One more month to go... so that makes Month 9... but last post was Month 7? All I know (and what I cling onto) is that in 4-6 weeks this child will be out of me and I will be able to eat something without getting heartburn or lay on my stomach or roll over at night with round ligaments tightening up. Steven keeps saying he wants to hold him... I totally want him to hold him too... because that means we will be in two pieces! I just can't wait.
I'm changing thing up a little bit because I'm tired of my old format. I will just let you know what's up and post pictures... going to cut the baby development stuff... there are plenty of websites out there if you are curious. Besides I know my mother only looks at our blog for the pictures ;) Love you, Mom!
Last night we had a really encouraging Bradley class. Honestly, I had prayed for it because I HATE the classes when people start doctor bashing. I have a great doctor and I have heard several people (majority did Bradley successfully in the hospital) say that the nurses at our hospital were wonderful. Nurses are there 95% of the time and I'm confident in our hospital and "birth team."
Anyway. We had two couples talk about there experiences birthing at our hospital (one had our doctor). Both were successful (one had been successful twice). They had "normal" pregnancies and they both labored at home until they got into hard labor... exactly what Steven and I are planning on doing... it really helps me feel like we aren't crazy or making this up. The only complication was that one couple, who had a different doctor than planned because she delivered at 6am, had to really fight not to have an eipsiotomy. If that is our only complication then this thing will be considered a success. Our goal is a drug free birth... and episotomies can be done without drugs.
The thing that helped me a ton was TOOLS! I love hearing the couples say, "we did this at home and it worked great to relax me" or "it was really helpful when the nurses brought this." Steven and I were taking notes and gathering tools. The problem is that in the class it's all inexperienced mothers except for the teacher... who gave birth a while ago... so she doesn't always remember... or she is trying to fit in all the Bradley information and doesn't have a ton of time to lay out our opitions for relaxation.
Anyway... we are feeling more and more prepared from just talking with people who have gone before us. The majority of them say that the relaxation practice is what helped them the most. I'm ready and I can't believe I'm saying this but I can't wait to experience this.
Now for some fun... here is my next month picture. I feel like my belly is really point-y.
And our silly photo....
And for some fun... what I'm calling "The Belly Train!" You can really see the point-y-ness of my belly in the last photo.
I think the class when the couples came back to talk to us was one of my favorites too. It was very encouraging.
ReplyDeleteAnd just to let you know, of the two couples that talked to us who had hospital births and the one couple from our class that just delivered at a hospital, 2 had totally natural births and one labored for 38 hours without any (she finally took an epidural for two hours to sleep, then turned it off to push). So it can be done and I know you can do it!