I am on the last day of week 12 now. I cant believe the first trimester is finally coming to a close. I am so excited to get it over with! I don't know how women manage to have more pregnancies after this. I don't think I can handle another 3 months of grade-A nightmare. It's the sickness, the worry, the sickness, the sleeplessness,the sickness, the skin, the sickness. I just don't think I will forget and think its a grand idea to do it again, but I have been assured that I will.
I met my midwife on Wednesday. She was really nice. I was a little nervous because there is a weird vibe to the whole "midwife" thing in the US. I always think of patchouli wearing overdue for a bath hippies when I think midwife. But in Sweden, its your only option. And I didn't smell any patchouli, she looked clean, and she was really professional and up to date.
I have started thinking about birthing options, and it turns out, you don't really have any in Sweden. I wanted a water birth but because of a large number of deaths, they don't do them in Sweden. Makes me wonder why they still do it in the US. I never even heard that your baby can die during one. That's very scary. So in light of all the dangers of not doing it in a hospital, it looks like I will be going full on hospital style. Yay.
I'm still not sure about the epidural. I know it hurts like a mofo, but I just feel unsure still. I guess we will see in about 6 months when I am in agony and screaming for anything to dull the pain!!
I have decided that since I have been feeling minutely better, I am gonna start doing this prenatal yoga dvd I got. Its been SO hard for me to get up and do anything. I suppose it wont hurt more than an extra throw up session to just try it. And it may even help.
I read that the uterus is the size of a peach and the baby is the size of a walnut now. That's so weird. I have been totally excited since getting the ultrasound picture where it really looks like a baby! The last one, it still looked like a blob.
I guess I better stop now. Body needs nap. Again.
