Massage

Prenatal massage has become more popular but, for years I can remember this service being unavailable. Funny the one time in my life I am in dire need of a rubdown is when it's unavailable and advised that I not receive a professional massage. Thankfully, the market for prenatal message has grown and my girlfriend has found a spa that offers it close by. A couple of my girlfriends and I made reservations for a prenatal massage at the Enoshima Spa. YAY! I'm very excited.

Because schedules have been so crazy, I haven't been able to get a date down yet but, I'm planning on going to Akachan Hanpo in Kawasaki which is the equivalent to a Babies R Us. I'd love to see all the Japanese baby stuff!

I'm started to nest just a little bit but I think the upcoming travel to Sacramento is speeding it up. Mike will be around here for a while but I want to make sure some things are in order before I leave. ( Like the nursery) We have the crib up and a small table. I'm on the hunt for a good comfortable chair. I'd like one that reclines or something very comfortable that I can sleep in during those long "sleepless" nights. The problem is for some reason the Japanese don't sell to many rockers and on base, they really only sell clunky recliners that are HUGE overstuffed monsters. If I can't find anything I'll do fine on the couch or maybe just set up a futon in the babies room. We'll see.

Cool little tid bit that I learned today at my doctors apt was that a pregnant womans uterus grows to the equivalent of how many weeks she's along. For example, I'm 22 weeks so, my uterus measures 22 cm. Pretty cool! According to my weekly emails, my baby is about the size of a spaghetti squash and weighs about 1 lb. He's even starting to get tiny tooth buds underneath his gums.