29 weeks and welcome to June ! 26 days until my birthday, 28 days till my last day of work. This month we start bi weekly midwife appointments.  I have one more ultrasound and a full PKU blood profile panel schedule this month.  I am starting to think more about birth and what that might look like for us this time. I have borrowed some birthing books from my midwife and bought a few on my amazon kindle. This is what im currently reading :

It is really making me think about things I had not considered yet . I still feel its to early to make any decisions but I guess its something I will have to face soon enough so better to start thinking and preparing now . I know birth is unexpected, and that you need to be flexible but I like to have a tentative plan , and know what my options are for each scenario. I like to prepare as much as I can , and then in the moment I feel more like I can relax and the process take over , with out stressing or thinking about details and what ifs. I have always been the type of person where the more information the better. I make lists, asks questions, plan out scenarios and outcomes. I research and I read.  this is maybe why I found pre natal classes so helpful last time. I need details, I need to have a picture painted for me.  Then when I was in labor the first time with Madelyn i need what signs and stages i was going through, what was normal, what to keep in mind, what to watch for and how to cope. I could visualize each step and it helped me get through, Because I felt prepared I was more easily able to give in and let go.

When I think about what I want for birth this time, I know what I want an intimate setting again, just cole and my midwife and Madelyn for as long as she can. I dont want any interruptions or visitors. I want quiet and peace.  I want soft lighting if its night or no lighting during the day but natural light. i want curtains open if its night time so the moonlight can shine in, if its daytime i want natural light but privacy . I have not decided what room I want the birthing pool in, i dont think there will be room in our room so probably the living room or dining room.  I want my essential oil diffuser, and I want to be able to move freely . I want my back rubbed until I dont. I know when im ready I dont want to be touched.

If Madelyn has to go with my best friend for a bit when they bring her back I just want her to drop her off and go, not to visit. I want Madelyn to meet her sister with just us. Friends and family can come and visit when we call. I wont be telling anyone i am in labor or calling anyone till after she is born and we are ready. I want to be able to shower after again like with Madelyn. I want plenty of skin to skin until im ready to get up and move. I want to establish breastfeeding and allow baby to breast crawl should she be able to. I want delayed cord clamping and de layed first bath.

I am debating having a Douala present but I cant really afford who I want so it might not be an option.

I am having so much pain this past week. I feel like my hips and pelvis are separating. I feel like my low back and tail bone are in agony.  I have woken up in tears many times through out the night . I have been waking up at 3 am in so much pain I cant get back to sleep so i end up getting up at 5 am and going for an Epson salt bath. Which leaves me tired and crashing through out the day.

I feel like i might have split my abdominal muscles the other night when i rolled over in bed. I am very thankful for weekly massage or im not sure how i would cope. If I had benefits or any medical id be open to trying chiropractic and acupuncture. Its going to be a very long 11 weeks till baby if the pain keeps coming on like this.  I also have very low iron and i read that could be a problem in the book i am reading so i am working on making sure i am getting all my supplements in. I am going to ask my midwife at our next appointment this week about this and about how this pain will effect my ability to deliver at home.

I am still 5 lbs below my pre pregnancy weight and my clinic would like me to start gaining 0.5 lbs a week .

My latest phe level was 1.4 mg/dl so my clinic increased my phe tolerance to 950 mg phe and +2200 calories ( im getting around 2500-3000)  I am thoroughly enjoying having minute rice again for dinner. I am relying very little on low protein foods for dinner but still use them at either breakfast or lunch.

Here is what babycenter has to say about week 29 :

** SOURCE BABYCENTER.CA

Your baby now weighs around 2.5 pounds / 1.1 kilograms and measures about 15 inches / 38 centimetres from head to toe. In boys, testicles descend from near the kidneys through the groin en route to the scrotum. In girls, the clitoris is relatively prominent because it’s not yet covered by the still-small labia. These will grow to cover it in the last few weeks before birth.

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