28 Weeks

I am, as the title says, 28 weeks pregnant. I can hardly believe that in only 12 weeks I will be giving birth. My weight gain as gotten out of control. I was doing so good too. It's those damn cookies and ice cream. I have absolutely no self control around either of them. According to any pregnancy weight gain calculator I'm actually right on target but having gained 7lbs (yes 7!) over the last 4 weeks completely shocked me. Well maybe not shocked because I guess I was expecting it but there is always that glimmer of hope it won't be so much when I step on the scale. I don't own a scale so it's always a surprise when I go to an appointment. Whatever, I'm having a baby and I know weight gain is normal but 7 pounds in 4 week?!? It's not going to be much fun having to lose this weight after it's all said and done.

I've been planning on having a home birth. Because they found a fibroid at my 19 week ultrasound I am going for a follow up ultrasound next week to check on it's growth. At 19 weeks, it was 5cm. Unless it has shrunk to 3cm or less, a home birth isn't going to be an option. I'm hoping it has gotten smaller and not bigger or even stayed the same size. I guess I should be checking out my two choices of hospitals and going to tour them. Although I gave birth to Jack at one of these hospitals, their facilities have changed and I would like to check it out. The midwife is being pretty optimistic. My biggest fear is having to have my care transferred and to an OB/GYN who is going to push for a c-section. It would devastate me to have to go from planning a home birth to having a c-section. I of course am thinking worse case scenario. Damn fibroid. Who invited you anyway?

Here's a picture I took of myself today. Don't mind the dust and fingerprints on the mirror.

There Is Really A Market For These?

Okay so Shawn and I were talking about baby proofing earlier today. I think the extent of our baby proofing has been to put outlet covers on the electrical outlets and locks on the kitchen/bathroom cabinet doors and not much more than that. Of course, if we had stairs we would have installed baby gates at the top and bottom of them but we don't have any stairs. We of course keep medications out of reach and although they can still be toxic, I use mostly green products and as I just said, we've put locks on the cabinet doors.
I came across a Kijiji ad for this today and could hardly believe my eyes.

It's called a Thudguard. It is a foam hat that is designed to help absorb and reduce the impact of falls from a child’s own height and lessen the chance of head injury when infants are learning to walk.
Do people really buy these things? Obviously they do. I'm just in total shock. I mean, really? Ya I know kids fall when they are learning to walk and yes I know they could hit their head on like say the side of a table or whatever but to buy a helmet and make them wear one? Why not have kids wear a helmet all the time whether they are learning to walk or not? Isn't a head injury always possible?
I don't know about you but, I just find this to be a little extreme.