28w3d - SURPRISE Baby Shower

I had my surprise baby shower thrown by my aunt's on Saturday, November 14.  I was told there was a "football" party.  I did get somewhat suspicious though, but I still had a great time.  I got lots of goodies including our travel system (from ALL of my aunt's regardless of what David says) and the playard (from my Dad).  I enjoyed the fact that the guys were there since David was able to be there when I opened all the gifts and my dad was able to be there when I opened his.  We also got a ton of other stuff that I'm sure will be very useful!!  Thank you to everyone!  I will try and get some pictures of the shower and our goodies up later.

 

That morning, I went to a LLL meeting which stands for La Leche League.  If you've never heard of them, they are an organization dedicated to breastfeeding.  There were the other 2 girls from my birthing class and 3 breastfeeding moms there.  I learned a lot of useful information on clothing I should buy, pumps, problems that could occur, etc.  I doubt I'll go back until after the baby is born, but it's nice to know there is such a supportive group out there.

 

Also, I had another doctor's appointment on November 11.  This marks the last of my 4-week appointments, I will now go every 2 weeks until I hit 36 weeks, I think.  I have gained about 5 pounds since my last appointment which is pretty good since my weight at the last appointment was back up to my "pre-pregnancy" weight.  My blood pressure looked good too.  I asked the doctor about the position of the baby and he said that Noah is head down with his butt on my left side and his feet out towards my right side.  It's no guarantee he'll stay in that position, but it's a good sign.  We also had a pretty good conversation with our doctor about natural birth and what we can and can't do.  Basically, he said we can do whatever we want as long as things are progressing normally.  Once we have our birth plan together in a few weeks, we'll give that to him and we can discuss issues more in depth, but basically he's seems very cool with everything we want to do.  He even said that having a doctor at the birth is "optional" and he strongly feels most women could give birth without a doctor just fine, but that he will be there in case something goes wrong.

 

This Sunday is my planned shower (hosted by Danielle and Kristina).  I'm also looking forward to Danielle being in town for a whole week!  Also, today is my glucose test.  Wish me luck!!!