My Pregnancy Week 28 - by Betsy Cherry Twin Cities Maternity Photographer

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SELF-PORTRAIT HOW-TO: I wanted to celebrate Spring as best I could with it being about 20 degrees outside, so I put on another white lacy dress and added a great big sun hat. I draped the door curtain out behind me and let the sun illuminate my skin to create a warm feel. I did not use a flash or a reflector this week. I wanted only natural light and shadow, just as would exist had I been outside on a warm Spring day. 

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WEEK 28  MONTH 7 |  MARCH 21ST - MARCH 27TH
B A B Y   E G G P L A N T

I can't believe I am starting the third trimester already! This pregnancy is just lying by! I've been trying my best to enjoy every moment and mentally slow it down. I love being pregnant and I know this will most likely be my last pregnancy. I've cherished every little and big thing along the way and will continue to do so.

Saturday, March 22nd - I had the oddest dream this morning! I was at a wedding, then at an outdoor party, then at another party at someone's messy house. At each location I was being tracked down by a doctor that needed to give me some special injection. Can't remember what the reason was for needing it, but i remembered having to get it in the past (must've been in a past dream) and I really feared its effects. I remember it producing a strong pain. The doctor and i worked frantically to find a private place where he could poke my butt cheek with the needle. Sometimes we hung up blankets to hide me, other times we tried hiding behind large objects. When the needle went in it produced excruciating pain. Whats worse is he had to inject is very slowly, The pain would intensify as more was injected. Right after giving me the injection at the first location, i was suddenly in the second location facing the same scenario. Then again at the third location, only this time I fortunately woke up just before being injected again. Thank you Landon for waking me up!

Sunday, March 23rd - tonight Landon wanted to read his "big brother book". He let me read it to him, then he insisted on reading it twice to me. He would recite in his own words what he remembered me reading, and he actually did a pretty good job! He enjoyed telling me all about Big Brother and Baby Kiley. Warms my heart.

Monday, March 24th - Mike and i spent the past two weekends interviewing some amazing Doulas. All of them were so sweet and caring, and they knew their stuff. They will make choosing between them very difficult. I am excited to have another person by my side to help us through the birthing experience. I asked Mike which of them he would feel most comfortable with, because if he's uncomfortable at all I can sense it and that wouldn't be good for me either. He explained that he needed to feel as if he could actually play a primary role in the birth and not be in the background, that he really wanted to be a part of i all. That touched me. I didn't expect that level of sensitivity from him. I mean, i know he's floored that I'm pregnant again and is aware of the miracle that awaits, but i didn't realize just how much he wanted to be involved in the whole process this time. I can be a little bohemian when it comes to pregnancy and birth, and this time I'm expressing it even more than i had with Landon, so I expected some resistance. And he gave it for awhile, innocently teasing me about being hypnotized and the sounds i'll make in the tub. We enjoy laughing over his insights. But i think meeting each Doula has helped open up his mind sincerely to the ideas of using Hypnobabies and having a waterbirth. He's starting to grasp the true value in what I'm envisioning for this pregnancy and birth. i couldn't be happier! I am hoping his new-found understanding and this new connection we have iill help me choose a Doula. I need all the help i can get cause there wasn't one of them i didn't want as my Doula! Oh boy.

Tuesday, March 25th - We have a Doula!! I'm so excited! It was a very hard choice but we narrowed it down after talking a lot about each one we interviewed. The hardest part for me was telling the ones i didn't pick that I'd chosen someone else! I felt terrible about that and wished I could have just chosen t hem all. But i know that the one we chose will be a perfect fit for us and will help make the remainder of my pregnancy and the birth as amazing as I envision.

Wednesday,  March 26th - I had a very strange dream last night. My sister, who is married in real life, was getting married in the dream. I was singing at the wedding but couldn't find my music for the song! My sister, her groom, and I drove back to what used to be my parents' house so i could search frantically for the music. They decided to go back to the church left me they're to clean up bottles of beer! I remember having the baby towards the end of the dream but i didn't have her with me and i don't recall the birth itself. Must've been an easy and peaceful experience because there was no labor, just baby! I thought later on that day that i should maybe announce I had the baby. I woke up before i could..

Thursday, March 27th - I received my Hypnobabies home study kit last night and started reading everything i could that came with it. Only problem was i decided to do it at night and dozed off twice while reading. At least i found out that it might be better for me to do the courses in the morning after I've gotten some rest, and when everyone is already sleeping. I got stressed out last night thinking about getting things ready for work and taking a shower, and putting Landon down for bed early enough to give me some time to work on it without losing too much sleep. As it was I was up until after midnight. So i think the better option is to carry out my evening as usual and wake up 30 minutes earlier. Regardless, I'm very excited to start this journey towards a painless and enjoyable birth.

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