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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy!!


haha, Gender Reveal ice cream. from here


New stuff:
It's a boy! This week I'm 23 weeks along (5 months), which means I'm past the halfway point of pregnancy. Whoooo it has flown by! He weighs a little over a pound now and is probably around 11 or 12 inches long. Amazing! 

As for mama, I've been feeling great! Besides an ever-increasing belly and random kicks and jabs, I probably wouldn't think I was pregnant. I know this sweet period won't last, so I'm soaking it in! 

We bought our first clothes for Baby Boy last weekend at our community yard sale! We got some awesome finds; there was a nice woman selling her son's baby stuff and she kept everything in such good condition, it was like buying brand new! We stocked up with a few outfits for the whole first year and got a baby swing all for really cheap! Yay deals!

As new parents, we're going through some interesting changes too. Whenever that moment hits you that "this is real" and that you're having a baby together, you realize in that moment that you'd do anything for that little one. We've been working for years to eat better, to be healthier. We usually take a few steps forward, then maybe a step backwards to the junk food, and then forward again. A little at a time, but we've both come a long way in our eating habits.

Then we get the news that my iron is low. For me, working in the medical field, I see patients with low iron all the time and I know what is seriously/critically bad and what is borderline (in my opinion, I am borderline right now between "okay, not great" and "definitely room for improvement"). I'm right on the border for the state law to say it's ok for me to have a home birth or that I have to deliver in a hospital. I've been taking an iron supplement to help and came to the realization that I really need to step up my game if I want to have a healthy baby and a healthy labor. 

So, Ben and I spent a few hours at the store reading labels and getting healthier food choices. We're not perfect by any means in regards to "eating clean", but we've both decided this is what needs to be done to help our little family. We are eating things that when we read the ingredients section on the label, we know what most or all of them are. And shopping at the local farmer's markets for fruits and veggies (and OMG so much cheaper than at the grocery store!!).

We had an interesting discussion also about how vague most doctors are in regards to being healthier. Typically you may go to the doctor for something and they may tell you if something is wrong and give you a prescription to fix or mask the problem. Not too many go into depth explaining the different processes of the body or talk too much about how to fix the problem without prescriptions (guess that's why some people would rather go to a homeopathic physician). Anywho, our midwife is completely awesome and so helpful in giving us ways and ideas to help our baby get the optimum nutrients he needs and explaining how certain things will counteract other things (for instance, I can't take the iron supplement with a drink that is high in calcium because iron and calcium counteract each other). 

Apologies for the really long post with only one picture (and a borrowed one, at that). Here's you a random picture that's probably been seen in a previous post. 


Have a great week!


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