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met with the doula…

Well… the doula came by yesterday and the boys were great and really let me talk with her… I found that we really hit it off but whole she was here my nose started to get stuffed up, my eyes were tearing and I started feeling off and even took a bit of my inhaler a bit later on…

This morning it hit me…she might be a smoker or live with a smoker and it was maybe an allergic reaction as I feel that I am getting more and more sensitive… I e-mailed her and was right. Both her and her DH are smokers… she asked if she could recommend me to other Doulas that she knows… I have a feeling that that might be best.

It is a bit sad because I really liked her… but it is something that I just can’t deal with… I don’t want to start tearing up, get stuffed up and have trouble breathing in labour…

I may meet with another Doula… and if not well I will just stick to my original plans of ust having Simon, the kids and maybe a friend or two depending on if they can make it or not…

Maybe I can talk to them a bit more and get them ready for what may or may not happen in birth and really talk to them about what I expect from them…

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Doula…

I was looking at a few sites the other day and came across a doula site… from there I found a doula about 25 min away from me… I picked up the phone and called her and she is coming over today to talk…

I didn’t think about getting a doula before… I thought of having two very good friends around to do the same things that a doula could do… but I am a bit afraid of not being able to contact them depending on the time and day that I go into labour. Simon is the best support I could ask for, but the kids will be here too and depending on the time of day that things happen he will need to take care of them and me at the same time and there will probably be times when the kids and I both need him 100% at a given time… Also, in labour, I think I would enjoy having someone there that has been through it before and knows what I may need… someone that will think of the little things that others may not, that will know how to massage the right way without me having to explain etc…

I think that a Doula might me the answer for that… someone that will be able to take Simon’s place with with er me or the kids, someone that will mother me in the way that I need, that know the ropes, that believes in the birthing process, andwho will be able to make me french toast after I give birth (something that I loved eating after the boys were born) etc…

I still want to invite those friends also, but I will feel better knowing that someone is on call for me and availible at any time and really not too far away…. of course now it all depends on this meeting today and the costs to us… but I hope that it works out…

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Ow!!! that hurts!

This morning I got the bureau for the boys delivered… an old bureau that I found second hand on Monday… the men that brought it in moved the big rocking chair that I had in the front so that they had a clear passage to the door… they put the bureau in the boys room and then left but did put the rocking chair back… so I went to move it and underestimated the weight and it caught my big toe… it hurt but not too badly…. then within a second it started to hurt more… then I noticed that it had completely ripped off my big toenail and it was hanging by the tiniest peice of skin and there was quite a bit of blood..

So I cleaned it… and then wondered how I was going to bandage it, I have had nail problems in the past but that hurt like crazy!!! I mean… OUCH…. the skin under the nail is SO sensitive and I didnèt have anything on hand to clean it well… so I decided to call the CLSC line… (a nurse).. and the nurse said to go to the CLSC and see a nurse there and they will show me how to bandage it so that nothing sticks and also just to see the toe to see the swelling etc… So I packed up the kids went there and got that done… it actually went really fast and not only is nice and bandaged but she also gave me all of the suplies to do it myself…

anyways… now I am back home and the toe is throbbing and hurts like crazy still…

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Productive day…

Well…

I finally got some meals done. This morning I started by cutting up onions, garlic, carrots and Celery…

Cooked the onions and Garlic with two Family size packs of ground beef.

Filled 5-6 bags with that mix (two big portions aside) and froze it… (the prepared frozen ground beef with onions will be used in recipes that call for browned ground beef like tacos or shepherd’s pie)

Cooked up the carrots and celery in two big pots and added meat to both of them and then canned tomatoes, puree etc and spices and made one big batch of chile and one big batch of Spaghetti sauce.

While that was simmering I made two loaves of Banana Bread and baked them.

While the Banana bread was baking I made two Apple Pies which I put in the Freezer before cooking and then froze one of the Banana breads (Simon wanted to have one left out to eat) but froze a Zucchini bread that I made the other day instead….

Then I baked a big squash that I had on the counter for a few weeks now that I needed to cook up…. and then bagged and froze that.

Then I cut up a big peice of Pork that I had bought on special and got 4 very large porkchops out of it and then cubed the rest and marinated them for souvlaki brochettes and put them into bags that will make two very generous size suppers for us all….

When the Chile had cooled slightly I put it in Ziplock bags and got 3 meals worth out of it and the spaghetti sauce will give me quite a bit more than that but I am just waiting for it to cool now…

I am really happy with today… I still have quite a few things that I want to get done but at least I have really gotten my head start…

I already had a portion or two of spaghetti sauce in the fridge and I had a few meals worth of homemade burritos and enchilada sauce… now with the things that I have today I have some things that I can fall on when I don’t feel like cooking, especially after the new babe comes… I am going to plan another one of these days again soon and get even more done… I also want to start making meals double the size and freezing half…

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