Third Trimester!!!! Woooo Hooooo!!!!!!!!

So, it's official! I'm in my third trimester and everything is going well. Below is a pic of me at 27 weeks. Early yesterday morning we went into L & D because I had cramping for several hours that had me confined to the bed. Luckily there was no issue and we were sent home after a few hours. They monitored the baby's heartbeat and me for contractions. They also did a swab test to see if there was a possibility that I could go into premature labor in the next week. It came back negative. Thank you Lord!

One good thing, we don't have to go to the L & D tour because we now know exactly how to get there! It was 4am and we had to get security to open the door. We also didn't have to pay for parking. By the time we left shortly before 8, there was still no parking attendant. So we saved a couple of duckets.

So, I think I mentioned before that we are doing Hypnobabies which teaches you how to have a natural birth by sending anesthesia to parts of your body to deal with any discomfort. Well, when we got to the L & D room, there was a tub and I didn't know they had them. The nurse said they hardly ever use them because they don't do natural birth too much there. She then began to talk about why and I decided to say we are doing natural. Later on, she was talking about forms to fill out and what to expect while I was there yesterday and started to talk about if I was induced and delivered, etc. I was like whoa whoa whoa, that would not be my choice. My choice would be to do whatever possible to NOT deliver at 27 weeks. It made me realize how much I need to talk to my doc and be on the same page and will have to stand my ground on how I visualize the birth to be. Now of course I know things happen and I need to keep an open mind, but don't make it up for me already!

I finished up the Babies R Us registry today while Kim started putting together our baby website via the bump. We did a wedding website and found it very useful since we could just drive folks there with questions. She's doing a great job! Tomorrow, I'm going to finish up the Target registry in case people actually want to start buying stuff. We have registered for quite a lot of things.

Today, I looked further into cloth diapering. Right now I'm leaning toward a hybrid system, gDiapers. I'm going to call a good friend of Kim's so that I can get some advice and opinions. I also researched and selected a breast pump.

I'm also quite excited that yesterday I bought some great bedding to update our bed to make it more comfortable and truly a king size bed. So, it's about time to take a shower and get in that bed and enjoy some time with Kim before dozing off to sleep.