5 Weeks and Counting

The vacation was so relaxing and perfectly timed. There were plenty of pools I could soak in without getting overheated and they happened to be the pools that mostly other pregnant mamas and kids were in, so I was in good company. The only thing that came up that wasn't so fun was the nauseousness. Ah yes, the morning sickness, which I like to call "anytime" sickness because it can appear out of the blue at any time. So that came and went, it usually didn't stay for more than an hour at a time and I couldn't throw up, just like in my other pregnancies. I just had to wait for it to subside. So I breathed deeply, drank peppermint tea to calm my stomach and went for walks to get fresh air, did yoga in the sanctuary (a beautiful warm yurt with lots of nice meditation pillows and yoga mats) or knitted in the library. The other thing I've noticed is that I'm almost always very warm. At night I'm HOT. It's nice this time of year though, especially since our house is so cold. I'm also a little more tired. But overall I feel healthy and good! I've been making it a point to get good walks in too. Today I'll be walking the two plus miles around Lake Padden with my dog, Forest, and a previous client and her almost three month old baby.

I'm about five and a half weeks along into the pregnancy (which is still so weird to me that 'they' count the two weeks before you are even fertile, or in my case, have sperm in you). Every Tuesday will be my "one more week" mark. Meaning this coming Tuesday I will be six weeks along. I called my midwives and we have our first appointment set for December 18th. I will be 12 weeks on that day and hopefully we'll be able to hear baby's heartbeat for the first time. Lisa and Brooks will be visiting December 15th-18th, so it'll be perfect.We'll get to do a little winter celebrating with them, and lots of pregnancy/baby celebrating.

My doula practice has also been really growing lately and I'm thrilled that I have three due dates this month as well as three next month. I would love to continue with two to four due dates every month until June. It feels like the perfect schedule to me and I love all the pregnancy and birth energy that I now share on a different level with my clients. I'm so honored to help so many amazing, strong, beautiful women find their power and be in abundance and trust around their births. I'm hoping I can get back into doula work pretty quickly after this sweet baby is born. I'm envisioning being able to take clients with August due dates.

Let's have a healthy, positive, and joyful first trimester, little one. In fact, let's just make the whole pregnancy, birth, and postpartum sweet and smooth. I'm calling that in.