What's wrong with her? Why is she doing THAT?

Natural childbirth, that is. I've heard from countless people who find out my desire to have this baby without drugs that I'm crazy and what is wrong with me. Some have said it straight to my face, while others are kind enough to say those things behind my back. Well, here's my answer.
1. I'm doing it for the baby. The baby will have the best chance of being born safely, quickly, and alert if I do not get an epidural. That is the number one reason I am going to attempt a med-free birth.
2. I'm doing it for me. I'm not super athletic or super smart, I'm a pretty average girl. I'm happy with that. I've never accomplished any big goal I've set for myself. I've never run a marathon, climbed a mountain, won an outstanding award...nothing like that. For me, this IS my marathon. This is something I desire to do...blood, sweat, tears, and all. I have a goal set before me, and I will do everything I can to acheive it.
3. I'm doing it for all of you who think I can't. Is that petty or selfish? I don't care. I almost want to send a big fat SCREW YOU letter to those who doubt me.

If, for some reason, I am unable to complete this task, I will be fine with that. My most important goal is a healthy mom and healthy baby. I will be flexible during labor, but unless medically necessary for the health of me or my child, I'm not abandoning my goal. The end.

OMFreakingG!

Baby C is HUGE! According to their measurments, I'm measuring at 37 weeks! I'm barely 35 weeks though. The weight is like 6 and a half pounds or a little more. Everything was measuring bigger. They said he/she was in the 86th percentile for where we are...anything between 10 and 90% and they don't change the due date, but over 90 and they do. I'm pretty darn close to having my due date moved up. Honestly, I never pictured Luis and I having a large baby.. at all. I mean, I was 6lbs 15oz at birth, and I know Luis was smaller too. But, my dad is 6'3" or so, and Luis' uncles are all kinda big guys..not huge, but kinda big. I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but I highly doubt I'll go past my due date. The doctor wants me to come back in 4 weeks for another ultrasound "IF I havent' delivered" and she emphasized "if". 4 weeks is October 14th...that's a week earlier than my original due date, and the u/s doc doesn't really think I'll make it that far! More cool news: we got a 3D ultrasound at the end! Luis told the u/s doc that she said we could get one last time. She's like, "Oh, I did..okay..Jennifer, get it hooked up and do it when I'm done." The thing is, she didn't say that! Luis was half kidding around with her, but when she said do it, we weren't arguing..neither was the tech. She wanted to do one, but she hardly ever gets to. Luis told her the truth and she laughed! I really enjoyed seeing the baby like that. We only got to see it's face, but it was such a perfect little face with chubby cheeks! I'm so in love.

Everything's fine

I hope I didn't keep all (two or three) of you in suspense for too long. Our little house survived the hurricane. Actually, everything around us did. It wasn't nearly as bad as they thought it would be. We lost power for a week, so we stayed in Dallas longer than we expected, but we had a great time. I loved catching up with family and friends there. We also got to have cupcakes from "Sprinkles", you know, the place they have in Los Angeles. According to Julianna (a friend from Dallas), "Dallas thinks it's LA." Haha.
Anyway, I have some baby updates, but I wanted to do this post first.

Evac-ation?

So, I'm writing from Dallas. We left town yesterday, ahead of all the crowds to evacuate to our relatives place in Texas. We have no idea what's going to happen, if anything, to our home and city. The reports have changed with each update. For now, hurricane Gustav is headed just west of New Orleans, and is expected to make landfall early Monday as a strong Category 3, possibly a 4. Just to put in in perspective, Katrina hit 100 or so miles east of New Orleans as a Category 3. When the eye lands to the west of you, you are on the "bad" side of the hurricane. There could be much more rainfall than there was for Katrina..and look what she did!
We are already planning our future here in Dallas. Our little house flooded somewhat for Katrina, and it flooded just 2 months ago, from a fluke rainstorm (and from the city not turning the pumps on when they should've). In fact, we just got everything put back to normal from that..literally 2 weeks ago. *Sigh*

I'm sad about the prospect of leaving our home yet again, but I'm also optimistic about our possible future here. Only time will tell where our fate lies.

Many of our family members and friends were concerned about the brand new baby furniture my in-laws just purchased for us. Honestly, at first, so was I. I mean, we JUST got it and now we might lose it. After seeing the latest update though, all I'm concerned about is the safety and well being for all those who are staying behind. Maybe it's nothing, but maybe it's going to be devastating. I sure didn't want to stick around to find out.

99 Days to go!

I am in shock. According to my pregnancy tickers, there are allegedly 99 days until we meet our little one. I cannot believe this day is here. I never thought I'd be "this" pregnant. It's a wonderful, scary feeling. With each passing day, I love this child more and more. Everything I've endured to get to this point is well worth it. I will be checking on my ticker on thenest.com throughout the day, amazed that under MY name it says: 99 days to go. That's all. Just had to share.

Saturday night

It's Saturday night, and I'm home alone. My husband had to go help out a friend with a broken down car. I'm happy he's such a great guy and willing to lend a hand, but I'm really tired. I can't sleep now though. So, here I am again. Not much to say. I haven't really gotten into a groove with this blogging thing yet. Sooooo, here's a list of random facts about me:
I only chew 1/2 pieces of gum at a time.
I get a fever before I get on a plane (no idea why).
I believe in Jesus with my whole heart.
My best friend (aside from Luis) lives in North Carolina.
I can fight with Escrima sticks.
I don't have a "style" of dress...I just wear what I like; sometimes it's preppy, trendy, bummy, cute...it all depends on my mood.
I am the middle child.
I love Havarti cheese and Kashi crackers.
I watch Sabrina, the teenage witch.
I lose sunglasses all the time.

The end. :)

Well, Hello

Who's going to read this? Who cares. I'm just bored out of my mind today, and decided this would help pass the time. Sometimes, I have things to say...today, not so much. I'll just "introduce" myself to the online world. I'm Myndee. I'm 27...wait, 28 years old. Currently, my husband, Luis and I are expecting our first child. I work for a university and love what I do. Luis and I both enjoy photography, but he'll be making it a full time job soon. For me, it will be a "paid hobby".

Our life is pretty simple and boring..though we do have our drama filled days. I'll save those for another time though.

This pregnancy has been rather difficult on my body. I am grateful to be pregnant. My first pregnancy ended in a loss, so trust me, I'm extremely thankful for every day I spend with this child. However, it has been hard. I will be complaining about things from time to time, but I'm always thankful and blessed to be pregnant.

Okay, enough for now.