It's Friday, I'm in LoVE! #22

Happy Friday!


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Today I am just so in love with... everything! Shawn and I are so happy, in love, communicating well, married for a YEAR on Sunday!!! We have so many things to be happy about and we are finding ourselves really enjoying each moment and getting caught up in them.
We are so fortunate in so many ways :o)
Hopefully in two weeks my body cooperates with me and stays on track according to the charting I've been doing and we will have yet another reason to be happy very soon.

I am in love with you, readers, for all the wonderful things you share with me in your comments. I literally get a huge grin on my face reading your thoughts and encouragement. Y'all are great.

Things I love that I learned and made and did this week:

1. Already researching doulas and making appointments to meet with them. Shannon was nice, I can't wait to meet Carrie next week!
2. I love my family and the little things we do together.
3. I love my constant search for knowledge and how Shawn is the same way. The Transit was so fun on Tuesday to share with him!
4. I have the courage to be myself all the time no matter what. Finally.
5. I am GREAT at cooking! YAY!

Pick a Name, Any Name

Which Offbeat Baby Boy name do you like best?
	Zeppelin
	Zefflin
	Zolin
	Lennon
	Lennan
	Zennon
	Zoren
	Zephyr
pollcode.com free polls

We already have name ideas for a girl when we try to have a baby this Summer, but what boy name do you like?

I Replaced the Pill with a BBT

Download this Free BBT Chart for Degrees C or F HERE

Last week I had mentioned that I am pre-nesting and had purchased some things to help us prepare before we start actively trying in July. The Prenatal Vitamins and basal thermometer (BBT) came in the mail yesterday so I took a tablet after dinner with water and this morning recorded my first Basal Body Temperature. I almost forgot to take it and record it on the chart this morning since you have to do it even before you're "up" for the day out of bed. I layed there and waited for it to beep and then read it: 96.8F... I was instantly awake, "Is that right?" I asked Shawn, who was still mostly sleeping. He said something muffled by pillow and I just recorded it as it was. Turns out it is very normal to have a body temp between 96-98F upon waking. Who knew?!
So although I don't take a Pill everyday now, I still have to do this everyday. I find it easier to do something in the effort of getting pregnant versus in the effort of not getting pregnant, especially when I want a baby NAO. I'm also into the idea of knowing my body really well and seeing the patterns emerge. Overall, I'd describe myself currently as impatient.

Pre-Nesting

Do I ever have it bad. The Babycrack. The Baby Fever. Whatever you call it.
So far this week since Sunday:

• Decided to have a baby no matter what
• Health was cleared for having babies on Monday
• Stopped the Pill
• Registered on OvaOva
• Ordered a Basal thermometer
• Dealt with the first pregnancy-related jerk
• Sourced Cloth Diaper materials
• Sourced and Contacted local Doulas
• Contacted the Birthing Center here
• Decided on Home Birth instead of Birth Center Birth... more on that below
• Selected a Birthing Pool
• Read approximately 40 Birth Stories, some good, some bad, some ugly

It has officially started.
So about the home birth... I originally dreamed of giving birth in a birthing center, so when we finally got one in the Omaha area, I was very excited! I looked into it only to find that although it is a great facility, it's basically like being at home... but you're not. No pain medication or emergency intervention measures are offered at the center so if anything were to happen and an emergency arised I would still have to be transferred to a hospital.
Now my stance for my pregnancy is "Unmedicated or Emergency C-Section Only," given it is a healthy, no-risk pregnancy and I can find support for me and for Shawn during labor. I feel that being at home with no pain medication and a support system (that includes my cat I played doula for) is the same as going to the birthing center except that we don't have to drive 40 minutes from our home to get there, and there is a hospital just as close--maybe closer--to our house as the one near the center.
I don't feel that having a home birth is more complicated, quite the opposite: it is stripping away the illusion of control Western Medicine sometimes tries to impose on the natural, uncontrollable force of nature that is birth. No IV lines, monitors, strangers, risks of BAD infections are in my home. If something happens we can leave and drive down the street. But we will try it!
Just love, support, and my body is all I will need to have our baby.