SO, like I mentioned before, tomorrow is the BIG ultrasound. I’m pretty nervous but mostly because I’m afraid of hearing that the kid isn’t growing enough or growing too much or has 6 toes… you know, usual parental concerns. It’s almost around the time when I should be feeling “the quickening”, which is baby movement. I have felt little thumps in the past but not as of the past week or so. Maybe I gained an extra pound of fat and can no longer detect little kicks. But like everything else in pregnancy, all these milestones happen at different times for different women.

I can tell you what will happen at a specific time are: the childbirth classes (July 2nd – 30th, Monday nights) and the two hour breastfeeding class, which is on July 10th. I thought July would be a good time because I’ll have about one more month to go but I’ll be prepared for well, everything you can be prepared for before some parasitic being propels forth form your nether region. (or it’s carved out, depending). I’m hoping to go natural with drugs on hand just in case, but we shall see. The only big thing I think I actually worry about labor is the uncertainty of it all. I know it will be painful. That’s not going to be s surprise. I’m also hoping that I won’t be that woman who shouts obscenities at her doctors, her husband. I’ll probably just cry a lot. Not all out “oh shit I broke a bone” crying but the kind like when you sort of sob and wallow. That’s how I’ll deal with the pain, I know it. Or at least, that’s what I imagine will happen.

I’ve never had a serious injury. Maybe I don’t know pain like childbirth. In 11th grade I snapped all tendons in my ankle (minus achilles) and that was pretty painful. I broke my pinky toe once. Burned my hand when I was 3. Yeah, right on the stove. Never had stitches or a cast. And despite what some people say, tattoos don’t hurt either. I’m not too worried. Maybe because when you experience labor pain, you also secrete oxytocin, which is also present when you orgasm. I figure, if a woman is in touch with her body and has some mental control, labor can be a breeze. But don’t quote me on that!

Well, I’ll probably blog tomorrow morning but sometime after the big u/s, I’ll let everyone know the gender!