Wow, my dear friends gave me a baby shower. I was totally surprised! I was shocked to find out that all my children knew and so did Danny! No one give me any hints or inkling that this was happening! It was yesterday. Our homeschool gathering was scheduled and we planned to go. I went grocery shopping in the morning and it took way too long. We ended up arriving at Rachel's house (the wind drove us indoors) around 2pm! I felt embarrassed yet filled with joy as the gang yelled Happy Baby Shower. Holy cow! So many people there giving me attention at once! It was overwhelming yet so lovely! They made all organic food- yummy!- and even had gifts, flowers and pin the baby to the ninny! So many amazing things. I felt so special. The day went by so fast. I didn't want it to end. I wanted to bask in the love that was surrounding me. The best part was that the girls worked to create blessing beads for me to have for my birthing time. Each one wrote a hidden blessing in a flag shaped piece of paper and rolled it up with glue onto a skewer. When dried the beads were laced together and made a beautiful blessing necklace. I love it! I will feel the love during my birthing time. What an absolute treasure. Gosh, I so excited with everything. I am so happy to have such dear friends.
My friend Faith, who is a midwife, was there, too. She felt my belly to "check" for twins. She felt all around and could trace the baby. She didn't know what was in the lower right side- maybe placenta, but her opinion was that if there were twins, the one "behind" would have to be very small. She didn't rule it out, though, which I thought was interesting. She has never caught twins and I'm thinking that if Lydi feels strongly that there are twins, I'll invite Faith to the birth if she it's ok with Lydi.
I listened again this morning to my belly. I still hear the two placenta sounds. I really keep hoping to feel something dramatic to feel for twins. Nothing yet. I just don't know. 5 weeks to go.
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