Getting Things Together.

DH and I have scheduled a meeting with our possible doulas. We finally received our bassinet after a lot of hassle and put it together. It is actually even cuter in person than the pictures showed and one of the top rated for safety. The biggest plus is that it recognizes when the baby starts crying and automatically starts vibrating - a soothing movement that can put baby back to sleep. We have one more order to place and all of our diapers will be ordered. We will end up with 5 different brands because you never know what will work for what child, but I think we will be pretty good based off of reviews and talking to other cloth diapering momma's. This means for about $220 we will have all the diapers we need while Magoo needs diapers. And while Magoo's siblings need diapers, etc. You really can't beat that.

After this order, DH and I will not be ordering or buying anything else so we can see what will happen at our baby shower. It is completely possible (and we are hopeful!) that we won't really need to buy anything else. We've been getting a lot of help getting the things we need thus far, mostly things that other people wouldn't be able to get us - like the cloth diapers. A free changing table my MIL got. I did purchase a Spiderman bamboo diaper that I know will be DH's go to diaper and a onesie for him that says "My Dad Dresses Me" with a picture of Darth Vader.

Our anatomy scan is in 2 weeks, it still seems so far away and a lot of people are finding out there are problems with their babies at this scan so it is a little stressful to wait. There are people who are finding out their babies will die soon because of problems like tumors in bad places, heart defects or intestines not forming correctly. Or that the baby actually died a couple weeks before they even had their scan. And they just have to wait to go into labor because its too late to do it any other way. My biggest concerns are that I have low amniotic fluid or am leaking amniotic fluid (mostly because there is no real way to know on either one without a professional checking you out). But I also feel like everything probably is okay and I am just worrying because that is what pregnant women do.

Other than that, Magoo has started moving around a lot more. I often feel like there is a heavy stone in my abdomen and it is the baby doing something. There are kicks and/or punches. I got a little anxious once, my adrenaline went up and Magoo was either partying with it or telling me to knock it off! Last night I finally was able to get DH to stay up late enough to try to feel the kicking. He put his hand there and thought maybe he felt it and said, "let me try to hear." I have no idea what he thought he would hear, but he put his head down and then said, "C'mon baby! Kick your Daddy in the head!" This did not occur. But afterward DH placed his hand once more and was able to finally feel two solid kicks. I can't imagine what they will feel like when baby is stronger!