Don't Vomit Yet.

I wanted to say barf or puke, but I always remember my fourth grade teaching telling me, "Stacy, please say vomit. Those other words aren't nice." I hate being corrected and thus is has always been vomit. Is it really a nicer word?

Anyways, I have heard from both a placenta encapsulation team and a possible doula team. Because we will be jobless in a short month, both parties are willing to work with us pro-bono or very low cost. We will meet with the doulas in July because one is getting married and can't meet prior to that (really that is pretty near). Both are trained and one of them is also a therapist who works with anxiety/depression. The other is kooky, high-energy seeming, which I think both could be quite good fits for what I will need. And I'm looking forward to having someone naturally help my pain.

The placenta team would require that I (or someone at my house), bring my placenta home. Then they come over and prepare it one day, let it dry overnight and then encapsulate it the next day. It seems interesting and one of them said she noticed a major difference between her two births in terms of depression/anxiety. But who is to say without the placenta she would have even had it as badly this time. Each pregnancy is different. I will not be eating the placenta raw or in a smoothie because you can still taste things in smoothies. Plus the advantage of the encapsulation is that you get a little bit each day and taper off - so there isn't a rush of hormones after pregnancy, then built back up by the placenta, then falling off again. That is why post partum problems happen, because it is so abrupt. The other advantage of the encapsulation is that I could be at home with my father while they chop up the placenta in the kitchen, possibly at the same time he may want to make a sandwich. I like watching people grossed out and it keeps me from being grossed out.

In other Magoo news, we had our 16 week check-up, though it was really a 17w. Everything seems to be going well, the heartbeat was (let's be cliche) galloping away at a lovely and strong 146bmp. We've scheduled our anatomy scan and our 20 week check up. The half way point is in sight. Over this weekend my stomach went from bloppy to firm. I now have a hard baby bump, baby means business. I am also feeling small kicks, especially at night when I lay down and Magoo wakes up. It isn't anything that could keep you awake yet, but like little taps from the inside. They are not consistent yet (I felt nothing yesterday) and one this morning when I got up. But Magoo is still there. Tomorrow I visit my endocrinologist to see if my thyroid has yet evened out, I go to a normal ob the following week and then the week after that is my 20w check up. I am hoping it all goes by quickly.

And stay tuned. A geeky baby shop is coming your way shortly and I will need people to make purchases, crafting can be income. Especially when you hit the masses most people ignore: geeks and nerds. Ah yes.