Less Than 6 weeks!!

Well, our baby girl will be here in about six weeks or so! I am SO excited! I can't wait to meet her. It's going to be so awesome and crazy all in one. I think Mike is pretty nervous about it seeing as he's never really been around babies. I'm nervous too but more for the time that he'll be in the field. He'll be leaving a few weeks after her due date and gone for a month or so. We aren't sure on dates (even if we were, I wouldn't post them here! hehe) or length but we know he's going to get to shoot his tank and qualify and get his tanker boots that he's wanted since he joined the Army. It's sort of a right of passage for tankers.

My doula, Ms. Tonya, has been such a big help this pregnancy and I'm sure she'll be a great help with Labor and Delivery as well. I'm so glad that we chose to hire a doula. I really hope that it helps me to get the birth that I want. i'd like to go as naturally as possible. I don't want an induction or epidural or a c-section, obviously. I'm fine with getting an IV and I'd like to be able to be up and moving and not tied down to the bed. We'll see how this all works out. Obviously if something is happening to me or the baby then we'll change that plan but this is how I'm hoping it will go. Since I've had a few "labor signs" Tonya has asked that I not do any sweeping/mopping, laundry changing, long dog walking, etc until I hit 36 weeks. 36 weeks is a big deal here in Korea. If you you go into active labor before 36 weeks then you have to deliver at a Korean hospital. I've been to one for an ultrasound and it isn't bad but I'd much prefer to have good communication and better care at an Army hospital. We'll see what happens. I've only got a little over a week until then so we should definitely make it!

Mike was in and out of the field for pretty much all of February and I'm happy to have him back now!!