32 weeks!

Full belly!

Side full belly!

My belly is pretty much the same as last time but lower. On facebook I also posted a belly pic when I was carrying Ariel and asked what they thought the sex was (as friends and most fmaily don't know) and anyone who posted a comment said Boy! My SIL who doesn't know told me she looked and thought the belly was so different and she thinks boy! Isn't it neat that they are right? That it's just not me who sees the differences?

In those photo's you can also see my hair. I just had it done again and the dark pieces aren't brown anymore but an ash blonde. Same places just not as dark. I did get to liking it but it had to fade a lot before I did. And brown is just not me. So she bleached out all the brown chunks but not the underneath. Too much bleach for one day, instead we just darkened the underneath. In April I had put red in my hair on top in a few chunks and all of the underneath. The red faded to a pinkish but when she puts brown over top it the red keeps coming out. I may as well keep the underneath a different color for a few more months as it's so hard to get rid of that when I do I won't do it again for a while. I saw a hair color I really liked on Oprah, the episode where she interviews a bunch of woman from polygamist marriages so I am going to try to find a clip of it online or something to show the hairdresser for next time...

Another boy name Chad and I are considering is Finnley, we would call him Finn....

I met with my Dula tonight. She was my Dula when I had Ariel too. I really like having a Dula, at the birth. For those who don't know what a Dula is, she is someone who is trained to be a labour coach, a support person for both husband and wife. It's awesome as you share with her your views on birth, what you want and not want and she helps you to achieve them. Also she is another set of eyes, I really don't want an episotomy and if she were to see the doctor going to do it without telling me she would say to them that she doens't want that and alert me to that. She is there for all of the birth also. We talked a bit about my labour with Ariel. With Ariel my water broke and I didn't go into natural labour, I had to be induced at 18 hours after. I had pretty much 48 hours until I for sure had to have a c-section. I knew that when I finally got the epidural (at 20 something hours after the inducuction) that I didn't have much time left. What I didn't know and she told me today was that I pretty much was on my last chance, they said if nothing changes in half an hour it was going to be a c-section! That is something that would have devestated me last time and still would. I do think c-sections are wonderful since they have improved birth and saved so many lives but I really feel that they are done too much. And I really don't want one. I found out the other day that now they only give mother's 24 hours after the water breaks! Ack! BUt I won't worry, she said that my labour will go so much faster since they usually do the second time. And who knows maybe I will get contractions before my water breaks! Maybe I will go into natural labour! She also encouraged me telling me that I did so well last time and for so long with no pain medication and since I made it so far I probably won't need it this time! That is awesome I would love to have a drug free birth!

half an hour away from a c-section I still can't get over that!