Lit 101

Thanks mostly to Grandma Colchin we have quite a book collection going for Little Cannon. He even got Valentine's Day Books this year. Check out the pic of his books below!

Week 33 Check-Up

We had a checkup and tour of St. Luke’s Hospital today. The appointment went well. We learned that the big bump on the right side of my belly near my rib is the baby’s butt! I have been having contractions and the midwife said that maybe I’m the type that is going to have contractions until I actually deliver. In any case we’re going to look into getting more rest and taking things easy.

The tour was great. The labor rooms are huge and they look really comfy! They have huge windows too for lots of sunlight. The post-partum rooms are also really comfy and have beds that can pull out for partners. Some even have double beds and the midwife said she often sees moms and dads sleeping in them together. We met a few nurses. We also met the lady that will help us with the baby’s birth certificate and social security card. I’m really happy we chose to birth there.

Bump Pics - 31/32 Weeks

There's an upside to all this rib kicking

Last night in our birthing class we learned about optimal fetal positioning. It's the best position for your baby to be in when you go into labor:  head down, with his back towards the front of mom's abdomen.  If he's in this position, labor is nearly always much shorter and easier.  There are ways to tell if your baby is in this position, one of which is being judo kicked in the ribs.  Although uncomfortable, it's nice to know that baby cannon is currently in the optimal fetal position.  And if he ends up rolling over (baby's only turn clockwise), we learned some really good tricks to get him back over.  

Homework

We have homework this weekend. We start our Childbirth Preperation Class at Natural Resources this week. It's a 6 week class every Tuesday night. Our doula is actually one of the instructors. We got an email this week reminding us to pick up our materials and letting us know that we had to have the readings done before our first class! It's been a while since we had a homework assignment! They also said to wear comfortable clothes, like we were going to yoga. This should be interesting!!!

In other baby news we've moved to have some room for the little guy. We moved to El Cerrito, a very family friendly neighborhood. We're still close to BART but now we have a room for the baby and a yard for the dog! We've been working hard on getting the nursery set up so we'll have pictures of that soon. He's a lucky little guy... his room is really, really cute.

Finally, in baby news/updates we had a prenatal appointment last week and things continue to look good!