We had our 30 week checkup yesterday and everything looks good. I don’t have anemia nor do I have gestational diabetes. Wooohooo! My weight gain as of yesterday is exactly 20 pounds. Twenty pounds at 30 weeks — I guess that’s not too bad. My fundal height is 30.5.
We stopped by Babies R Us yesterday to make our final choice on the motif for the baby room. We’ve decided on the Malawi theme by Kids Line. Although we both love the Froggy Tales theme, it didn’t seem visually stimulating and I could see us getting tired of little froggies. At least the Malawi has lots of little animals and we can switch them around. We picked up the border so now we can pick up some paint!
On Sunday we had our last childbirth class. They covered a lot of things like the pain medications, ceseareans and what to do to help speed up labor. I am trying to keep an open mind as far as drugs and c-sections but I’m hoping to be able to do the whole thing without any drugs or being cut open. I’ve cut out caffeine, modified my diet and even avoided getting new highlights all so that the baby has a better chance at life — I’d hate to throw drugs into my system after all that. Plus, I can imagine that breastfeeding and bonding is more difficult when you’re (mildly) sedated.
On Friday we stopped by our first daycare center. It is right down the road from our house and from Jay’s work. A few of the ladies that he works with highly recommended it; we are currently on a waiting list with 2 people ahead of us (they only have 6 infant spots). I’m hoping we can get in but in the meantime I think we’ll have to sign up at some other places just in case we can’t get this one right away. The weekly cost is $290 but Jay gets a 10% discount because of where he works. Over a thousand dollars a month just to have someone else watch our kid. Ugh.
