Make your own Moby wrap *UPDATED

A friend of my mom's sent me THIS link on how to make your own baby carrying wrap. Basically it's the same concept as this type of carrier. So you can cut out your own wrap from material and use these instructions to wrap it around yourself to carry your baby in different positions. I've heard this is the best type of carrier/sling for women with bad backs, mainly because it wraps all around yourself and over both shoulders. So I'm going to be using this for Evan as long as he likes it!

However, the thing with making your own is that you end up with 2 or 3 slings from each length of fabric that you buy. So why would I need that many wraps made of the same material? I really wish I had some pregnant friends or friends with babies in this area so that we could set up an exchange, but I don't. So anyway, just wondering if any of you do this or are interested in doing this and would like to exchange materials (like if I make 2 wraps, I'd keep one and send one to you and you do the same, so then instead of each of us having 2 of the same, we end up with 2 completely different ones). Yesterday I bought some material...5 yards for $7.50! I can't remember how wide it is...45" or 60", so I don't know if it'll make 2 or 3 wraps, but still! It's an amazing deal! The one you buy at the store is $40.

The other night I had my first dream about LABOR. It would have been much more exciting except that in the dream Matt had just died in some kind of war that was going on (yes, I'm weird and apparently morbid). After hearing the horrible news, I kept feeling this really strong pressure down there, it felt like Evan's head was about to come out! I could feel this bulge and was almost positive that he was going to come out any minute, I even had an urge to push. I ended up riding around in a car with some family members trying to find the house where the rest of my relatives were staying so that I could have the baby there. I kept thinking, "this is going to be the day I meet Evan, it's finally happening, but Matt won't be here." I was so sad, but still so in love with the baby I was about to meet. Anyway, the whole dream was bizarre, but the feeling of meeting Evan was so real. It was as if the dream was happening now because in it I kept thinking, "I had a feeling he'd come early, but not THIS early."


*UPDATE - I just created a message board group for a fabric exchange. The more people who join, the better this will work! Hopefully we'll get enough people so that we can have plenty of trading options. So even if you're reading this and I don't know you, feel free to join the group. Also, pass the word around to other people you think would be interested! http://community.babycenter.com/groups/a6691165/fabric_exchange_-_make_your_own_wrap