Hypnobabies vs. hypnobirthing...

So after thinking long and hard about which class to take seeing as they are both pretty pricey, but seem to be worth a try, I have decided to take the hypnobabies class. All the forums I visited had great things to say about both, what caught my attention is that peoples reviews were great about both but people who had taken both classes said that hypnobabies was BY FAR much more effective.

I also liked the fact that there is almost a syllabus like course, the instructor is not allowed to teach the course as they see fit, they cannot change the teaching method. Hypnobirthing classes are taught at the instructors choice of doing so. So what if they forget something important that someone else would've covered?

Another thing is that hypnobabies give you so many more options and opportunities to use the program a different way, and also offer so much more material than hypnobirthing. If you have a partner who won't be able to attend the class with you there is also a "daddy cd & book" especially for them. That way when it comes time for labor to begin, they won't panic and kill the calmness you've worked so hard to obtain.

So there you have it folks, my class starts July 3rd and I'm so excited! I've paid my enrollment fee and it seems like I will finish my 6 week class right on time!

Wish me luck!!!

Hypnobirthing...really?

So after reading of a few magazines and reviews on Hypnobirthing I have come the conclusion that this is how I would love to give birth to my child, with Gods blessing of course. I first got the idea from reading a cover story on Tiffany Amber Thiessen's pregnancy. I must say it sounds interesting and although it will cost a pretty penny, I also seem to think that it will be beneficial for my partner and my sister-in-law who will be there for moral support (or to have an extra arm to rip off...). The class teaches you deep abdominal breathing and self hypnosis where the mother is still conversant and fully in control but just able to stay completely calm so that her body can produce endorphins that ease the pain instead of releasing stress hormones that contradict what the body is suppose to do naturally. Was that a run on sentence or what?!

So I never knew you can worry so much over someone you don't even know yet, but I think I found a good deal on this class and I believe it will be worth it. If I can bring my child into this world, calmly & quietly without drugs I certainly at least have to try! Don't hold me to it, maybe I'll scream for the epidural when I'm only 3 centimeters dialated...lol. Most importantly I believe that women are absolutely able to endure whatever pain God has put in your path, what did women do before medicine? Are we all just wimps, did we all just get lazy, or is the pain so bad that mind over matter wont really matter?

Well there is only one way to find out I guess and I believe that I will find out sometime in September =)

Making important decisions is an everyday thought that must occur...for instance something so small (and sweet) such as whipped cream...

Why Starbucks? Why must your whipped cream contain so much fat? Why must you taste so good with a little drizzled caramel? So for the sake of the child I carry I have opted out of ordering my drink with whipped cream and then "leaving it at the bottom" which I always end up eating with the straw anyway. But it's so delicious! OK, OK, I'm back to my senses. Ordering at Starbucks and saying "no whipped cream" should be a crime that way I would be forced to order and eat it...but one can only dream. Maybe I can talk to the therapist about making me not "want" whipped cream? Hmmmm...

Well my classes start June 24, for 4 Thursdays to follow. I'll give you guys my input and let you know how it goes!

Toddles!

H2O someone...anyone?

I crave juice, any kind of juice, well not any kind, normally grape, pineapple, apple or anything of that "natural" sort. I crave them so much that I forget to drink water! What the hec is wrong with me? Is it just me or is it seriously a chore to remember to drink PLENTY of water.

So this weekend was SUPPOSE to be full of fun, BUT instead my kidneys decided they needed to remind me about the lack of attention I've been paying to the oh so famously quoted 10 cups of water I should be drinking. My kidneys decided to give me some serious pain after taking an epsom salt bath (which is known to reduce swelling and help with back pain) late friday. What I didn't realize is that by taking that bath my body got rid of the water it was retaining due to my lack of drinking water, so it pretty much dried up my bodies emergency supply. It felt like someone stuck a butcher knife into the lumbar region of my spine and was twisting it back and forth. While I cried I wondered if the pain was going to be that bad during labor and I'm starting to wonder how the hell I'll be able to surpass that and "push" the baby out.

Which brings me of course to my next worry, as if the expectant mother didn't have enough going on in that little head of ours!

So I learned my lesson, I drink all my water during working hours because I KNOW I will forget once I get home. My advice is if you have a hard time remembering, set an alarm on your phone or on your desktop because you don't want your kidneys reminding you...it is PAINFUL!


I still managed to make it a pretty fun weekend by going to a friends grad party, having a nice buffet breakfast, watching a movie and going to BABIES R US with my honey who still doesn't know the sex of the baby...hehehehehe. So I made him chose everything for a boy & a girl, and I will go register later. Muahahahah...I love it! I'm so excited about my baby shower, which will be in exactly 2 months, can't wait to see what's in store and most of all what will be left to buy...ugh!

Anywho, I'm off, thanks for reading...I must go drink more water now! ;)

Baby Blues...the miscarriage of one twin

This was a note I wrote back on Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 3:49pm

Hi guys, as very little of you may know I was put on bed rest for 2 weeks, "Why?" you ask? Well as you all know, I'm pregnant, what most, if not all of you didn't know is that I was pregnant with twins, but I lost one. The sack of the twin that did not make it attached itself to the sack of the healthy one, the doc was afraid it would pull it down at the same time.

There is nothing more nerve wrecking than having to go to the bathroom to just worry over and over and over again on wether what's coming out is what's left of the first sack or if the second sack is also dissolving. The bleeding concerned my doctor so she put me on bed rest just to be safe. The reason I didn't call anyone was because I hated repeating the story OVER AND OVER...I was depressed and sad to know that I lost one of my babies...but happy and grateful to know there was still a healthy one in there who was going to make it...MAYBE.

The two week bed rest was probably the darkest and saddest time that I spent at home. Happy/Sad, Grateful/Deppressed, Laughing/Crying, Hopeful/Stressing...you guys have no idea what it felt like!

( I'm glad that part of my pregnancy is over with! )

Finding out you're pregnant...

Can be a pretty scary thing, especially if you weren't reeeealy planning on having kids in this lifetime, maybe even the next. I come from a family of 5 siblings, I have 12 nieces and nephews, so I could always just borrow one. After watching my first birth at 13 let me just say, it provided an awesome backbone when it came time to decide on birth control. It was an absolute must! Not to knock on my sisters or my brother but I didn't just want to have kids, if I were to have children I wanted a FAMILY.

People ask "well...isn't that the same thing?" And the answer to that is HEC NO! Having a family means you also have a solid foundation, something stable on which you can always lean and count on. People have kids left and right, end up as single mothers, some have it harder than others but I saw what my own family went through and it just reassured me of what I didn't want for myself.

It was January of this year that my co-worker brought to my attention that my monthly timing was off. But before even mentioning that I thought I was pregnant I had to know for sure. I was afraid of what my boyfriend was going to say, my wonderful loving boyfriend, I think knew before I did. The day I took the pregnancy test, before I could even break it down he said something along these lines "Geez, we really have to stop spending so much money babe, you know, with the baby coming and all". This was about 2 minutes after I just took a .99cent pregnancy test. My jaw just dropped, and I just thought to myself "He must be one of those mind readers and doesn't even know it!"

To end the story of that exciting evening, I pulled out from my pocket the tiny little test from my pocket which I had just taken, and handed it to him while saying "how did you know?" And he smiled and said "are you serious?!".

Who knew that a tiny little faint line could mean so much and change your life as you knew it, all in just 2 minutes?! I personally found out that day =)