May is Doula Appreciation Month!

In my quest to avoid all of the interventions that I received during my labor and deliver with Gemma I have begun interviewing doulas.  I believe I have found my doula and I will be officially hiring her May 2!

To show our appreciation for doulas and the service they provide a fellow mommy has started a giveaway.  Please follow the link to her blog and show your appreciation for doulas!

Giveaway!

Life is crazy

I haven't updated in forever.  Really pregnancy has made me feel like a giant blimp and my family's opinions aren't helping!  My wonderful husband (we got married March 22!) is apparently nesting as he ripped out our entire kitchen and rendered the whole house pretty much useless for the last couple weeks.  That's finally starting to come back together but now he is planning further renovations throughout the house!  *sigh*

Work picked up for awhile as well.  I went from getting 1 day a week if I was lucky to getting 3 or 4 full days.  Between my main job and my real estate I got very behind on school.  On top of that Gemma's attitude has gotten out of control.  I think she is finally starting to understand that she really is getting a little sister and she really is going to have to share her room, her toys and her mother.  She is one VERY unhappy camper a lot of the time now. 

Exercise of course took a backseat during all of this.  At my 21 week appointment I was up somewhere around 15 pounds already.  I said enough is enough and started doing Wii Fit.  Anything's better than nothing right?  Now the running bug is really biting and telling me that my treadmill is lonely and the weather has been so nice most of these spring days that I am REALLY missing out.  So I broke down and ordered a Gabrialla support band and I plan to start run/walking again as soon as it comes in.  I'm also eyeing up the BOB jogging strollers for post-partum.  I only hope I can stick with all these big plans!

Between planning a natural birth, breast feeding, cloth diapering and staying fit (along with staying in school and working) I am feeling like I am doomed to fail at ONE of them.  Hopefully I won't but in the end a happy and healthy baby is all I really want.  Of course, a couple of the maternity running skirts, a bigger sports bra, and a half-size bigger pair of shoes wouldn't hurt!

Anyway, I will add some wedding photos and belly shots soon, I promise!  I should be able to add videos soon too, as we just bought the new Flip Ultra HD.  Let's hope I can figure it out and get some decent videos to put up here!

For now I will leave you with these: