29 weeks and I am going crazy.

It's been a while since I have wanted to blog. I am so tired when I get home from work I usually eat, and sleep.

Quick recap: On Valentines Mike got me the Sanctuary Spa Covent Garden: Mum to Be. The lotions and oils make my skin feel so soft and nice. Along with that he also got me some Chocolates. He was going to take me to a dinner and a show in London, but asked me if that is what I wanted to do. I would of loved it, but the weather was going to and happened to be horrible for a trip to London. I opted for dinner and a movie here in Oxford. We saw Avatar, and although he wanted to take me somewhere nice, all I seemed to want for dinner was Pizza Hut pizza. Needless to say it was a low key day. I really loved that.

We had a wonderful time this past Sunday at our Bishops house. We had a lovely dinner, hung out and chatted, and then I spent some alone time with Sister Dick, while Mike played and won the game Settler's. Sister Dick is an amazing woman, she is a Doula, and we talked much about labor, breastfeeding, and breathing exercises. I am so grateful for her help, and the wonderful one on one time spent. I think that I really would love to try for a natural labor, a birthing pool, but we will see. I'm usually a sceptic and have a tendency to think anything like natural labour is hippy-ish and would be a wast of time. But now after trying some of the techniques I think that I am having to eat my own words. ( I have been getting some very painful braxton hicks, more on that later!) Well in the mist of her showing me breathing exercises I had two, and the breathing really helped, along with the movements. I am not the type who would have her baby at home, not comfortable. I like knowing there are doctors around, in case things take a turn for the worse, or if I do happen to need pain medication. I like knowing its there.

This pregnancy is driving me crazy!!!(Time to vent)

I have been seeing my doctors here on a very regular visits. From my GP and Midwife (they are both my primary pregnancy doctors) to others. I was assigned to a new doctor two weeks ago, OB due to the fact I had MRSA in the states, and needed to a specialist. (Here you don't see an OB unless you are considered high risk or have had some problems). But as of today I will no longer be in her care. Well I have had one episode of sugar in my urine. I did the screen test and ended up being in the GREY zone. My GP rushed my results to the hospital, where I would need to be seen by the Feto-Medicine Clinic, for women with gestational diabetes. Well I saw them today. I spent 2 1/2 hours speaking with five different doctors/midwifes/nurses today. I am to monitor myself with the little machine (6 finger pricks a day) for two weeks, go back and show them my results to see if I will need to get on medication. I knew that I was at a higher risk of getting Gestational diabetes because I have PCOS. To be honest I prefer this group of people to take care of me than my midwife. My midwife sucks!!! I don't feel she is very approachable, and feel so rushed when I go see her. I was telling her about how my braxton hicks are accompanied by menstrual like cramps. She told me to go to the Labor unit the next time that happened. Today being among so many doctors and midwives I asked them about my braxton hicks (I was not satisfied with my first answer, so needed a second opinion), and they told me there was no need to go to the labor unit, but that they would be monitoring me more closely. Seriously, I don't know how much closer they can monitor me! I think that all the different doctors, is what is driving me INSANE(okay, venting done for now).......

I am grateful that they are being careful with me and our little bundle of chuck norris that is living in my belly. My appetite has finally made a full come back. I was so stressed today, that I took the day off and napped.

So I had been feeling sorry for myself, lame I know. I had been sad, knowing I would not get to see my family or they see me prego. You know the fun stuff, taking pictures with my mom and grandma, aunts and Mike's family, and my other family the Johnsens. I am not going to have a baby shower. Well that is over, as long as our little one comes into this world safe. I am not going to feel sorry for myself, after all England is nice, except I am starting to hate the weather. We did have 3 days of beautiful sunshine, then it snowed yesterday and today. I have decided that I am going to splurge on one item. Shopping is always therapeutic! And do you want to know what that is, this nifty little thing.

Mike liked it too! It got his attention first, and then I checked it out and fell in love. It's the Musty 4 rider. I am so excited about getting this, it makes me smile as type this. I think if we had more money to splurge and didn't have to take it back with us, Mike's top choice was this:

DID YOU KNOW THAT THEY DONT ROUTINELY DO CIRCUMCISION FOR BOYS IN THE UK? We found out that they don't do it in the hospital, we have to find a doctor who is willing to do it. Does anyone know how soon after a child is born that they do circumcision. Should we wait till we get back to the states, or find a doctor here?