Just Been Going Along...

I finally went to the lung disease specialist doctor on Tuesday and he was very helpful. He asked me about a million questions about my past with this cough stuff and all my symptoms and how often I get it and when I get it, etc. He came to the conclusion that he didn't think that what I have been getting is bronchitis, but rather some form of allergies with a bit of asthma in there. Usually smokers are the ones who get bronchitis on a regular basis and since I've never smoked, he thought that this made more since. Also, since I would get it at about the same time every year (October), he said that made even more sense that it would be allergies. With the move, everything changed, so I didn't get it in October this year, but I got it now from something out here. ANYWAY, all of that to say, it was nice going to someone who didn't brush it off as an "upper respiratory infection" which simply means a cold, and who was willing to try to figure out what was wrong with me! He gave me a prescription for an antibiotic and told me to take zyrtec as well and also, he gave me a new inhaler (asthma dork!). I think I'm actually starting to get better which is definitely encouraging. The pain in my ribs/lung area, he thought was just a pulled muscle from all my coughing. That is getting better as well! SO, hopefully this won't last much longer and life can get back to normal. 

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We went to another childbirth class on Monday and got to watch an entire birthing experience, start to finish. That was enough to take away any questions of whether or not I'd get an epidural. There is no doubt in my mind that I'll be getting one (as long as all works out normally, of course). I told William once again that I didn't want to do that- give birth, that is - and he simply said, "ok, you don't have to!" Yeah, thanks hun. 

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Last week we got a letter in the mail in which the return address said "Hugs from Mother Kinder." Now, I don't know anyone named Mother Kinder and was quite intrigued by who was writing me a letter. Turns out, Bettyalice Kinder is an older woman in our church who had read in the bulletin that I was expecting a baby in June. She simply wanted to say hello and wanted to meet me the next Sunday. We met her this past Sunday and she was quite sweet. She wants to crochet a blanket for our baby and wondered if that would be alright with us. She was so kind and generous and just wanted to get to know us and love our baby. At first it was quite random, but once I thought about it, I was quite touched that someone would just want to do that for us. I'm sure we'll be getting many more "hugs from Mother Kinder"!