My Hospital of Choice..

I have not really had anything to blog about in a while, and tonight I really need to keep myself 'busy'. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my new job!! The Marcotte family (who owns the counseling center) is so wonderful. Tomorrow afternoon at 12 we will go to the hospital to have an Ultrasound of our little baby fetus and we will find out what flavor of baby we're getting =] !! I am so excited, but at the same time im very scared. I have been feeling my baby move from the outside, Dave has not yet =[ He always feels at the wrong time and my baby doesnt move tons and tons, I dont feel it atleast, the baby moves daily but I thought it would be a lot more than this. Maybe as im further along and the baby gets bigger I will feel it more often, and more strongly! I pee a lot. Its INSANE. Im 19wks today, and I woke up with a HUGE belly this morning!! I am so close to the 3rd trimester its scary! Tomorrow will make this all even more real, if thats possible, but we can start buying stuff and painting =] We have quite a few boy out fits and girl outfits and Im so ready to put one gender of clothing away and buy more of the others. Were starting to buy diapers already, not sure how I feel about that hahaha =] I still dont have much of an appetite, the only things I can eat and I want to eat are peanut butter sandwiches, and turkey/potato chip sandwiches. Everything else makes me throw up, or want to throw up (gross I know, sorry to share that). I can have juice and crackers too with out being sick =]
I preregistered for my hospital stay! I obviously wont be there for a bit longer (Oct 24) but my doctor told me I should do it soon and get it out of the way. It was fun to fill out the questions =] Somehow it made me feel a tiny bit relieved. The hospital im delivering at is Saint Alphonsus Medical Center. My doctor, Dr Bradford is such an amazing woman, she treats me like a friend and I dont know what I would do with out her reassurance that that pain under my tummy are my ligaments stretching out, and her wonderful smile and kind words. She tells me all the time that I need to eat more cause I have only lost weight from my prepregnancy weight (which im sure I have shared before), Im not sure how cause I feel about 3 times as big as I ever have hahaha But im almost excited to gain that first pound, it will help reassure me my baby is growing big and is happy and healthy. I dont want to squeeze out anything larger than 6lbs... But as long as its healthy ill deliver 15lbs =] Im a champ, I know it.
Well when I was choosing a hospital I was having such a hard time choosing between Saint Lukes down town and Saint Alphonsus. I have had friends and family deliver at both and they are both have wonderful maternal centers. Saint Alphonsus was the most expensive but luckily I have awesome insurance ;] Anyway I chose Saint Alphonsus because they have played such a huge part in the life of my wonderful, wonderful husband. A few years ago he was very sick and he stayed in the hospital for a few months. He didnt have a very good chance at life, or being healthy and normal if he did live but, he beat the odds. He fully recovered and is as normal as he would have been if he didnt get sick ;] David is so important to me and they took the best care of him, and I know they will take the best care of me. Thats where I would like to keep all of our hospital stays, at St Als (not that I expect any). Im excited that when im in labor that I can sit in the Jacuzzi, im excited that they give complimentary massages, Im excited that I will be staying in a queen size bed, and in a beautiful room. Maybe (probably) that wont be important to me than, while im screaming in pain and pushing a 7 pound baby out BUT, right now I know there is no better place for us to have our baby, there are no other doctors and nurses that could make me feel as good as these ones do. Im very excited to do this and as ready as any mother to be ever could be =]

Athena stayed with her 'boyfriend' for the last 2 weeks she was in heat and I hope that soon we will get the good news that she has babies in her belly. Dogs also experience morning sickness and im not looking forward to that. I cant wait to feel her babies move around in her tummy though! Im glad we get to go through this together (I know what your thinking.. 'wow its just a dog' but she is my family, we love her!!!)

That is all for now =]
15 hours until we get the big news and get to see our baby again!!

-- Laura :)