I've started thinking about the nursery:
Our bedroom is quite big, and we're planning to move a few months after our little one is born, so the plan for now is to just have her be in our room with us for those first months. We'll create more of a nursery for her in our new house.
I've been dreaming about you:
Since finding out the baby's gender, she seems to be a given in my dreams in the same way that Keith is; just a natural part of my life. I haven't been remembering many dreams lately, though.
I used to love food! Now I avoid:
What this should really say is that I used to love healthy food. Now my cravings seem to have lost any discipline that I've acquired over the years, and I can barely choke down healthy stuff. All I want is cookies, root beer, coffee, sour patch kids, chips... pretty much anything that I have distinctly decided not to eat, especially during pregnancy. I haven't given in yet, but it's awfully tempting!
I never thought pregnancy would make me:
I don't know if pregnancy made me this way, but I never thought that it would be so hard to eat. I sort of thought it would just come naturally, but it has been such a struggle for me to eat enough, even when I'm home all day! I just never feel hungry... except for junk food, which we don't have and which I won't eat! If I didn't know that I needed to eat, I don't think I would have more than one meal a day... I really just don't want anything.
I can't wait to:
Eat sushi, have some wine, and be done with acid reflux!
My prenatal visit this month taught me:
Our baby has enlarged kidneys with water in them, which could mean nothing or it could be a sign of any number of things. That was rather distressing. Also, I have finally gained some weight, which is good.
My hopes:
I hope our little girl will have a gentle birth at full-term and settle in easily to life outside the womb. I hope she will look like Keith, and I especially hope that she will recognize our voices and love us.
My fears:
My worries are all financial ones. Mainly, I'm afraid that God won't come through with the funds to provide for our little one's birth costs and all the baby expenses that will follow.
