It’s getting down to the wire, with two weeks until my due date!
So I’ve been working on my birth plan … Trying to keep it short and simple is hard to do – keeping in mind I’m having this baby in a military hospital with whomever is on call at the time I go into labor.
The main thing is that I want to try and have her without being all drugged up. I don’t know if I can do the whole natural childbirth thing, since I haven’t been to any classes or anything – but I’ll give it my best shot (no pun intended). I learned tonight that my mom had both my brother and I without an epidural, so that gives me hope that if she can do it, I can too. I did sign up for the Lamaze class at Sagua – but it’s on Oct. 6, and I’m due the 7th, so we’re really squeezing ourselves. But if she’s not here, then it won’t hurt to go and learn something. Working full time and trying to fit everything in has been the most challenging part of this entire pregnancy.
Anyway – to all my friends who’ve had their babies already – if you don’t mind sharing your experience with me, I’d love to hear what you went through and if you have any advice for me. You can either post it here or email it to me, depending on how public you want to go. And heck, even if you haven’t had a kid, why not share your opinion with me too? Just don’t tell me any horror stories with gory details that are more scary than informative, mkay? =|
I just keep reminding myself that women have been giving birth since the dawn of the human race, and that my body will know what to do so I just need to trust it.
p.s. Thank you June for the pictures! Can you email me some as well, since I can’t download and save them thru webshots? Doesn’t matter the file size since I’m on Gmail.
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