Yummy

So I've had my first weird pregnancy food choice. Dill pickles and stawberry milk together. I didn't even realize what I was doing until I was half way through both of them. Talk about a taste bud tickling combo.

Midwife

Our insurance changed so our doctor had to as well and now we get to have a midwife for the deliver of little baby Ras. I am really excited about the whole experience because during my OB clinical I was able to see a deliever performed by a midwife and delievery performed by a doctor.
The Differenc:
The midwife was there the whole time the patient was laboring, she was the one who was going in performing the checks and just being there for the patient. WHen it came time to push she was there in the room helping mom push the whole time just being patient and allowing nature to take it's course. This was mom's first baby and she deliever just fine no tearing or anything.
Now in the doctor's room the nurse was the one who was with mom helping her push and getting her just to point where the baby was crowning, then it was wait for the doctor to come in. The doctor came in waited for her to push, wasn't satisfied that it was happening quick enough so proceeded to use forceps to pull the babe out and mom ended up tearing and needing stiches. This was mom's third kid.
I had my first appointment with my midwife today and I am very excited about working with her. She is very personable and just laid back. Plus she wants to see me every month, with Kaiser I hadn't seen anyone let alone a doctor in 6 weeks!
I will be delievering in a hospital so if anything does go wrong there will be doctors and emergency staff available. It's crazy to think that delievery time is only 3 months away!

Clinicals are Lame

So I just have to vent about the 150 hours of my life this quarter that is dedicated to wasting time. Some evil person on the Colorado state board of nursing decided that nursing students have too many hours in their day so they devised a plan that will get rid of those unnessary hours and call them community health clinicals. Seriously I am a few months away from graduating from nursing school expected to be prepared to care for up to 5 patients at a time and what clinical experience am I getting right now? Suppositories and toenail clipping.
Don't' get me wrong community health does have its place, and the people who work there are angels, but I don't' think I need to sit and follow around LP N's for the most part, to enhance my learning. I've seen everything they are doing and in fact get paid to do the very same things at my job at Swedish hospital. So why, I scream to the nursing gods, do I have to go through this torture for another 50 hours?

Popped

Well I guess I've finally popped. It stills just feels like fat to me but everyone gets really excited and runs up and touches my belly so I guess its more baby now.

Heartburn

The Claim: Mother’s Heartburn Means a Hairy Newborn

By ANAHAD O’CONNOR

Published: February 20, 2007

THE FACTS It is an odd adage that has stuck around for ages: women who suffer heartburn during pregnancy will have babies with full heads of hair. But doctors have long shrugged it off.

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Until now, that is. In December, researchers at Johns Hopkins University conducted a study intending to put the claim to rest. To their surprise, they ended up confirming it. The study, published in the current issue of the journal Birth, followed 64 pregnant women, about 78 percent of whom reported having some heartburn. After the women gave birth, two outside observers looked at pictures of their infants and rated their levels of hair.

Of the 28 women who reported moderate to severe heartburn, 23 had babies with average or above-average amounts of hair. Conversely, 10 of the 12 women who reported no heartburn had babies with little or no hair.

Other studies have shown that in pregnant women, high levels of estrogen and other hormones can relax the sphincter at the bottom of the esophagus, causing heartburn. The same hormones, other studies show, can influence fetal hair growth.

The lead author of the study, Kathleen Costigan, who runs the fetal assessment center at Johns Hopkins, said the findings came as a shock.

“We’ve heard this claim hundreds of times, and I’ve always told people it’s nonsense,” she said. “Since the study came out, I’ve had to eat a lot of crow.”

THE BOTTOM LINE Heartburn during pregnancy may mean a greater likelihood a baby will have a lot of hair.

I think I might be growing a Sasquatch.

Pretty aweseom

So I have to brag about Rich's fair booth again. Here it is.
Pretty sweet huh? They had the trailer custom made and Rich did the graphics for the sings which I already talked about. I was amazed I had no idea it looked as professional as it does. I was lucky enough to have him here for the past two days which was nice but also very busy because they are still putting things together last minute. They, meaning Austin, Dan and Rich, left this morning at 1am for Springfield, Illinois. They are open for business tomorrow night and we are so excited to see how things go.