not long now

Its nearly time for Pei Pei to be born. We had the hospital training day yesterday which covered many aspects of the labour, birth, pain relief, hospital resources etc etc...We know this little pumpkin is upside down so a c-section is now a foregone conclusion. We will know by next week the exact day of delivery. The midwife who delivered the training was very experienced and knowledgeable and made both us us realise the obstetrician is just for the safe delivery, the midwife is for the soft fuzzy support and encouragement. It is wonderful to know when the birth date will be, it feels like we have some more control over the situation. It seems the more control (or perceived control) you have over the whole birth process, the less stressful it is. We will see, I am anxious about the epidural and being cooped up in hospital for up to 5 days!!! Of course I will miss my darling Long Long too. But we both are quite excited now that it is almost time.

In other creative news, project #1 and #2 are coming along SLOWLY..............the garage reno is reliant at the moment on a tradesman to do carpentry jobs and until he does it we cant go onto the next job....is very frustrating waiting for him to show up, often much later than agreed....

The baby room is then reliant on the reno being done...as it stands, it keeps getting more full of all my craft making bits and pieces and less looking like a room for a small human being........I really hope I do not go into labour early and we stick to the schedule.....c'mon c'mon