Our first appointment with my midwife was May 23rd. It's kind of been a while, but we have no interwebz, so my blogging is spotty at best. Annnnywho, I would just like to say that I LOVE her. She is seriously the calmest woman I've ever met. I'm kind of not, so she's good for me. I'll be delivering baby at North Houston Birth Center. I'm not keen on hospitals for a multitude of reasons. I believe birth is a natural process and I would like it to be treated as such. Plus they have jacuzzi tubs. Perfect! [[Aside: I am fully aware that a lot, if not most, people will not agree with me, but it really doesn't matter. It's my baby and my birth. If you think planned c-sections are awesome, good for you. I don't need to hear about it, though. I have done more than my fair share of research and my mind will really not be changed, so I'd rather no one try.]] I won't go into all the gorey details, because prenatal care gets kind of invasive, but I have to say, Shane's reaction made the whole thing hilariously worth it. I have never seen him so uncomfortable. He offered to leave the room more than once. I'm like "what part of this is new to you, exactly?" Boys and gynos totally don't mix. Bahaha. Poor thing. He's lucky they didn't bring out the stirrups. I'm not sure he could have handled it. Labor is going to be QUITE interesting. :-P Really though, he's a trooper. He never leaves my side, even when he's uncomfortable. :)
Dr. confirmed baby was 8 weeks (not the 7 I thought). There is honestly some debate over my due date b/c of my wacky cycles, but Doc claims January 3, 2014, so we'll go with that. If baby is not out by January 8th or so, (s)he is getting a very stern eviction notice. Shane and I were both late, and thus MASSIVE. He was over 11lb (feel free to shoot me now lol) and I was almost 9. Plus I almost died. Not cool. I'm just going to pray for an on-time, under 9lb baby. That's not too much to ask, right? *sigh* Thank God for my child-bearing hips!
We also got an ultrasound. YAY!! She did it over my stomach instead of intra-uterine, so it was hard to see much. Baby was still SUPER tiny. She was like "oh there's the heartbeat! See that little spot flickering faster than the rest?" I didn't see it at first, but then I did and I got super excited and moved my uterus. Whoops! Shane didn't get to see the heartbeat b/c she couldn't find it again. I felt bad, but seriously, keeping your uterus still is HARD! Plus I'm super ticklish, so that doesn't help anything. Hopefully the next one will go better and Daddy can see more. Either way, baby is beautiful and perfect!
On the whole, everything is going well and baby is healthy. That's all that really matters. :) Hopefully it's smooth sailing from here! <3
Dr. confirmed baby was 8 weeks (not the 7 I thought). There is honestly some debate over my due date b/c of my wacky cycles, but Doc claims January 3, 2014, so we'll go with that. If baby is not out by January 8th or so, (s)he is getting a very stern eviction notice. Shane and I were both late, and thus MASSIVE. He was over 11lb (feel free to shoot me now lol) and I was almost 9. Plus I almost died. Not cool. I'm just going to pray for an on-time, under 9lb baby. That's not too much to ask, right? *sigh* Thank God for my child-bearing hips!
We also got an ultrasound. YAY!! She did it over my stomach instead of intra-uterine, so it was hard to see much. Baby was still SUPER tiny. She was like "oh there's the heartbeat! See that little spot flickering faster than the rest?" I didn't see it at first, but then I did and I got super excited and moved my uterus. Whoops! Shane didn't get to see the heartbeat b/c she couldn't find it again. I felt bad, but seriously, keeping your uterus still is HARD! Plus I'm super ticklish, so that doesn't help anything. Hopefully the next one will go better and Daddy can see more. Either way, baby is beautiful and perfect!
On the whole, everything is going well and baby is healthy. That's all that really matters. :) Hopefully it's smooth sailing from here! <3
We are very excited for yall and can't wait until the first pictures! Yalls way is yalls way, its different for everyone and you will be proud and excited and so will we! Eeeeeeek!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!! <3
DeleteYour hubby is adorable ;) You are going to be such amazing parents! Can I just say again how excited I am for you both? And I *loved* my birth center. I was super happy when I was referred there. They had a completely natural, zen approach to the whole experience & even though I did end up needing a c-section (ugh), they were all about being as natural & non-invasive as possible. Definitely take advantage of that tub!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! We really appreciate that! <3 I'm so sorry your birth didn't go the way you'd hoped! But I'm glad you had such an awesome birth center to labor in, at least! And the tub is definitely the biggest selling point. I'm SO grateful to have one. :)
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