6 weeks left!

That's right I am now 34 weeks and have 6 weeks left! Things really haven't changed much, still really sick and have resigned myself to the fact that I probably will be until this child leaves my body. The baby is really active, one of our favorite things to do at night is lay on my back in bed and watch the baby roll around and make waves on my belly like a tiny alien in my body. Brent thought it was pretty freaky at first now he has gotten a little more used to it.

We have been going through our Bradley Method book. It's a form of childbirth like Lamaze only the Bradley Method is aimed towards natural unmedicated childbirth, it also focuses on breathing normally(unlike lamaze that teaches altered breathing) and relaxing your body during contractions so that your uterus can do it's work. The method is really aimed towards the coach putting everything on his shoulders to making sure she relaxes and stays hydrated and that doctors and midwives respect the wishes of the birthing woman. So that the only thing the laboring woman is to worry about it focusing on contractions and relaxing without interruptions. The Bradley method is also very much against medicated births, talking about everything that you put into your body is also transferred to the baby. So if you medicate yourself and numb yourself (epidurals) it has the same affect on the baby so your baby can no longer work with the contractions and work it's way down like it's supposed to. Anyway this is only a small summary of what this book talked about. It has a lot of exercises and relaxation techniques for you to work on before you go into labor. I'm excited and scared at the same time, the book isn't making light of things it is very clear of this being the hardest work you will do so I am nervous about that but also excited to see my baby! so I will have to let you all know how the Bradley Method worked for me.

Brent's work is giving us a baby shower this week so I am excited about that, his work has always been so good to him and he has such sweet people that work there so was very thoughtful of them to give us a shower. Well that is all for now time to get ready for the day! God Bless!