Treat making

Last night, mom, sis and me made some yummy treats that will be included as treats on S-Day.

I've really enjoyed doing all these crafty things with my mom and sister as I get to spend more time with them. I think we should make it a regular occurrence, even after the baby. Everyone gets busy, but making time for bonding will be a good value for... The baby (I almost typed her name).

More fun to come! Two more days until S-day!

Me concentrating on making the perfect chocolate nests.

Mom and sister mixing it up!

The finished product! Can't wait to eat!

What a pain!

We had our second childbirth education class last night and it is clear now that this class is solely based on the medical model of giving birth with the only "certainty" being that there will be a lot of pain. We watched another video last night showing a woman birthing without the assistance of anesthetics and predictably she was in pain. The nurse teaching the class, was discussing comfort measures, such as massage, changing positions, etc. but would always refer back to the pain. What a pain! Is this a scared straight class? Like, this is what happens when you get pregnant! You get to hold your baby. . . AFTER the PAIN! If the goal was to frighten everyone, congratulations, you've succeeded in frightening 99.9 percent of the couples in that room! No wonder women don't look forward to birthing, or they count on the anesthesia, if they go to these classes, anyone would!

I'm the .1 percent that was not frightened. I'm looking forward to natural birth and without the use of anesthetics. I think fear is debilitating and that can enhance the pain. When you're frightened, you're tense and when you're tense you're only focusing on the pain. Well I don't think that's for me! I just started reading a book called Hypnobirthing. It is a form of relaxation techniques to "relax the mind in order to let the body work". I just started the book but thus far it seems exactly what I'm looking for! There are classes that teach the techniques also but unfortunately, they're a little out of my price range so the book will have to do, but I will let you know once I finish it how my thoughts. I only wish our childbirth prep class had a more broadened perspective that didn't only include pain because that was getting quite annoying.

Here's to a positive perspective!

S-Day is close at hand!

Well, my baby shower is rapidly approaching this Saturday. I was trying to think of something catchy to call it, you know, something like "D-Day" but more baby oriented... and I realized BS-Day for "Baby Shower Day" might come across wrong. . . so instead I opted for just shortening it to S-Day.

The past two weeks, mom Sara and I have been working hard and getting all of the details in place, food, decorations, favors, etc. So this weekend we finished up the favors and I must say, they look absolutely adorable ! If I didn't want to share them with the friends and family joining me to celebrate, I might just keep them all ! I promise, there will be pictures of the favors to be posted after S-Day. I don't want to spoil the surprise for those coming !

The games are going to be a blast! Mom and Sara have really put so much love into this and I hope they know how much they're appreciated! Sara is taking today to put a mix of baby music together for one of the games and also baby bingo cards. Mom's working on an alphabet game and food preparation. I'm working on the favor bags and will be making one of the yummy treats this week. It's going to be great!

Looking forward to seeing all who are planning on coming!

P.S. Reading over my post I see that S-Day might also come across wrong as depending on the person. . . Oh well, what can ya do?!

10-2-11: Now that S-Day has come and gone here's a picture of the awesome ornaments we created!

Our woodland creature ornaments!