It’s been a little mortifying to find out that I’ve been pregnant all these last three months. How could that have happened? I’ve tumbled down a notch on the mom expert tree – which is fine, I suppose, and should help me be less judgmental towards other “non-aware” moms-to-be (you know, the ones who go to the doctor with a stomach ache and end up being in labor…)<\/p>\n
We haven’t made any decisions about the birth yet, but I know that with having my blood drawn twice and one ultrasound, I’ve already had more medical interventions with this pregnancy than I did with Bella. Honestly, I can’t remember a single medical intervention during the entire pregnancy, labor, and birth, unless you count the homeopathic pills I took during labor.<\/p>\n
Chad was born at home too, so I know that we’re on the same page with home birth, but I just don’t feel like this house is where I would want to have a baby. For one, there’s just no privacy; the neighbors would hear everything. So, we’re considering a birthing center, but that has its downside as well; the one I’m looking at is on the second floor of a shopping strip – above a Barnes and Noble – and also feels less than ideally private. The other midwives I am considering actually deliver in the birthing rooms at a hospital. However, that is even less appealing to me; I was in labor for so long with Bella that I think that if I had a similar labor, it would be hard to avoid pitocin and an avalanche of medical interventions. Do I sound grumbly and picky? I’m feeling the same way about food and people these days too.<\/p>\n
I am enjoying the two pregnancy books I picked up at the library:<\/p>\n
1. The Pregnancy Book<\/em><\/strong> by William and Martha Sears (my favorite attachment parent advisors)<\/p>\n 2. and Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth<\/strong><\/em> by Ina May Gaskin. You may know her from her first book back in the 70’s, Spiritual Midwifery<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s been a little mortifying to find out that I’ve been pregnant all these last three months. How could that have happened? I’ve tumbled down a notch on the mom expert tree – which is fine, I suppose, and should … Continue reading