1st Round of Newness

As long as my baby prepping "to do" list was, I am proud to say that I have gotten through most of it :)  All thats left is my filing cabinet, "decorate" my bedroom with pics/art/something, and get my birth kit stuff together.  A clean house feels damn good I have to say!  And yesterday I saged my home, said a prayer, and cleared the energy for the newbie to come.

With that said, tomorrow school is back in session.  Our family is going through ALOT of new adjustments this summer: G1 starts middle school WITH uniforms (ugggg...we no like), G2 starts kindergarten and has G1's teacher :) and G3 and I get to spend the month of august together everyday of the week (this is a first I think so I am excited).  It is gonna be QUITE the juggle with new school start/end times, all of which are not the same between the 2 schools, but im glad they will have some brain stimulating fun because I was hardly able this summer with pregnancy.  So while they are learning, im gonna be finishing prep for the baby Yahweh willing: finishing his quilt, finding names, prepping birth space, freezing meals, and telling him to stay in until September please lol.

Dreams

In light of my new edition coming soon (Im 34 weeks now), I seem to be having very vivid and strange dreams.  I have worked tirelessly to declutter my house and Im proud to say Im almost done :)  Last setting up my room and getting my file drawer right.  At this point with the dreams Im going to take a friends advice and sage the place.  Well maybe myrrh bc thats what i have on hand I think and say a prayer for new energy.  I can feel the nesting starting to settle in as reality sinks in that I will soon be a new mother again of baby #4, my first son, maybe my last child, and more hard work.  WOW what a blessing.

Price on a Boys Head

I have wanted a son since my first pregnancy. As much as I adore my three girls, the desire is still very strong. But I feel like im playing russian roulette in the attempt. While I am no where near ready to try for baby #4 the thought still luminates in my head.

A good friend of mine let me borrow this book she bought:

The book, but probably strong prayer, got her a son and now she has closed the factory forever. Hell at this point I will try anything is it means more testosterone and a little less emotional attitude lol.

Of course I have skipped straight to the "how to make a boy" chapter. I've only read like 2 pages and already I am intrigued. One of the first things they mention is "keeping the soldiers cool". Go on, let your imagination run wild with this one because they mention so many things you would never imagine: working near hot ovens, wearing sweat suits when working out, swimmers that wear tight suits, etc. Automatically I think about my husband since he can't manage to bust out a boy lol...he wears boxer briefs, basketball shorts, and THEN his daily pants on top of that in this HOT desert! Could that be the problem?! Well this is just the beginning of my reading.

In the meantime, I would love to take a poll on men and their gender producing. Men producing boys vs. girls and see what their heat patterns are. Please send comments or spread the word. Here are some starter questions:

1. Boxers or Briefs?

2. Baths?

3. Swim trunks or speedos?

4. Sleep lose or confined?

5. Do boys or girls run in his family?

6. Did he produce more boys or girls thus far?

Chunky Babies

As a mother, doula, nursing student, and future midwife, I have to say that chunky babies ROCK!! We live in a society that is obsessed with appearance and skinny is in. But in the birthing world I have to say its just the opposite. For us, chunky babies mean healthy...full-term...one less infant mortality story...and most times breastfed babies. After all breastfeeding is the BEST food, right?!

Here are the stats for Arizona's Babies:
25% cesarean rate
11:1000 infant mortality rate for Black babies
19% Black babies preterm
12.3% Black babies low birth weight
Mothers under 20 and over 40 have the highest infant mortality rates in this group

Black babies in Arizona have the highest infant mortality rate, so there is great reason to be excited about an 8lb baby with all the rolls you can stand born at 41wks gestation.