So glad we kept the appointment. The kids absolutely loved it. All of them got to go in and watch, they had huge TV screens posted all over the room so everyone could see. The lady was absolutely wonderful, involved everyone in the room and was just so nice! Here is the video. I got a few pictures too, but they were taken from the video anyway, and I haven't scanned them yet so will edit and post those later. The first few minutes are just of her trying to get a good "it's a boy" shot, he was very stubborn. Now to decide on names :)
Friday, February 18, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Round 2, ultraound tech tries again...
Ray and I got to talking and decided to go ahead and find out the sex of the baby, and we wanted the other kids to be able to see some decent pics and video, so we scheduled at Anticipation Ultrasound for this Saturday.
Not 10 minutes afterwards the other place calls and talks to Ray. The office manager apologized, said she had heard from my pcp's office and was very upset that we didn't get treated right, and would we please come back for about a 10 minute scan, bring our daughter back, they would like to get us some decent pics and be able to show off the baby to big sister. So went there this morning, and get to go to Anticipation on Saturday. Talk about ultrasound overload, lol.
They actually had the same lady take us back this time. I was a little worried when I saw it was the same person, but she did make an effort to play nice this time. It's sad she had to fake it, but whatever. Kassi's feelings weren't hurt again, so I am happy. She did take some crappy pics again. The images on the screen were much, much better, but she didn't take pics except for the fuzzy ones.
We did find out we are having a boy! I was a little shocked, I would have sworn it was a girl, really everything was telling me that it was. I was kind of sad at first, but am excited now that it has sunk in. The reasons I was more sad really didn't have a ton to do about a preference for a girl, but the economic issues. I already have girl clothes, a pink car seat, and could put a baby in the room with Kassi and Kayla. I can't really put a newborn or an infant in the room with my 7 and 9 year old boys, and I have no clothes left over from when they were born. But another mommy's boy will be awesome, and I can't wait to meet him! Derek and Little Ray are so excited, I don't think they were to happy about another possible sister, but they seem more involved now that they get a little brother.
Here are the pics I got this time. Like I said, the pics aren't great, especially the "it's a boy" shot, but the video on screen was much clearer, it was like she would move to hit the print button and it would mess up the pic. Maybe she just couldn't do two things at once? Anyway, here he is :)
Not 10 minutes afterwards the other place calls and talks to Ray. The office manager apologized, said she had heard from my pcp's office and was very upset that we didn't get treated right, and would we please come back for about a 10 minute scan, bring our daughter back, they would like to get us some decent pics and be able to show off the baby to big sister. So went there this morning, and get to go to Anticipation on Saturday. Talk about ultrasound overload, lol.
They actually had the same lady take us back this time. I was a little worried when I saw it was the same person, but she did make an effort to play nice this time. It's sad she had to fake it, but whatever. Kassi's feelings weren't hurt again, so I am happy. She did take some crappy pics again. The images on the screen were much, much better, but she didn't take pics except for the fuzzy ones.
We did find out we are having a boy! I was a little shocked, I would have sworn it was a girl, really everything was telling me that it was. I was kind of sad at first, but am excited now that it has sunk in. The reasons I was more sad really didn't have a ton to do about a preference for a girl, but the economic issues. I already have girl clothes, a pink car seat, and could put a baby in the room with Kassi and Kayla. I can't really put a newborn or an infant in the room with my 7 and 9 year old boys, and I have no clothes left over from when they were born. But another mommy's boy will be awesome, and I can't wait to meet him! Derek and Little Ray are so excited, I don't think they were to happy about another possible sister, but they seem more involved now that they get a little brother.
Here are the pics I got this time. Like I said, the pics aren't great, especially the "it's a boy" shot, but the video on screen was much clearer, it was like she would move to hit the print button and it would mess up the pic. Maybe she just couldn't do two things at once? Anyway, here he is :)
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Not all Doctors are evil
I got the call yesterday from my primary care doc. They got the report from the ultrasound. I was kind of anxious to go to the appointment. Not because I thought there may be something wrong, but because the evil technician might have falsified something to get me to deliver in a hospital.
Let me start this by saying we got lucky with my doctor. We had literally met this woman once before I got pregnant, had just switched over to her. And while I did like her, we in no way had any idea of her philosophy for childbirth, etc. Most doctors will agree with you hypothetically, especially on pregnancy related things. So when I had to have an actual DOCTOR request the testing, etc (ultrasounds, blood work, etc) for the pregnancy or the insurance would not pay for it, I was a little worried going to her. I had already gotten so much hell from the medical community on my decision and went in ready to fight for my decision. She accepted it awesomely :)
So I get to her office today, ad she tells me the results, reading the report for me, and already has a copy made for me to take to my midwife. Everything is perfect with the little one. And she asks me how I like the place she sent me to, since the other one was unavailable. So I tell her the whole story. She was appalled! And also asked if I had called to complain to the office manager as to how I was treated. I told her no, the tech did her job alright, which was to measure the baby and all other ultrasound aspects. Well, that wasn't good enough for her, she sat around talking to me for a while, and was trying to find another way to get an ultrasound done for me cause I was so ripped off at the other place. She finally tells me "We have a girl in the office who is grumpy and trying to quit smoking, I'll have her call and complain for you"
She also tells me that she had a baby come in that day who was an unassisted birth the previous day :) We talked a lot about baby wearing, and breastfeeding as well. I'm so glad she is home birth friendly, I couldn't have gotten any luckier :)
Let me start this by saying we got lucky with my doctor. We had literally met this woman once before I got pregnant, had just switched over to her. And while I did like her, we in no way had any idea of her philosophy for childbirth, etc. Most doctors will agree with you hypothetically, especially on pregnancy related things. So when I had to have an actual DOCTOR request the testing, etc (ultrasounds, blood work, etc) for the pregnancy or the insurance would not pay for it, I was a little worried going to her. I had already gotten so much hell from the medical community on my decision and went in ready to fight for my decision. She accepted it awesomely :)
So I get to her office today, ad she tells me the results, reading the report for me, and already has a copy made for me to take to my midwife. Everything is perfect with the little one. And she asks me how I like the place she sent me to, since the other one was unavailable. So I tell her the whole story. She was appalled! And also asked if I had called to complain to the office manager as to how I was treated. I told her no, the tech did her job alright, which was to measure the baby and all other ultrasound aspects. Well, that wasn't good enough for her, she sat around talking to me for a while, and was trying to find another way to get an ultrasound done for me cause I was so ripped off at the other place. She finally tells me "We have a girl in the office who is grumpy and trying to quit smoking, I'll have her call and complain for you"
She also tells me that she had a baby come in that day who was an unassisted birth the previous day :) We talked a lot about baby wearing, and breastfeeding as well. I'm so glad she is home birth friendly, I couldn't have gotten any luckier :)
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Midwives make everything better :)
So I had my midwife apt today, officially 18 weeks, 5 days. not that it matters, I won't deliver at 40 weeks anyway, but the technical crud matters to someone, so I try to ignore their exact dates for the most part.
She saw i was upset immediately,and we got into the story of my ultrasound yesterday. She was horrified. For some reason it made me feel better knowing it mattered to someone else.
This was probably my longest appointment yet. I was there for a little over 2 hours, I think. One of her assistants was there again today, she has 3 of them, and I get my pick as to who, how many and when they will be there during the birth (she has to have at least one though). Today it was Andrea (like me) and i like her the best so far. I have only met the other 2 once, and had my kids with me that day as well, so didn't get to know them as swell as I have Andrea. The 2 times I have met her, I had extremely long appointments and we actually got to talk and get to know each other. I definitely want her there for the birth, and might want the others there as well. I have never had a doula before and have always been in the hospital too, so I am looking forward to being pampered this labor. This will be my last baby probably, and i want to get it right this time, there has always been something wrong with every other birth, and I want the perfect, birth goddess experience! But that's another post all together :)
She also has a new patient, who is a chiropractor. She gave me her number to get adjusted, the one I had been seeing didn't have any idea what to do with a pregnant woman! And i got the info of the only other lady in town who does placenta encapsulation. I was going to do this myself, but not sure if I am going to feel up to it immediately after birth, so the number is good to have. i will probably call her in the next few days to see about pricing and such.
All and all, a great day with the midwife. I just love her <3
She saw i was upset immediately,and we got into the story of my ultrasound yesterday. She was horrified. For some reason it made me feel better knowing it mattered to someone else.
This was probably my longest appointment yet. I was there for a little over 2 hours, I think. One of her assistants was there again today, she has 3 of them, and I get my pick as to who, how many and when they will be there during the birth (she has to have at least one though). Today it was Andrea (like me) and i like her the best so far. I have only met the other 2 once, and had my kids with me that day as well, so didn't get to know them as swell as I have Andrea. The 2 times I have met her, I had extremely long appointments and we actually got to talk and get to know each other. I definitely want her there for the birth, and might want the others there as well. I have never had a doula before and have always been in the hospital too, so I am looking forward to being pampered this labor. This will be my last baby probably, and i want to get it right this time, there has always been something wrong with every other birth, and I want the perfect, birth goddess experience! But that's another post all together :)
She also has a new patient, who is a chiropractor. She gave me her number to get adjusted, the one I had been seeing didn't have any idea what to do with a pregnant woman! And i got the info of the only other lady in town who does placenta encapsulation. I was going to do this myself, but not sure if I am going to feel up to it immediately after birth, so the number is good to have. i will probably call her in the next few days to see about pricing and such.
All and all, a great day with the midwife. I just love her <3
Friday, February 11, 2011
Ultrasound HELL!
Don't worry, baby is okay :) But that lady was a B with a really huge ITCH!
So we leave this morning to go to the new place, my PCP was able to get me into another imaging place so I could avoid the hospital, which I thought was a great thing, now I wish I just would have gone to the dang hospital, they probably would have been more professional, but then again...who knows. When they called to make the appointment, I asked about bringing Kassidy because she was so excited to see the baby. They were awesome on the phone, said yes, they love to show older siblings their new sister or brother, and it would be great.
So we get there, and the lady is so nice at first, talking to Kassi, telling her she is going to show her the baby, and let her count fingers and toes, etc. Then we get into the room, and she makes some random comment about sending the results to my OLD (read = FIRED) OB. I was pretty shocked, but very firm, telling her no, he wasn't even the one who ordered the u/s, and how did they even get his name. She proceeds to tell me that the PCP that ordered it doesn't do deliveries (she doesn't, she is just shadowing care for my midwife) so I tell her that the results/report needs to either come to me so I can give them to my midwife, or to my PCP who will then give them to my midwife.
Right there it was like Dr. Jekyl / Mrs. Hyde. All of a sudden this nice, openly communicating woman turned snotty and completely reserved. She was very rough with the u/s, turned he screen so that even my daughter could not see it. I was expecting her to take the measurements and then turn it back so we could see the baby, some places do it that way, but she never did. When she was done, I asked her if we even got a picture or something, and she sighs really heavy, tells me she thinks she may have gotten one of the face, and puts 5 pics on a CD. Only one of them is decent. The rest are mediocre at best. I used togetting a profile, fingers and toes, and maybe arms and legs.
I cried the whole way home. I know the reason she was so horrible was because she didn't agree with the home birth. And to top it off, my husband was upset too, but we were both so grumpy we ended up taking it out on each other. And my car broke down on my way home. So not the greatest of all days. I think the main thing I am PO'd about is how they lied to my daughter and didn't show her anything, she was so nice to her in the beginning and then ignored her the rest of the time, I could tell Kassi had her feelings hurt.
I am now feeling so disconnected from the whole thing I am wishing I would have found out the sex of the baby. I feel like if I had, it would have been the one good things that came out of going, I feel like I completely wasted my time going this morning. We might go to one of the 3D places soon though, once babe has some more fat on her cheeks.
Anyway, here are the pics. My gorgeous skeletal baby :)
So we leave this morning to go to the new place, my PCP was able to get me into another imaging place so I could avoid the hospital, which I thought was a great thing, now I wish I just would have gone to the dang hospital, they probably would have been more professional, but then again...who knows. When they called to make the appointment, I asked about bringing Kassidy because she was so excited to see the baby. They were awesome on the phone, said yes, they love to show older siblings their new sister or brother, and it would be great.
So we get there, and the lady is so nice at first, talking to Kassi, telling her she is going to show her the baby, and let her count fingers and toes, etc. Then we get into the room, and she makes some random comment about sending the results to my OLD (read = FIRED) OB. I was pretty shocked, but very firm, telling her no, he wasn't even the one who ordered the u/s, and how did they even get his name. She proceeds to tell me that the PCP that ordered it doesn't do deliveries (she doesn't, she is just shadowing care for my midwife) so I tell her that the results/report needs to either come to me so I can give them to my midwife, or to my PCP who will then give them to my midwife.
Right there it was like Dr. Jekyl / Mrs. Hyde. All of a sudden this nice, openly communicating woman turned snotty and completely reserved. She was very rough with the u/s, turned he screen so that even my daughter could not see it. I was expecting her to take the measurements and then turn it back so we could see the baby, some places do it that way, but she never did. When she was done, I asked her if we even got a picture or something, and she sighs really heavy, tells me she thinks she may have gotten one of the face, and puts 5 pics on a CD. Only one of them is decent. The rest are mediocre at best. I used togetting a profile, fingers and toes, and maybe arms and legs.
I cried the whole way home. I know the reason she was so horrible was because she didn't agree with the home birth. And to top it off, my husband was upset too, but we were both so grumpy we ended up taking it out on each other. And my car broke down on my way home. So not the greatest of all days. I think the main thing I am PO'd about is how they lied to my daughter and didn't show her anything, she was so nice to her in the beginning and then ignored her the rest of the time, I could tell Kassi had her feelings hurt.
I am now feeling so disconnected from the whole thing I am wishing I would have found out the sex of the baby. I feel like if I had, it would have been the one good things that came out of going, I feel like I completely wasted my time going this morning. We might go to one of the 3D places soon though, once babe has some more fat on her cheeks.
Anyway, here are the pics. My gorgeous skeletal baby :)
Monday, February 7, 2011
They cancelled my ultrasound :(
Not a big deal really, they are going to reschedule it at some point, I am just a little dissapointed that I have been looking foreward to seeing him/her for a few weeks now. My apointment was supposed to be tomorrow morning at a free standing imaging clinic, and I got the call this morning that their pipes froze (we have had tons of snow here the last week or so) and one busted over the weekend, flooding the entire place overnight. They aren't going to be open for a few weeks, so I am waiting on my family doctor to try and get me in at the hospital for the apt. I was really hoping to avoid the hoapital, but oh well.
Heard from my midwife today too though, she has a friend that works at the place that flooded, and heard about it before I did, she called not long afterwards. I get to see her again next Saturday :) I love her btw <3
Now I have to pump myself up again, lol. We have decided to not find out the sex of the baby this time (we have always found out previously). I was all prepared to be strong and not ask tomorrow, and now I have more time of anticipation and trying to not be so dang impatient.
Heard from my midwife today too though, she has a friend that works at the place that flooded, and heard about it before I did, she called not long afterwards. I get to see her again next Saturday :) I love her btw <3
Now I have to pump myself up again, lol. We have decided to not find out the sex of the baby this time (we have always found out previously). I was all prepared to be strong and not ask tomorrow, and now I have more time of anticipation and trying to not be so dang impatient.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Kassi, mommys little doula
My oldest daughter, Kassidy, wants to be present at the birth. She will turn 4 the month after I am due. She is so excited, lol. And surprisingly, I am excited for her to be there.
I never thought I would be one of those mom's who wanted their kids at the birth. Not that there is anything wrong with it, it just wasn't for me, or so I thought. I didn't want to be thinking of keeping composed for my kids, when really I needed to let loose and let instincts take over. I didn't want to frighten them with birth noises. I especially didn't want my husband to have to take his attention away from me and attend to the kids. But Kassi is so excited for it, and has really great expectations of what will happen. She is extremely and surprisingly realistic about the whole thing. I'm proud of her :)
Now i am wanting them all to stay close, and depending on how labor goes, they may not all leave until it gets really hot and heavy. Ideally, I will go into labor when they go to bed and they can all wake up and meet their new sibling. I have various reasons why I don't want them to be present at the actually birth of the baby, and I may be completely wrong, and this may all change in a great big hormonal change of plans in just a few short weeks.
Derek is an anxious child, always the "what if" kid. Now on the plus side, he is rarely in trouble, because he is so scared of what could happen, lol. But he is worried about me. He will be almost 10 at D-time, and has seen me have 3 hospital births, he is a little confused on why mom is leaving the safety of the hospital. There have been (and will be many many more I am sure) conversations on safety of home birth. He is kind of funny when he gets all squirmy on the subject, but I am wanting the whole family to be comfortable with the process, that is very important to me. (I feel another blog post forming so I will move on for now!)
Little Ray is my wild child, the opposite of Derek in almost every way, and they are such good friends, they compliment each other well. He is in no way going to be present. He would be making fart jokes, etc. the whole time.
Kayla will be just over 2, and I feel will be the one who might be scared or at the least demanding. I am still playing it by ear on that one however, things might change.
But Kassi is adamant on being present. This is her little sister (she is determined it is a girl, we are not fining out the sex, I don't think anyway)and she is no stranger to birth. Me being a doula I tend to have various books laying around the house, she has stumbled across the pictures of women crowning, some in ecstasy, others screaming it seems. She has watched youtube videos with me about babies being born at home, and seen other children waiting to meet their siblings. We have talked about the noises, and she tells me she might laugh and it will be okay, lol. She tells me almost every day that I'm having the baby in the big bath tub the nice lady (midwife) is bringing over, and her and daddy will be in there with me and help me catch the baby. She really wants to catch, I am reserving that right for either me or my hubby however. Doesn't keep her from trying to weasel it in every chance she gets!
I am excited for a whole different reason. I am excited to see the next generation of family be excited and get to witness and grow up seeing firsthand a normal birth. I am excited to be inspiring her to birth her own babies with confidence, and faith that God designed her body to do things without unnecessary intervention. I am excited that she tells me she wants to catch babies when she grows up. And even though I know she will probably change her mind a thousand and one times before she settles on what she wants to do with her life, and she may do the research for herself and decide on hospital birthing for her babies, or she may never want to have any of her own, I am still showing her that women are not weak, we are biologically made to do one of the hardest things on this planet, and we can trust our bodies to be wonderfully made. I can't wait to give birth.
I never thought I would be one of those mom's who wanted their kids at the birth. Not that there is anything wrong with it, it just wasn't for me, or so I thought. I didn't want to be thinking of keeping composed for my kids, when really I needed to let loose and let instincts take over. I didn't want to frighten them with birth noises. I especially didn't want my husband to have to take his attention away from me and attend to the kids. But Kassi is so excited for it, and has really great expectations of what will happen. She is extremely and surprisingly realistic about the whole thing. I'm proud of her :)
Now i am wanting them all to stay close, and depending on how labor goes, they may not all leave until it gets really hot and heavy. Ideally, I will go into labor when they go to bed and they can all wake up and meet their new sibling. I have various reasons why I don't want them to be present at the actually birth of the baby, and I may be completely wrong, and this may all change in a great big hormonal change of plans in just a few short weeks.
Derek is an anxious child, always the "what if" kid. Now on the plus side, he is rarely in trouble, because he is so scared of what could happen, lol. But he is worried about me. He will be almost 10 at D-time, and has seen me have 3 hospital births, he is a little confused on why mom is leaving the safety of the hospital. There have been (and will be many many more I am sure) conversations on safety of home birth. He is kind of funny when he gets all squirmy on the subject, but I am wanting the whole family to be comfortable with the process, that is very important to me. (I feel another blog post forming so I will move on for now!)
Little Ray is my wild child, the opposite of Derek in almost every way, and they are such good friends, they compliment each other well. He is in no way going to be present. He would be making fart jokes, etc. the whole time.
Kayla will be just over 2, and I feel will be the one who might be scared or at the least demanding. I am still playing it by ear on that one however, things might change.
But Kassi is adamant on being present. This is her little sister (she is determined it is a girl, we are not fining out the sex, I don't think anyway)and she is no stranger to birth. Me being a doula I tend to have various books laying around the house, she has stumbled across the pictures of women crowning, some in ecstasy, others screaming it seems. She has watched youtube videos with me about babies being born at home, and seen other children waiting to meet their siblings. We have talked about the noises, and she tells me she might laugh and it will be okay, lol. She tells me almost every day that I'm having the baby in the big bath tub the nice lady (midwife) is bringing over, and her and daddy will be in there with me and help me catch the baby. She really wants to catch, I am reserving that right for either me or my hubby however. Doesn't keep her from trying to weasel it in every chance she gets!
I am excited for a whole different reason. I am excited to see the next generation of family be excited and get to witness and grow up seeing firsthand a normal birth. I am excited to be inspiring her to birth her own babies with confidence, and faith that God designed her body to do things without unnecessary intervention. I am excited that she tells me she wants to catch babies when she grows up. And even though I know she will probably change her mind a thousand and one times before she settles on what she wants to do with her life, and she may do the research for herself and decide on hospital birthing for her babies, or she may never want to have any of her own, I am still showing her that women are not weak, we are biologically made to do one of the hardest things on this planet, and we can trust our bodies to be wonderfully made. I can't wait to give birth.
I'll start at the beginning I suppose :)
Hello, my name is Andrea Felsinger, I am wife to my great husband Ray, and have 4 kids. Derek is 9, little Ray is 7, Kassidy is 3, and Kayla is currently 18 months. I am a childbirth doula, and still trying to get my business off the ground. Seems every time i start getting really good business, I get pregnant again. I have a hard time staying up 24 hours at a time attending births as a preggo mama, so I refer out any potential clients during that time and about the first 6 months or so breastfeeding.
I have recently found myself expecting again. I am due officially July 11th, 2011. I had made the decision well before we even thought we would have any more kids, that I would give birth at home this time. My previous 4 have been in the hospital, but we'll get to those experiences at another time. I will say that my last hospital experience was the most horrible thing I have experienced, and from that moment on, I knew I would never do THAT again, I would never birth in a hospital again no matter what it took.
So I'll say it again. My name is Andrea, and I'm having a home birth. Sounds a bit heavy, huh? I'm having my baby at home. Wow.
Now i am not from a natural minded family. My whole family has been born at hospitals, no one knew what a doula was until I wanted to become one, and I found out what it was by accident. I grew up hearing horror stories of how I was born with the cord around my neck (something I now know to be very common) and the doctors saved my life by making me cry when I was born because I did not want to cry on my own. When questioned further, my mom admits that I was breathing and alert, but babies are suppose to cry at birth, Right? So when I announced that my baby was to be born at home, there were more than a few people who thought I was joking at first. That was the preferable response, the others all expressed concern, fear, and some outright rage. I was harming my baby, and endangering my other kids of possibly losing their mother by being so careless as giving birth at home with a midwife.
To say I was shocked at this response may have been going a bit far, I knew they did not believe in home birth, or rather that they were ignorant to it, and feared what they didn't know. But I thought they all knew me well enough to understand that I would not make a decision that included my baby's health, my health, or depriving my other kids of a mom, without much consideration, thought, and research. To realize they didn't trust my judgement, threw me for a loop, so to say.
But I figured I had a few months still to either change their minds, in the cases of the people I respected, and needed their support (like my mom), or convince them to butt out, in the cases of the other informed bunch. So the plan stays the same, baby is coming at home.
And I couldn't be more excited!!!
My husband is completely on board, I have a great midwife who I trust, plans are on their way to becoming a home birth mommy :) For the first time, I am anticipating labor and birth instead of dreading it, I can't wait.
I have recently found myself expecting again. I am due officially July 11th, 2011. I had made the decision well before we even thought we would have any more kids, that I would give birth at home this time. My previous 4 have been in the hospital, but we'll get to those experiences at another time. I will say that my last hospital experience was the most horrible thing I have experienced, and from that moment on, I knew I would never do THAT again, I would never birth in a hospital again no matter what it took.
So I'll say it again. My name is Andrea, and I'm having a home birth. Sounds a bit heavy, huh? I'm having my baby at home. Wow.
Now i am not from a natural minded family. My whole family has been born at hospitals, no one knew what a doula was until I wanted to become one, and I found out what it was by accident. I grew up hearing horror stories of how I was born with the cord around my neck (something I now know to be very common) and the doctors saved my life by making me cry when I was born because I did not want to cry on my own. When questioned further, my mom admits that I was breathing and alert, but babies are suppose to cry at birth, Right? So when I announced that my baby was to be born at home, there were more than a few people who thought I was joking at first. That was the preferable response, the others all expressed concern, fear, and some outright rage. I was harming my baby, and endangering my other kids of possibly losing their mother by being so careless as giving birth at home with a midwife.
To say I was shocked at this response may have been going a bit far, I knew they did not believe in home birth, or rather that they were ignorant to it, and feared what they didn't know. But I thought they all knew me well enough to understand that I would not make a decision that included my baby's health, my health, or depriving my other kids of a mom, without much consideration, thought, and research. To realize they didn't trust my judgement, threw me for a loop, so to say.
But I figured I had a few months still to either change their minds, in the cases of the people I respected, and needed their support (like my mom), or convince them to butt out, in the cases of the other informed bunch. So the plan stays the same, baby is coming at home.
And I couldn't be more excited!!!
My husband is completely on board, I have a great midwife who I trust, plans are on their way to becoming a home birth mommy :) For the first time, I am anticipating labor and birth instead of dreading it, I can't wait.
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