I think I am ready. Well ready in terms of all the logistical baby things. Whether I am actually ready, as in mentally or emotionally, I guess I won't know until baby decides to make an entrance into this world. Can you ever be fully prepared on this level? Probably not.
I am 37 weeks tomorrow. The big 3-7. Pebbles is at term. And it certainly feels like it! Jane, the midwife, arrives on Sunday. Everything is gearing up for this baby to come. It is all really happening. Though I'm not sure if I fully believe it yet.
We have everything prepared for the big day. Birthing pool. Connector hose. Plastic Sheet. Cotton sheet. Towels. A sieve (or as Mr. T calls it the pooper scooper, I seriously am hoping there will be no poop to scoop). A pool thermometer. A small bucket to bail out cool water to make room for hot water. A small hand mirror. Birthing music. Candles. Aromatherapy oils. An electric fan in case the room gets too hot. And we are renting an oxygen cylinder, due to arrive today.
I also have a list of labour snacks which we are slowly getting prepared - including fruit ice lollies, date and almond balls, cold potatoes with mustard and water cress and lots of carrot and cucumber sticks. I also have bought a load of bendy straws. Why? Well a friend of mine started a great blog (www.twolittlevees.wordpress.com). For some reason blogger won't let it appear on my blog list no matter what I try. Is there some wordpress blogger animosity going on?? And the one thing that came highly recommended during labour was having a bendy straw close at hand - as no matter what position you end up in you can always have a sip of much needed water without fuss.
As for baby things, well here are a few shots of what I've been up to this past week:
Nappies! Beautiful soft bamboo nappies and our changing bag. Sitting in their little alcove between the bathroom and the toilet. Waiting for a little bottom.
The baby health and hygiene basket. Muslins, cuddle try organic towel, cotton wool, thermometer and other assorted goodies. Waiting for a little body to keep clean and dry.
We haven't bought much in terms of clothing as everyone has said it's better to wait and see how fast she grows and what she really needs. Plus by November we will be needing warmer clothes for Winter. So we just have a small basket of some newborn clothes, swaddling blankets and swim nappies, she is being born at the height of Summer after all. They sit waiting too.
The organic moses basket with baby sheepskin. It is so cute and so soft. Mr. T keeps looking at it and saying he wants to sleep in there, it looks so comfortable.
All we need now is a little baby to put into the moses basket, the nappies and the clothes... but most of all we want to have her in our arms. Of all these things they have been waiting the longest of all.
