Birth Plan

Wednesday evening-
After work I got home and waited for Spencer to get home. We got all our laundry put in the car and headed over to Subway. It sounded good to put chips on my sandwich so I did, and it tasted pretty good. Then we headed over to Andrew’s and we watched The Hobbit while doing laundry. Not a bad movie, LONG as always, and some weird creepy animals but it actually had some humor and was pretty decent. Andrew fell asleep so we finished up our laundry and headed home.

Thursday-
I got up this morning and got ready for my day. Then headed over to my OBGYN appointment. I got in right away. My uterus is measuring 33 and his heartbeat is 150 like usual. I asked him this time about the pain on my right side. He said that it might be my gallbladder but they usually don’t do anything until it continues to hurt after you have your baby. And if it does then they will do an ultrasound and maybe surgery if there are gallstones. I really don’t think I have gallstones but if so then oh well.
Then since he had time today we talked over my Birth Plan. Now for those of you who are reading this YES I know your birth plan doesn’t always go how you want it to be but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t make one or try to have the birth I want. I know there are other options if my plan doesn’t work for me.
So I’m just going to say a few things about certain things he said about my plan.
I expressed how because I’m doing Hypnobirthing I will not be pushing or as some call (purple pushing) my baby out I will be breathing the baby down and or open glottis however you may know it. And he said you’re going to want to push and bare down to get the baby out but if you want to try it that’s fine. Now with the research I’ve done on the uterus breathing down the baby makes a heck of a lot more sense then pushing the baby out. Now I do understand he has been doing this over 30 years but that doesn’t mean your way is the only way or the only right way to give birth. I told him how I’ve know people that have done it and it worked and he goes so they think it did. Okay well if I had known you wouldn’t have been more supportive I would have changed doctors. Now he is a great doctor and I don’t mind but he basically was not encouraging about the situation. He could have said something like you want to try that way okay I’m all for seeing something new and different.
But in a way now I’m like well I will show you its possible (sticking my tongue out!) Doing it that was it’s nicer on your body. If any of you don’t agree that’s fine but keep that to yourself.
Then I said how I didn’t want forceps or anything like that and he goes well their not harmful to the baby and I’ve done tons of them and all the babies are fine. He did say that they don’t do it unless they need to but either way I said I didn’t want it done weather you think its fine for the baby or not. I know people that that’s how their baby came out and I’m not against it but if I don’t have to have it happen then I don’t want it.
Every birth is different so just because someone’s was one way doesn’t mean that’s how my birth will be. But like I said I know it doesn’t always go as planned.
For instance I don’t want an IV but he said that they now make you but you can have a saline lock IV which means it’s not hooked up but it’s in you ready to go if something does happen they can hook you up. So fine I guess if I don’t have a say in that then oh well but the saline lock is better than having to be strapped down and hooked up to something if I don’t need to be.
Also I asked if I will be getting another ultrasound and he said no. He said unless there is something wrong they usual don’t but he said they could do it for fun and he wouldn’t charge me. But his machine isn’t that great anyways so I told him it was fine we don’t have to do one. I was looking forward to another one though, oh well. Next appointment is to check for Strep B thing, I SO hope I don’t have it but if I do oh well there wasn’t anything I could have done not to get it. (So they say)
Now I’m at work and just bored once again. (26 days left at work if I don’t count the weekends), so close!

Pregnancy-
Everything is going good so far, I’m ready for him to be here now. Not that I’m uncomfortable or anything but I’m done waiting and just want to be home with him.

Countdown-

16 days until the Tooele baby shower
26 days until Demi’s Album comes out
36 days until my last day at work
44 days until Isaac’s due date!