Cramping

Monday night, I was having all sorts of weird dreams.  One particular dream I had, the baby was a boy (that makes 2 boy dreams, 1 girl dream), but in my dream I was also having terrible cramping.  Well, I woke up around 6am and realized that I was having real cramps, not just dream cramps.  They were in my lower left stomach, almost by my hips.  I couldn't get comfortable in bed, so I got up and slept on the couch.  The cramps weren't awful, but they were pretty annoying.  I couldn't fall asleep on the couch, so I pretty much just laid there the rest of the morning.  I called the phone nurse at my doctors office around 9:30, hoping she would tell me if it was a normal pain (I read online that it could be round ligament pains), or if it was something that I should get checked out.  About an hour later, I began to feel nauseated, and ended up getting sick.  First time I've gotten sick this entire pregnancy!  Soon after, the cramping went away, and besides some random pain I had from walking around, I didn't have any cramps the rest of the day.   I had a little bit of cramping today, same area, but that went away after about 20 minutes, so hopefully it's nothing big.  I have a doctors appointment tomorrow, so I'll ask about it then and let you all know what she says.

I am currently debating with myself on whether or not to switch doctors/hospitals.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with my current doctor.  I like her, as far as I know.  I talked with her a little bit about my desire to have a natural birth, and she seemed all about it, and even suggested the Bradley Method Classes that I am interested in taking.  I talked to my mom a couple of days ago, and she works in the ICU of a hospital.  A lot of her coworkers have recently had babies, and one night they were discussing hospitals for child birth.  Now, just to give you an idea of what is around me, I basically live in the middle of two hospitals.  The hospital that I had planned on having the baby at is about 10-15 minutes away.  There's another hospital that is about 15-20 minutes away.  Well, my mom said that when her and her coworkers were talking about which hospital to go to, she said that all of the ladies hands down said they would choose the hospital that is 15-20 minutes away.  The things that made me want to switch to that hospital is 1)it's in the town that I grew up in, and it's where my primary doctor is, 2) both of our families live in that town, and 3) They have midwives within the birthing center.  The ladies my mom works with all said that the hospital is more updated, the town is smaller so the birthing center usually isn't so busy, which means it's quieter, and they said the nurses are all much more involved and friendly, unlike the other hospital, where they aren't bad, but they treat you more like just another patient, instead of getting to know you on a personal level.  I've talked to a lot of people who say I will be fine no matter which way I go. I just am trying to decide if I want to go through all the hassle of switching over to the other hospital.  I only have my appointment tomorrow, and then my April 10 Gender Ultrasound appointment left, so I figure after that, I can start making appointments at the other place if I choose to switch over. 

I will update again after my appointment tomorrow! :)

Gender Test

So a friend of mine told me yesterday about a gender test you could take using Baking Soda.  You take about a tablespoon of baking soda, and put it in a cup, and pee in the cup.  If the baking soda fizzes, you're having a boy, and if it's still, you're having a girl!  Well I tried yesterday afternoon and it was still - girl!  I told Cody about it, and for the first time he admitted to me that he wouldn't mind having a girl!  He generally tells me he just wants a boy. I know he'd love it either way, but yesterday he said he'd love to have a girl, too! 

Well, apparently this test works best if you use first morning urine, so I tried it again this morning and it fizzed - which means boy!  So I almost think it's safe to say this test isn't really an accurate test, but it was fun to try! 

17 Weeks!

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted!  Between work, and baby stuff, it's been pretty busy around here! 

Last Monday, we were scheduled to go to a "prenatal class". When we made the appointment back in January, she told us that it was the class that would take us around the hospital, and show us where we'd be at during the birth.  So we were pretty excited for this class!  Monday, we get a phone call about 45 minutes before the class was supposed to start.  It was the nurse, saying that they weren't sure how many people were going to be at the class, so they were trying to get a headcount.  And they said that if there wasn't enough people coming, that they were going to reschedule the class for next month. She said she would call back if they decided to cancel.

We never heard from her, so we figured enough people were going, so we packed up and headed to the doctors office.  When we got there, it was only us and one other couple.  Apparently, that was enough to keep the class this month.  Oh well, we figured we'd just get more of an intimate class and we'd be able to ask more questions.  The nurse brought us back into a small conference room in the office, and started a slide show.  It went through things like, what vitamins to take, how to deal with pain when sleeping....nothing that we hadn't already heard before.  The slide show was about 12 slides (and the nurse read every slide word for word), and when it was done, she asked if we had any questions, and had us fill out a survey about how the class was.  We were so confused.  That was it?! We were there for literally 20 minutes.  It was definitely a waste of time. 

Thursday, Cody and I were both off of work, so we decided to go shopping.  Most of my work pants don't fit right anymore, so I really needed to find some maternity pants.  Also, we wanted to find something to buy for the baby.  Since we don't know the gender yet, I feel like there isn't a whole lot we can buy.  So, we bought books!  We got a really cute bedtime book, and some other little books like The Hungry Caterpillar, and a couple other books that we found that are cute.  I can't wait until the nursery is set up so we have somewhere to put them!