At our last midwife appointment, Friday the 10th, the baby was still head down (has been for the past 5 weeks...yeah!), weighed about 7 pounds. We had some good conversation with her about hospital procedures, what to expect, etc. We're going in every week now and have more questions every time.
We are on week three of our Bradley Method birthing class and getting excited. We'll be covering stages of labor and techniques for helping it progress this week and have some homework to do. We've been practicing relaxation and I've been doing squats, pelvic rocks, tailor sitting and Kegels, all the exercise they say help get the pelvic floor muscles and hips ready for birthing. We'll be meeting twice weekly for the next few weeks (once with 4 other couples in the group class, and once with just the instructor for advanced planning if we don't make it to May 19th with the class schedule) and getting our birth plan together this week.
What we'd like:
Natural water birth at Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital with midwife and no complications.
What we'll get:
No telling...
We recently watched "The Business of Being Born" as recommended by our class and really learned a lot.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
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