Another joyful 9 months of pregnancy. I decided to blog about this pregnancy. It's something I wish I would have done with my first child but alas, I did not.
Currently I'm 9 weeks 2 days along, and my baby has well formed digits per the pregnancy ticker.
I decided to have a natural birth this time around. Not that I have anything against my first labor and delivery, he did come vaginally and I'm thankful for that. But, I did not enjoy the induction, the pitocin induced contractions which forced me to cave to an epidural after 1 1/2 hours of hyperventilating through non-stop contracting, and the episiotomy which gave me a nice 3rd degree tear. So this time, I'm birthing at the midwife center in the strip district completely naturally.
"natural childbirth; noun
childbirth involving little or no use of drugs or anesthesia and usually involving a program in which the mother is psychologically and physically prepared for the birth process."
Maybe it's because I have this crazy rebellious side to me, or maybe I really do enjoy pain, either way I'm up for this challenge. The best part about it, is I don't have to spend 2 days in the hospital with nurses coming in at midnight waking everyone up to check to see how I was doing "down there." We get to go home, as a family, that same day pending everything goes well (which it will).
There are a few things I need to ensure. I need to keep up my workout routine. My only work out routine when I was pregnant with Evan consisted of shifting sides of the couch while flipping through channels on the tv. I ended up with high blood pressure thanks to the lovely 50 pounds I had gained (which I'm proud to say I had lost all of it). My blood pressure can not spike, so to make sure I don't gain too much I watch what I eat (kind of) and I workout 4-5 times a week for a good 45 minutes to an hour. So far so good. Although I'm not sure what I gained since I refuse to step on a scale but I will find out in exactly a week as that is my very first midwife appointment. And since I really wasn't in the mood to type tonight, and I am in my head not making much sense, I will end this here and will update in a week.
