Well, that solves that. And Maternity Pictures (lots).

Warning. Lots of maternity photos of me only in a bra/panties below. Also pictures of children. So please oh please, only check them out if you really want to.

First, with everyone telling me to talk to the nurses, I decided to make a quick call to the birth center of the hospital I'll be delivering in. I talked to a nurse who not only was the friendliest thing on earth, but she totally knew what I was talking about. She told me their rule was that after a moment with mom immediately after delivery during the c-section, the baby is brought to a part of the nursery where only the ~one~ person wearing the band can come in, which will be Dad. He's the only one allowed to be with the baby until all is complete and the baby is brought back to Mom. Case closed. Whew. Although I already talked to my husband about this and he agreed to do whatever I wanted, it won't turn out to be a bigger issue if he's pressured when I'm not around.

So again, thank you for all your advice and suggestions. I will try all I can to get this little guy to turn, but if a c-section is the end result, I can live with it now. I still hope I can have a vaginal birth, but a c-section isn't so scary to me now. You girls all fucking rule. Really.

Now is where my warning applies. I don't want to split up the pictures between here and my other blog, so I'm just going to put them all here for the ease of posting.

The wife of my teammate/friend here at work is a budding photographer. She's taken pictures of my kids for the past 3 years. This year, however, was my turn and we booked her mostly for maternity pictures. I never had them done and since this is my last chance to capture my pregnant body, now was the time. Here are some of the proofs from the shoot:

I never realized how many freckles I have.


These were all taken at my house and I didn't realize we'd be using my bed as a backdrop. I'd of put the covers over the pillows had I known!


Could be anonymous, except for these pesky tattoos.


I like this one. I am very picky when it comes to pictures like these, as I think so many maternity pictures end up being cheesy. I bet these are probably cheesy to other people, but different when it's personal.


Oh boy. I'm large, eh?


Not too sure of this one yet.


Although it doesn't really show off the belly, I like this one a lot.


My family.


Girls.


Same picture, just cropped and in black & white.


~giggle~. Rock on.


Ella Belle.


~Gasp.~ Okay, so I know I'm her mom and I'm not impartial, but this picture of Ella takes my breath away.


Allie.


She loves the punk rock.


Me and Tom.



Okee Dokey - that's it for today. I've got to lay off blogger a little bit, eh?