I’ve just outgrown most of my pants, so I’m finally at the point where people might suspect that I am pregnant versus a buddha belly. However, when my girlfriends exclaim, Look at how big you’re getting! They aren’t talking about by belly as much as my increasingly bodacious ta-tas. Yes, my breasts are growing even faster than my belly and it’s now at the point where even my largest bras are looking like yarmulkas on a wobbly bald head. Very soon, tomorrow even, I’ll have to go shopping for the next size up, which is pretty exciting for somebody who has always wavered between an A and B cup.<\/p>\n
We’ve started looking into our birthing options. Our first choice is a home birth with Karen Baker, the midwife who attended Bella’s birth fourteen years ago. However, she lives quite a distance away so she may not agree to take on the birth. Also, we don’t know if she is affiliated with an ob-gyn and so she may not be covered by our insurance at all.<\/p>\n
Both the midwifery centers here in south Orange County will most likely be covered by insurance and so after my $300 deductible, the entire\u00c2\u00a0 cost of the birth would be under $1000. The difference is that Beach Cities Midwifery<\/a> delivers only in the birthing rooms at the Laguna Beach Hospital, whereas South Coast Midwifery<\/a> offers the choice between a home birth and a birthing center birth. I’ve made the initial enquiries and both centers offer a free consultations – so we’ll have to see which midwife we like the best (if it doesn’t work out with Karen Baker). I’ve heard good things about the midwife at Beach Cities, but I am leery about birthing at at hospital. We’ll make our consultation appointments for the beginning of February, after I get back from my trip.<\/p>\n My trip! That’s right, I’m headed off to Bangkok for a couple weeks to see Sue, Joss and Nabi Grace. The original plan was to visit this summer but the pregnancy has changed everything.\u00c2\u00a0 I got the tickets tonight!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve just outgrown most of my pants, so I’m finally at the point where people might suspect that I am pregnant versus a buddha belly. However, when my girlfriends exclaim, Look at how big you’re getting! They aren’t talking about … Continue reading