Birth Center, Worries, and Clothes

Happy Friday !  I'm so glad the weekend is finally here.  This has been quite an eventful week!  We had our first BirthCare Center appt on Wednesday and our first Bradley Method Class that evening.  I was nervous about the appt with the Center because I was comtemplating whether or not it was the best decision to switch care providers this far in the pregnancy.  I am 25 weeks as of Thursday so only 15 more weeks to go! Things are starting to get more real and it's making me nervous.  Where are we going to live? Will we like the Birth Center? What kind of delivery will I have? Who will be there at the time of the delivery? Will our parents be helpful or add unnecessary stress? Will our friends be present when we get back home to help out around the house? How will I be as a mother? That's just the first few that came to my mind.  There's so many more questions swirling around.  There's also the gestational diabetes test I have to take in May so I'm a little concerned about whether or not I have it.  The last 2 days have not been much fun in the land of pregnancy.  I'm not quite certain where the pain is coming from but it's dull and not strong enough to cause concern.  I just read about round ligament pain so maybe it's that.  Bill and I are going apt hunting this weekend which is both exciting and tiresome at the same time.  We're also supposed to go to Leesburg if all goes well.  Bill thinks I'm a shopaholic which I found to be pretty offensive!  If you breakdown my closet into categories by clothing type (work-hot weather, work-cold weather, work-warm weather, going out-hot weather, going out-cold weather, going out-warm weather, casual-hot weather, casual-cold weather, casual-warm weather), there's really not that much there so I'm not sure where he's getting this opinion from..   

Rant and a Movie

Good morning !  Today is Monday and I am soooo tired.  I am 24 1/2 weeks along in my pregnancy and have my first doctors appt with the Birthcare Center on Wednesday.  From the beginning, I've been going to a regular OB/GYN but since I have a specific birthplan that I want to experience I figured it might be best to switch offices.  Since I've been pregnant, both Bill and I have researched birthing options and methods and are not completely comfortable with being in a hospital for delivery.  We want to have an unmedicated, natural bith.  I'm sure you're shaking your head in doubt at my decision because everyone else has too when I tell them my plan.  But the thing everyone fails to realize is that I am the one having this baby, not them.  Everyone has their own beliefs and opinions on delivery and I have my own.  I don't talk down to their decisions so I'm not sure why people want to talk down to mine.  It's very disheartening to express how excited I am about my delivery method of choice, only to have someone share their negative thoughts about it.  I do believe that there is a right of passage when it comes to motherhood and I want to experience every ounce of it.  I understand it's going to be painful and I am not opposed to interventions if there are complications with the child.  My intentions are not to be selfish but I am doing this for personal reasons.  Women have been doing this for many many years so who's to say that I am not capable of the same thing?!  Enough ranting about that ( I just needed to vent a little).  Bill and I went to see Think Like a Man this weekend.  We finally made it into the theatre on Sunday after trying to catch sold out shows on Friday and Saturday.  It was a pretty good movie about the "rules" of men and women.  I must admit, I did read the book when it came out and did try to apply the philosophy's Steve Harvey talked about during the beginning of mine and Bill's relationship. They must have worked b/c I got him to marry me!  Well, that and getting pregnant kinda helped things along.....

New Beginnings....

So, I recently (like yesterday) started using twitter and it motivated me to start a blog.  I tried the whole blogging thing once before but got bored and actually forgot the site I was using to blog so it just didn't work out.  Maybe this time around, I'll stick with it ?!  Just a little background on who Rose actually is.... I'm from a small town in North Carolina called Denton.  I lived there for the first 20 years of my life when I left to join the military.  I did 4 years of active duty and then got out, moved to Fredericksburg, VA to start a new life.  After about 6 months, I moved to Alexandria, VA where I have been living for the almost 3 years now.  Since moving here, I have met the love of my life, Bill :)  We got married back in March and are expecting a baby boy in August!  If you're trying to do the math then let me help you out..... we were two individuals caught in the throws of passion under a cloud of love and lust (aka I got knocked up and had a shot gun wedding !).  You'll hear a lot about Bill and Baby V over the next couple of months, if I am able to continue blogging for that long.  If not, then this will just be an "All About Rose" short story.  Anywho, I tend to ramble and get off topic a lot, hence the blog title, " scatter brained".  I am also not gifted with English skills (given that I'm from a small hick town in the south) so you may see a lot a grammatical errors and words missing vows....and probably words you've never seen before that were created just for Dentonians.  I'm excited to share my world with you, whoever you may be......