u s e y o u r h a n d s

Purpose

January 09th, 2009 | Category: Pregnancy

This week was week one of childbirth preparation class. Instead of doing the more popular Bradley or Lamaze methods, we’re pursuing hypnotherapy for childbirth. It’s totally fascinating. The instructor says that we all have many different realities to choose from, and hypnotherapy allows you to choose the optimal reality. In this case, one could view the pain of childbirth as excruciating, permanent, unbearable or view it as a challenge, something to learn from, transitory. I’d like to try the latter!

It’s suddenly becoming very real that we’re having a baby. Plus, now I have the pieces of his crib rattling around my car, thanks to a weekend Craig’s List purchase. Today’s big project is cutting up all of our old ratty t-shirts into diaper wipes and rags. Now that we’ve got something to do instead of worry about what completely unidentifiable food item that I may or may not want to consume, suddenly being pregnant is fun.

4 comments

4 Comments so far

  1. lacey January 9th, 2009 11:52 am

    Ha! I completely agree–after feeling totally sick the first few months, I really enjoyed my 2nd and 3rd trimesters. I got a LOT done–that nesting energy was crazy.

    So you guys are cloth diapering? That’s so cool!

  2. Shylo January 12th, 2009 10:09 am

    Yeah! Here’s why: I hate wasting stuff, I’m cheap, and I’m staying home with Gus. Plus, it gave us the perfect excuse to replace our 20-year-old washer-and-dryer combo at Sears’ Black Friday sale.

    I’ll be spending a lot of time in the garden again this summer, so we’ll also line-dry a fair amount. Hopefully, Gus will get used to spending time among the peas, beans, onions, tomatoes, herbs, beets, carrots, chard and sunflowers I’m growing.

  3. lacey January 16th, 2009 4:54 pm

    I think having support in place when cloth diapering is the key to its success. Really, everyone’s got to be on board. I really, really wanted to cloth diaper, but husband and my parents didn’t want to and, in fact, insisted that *they* were going to use disposable. I just had to pick my battles. I still regret it.

    Sun-drying diapers is awesome! You will be able to wear Gus in a wrap or sling while you pin them to the lines, as well.

  4. Shylo January 20th, 2009 12:01 pm

    Yeah, I agree. Because I’m staying at home, I do have more control over cloth v. disposables. I’m thankful for that.

    I plan to keep Gus in a sling for the whole summer! I think it will be fun for him to sway over the garden.

Leave a reply