deep thoughts

our pregnancy : we share everything!

i must say that JP is being very supportive as a husband during my pregnancy...see? even he has a tummy! :)

and then our friend, rille came by to show his support as well.

parenting class #4 : may 14

we are a total of 4 couples, all expecting our firsts. but, yesterday we were missing therisia & alex...for good reason...therisia gave birth one month early!!!!! she was due 2 days after me..june 7th...but i think was affected by our last class where we got a tour of the delivery rooms/delivery movie and went into labor that night! they had a healthy baby boy, named vincent.

so, yesterday we dealt with complications that can happen and a bit more about pain reliving methods.

we have one more class to go. then, we will all meet again about 4 weeks after the birth of the last baby in the group..to catch up and give feedback to our teacher about all that we learnt and if it was relevant. it will be neat to see these other parents to be with their newborns and see how much cuter our baby is. joke! gawd! puh-leeeze. well, ours will have the built in tan that the swedes will be jealous of indeed! :)

prepared...

as much as one can be.

i have finalized the hospital bag to take with when the time comes to go. my clothes/socks/baby clothes bag, toiletries case, some snacks & magazines.

lets just hope we remember to take it with...i have no idea how crazy or how calm i will be. kinda hard to know having never gone thru the feeling.

luckily the hospital is a 5 min. drive away :)

rich proteins and iron

the vegetarian way.

here's my take at a tasty dinner...homemade quiche...or paj as they call it here in sweden. filled with fresh spinach, broccoli and onions with black pepper/cayenne/salt spices.

recipe is thanks to mama hilda hayes as she bakes a mean quiche as well as other things :)

36w reality

but here is the real deal. damn im big.

36w blob

so..i wanted to take a pic of me at 36w and the focus obviously didnt work. but i feel like it was a happy blur that shows how big i really am in an abstract way and the black top helps mucho!

35.5 weeks

hello swindubaby readers!

had my midwife appt. yesterday with ingrid sabelcrona. she's a funny swede, very unlike many ive met or seen here.
funny-humor and funny-different if you get what i mean here. anyway...she's good for her sprit and 'fun factor' which beats having a semi-dead, emotionless person to deal with for your and your baby's well-being.

swindubaby is measuring fine, heartbeats strong and head positioned perfectly ready to go. that was one thing i was a bit curious about since after babys rotations in the womb he/she needs to settle about now and get ready to show us whats up. and till now i havent had the midwife confirm that...so ingrid brought in a basic ultrasound just to check position and the head was perfect. :)

we got our 'delivery' parking permit to display in the car...so that we dont need to worry about putting money in the meter when we're here for a long period of time on the day of.

i think now at 35-36 weeks i shd be seen every week by the mid-wife but ingrid has decided that since ive been doing well and according to schedule so far, that its not necessary and has me booked again in 2. and the fact that these mid-wives have many patients, im sure some are the 'hard core-hypochondriac' types that need more hand holding than moi. im more of the nature is doing what it needs as long as i take care of me and eat and sleep well...all will be good. plus, ive got my 'stor stark' with me - 'stor stark' is 'tall strong' in swedish and is used while ordering a basic beer here and i use it to refer to JP every now and then. :)