29w5d

First and foremost.. I found my new favorite candle scent. My mother used to love vanilla, which I did as well.. at least until I found my new love- Pumpkin Spice. Oh I could just eat it. Today I had N smell-testing candles with me.. her favorite was obviously "sugar cookie", but I couldn't help but get the Pumpkin Spice candle. It's a tri-color/scent candle in a pretty glass jar, and was only 5 bucks! I'm dreading going to sleep- I don't want to put the candle out.. it smells so yummy!

I also got M's first Christmas ornament today, and it's beautiful. Let's see if she can make it here before Christmas. Her big sister decided to skip it out all together and be home from the hospital right in time for new years. What a party animal ;)

Also today, I had an appointment with my midwife, saw the one I saw in L&D a few weeks back. I've had nothing but great experiences with all but one of them. Another one was very kind and sweet but just too medical. Anyhow, her name is Darcie. Super sweet lady. We discussed my concerns about my desired postpartum stay, and she said that 24 hours was fine. I had originally been pushing for 12 hours or less, but I figure I could give 24 hours post birth to practice breastfeeding. I might fight it and find a doctor with priveliges at this hospital to release M if I take her in to the doc soon thereafter, but still and all, since we aren't vaccinating, 12 hours is still ideal.

For the technical stuff, my weight is now at 134.5, meaning that in about 30 weeks I've gained 19.5 lbs. , which is pretty good, seeing that with N's pregnancy I gained a TON of weight. Blood pressure was fine, I'm anemic, and my glucose test was fine :)