Yesterday, was our delivery date. Jeffry and I went in to the clinic early, and they were already ready to deliver us. I was sooooo mad, I took photos of the birth and afterwards, but for some reason, they didn't turn out AT ALL. Half of the photos are missing, and I'm not sure why. :(

But, I did manage to salvage one picture. Don't worry, I won't force pictures of the actual birth on you, but instead - the only picture I have, that lead up to the birth. Anyway, when Jeffry and I tp'ed in, we were shown a room with a bed, some weird torture device looking thing, a giant ball, and a separate bathroom. I was directed to go into the bathroom and put on a gown - which, wasn't ALL that bad. I pictured some ugly system skirt gown, but this outfit I had to wear, had quite a bit of potential to be really cute.

Anyway. After I went into the bathroom to change, I came back out, and was told to get on the ball. I had my contractions while laying on this ball, but when I asked what the ball did, no one seemed to know. xD

I kid you not... I was terrified. I have never experienced RL labor, nor have I ever had a family member or a friend that had a baby. I had no idea what contractions were, or why I was on a ball, or even what that weird torture device was for on the other side of the room... though I had a slight idea.

The two doctors kept telling me to let them know when I'm ready to push... which was weird. Because I'm like.... ummmm, maybe now? So, when I said I was ready, they put me on the torture device, and sitting on that - the baby was delivered. (A couple pictures of this - I was able to salvage as well, but I really won't show that much detail here) :P

I whole thing took about 45 minutes, and we got informations on the birth as well. Jasmine Arlene was born at 4:00pm, was 7 lbs, 5 ounces, and 22 inches long. ^^ And apparently - we will be getting a birth certificate too.


Instead of being more depressed about my failed pictures, I woke up this morning, and took pictures of me and Jasmine in my most favorite viewer - complete with shadows!


Yes, the prim object that makes most people shiver in fear. This is the baby we chose. Compared to most babies out there we looked at, this one is probably one of the cutest I've seen. Only comparable to the Zooby Baby. I think, that compared to some babies, this one looks absolutely amazing xD

I do have a blog post, probably coming tomorrow - that I've been working on with what I learned about SL during the pregnancy, and little random things I've found out since I started this 6 week adventure. I guess it will be some kind of after word. :P

But before I go and end this blog post - I shall say thanks to everyone who sent me private plurks, IM's, and kind words yesterday... It seriously meant so much to me *snuggles everyone in a giant hug* :D

OMG so much to blog! On Sunday, Jeffry and I had an appointment to get our pregnancy photos done from Sacred Studio. I was soooo excited when Sophia dropped our pictures on me last night, omg I was squeeing all over the place.

We got two photos from them, and I wanted to make sure I was in my final pregnant shape before getting them done, so I had to wait until the last minute to make our appointment. I spent the weeks leading up to the day making the poses and perfecting them to fit Jeffry and I. Jeffry was so patient when we logged into the beta grid to work on them - and I kept ordering him "Stand. Sit again." every 2 minutes. xD


But, I was soooo happy with how the poses came out. I think they might have been my best poses yet. I'm not really sure if I want to sell them, because now they have a special meaning to me. I kinda like the idea that these will be the only photos using these special poses. But anyway, Skyhawke at Sacred did such an amazing job on the photos, I was soooo impressed... as I am with every photo they do. Once Jeffry logged in, and I gave him his copies, they immediately went in my profile picks, and got a spot on the walls in the baby room. :D


Yesterday, we kinda went on a shopping spree, where we bought the baby. We go in for delivery at 4pm on Monday, so we needed to get the baby.... soon. We decided on a Tatu baby, thanks to the awesome blog reader who told me about it! (I don't know if she wants her named mentioned, but, she knows who she is) :D It's like a sionChicken, in baby form. You have to feed it, play with it, change its diaper, let it sleep... I was sold. And when Jeffry and I went to see it in world - it wasn't all that bad looking either. As an added bonus, it had a 7 hour trial as well, so we tried it out, and I loved this baby even more. :D

We bought toys, diapers, medicine (in case I'm a bad mom and it gets sick... which is entirely possible with me), clothes, a skin for it, and the baby itself. It was quite the expensive trip. xD


(Above picture added because I don't like to do walls of text without random photos - but, who doesn't love a nice swim in the ocean with their boi on a hot summer day?) After we bought the baby, Jeffry and I continues our shopping spree where we went to Maitreya, so I could buy the shoes I've been drooling over. I bought fatpacks of the Salience shoes, as well as the IXkin shoes. And then.... Jeffry bought me a fatpack of the Shanti shoes, I was like, omfg! I was mad at him all night for it. :/ But no, it doesn't end there. I wanted to buy some super awesomely slutty new dress from *Boom*, and he decided he wanted to pay for it. We had a money war, and spent like 15 minutes throwing the money for it back and forth to each other. And, I lost. :(

It's funny the thought of being pregnant doesn't bother me so much anymore, and I don't really remember what my shape was before these 6 weeks started. But, I think its sooo weird that the only reason I can't wait for the delivery is so I can wear my awesome heels and slutteh dress. xD

I've been really trying to get back into the photo editing thing. While I know I suck at it, I still find it fun and enjoy learning new photoshop techniques. I snapped a picture and played with it a little.

Hey, I even drew in an open mouth, and drew in some teeth! :D I was like, sooooooo amazed at how the mouth came out, I was jumping up and down, bouncing off the walls for hours. Though, it does look better bigger. xD


Jeffry and I went in for ultrasounds and labwork on Thursday for the baby, which was yet, another interesting experience. I had to sit on the ultrasound machine thing, and there was like a slideshow of baby images on the screen. We got a HUD style book of images from the ultrasounds as well before we left.


After that, I was told to sit down at this table to get my labwork done. They took blood, and tested it, which came out fine (but of course it did, its SL). XD But I have to admit, I thought I would hate the SL pregnancy thing, but I'm actually enjoying it a bit. Our baby is expected on the 17th, which is this coming Monday... and I'm oddly excited about it. And, Jeffry seems really excited as well, he's always rubbing my belleh. :D


Jeffry took me dancing last night at Franks, a popular jazz club ballroom, and I snapped this beautiful photo. I never thought that being in my final pregnancy shape, that I would even want to leave the house. But, this past week, I've done 2 hunts, shopped a little, and went out dancing with Jeffry. But anyways, he loves when I blog about him, and show my feelings... so I'll say this: I adore this man, and he's burrowed so far into my heart, that I can't imagine a SL without him. ^^

Its been a while since my last post about the pregnancy. We've been having problems with the clinic, our doctor apparently couldn't turn off the security orb that surrounds the clinic, therefore - we've missed our second week appointment, and it has not been a good experience for Jeffry and I.

However, we did change doctors to one of the owners of the clinic, and I know I am much happier with this new doctor. She used voice, which made the experience much more real for me. She also explained the differences between prim babies and pros and cons of them to us. This visit was extremely helpful, and I wasn't irritated later about how it all went.

So, on Wednesday, I changed into my latest shape. I know time goes much faster in SL, but I can't help but think that pregnancies go way too fast in SL. I mean, by the time I mod a cute babydoll dress to fit my pregnant shape, I need to mod it all over the next week when I change to a bigger shape. XD But seeeee, you can still be cute while pregnant! :D

However, Jeffry pointed out that we only have a little over 2 weeks until the baby comes, and we better start planning things. So, I created an extra room off of our bedroom for our baby. Then we went to Zooby's and got the cutest pink nursery set and decorated the room. :D


I loooove the Zooby's set, its so cute! I just wish the stuff was copy, because the room is still extremely empty and bare looking for my tastes. But, my monies are still recouping from buying the whole set. We have a couple weeks left to finish it though, so I'm not really worried about it. It has a good headstart right now. XD


I think deep down somewhere I always wanted a nursery, because setting this up was totally fun. It's so cute and very pink, I worry little Jasmine Arlene will become blind from all the pinkness by the time she becomes a toddler. :O


I love this bench. Its probably my favorite piece in the whole set. Its no copy, so I can't really mod it to fit in the windows like I would like, but oh well. It has sit poses and stuff which works with the babies :D


The little changing table. This thing is soooo cute, and extremely primmy. But I still adore it.


The crib. Jeffry wanted it to be the focal point of the room, and said he wanted the crib to stand out more. So, I put my favorite sculpted curtains around it - and it turned out extremely well. The crib - has so many features, and even came with a whole novel length notecard that explains how it interacts with the Zooby babies.


And, as if we didn't have enough on our plate... the sionCorn came out - and I was there with a full sim trying to buy it. I bought 2 starter sets, waited 2 hours there, received none. Jeffry bought 2 as well, and got one... and gave it to me. So, we followed the instructions... fill bucket, add fertilizer, rez corncob... and waited for it to do something. 2 hours later, its still sitting there doing absolutely nothing. o.O

So, this blog post has been a little overdue. Ever since blogging about Jeffry's and my decision to have a SL baby, I've received several notecards and IMs of support, people telling me their stories and suggestions. I'm really happy that other people have experienced this - and are willing to share their experiences with me because really - I haven't seen a blog that explained how pregnancies worked in SL. I haven't found no tips, no mention of the best maternity clinics - nothing. So, I'm grateful to those who have dropped me notecards. They've really helped. :D

I was most worried about my friends though, as I said before. Shortly after blogging about our decision, I was cornered in group chat. Instead of telling me what a crappy choice I made - most of them seemed to be filled with curious questions about it. And, after all that, I was still accepted, and nothing has really changed at all, so I am sooooo relieved.

One of the questions I got was: Are you going to do the maternity clinic thing and all? Yes, we are! We eventually settled on Rock a Bye Babies Maternity and Birthing Center. When we went to check them out - they had physicians and nurses there when we TP'ed in to help us. This was probably the best looking clinic I've seen in SL, so I was sold on it. They helped us pick out a package that fit us. All we really wanted was the exams, lamaze and the actual birth. ^^

Saturday at 8am was our appointment. It didn't really go very well, considering I was ejected by security right after being TP'ed in. Which put me in a foul mood for the rest of the day. But, we rescheduled for later that day.

It was pretty realistic. They ask you questions about your pregnancy, like if your feet are swollen, or what your stress level is, and if you've had cramping or bleeding. Then you lay on the chair and they take the heart rate of the baby and all kinds of stuff. I've never been pregnant in RL, so all the information went completely over my head - but it was a really interesting experience. :D

At one point, after we came home - even Jeffry said it was realistic, almost like we were experiencing it in RL together xD

This is a blog post I've kind of been dreading. No, not because I regret my decision - because of the friends I might lose, the bad comments I might receive, or the loss of respect. I am prepared to be looked down upon for it, or possibly lose some friends over it, but its a decision Jeffry and I came to together, after discussing it often.

We decided to have a prim baby. Yeah, I know. But no - not just the prim baby, we decided to go the whole pregnancy thing and all. (But don't worry, I will never wear a talking belly in public, or around anyone else. :P) I used to hate going shopping, and seeing pregnant avatars, or hearing prim stomachs tell the world that the mother-to-be needed vitamins, or anything. It was extremely annoying, and I really didn't want to be spammed by it all while I shopped for shoes. And, I never understood why someone would want to do that, in a perfect world, where you never had to worry about getting pregnant.


However, I knew Jeffry wanted a SL marriage, and he brought the idea of a prim baby up occasionally. I skirted around the idea, because prim babies kinda scared the crap out of me (although, admitting, I had considered buying a prim baby a couple months ago for some kind of amusing pet). But, as I got to know Jeffry, my thoughts changed. I started to warm up to the idea of having a prim baby. I mean, after all - nurserys in SL are sooooooo cute, and I wanted to decorate one. And, the mix of my curiosity and being interested in how SL pregnancies worked - eventually... as I'm getting closer to booking a plane flight to meet him in RL, I agreed to have a baby with Jeffry.


I debated - should I keep it from my friends? Just hide in my house for 6 weeks? Should I come out and risk being the oddball pregnant girl who is the butt of all jokes? Should I risk losing my friends by telling them about it? I thought for several days. And, decided I will not hide, and this is how I want to spend my SL. I mean, I'm not just here to please other people, right? So, this is my blog post - saying my decision to have a baby with my partner, Jeffry.

I plan on writing about having a baby, showing pregnant pictures, writing about how crappy it is modding clothes for maternity is, making and blogging pregnancy poses I make, and even writing about lamaze and stuff. Yes, we signed up at a clinic to do the whole prenatal care, lamaze, and delivery things :P

So, if you see mah belleh growing - this is why. On August 17th, 2009, we will have a baby girl named Jasmine Arlene. :D