Day off

It's amazing how much better I feel when I'm not at work.  I feel so much more at ease.  I feel so much more like my self.  I'm off work today, and even though I only slept about 6.5 hours last night, I've felt pretty good all day.  I'm getting a little bit tired now, so I think I'll write here, then hit up the gym while I'm still functional.

Today started off with Jeannie and I going to Pennsylvania Hospital for our second pre-natal appointment.  We met with (who I think was) a certified nurse, who ran through a battery of questions with Jeannie then gave her a physical examination.  Jeannie and I (mostly Jeannie) had the chance to ask some questions, so that was good.  The nurse also reviewed the results of Jeannie's blood test from our first appointment a couple weeks ago.  Everything looked good.  She told us that we're a low-risk pregnancy, and I hope to God that everything goes as smoothly as it sounds like it can or may.

Next, we met with another, older woman in an office down the hallway.  I don't know her title, but she was very helpful, in terms of being very up-front and descriptive about the nature of the pain associated with childbirth and also about the benefits of using a midwife for childbirth, rather than a doctor in a hospital.  After hearing earlier that we're a low-risk pregnancy, I like the idea of using a midwife.  Jeannie said she was also leaning that way, although she said that her birth mother has been encouraging (shall I say?) her to go with a doctor.  While meeting with the woman this morning, I told Jeannie that I like the sound of using a midwife and I don't want us to make decisions that are driven by fear (of what could go wrong).  I want to keep setting the tone that we're both going to be as healthy as we can be throughout this process on all levels -- physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and otherwise -- so we have positive energy and so we think positive.  Although it may sound cheesy, I don't want to operate in "what-if"s, but in "we can"s.  Ultimately we must have faith in God that everything we will as it shall be.

After getting back from the appointment, I took the rest of the afternoon to fold some laundry that had needed to be folded and put away for a couple days.  I also reviewed 3 of 5 folders of legal documents (templates and model documents) for this coming year of law students.  As productive as I felt this afternoon, though, days off always seem to fly by.  It's weird.