We had an exciting day yesterday! We were able to find out what we are having. For months, we've been asking Kelsie what the baby is and all she'll say is "Baby". Even after we found out and told her she would say "No! It's a baby!" Haha. So we are having a buuuhhhh.........GIRL! Chad was hoping for a boy so he was kind of bummed. He is again outnumbered. The baby looks healthy and is measuring a little big. I'm 19 weeks 3 days and she was measuring 20 weeks. Please don't be a 10 pounder. Please don't be a 10 pounder.
This pregnancy has been pretty similar to Kelsie's. The nausea has pretty much gone away. It started getting better around 16 weeks. I have not gained as much weight this time around and I think it's mostly due to the fact that I cook dinners more often and I'm working out still. Plus I don't work at the hospital anymore where everyone always brought treats. I have to do 2 gestational diabetes test because that's the new standard if you have a baby over 10lbs. I did my first one yesterday as well. Hopefully, I don't have it and it doesn't mean I have to do two tests every pregnancy. Yucky.
I switched to a Certified Nurse Midwife a couple weeks ago. It's kind of amazing to me the misconceptions people have of midwives. Since I've told people this, I have had such strange looks. I'm not sure why there is so much negativity about them. People have asked me if I'm having my baby at home, if I'm going unmedicated, and why I would want to. First of all, no. I'm not having my baby at home. Are there midwives that deliver at home? Yes. But not all. More deliver in hospitals and birth centers. Second, you can still have an epidural with a midwife if you are delivering at a hospital. You have all the conveniences of modern medicine just a different person catching your baby. And lastly I wanted one because I think she will be more helpful than nurses and doctors during delivery. If I decide to not have an epidural again she can help me with different techniques in labor. She will be there as little or as much as I want and I don't have to worry about waiting around for the doc to get in there at the last second. Not that I had to with Kels. My doc was great and so were my nurses. I just wanted more.
I already like her more than my doc. She asks me questions my doc never asked and I did not feel rushed in and out of the exam room.
2 comments:
Lookin' good! I didn't realize you were that far along...maybe cause Chad never called to tell us!!! Hope the rest of the pregnancy flies by!
I didn't even know you were pregnant until about a month ago right before I left Utah! I'm so excited for you. I loved going from 1-2. It's so much fun to watch them interact with each other. It's like they know each other/ remember. Congrats! You look darling!
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