Happy Mother's Day (In-Utero)!

My mom and me in 1983

I started out this Mother's Day with a pre-natal yoga class. There were lots of mom's-to-be there today. Well, before I actually went into the class I sat in the car and read the "Letters to the Editor" in the Statesman that were all Odes to Moms. I had to stop because it was getting to be emotionally too much for me. Themes of sacrifice, selflessness, unconditional love, heartache, joy, loss and memories were threaded throughout all the letters. I thought also about a couple of mothers who were celebrating their first Mother's Day without their children, who had been patients of mine. And of course all the people who have lost their mother's...days like this are hard. And then there are the friends of mine who would love to be mothers, but are struggling. I thought about them, too. Maybe Mother's Day is just too much!

Anyway, the yoga class was great. I feel so sore from the weight lifting/squat regime I did on Saturday from Fit Pregnancy magazine. It was nice to stretch things out in yoga. Some of the women have quite a lot of pains and complications. It's kind of scary to hear about things like that, especially the lady that said she went into labor at 24 weeks and had to go on bed rest until now, 37 weeks!

21 weeks in my new dress

After class, I came home and Nick and I went to Babies-R-Us to start our gift registry. It was not such a good experience. I think that a first-time-mom should only go into a place like this with a woman who has recently had a baby and knows what they are doing! Just choosing which type of bottles and nipples seemed so daunting. I kept asking myself  "but how do you know which ones are the best?" Maybe there is not a right answer, but everything just seemed so wrong. There were simply too many choices. It's not like a wedding registry, where you know exactly what kind and color of Stand mixer you want or what casserole dish would suit your needs. Bottles are not just bottles. There are components. Too many components. And then there are the larger-ticket items. We got into an argument about the Boppy, a breast-feeding support pillow. Nick thought it was frivolous. Somehow, I felt like it was necessary and that I have seen my friends with these types of pillows. (And how could Nick restrict me from getting a pillow- when he is the King when it comes to pillow purchasing. We have more pillows that we have plates!). I did not like this process. Nick clearly did not like it. We ran through the store and then left, feeling defeated. This was supposed to be fun! Right?!?

Nick does bath duty his first Baby, Tortie

We ended up going from there to Mattress Firm because we are in need of a new mattress. We spent about 2 hours in there and closed the place down. Nick, of course found the perfect tempur-pedic pillow that he will be purchasing! We left there with hopes of returning and getting a mattress tomorrow that will give us sweet dreams and non-aching backs. Lastly, we decided that we would go to Target and try their registry. The selections at Target were more more manageable and less overwhelming. It ended up being a good experience and we are happy with what we selected...or so we think! I guess we will never know what Baby will need or want until she gets here, and we have lots of time to go.