On my way to Mother Hood

I am almost there, 3 more days till my due date and I cannot believe it! I am still suffering from the same old things, swelling and big ankles but all in all aside from making myself crazy about when this baby is coming I am pretty content to watch my tv, work on my Husbands business plan and go out with my mom after she is done work in the afternoons.

I am getting so sick of people asking me when I am going to have my baby, Its not like I am keeping her inside me on purpose infact out of everyone close to me I am sure I want her out the most! I can hardly get through dinner without our telephone rining with someone inquring as to the status of the baby and when I say ” Oh don’t worry we will call you” they seem disappointed as if thats not enough.

I feel so much pressure to have this baby but I am beginning to think she is confused. Don’t unborn babies know that du dates are guidelines?? and that it is better to be early within a safe range than late! I have this beautiful homebirth planned ( aside from my mom possibly disowning me!) and I would love to avoid an induction and do this on my own.

Has anyone else out there experienced this waiting game drama??

More soon

Annie

I am finally almost there!!! I cannot believe it and in the nick of time. My fingers and hands are numb from swelling, my feet are huge, I have cankles where my ankles used to be, I am craving sweets like no tomorrow and I am weepy. Needless to say I have had enough!!! 37 weeks and counting down to the end.

On my main topic for this post, I am so sick of people making comments about my Midwife. My whole family and a few others have made comments about the midwife being safe, how brave I am to have a midwife and go through this naturally. I am not brave!!! Lots of women have Midwives because they want more individualised care and a more personal and natural birth expierience. This doesn’t make me brave at all. SO WHY IS THIS SO HARD FOR PEOPLE TO ACCEPT AND UNDERSTAND.

Birth is a very personal expereince and I have chosen a different route for myself than others, I would love to be able to tell people to keep their opinions to themselves and have you can have your baby your way and I will have my baby my way and there isn’t anything wrong with either.

My belief is that in 10 years all healthy women having normal pregnancies will have midwives and only women with issues will see OB’s.  It’s only because people don’t take the time to learn about midwives and the care they provide which is so so so wonderful that people say ignorant things about them. I encourage all pregnant women to read and educated yourself before they choose a care provider that way you will know what to expect.

Oh well thank goodness this whole preggo thing is almost over and soon I will be holding my little Isla Bee in my arms!!!

We had our second prenatal class tonight and I found it both informative and a little scary. Watching all those pregnancy videos with the women in labor really gives you a scare of what labor is really going to be like.Somebody should have showed me that video before we got pregnant lol.

Our birth educator seems to be a bit biased to the whole midwife thing and since we are having a natural child birth with a midwife ( or planning one anyways this works for us!).  We have also decided to go with a homebirth ( after lots of reserach and a homebirth education night) and to be perfectly honest with you I am so happy with my choice, The more I hear about how horrific a hospital birth is the less I want one so I am going to do everything in my power to ensure my homebirth plan works for me, my Hubby and our little Ila Bee.

So we are getting down to the wire 30 weeks pregnant and feeling huge! and my last day of work is right around the corner ( 2 days left in fact!) I am so excited I know there will be times when I am bored but I have so much to do to prep for Ila that I am sure all the time will fly by.

I didn’t realize how much I missed blogging and putting my feelings on “paper”

Anyways off to bed it’s so late!

Annie

Well, its been a really long time since I wrote anything mostly because looking back at my early posts I couldn’t think of anything else to write about until I got pregnant.

So this is how the last 7 months since I wrote have looked like:

September:

10 days since my last post I became preggies.On September 18th my monthly friend didn’t come and I was curious and then I waited and waited and waited and finally 3 days and 2 pregnancy test later we were preggies. We went to the doctore and sure enough we are pregnant due May 29th.It turns out that we were 6 weeks preggies at that point and I was thrilled and so was Hubby.

October:

Went to the doctor again to get the blood test results and we told our family which were all very happy for us. Dr P gave us the IPS test requisitions and we decided not  to have it as whatever god gave us we will have to be happy with.

November:

At 10 weeks 4 days we had our first ultrasound although I went with my Mom to the ultrasound because my dear Hubby was in France I got to see my little beanie and I was thrilled to see a healthy baby. Our first baby pics immediatly went on the fridge and were e-mailed to all the relatives.

I bought my first baby item this weekend, a little green teddy bear bunting bag.

We met our midwife for the first time and tried to absord the massive amounts of information which they provide you with on your first visit.

December:

Our preggo christmas. We got lots of beautiful baby things and we enjoyed what would be our last christmas as two before our little one comes.Went to the midwife and heard our babies heartbeat for the first time, what a miracle.

January:

We found out our baby is a girl!!! ( which I am so thrilled , I would have been happy either way but a little girl is a dream come true). On Jan 9th the ultrasound tech gave me a smile and said she didn’t see any little boy parts.My mom immediatly went and bought every little pink item she could locate.I infact bought a beautiful little lady bug dress that day as well.

February:

We bought our crib and again to our midwife whereI have gained 11 pounds and my belly was measuring 26 cm and at 27 weeks this is perfectly normal.

March:

This is such a busy month, with prenatal classes and massage therapy and starting mat leave everything is so exciting I can’t wait! My anxiety disorder is forcing me to take my holidays and then go on sick leave but I am at peace with it and I think it will be good for me. Apprently it will disappate once my Ila is born so thats a blessing too.

Well thats just a short explanation of 7 months of my pregnancy.

My dream come true is almost here and I can’t wait.

Annie