Birthdays!

[rkold]

Happy Belated Birthday to bwinter and to my cousin Miriam's new little girl!!! I wonder what the other pregnancies in my family are going to be.

Happy Birthday to kosquarepelli! I hope I get to see you next week!

So today since I was feeling more alert and it was no longer 103, I decided to finally go back through my voice mail on my cell phone where I discovered I had 10 messages waiting for me. Several of them were from a "Nurse" at the doctor's office who declined to leave a detail message. Being the neurotic person that I am, I was worried this meant there was sugar or protein in my urine from my last urine test and there was concern about gestational diabetes. After spending some time playing phone tag I got a nurse and... it was that some of my tests had not been forwarded from my last doctor's office which I already knew from my nurse's appointment yesterday. ~.~ I wish they could have just said it in my voicemail! I'm a bit ticked that the office in Westchester could not forward these tests, and it's not like I have no idea what the results must be.

I also went on a tour of the Birthing Center and... they sound so wonderful! My mother is of course nervous about the whole thing, but I really think I am going to pick the Center over Danbury hospital. For one thing they allow water births which I think is something I am interested in! I've also signed up for a Childbirth class! Now to look into Lactation classes to make sure I can nurse. I think my favorite thing about the Birthing Center is when I shared the fact that my pre-natal vitamins tend to make me nauseous and I have a hard time keeping them down instead of the reaction of both the doctor's office in Westchester and in Danbury (change when you take them, make sure you take them with food, change brands, yeah they just suck like that) they had a fast absorbing LIQUID VERSION! I had been wondering why if we can do all sorts of other amazing scientific achievements we could not make liquid pre-natal vitamins since I've noticed a lot of women get nausea from pre-natal vitamins. It does cost more than the pills, but seriously, I just don't care, so worth the money!

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[rkold.livejournal.com]

They so help with the nausea, instead of lasting for hours the nausea is much shorter and since it is liquid I get to absorb the vitamins faster!

I'm so glad it made it to you as well! I really wanted to be sure to send them since I don't know when the next time will be! *hugs*

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Sounds like a great deal all around, then. :D

I do love getting postcards~ And hopefully you'll be able to get back there in the not *too* too distant future, though clearly you will have other things taking up your time in the meantime. ;D

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I'm lucky in that Japan is a relatively baby-friendly country in certain ways and it is completely first world. There are things you can't do with a baby in Japan, like say go to Comiket, or to karaoke (unless you are using it as a nursing room but most bathrooms in Japan do have an area to nurse), to a movie, to a play or to a seiyuu event, but those are all fairly obvious things.

You can still take babies to temples and shrines and even to a lot of stores in a carrier. The sort of restaurants I like to go to, I have seen mothers with babies.

Honestly, it just takes me around 4+ hours to get all 40 postcards I normally write written and even if I make it back to Japan I'm not sure I will have the time to do that.

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Yeah - there are definitely things you can't do with babies, but it's good to hear that there is so much you can! Hee, you'll have one very well-traveled daughter, if you end up taking her sometime~

Wow - well, clearly you are popular. ;D I wouldn't blame you if you don't always have time for that!

[rkold.livejournal.com]

..That or I have a a lot of family as well XD; I try to always make time when I am in Japan because it's something small and nice you can do for others. But if I have a baby with me, I just might not have the energy.

I feel like she is already a well traveled daughter even though it has mostly been in utero. lol She's done 2 trips now! I look forward to showing her the pictures and telling her that is her in Mommy's belly. I hope to do a comparison from February to now. :D

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It is really fun to receive postcards, and I try to send them when I go on trips too! (Unless, like in Rio, post offices just don't appear to exist. XD) That's still understandable, then - I'm sure the baby will appreciate priority over postcards. ;D <3

Aww, that is so cool! You should start a little travel book for her, that would be cool!