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Thanksgiving

This thanksgiving we continued the tradtion of going to my Aunt Betsy's to play games, go for a nice walk, and of course eat good food. As always, we had a really nice time. You can see more photos at Flicker.

Baby's sex?

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It is a very interesting experience choosing no to know if the baby is a boy or a girl. I get alot of predictions and some are quite amusing. My coworker told me I was having a girl when I first told people at 3 months along; she could tell from my aura. Today a patient said that since I'm feeling alot of movement on the right side, it must be a boy.

So I'm curious if anyone else out there in cyberspace has a prediction about the sex of the baby and more interestingly why they think that way.

anti-chlorine swim suit

I bought a two piece maternity swim suit with a dark blue check pattern on it last month. Besides the annoying feeling like I'm swimming in a heavy canvas tent, the color is drastically changing. I've gone swimming in it twice now and noticed the color changed to a soft bluish purple after the first swim, and is now a bright, light pink color. I looked at the tag today and saw the washing instructions - "hand wash cold with like colors only - no chlorine bleach."

Great... Why make a swim suit that is not supposed to be exposed to chlorine?

garage door

Sunday Gary had planned a nice date for us to visit the Musuem of Natural history, but his good intentions were blocked when we could not get the garage door to open. I was sad that we couldn't go out and have fun, but thankfully it was the weekend and we didn't absolutely need to drive somewhere. If Gary had discovered that he couldn't get his car out Monday morning, it would have been alot more stressful. However it did cost a couple hundred dollars to get the garage door repair service to come. It is amazing how much we take simple things, like a functioning garage door, for granted.

OB glucose

I had a slightly high result on my one hour glucose test last week, so I have to take the 3 hour fasting glucose test today. I was suprised since I don't have any family history of diabetes and I consider myself to be in pretty good shape.

This morning taking the test has been awful. Fasting until lunch sucks. And having to get your blood drawn four times, once every hour for four hours while fasting and being pregnant really sucks. Drinking that sugary syrup on an empty stomach is so gross. I have felt more nauseated and crappy this morning than at any other time during the pregnancy.

I signed up for cloth diaper service today from Dy-dee. Although the cost is about the same as disposable diapers, and the health difference is debatable, the environmental impact is significantly less using a cloth diaper service. And really, would you wear paper underwear?

Some of the facts: 18 billion disposable diapers are thrown in landfills each year, taking as many as 500 years to decompose. Disposable diapers make up the third largest source of solid waste landfills, after newspapers and food beverage containers—a significant fact, considering they are a single product used by a limited portion of the population.'

Some will argue that in areas where water is scarce, disposables are the better environmental choice. However, carrying this argument to the extreme, we should be wearing disposable clothes, and using paper plates and plastic utensils. Washing cloth diapers at home uses 50 to 70 gallons of water every three days— about the same as a toilet-trained child or adult flushing the toilet five to six times a day. A diaper service puts its diapers through an average of 13 water changes, but because of the economies of scale, uses less water and energy per diaper than one laundry load at home. - From The Joy of Coth

L&D class

Gary and I went to our first pregnancy class last night. It was all about labor and delivery. We got to watch some videos of women giving birth and learn about the different pain management options. I have to say it was rather terrifying. Of course you hear that giving birth is one of the most painful experiences a human can undergo, but actually seeing the videos of the poor women having contractions ... it was scary. Hopefully our next class on breast feeding will be more fun.

6 months

I feel like I am getting so big. I can definitely tell my organs don't have all the room they used to and my ribs are often squished. And if I feel this big now, how am I going to make it another 3 months?

Halloween

We had a nice turnout for Halloween last night, about 20 kids came to the door for candy. We also went to a Halloween party Saturday. I had limited costume options considering I can't fit into any of my regular clothes, so I just wore a black dress with a witch's hat.