The countdown is on

I'm currently in my last couple of weeks before my ceasarian is scheduled, although for some reason, call it new mom intuition, I think she's going to come just before Christmas.

Just finished visiting my OB, who is sending me for a crazy number of appointments for the upcoming week - blood work, EKG, fetal check, and another appointment with him. Thank goodness for my insurance plan that doesn't question anything.

This past weekend another expat threw me a baby shower. I must say that I never thought I would have enough friends here to even attend, considering in Miami I could count my friends on one hand. However, this shower was a blast. Baby showers aren't common in Argentina, nor even in my husband's native France. The French family who attended found it to be very interesting. Evidently in France and Argentina they throw some sort of party after the baby is born. Personally I like the idea of both! It was a great shower with expats that I've met since moving here and everyone got along great! Unfortunately, my friend Veronica wasn't able to attend which was a shame because she's been there almost since this baby was conceived.

I've also been getting so many things brought to me by people who are coming to visit friends and family. Imagine you can buy a Chicco stroller here separate from the car seat but not the other way around. And the price is exorbitant anyway. My car seat in the States is around 160.00 U.Ss and here it's around 280.00 U.S. So I was fortunate enough that someone brought one and will be delivering it this weekend to me yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Even though we don't have a car, we can request a remise with seatbelts which will be the only way I travel unless someone picking us up or we rent a car. There is no way I will put our baby in a taxi, or car without some solid protection around her.

Well that's it for the moment. I'll post about the doula who will be helping me after the baby is born. She speaks native English and was trained in the States even though she now lives in Buenos Aires.

chau chau

Comments

[Yamila]

Hi Laura,
It is great to here your baby is due soon.
I am now 16 weeks pregnant in Australia and having some personal issues with family and things.
How did you decide to have a baby away from your family? How have your family felt about this? My family want me to go to Argentina to have the baby, it is all very confusing to me and I would like to here how you dealt with this.
Yami