Adventures in cloth diapering!

Well, we've only got one disposable diaper left, and right now it's being saved for a rainy day (well one newborn size diaper left, we have like 5 size 1 diapers that were given to us after she was born) She also got her first real tub bath today, and she was not very happy with the water, let me tell you what. After that we proceeded to put on her first cloth diaper, and I did it wrong :( I thought something wasn't wright, but couldn't put my finger on it till I was nursing her and surfing you tube about cloth diapering. Needless to say I felt rather silly and slow. So after she was done eating we took it off and started over, getting it right this time thankfully. I'll be honest though, cloth diapers are not flattering to a baby girl's figure.
Husband was joking about 'fat bottomed girls' and then Loki started fussing, so laughing at himself and the timing of her fussing Husband said he would be nice and not make fun of her newest fashion accessory. Luckily for me Husband didn't make me feel silly or like an idiot for getting things wrong or for being so nervous about all this. And maybe he's right, I'm sure everything will go fairly well, worst case scenario we'll just have loads more laundry to do, and we'll be saving money not buying disposable diapers. Now I just have to get over my apprehension and hope that soon I'll have the extra money to buy the two different sizes of knitting needles so I can start making my own cloth diaper covers.
Our first change went well, even though Loki hadn't wet her diaper, the fabric was just slightly damp from her bath earlier. But we had a successful change, and even when Loki started urinating during the change it was no worries, thanks to my quick movements in getting wipe under her so the urine didn't get on her onesie.
All in all, today will be good, I'm sure of it.


I hope. 

New Project

Thanks to my little sister, I'm actually going to be voluntarily taking tons of pictures of my daughter. At her suggestion I am going to take a pictures of Loki every morning when we get ready for the day, Sister wanted it so she could see what Loki wears every day, but MawMa gave me a different perspective, if you think about it wouldn't it be cool to have a little slide show of every day of her first year? Just to see how she's growing day to day. And yeah, you won't see much change at first, but as it goes that would just be cool to see.
In more baby news, we'll be running out of the last of our disposable diapers probably tonight or tomorrow morning, so then it's the (slightly scary) plunge into cloth diapers. And I for one am scared shit-less. Husband has no worries, and I so should be taking a page from his book, but let's be honest....I am very good at stressing myself out for no damn reason.
In further baby news, my daughter is adorable :)

I kinda feel like a cow...

Not in the oh my goodness I'm so fat type of way, no, it's more of I feel like a milk cow, feeding little Loki every two to three hours, and every four hours at night. Plus pumping some in the middle; all in all, life is very much on a time schedule now. Every where I go I have to check the time and make sure I'll be somewhere that I can feed Loki within at least three hours of her last feeding.
All in all, parenthood takes a lot more planning that I thought it would....but in all honesty - worth every second.

New life!

I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl on Saturday November 26,2011 at 12:51pm. She was 7 lbs 9 ozs. 18.5 inches long. She's almost a week old now, it's unbelievable how quick it's gone by, I tell you what though, the transitional period kinda sucks, getting used to keeping her on a feeding schedule and getting used to the whole breast feeding process, it is so not as easy or as uncomplicated as I thought it would be.
Well, off to feed her again :) tell you what though, my nipples are starting to get sore, I hope they toughen up soon...

Wow...it's been a while

I am now 38 weeks pregnant, and have dilated to 3cm, last checked (well, that was almost two weeks ago, but  checking again isn't really going to do anything one way or another, and I don't like being touched by strangers all that much right now)
Well, since last update I've been to the hospital once more, last Saturday. At 36 weeks 4 days, because I couldn't feel Loki moving, again. So we went in, and on the way there I started having contractions again. By the time we got into the hospital, my contractions were about 5 minutes apart, and I was still dilated to 1 as I had been when in the hospital at 32 weeks.
So we hang out at the hospital for a while, Loki's now moving fine, the stubborn little child, and my contractions are still steady, right around a 4 on the pain scale. So they come in a check me for dilation and I've now moved up to 2, then an hour later 3. Thankfully after that I stayed at 3, but my contractions were 2-3 minutes apart, just to spite me.
But thankfully, the doctor let me go after 5 hours of being in the PSU we got sent home, and told to come back if my contractions worsened to the point of not being able to talk or walk, or if my water breaks....and I'm still waiting for my water to break now.

I've been told it'll be any day now, I've been measuring at 40 weeks since last week, and so far as we can tell Loki's head down and just waiting for things to get started.
It's amusing, when we go places in public (or just to visit people) I always kinda plan ahead about what to do if my water breaks...so far it hasn't happened yet, obviously. But we went to the Palace for the $1 Tuesday movies, and I asked Husband "If I go into labor during the movie do you think we'll get our $2 back?" it made him giggle.

Well...I have a stubborn baby

Who was half determined to come out 8 weeks before her due date. She hadn't moved in almost 13 hours, so my doctor sent me to the hospital and less than 15 minutes after I checked in I started having minor contractions. Well really long story shorter...they contractions escalated and I dilated to 1 cm and my cervix was soft. So they ended up giving me a steroid shot to help Loki's lung development incase we couldn't stop the early labor. Now it's almost two days later, and I'm just now coming off of the magnesium sulfate. According to one of their tests they drew tuesday when I checked in they are 99% sure that I won't deliver for two weeks fingers crossed I'm still getting minor contractions but they said that's normal for how far along I am. So all in all....not bad, not good, and I have a new appreciation for my own bed, I really miss it... But hopefully will be in it soon.

Yay for lists!

I do so love lists...and it's how I get things done, so here is it for today: (and I will check off as I go)

doctor appointment
gather laundry
wash laundry
put away last weeks laundry
put away this weeks laundry
empty dishwasher
have a resting period
drop off rent check
get mail

Yesterday I didn't get anything done before Husband got home. But I did get my car cleaned out and re-filled the fluids that were low. So I was quite proud of everything I got done yesterday.

But anyways...off to do laundry!