Product Plug

This is kind of dumb but I'm going to totally endorse a product that I love. It's called Mother's Special Blend and it is a life saver. Its a skin toning oil for pregnancy that a neighbor of mine told me to try. I've been using it this pregnancy and I haven't gotten any new stretch marks. Plus it really helps with the itchy belly which I get really bad when prego. It says to use it before, during and after pregnancy to condition the skin for major stretching and to help it regain its natural shape after, but I didn't start using it until I was about 16 weeks and I have noticed a huge difference in my skin. Anyway, if your prego and having trouble finding something that works, give it a try. I'll probably keep using it even when I'm not prego anymore. Only bad thing is that it's kind of hard to find. Its all natural oil with no additives or fragrances so you can only get it from organic, or natural food stores. I get mine at the Good Earth Natural Foods grocery store on Riverdale Rd. I have seen it available online also though. It runs about $17 a bottle, but its pure oil that goes a long way. I go about 3 months on one bottle.

Baby update

Just a little update. The pregnancy is going great and we are down to 29 days until my due date. Baby Heslop is healthy and growing way too fast. I freaked a bit when my midwife said that its a good chance this baby will be over 8lbs. I've been having lots of the braxton hicks contractions and pretty much live in sweat pants now. This baby seems a little more mellow than Luke was. Luke was a big kicker, I mean big, painful kicks. This little one seams to be more of a stretcher. I'm only a month away and haven't had any painful kicks, just lots of wiggling. We still haven't found out the baby's sex and we are banging our heads against the wall with the whole name thing. We have lots of girl names we like, but when it comes to boy names we have nothing. We'll probably be like those parents you hear about on the news that finally give their kid an official name on their third birthday:) Baby's head is also bigger than normal. At every appointment my midwife informs me that the head measures the same as a baby this is about 2 weeks farther along. So my baby has a ginormous head. Not really a surprise because Luke's head is in the 80th percentile while his body is in the 10th. Just a family of huge heads I guess. I was really hoping to go without the whole episiotomy this time, but they keep commenting on baby's huge head, oh well. I also dilated really early with my first. By this time with Luke I was dilated to a three and still had a month to go, but still went full term, so we'll see how far I am at this week's appointment. I haven't let myself do any planning or shopping for the baby yet because I knew I wouldn't get any studying done. But now that finals are over I have lots of time to plan without feeling like I really should be studying.