So, I am about 18 weeks pregnant and I need to officially go dig out my maternity clothes, YUCK!! I have one pair of pants that still fit, but that just isn't cutting it. Luckily I've only gained a couple pounds so far (thanks to my trip to San Antonio) but I still needed to lose about 15 pounds from my previous pregnancy, so I'm hoping to only gain 15-20!! So that means goodbye to my old, dear friend sugar :( I went to my first dr's appt last week. I am seeing a nurse midwife/nurse practitioner this time. She is with a OB/GYN practice, so I am covered if there are any emergencies. But I have such easy pregnancies/deliveries, I figured it would probably be a really good experience. I really like her a lot. The nurses have pretty much delivered my babies every time anyway! My ultrasound is a week from Thursday and I'm excited to find out what we are having!! Grace is fine either way, but whenever I ask Elliot what he wants he says "No! I don't want that!". We will have to work on him! It is kind of nice waiting so long to go to the doctor, my pregnancy feels shorter somehow!! (the above isn't my baby, just an 18 week old I found on the internet!)
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I can't believe you find out what you're having NEXT week!!!! How exciting!! I can't wait to hear what this little baby is. I think boy, but I've been wrong before...
Maybe I should go to a midwife/nurse practitioner, can she give you your yearly check-up too?
How exciting! I can see how it would make a difference in how long the pregnancy seems when you wait so long to go to the dr. That's very cool about the midwife. I liked the idea, but was a little concerned since it was my first time around and there was also a woman that died during childbirth with a midwife just a few years ago here. It's sad because it seems like the circumstances of the mom's death were due to her own choices/circumstances and chance as opposed to being the midwife's fault, yet the midwife has been ostracized in the community and midwifery has gotten the bad rap. It sounds like you have a safe environment to be with a midwife and how cool is it to have that option to experience your last pregnancy with?
Looking forward to hearing the news!
I am still going to deliver at a hospital (and have an epidural!) and if there were to be any problems there is always a doctor on call, but I really don't expect any problems. I don't know if I could ever make to leap to delivering at home!!
How fun to be finding out what you're having already! I do love babies, and am always a little jealous when I see friends having more; I just can't do it! I feel like I'm gonna die as it is; I just can't handle the extra drama, responsibility, sleep-deprivation, messes... I'm on the verge of a nervous breakdown right now!!! I am so envious of the FUN parts of babies though; the anticipation, the newborn smells and cuddles, the tiny socks in the laundry, the emotion of COMPLETE fulfillment... Congratulations!!!
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