In November, I hired Kimberly again to be our doula. I’m excited for her and her birth pool to be at our house come labor day:) She came over and gave me a prenatal massage which was wonderful. We went over my birth plan (one I used for Dallin) in the case of a transfer, just so we could get that over with and set out minds on the fact that I’m having this baby at home:) We talked about where to put the birth pool and a few other things. She offered to take pictures using our camera, and will also encapsulate my placenta like last time.
At 32 weeks I started my Hypnobabies home study course. This is the same childbirth prep I used with Dallin’s birth, and I’m hoping to get the same results. It’s been difficult finding time to listen to the scripts every day, but I do them pretty much every night as I’m going to bed. I fall asleep a few minutes in, but they say that even if you are asleep that they will still benefit you. We shall see:)
Two weeks ago, I had my 36 weeks in home appointment with my midwife Anne Marie and student midwife Nikki. We had a nice visit, and I was glad that Kevin was able to be there. It was the first midwife appointment he has been to this pregnancy, other than the ultrasound at 20 weeks. For about a month prior, I had slowly started gathering all the home birth supplies on the list she gave me. At this appointment, I had them all ready in Josie’s co-sleeper. Looks like a mess kind of, but it is actually quite organized…at least for me:)
Every night before bed I take a prenatal (rainbow lite one a day), two calcium magnesium (generic,saves me from charlie horses in the middle of the night!), and two flax oil (barleans-great source of omega fatty acids). Overall I have felt really good this pregnancy. Healthy, although I do have the usual pregnancy discomforts, but there isn’t a supplement for that:) I believe the supplements are helping a lot.
It’s kind of crazy thinking that I am actually going to have a home birth, and in about 2 weeks! It’s been a dream of mine ever since I started researching birth options after I had the twins. I thought that once I had the OK to have a home birth that I would be so ecstatic and wanting to tell everyone. That hasn’t been the case. I feel good about our decision, but it’s more of a good normal peaceful feeling. It reminds me of when I gave birth to Dallin, and how I wondered if I would cry or yell something in excitement like many VBAC moms do, but instead I just felt like that same peaceful good feeling. Like it was the way things should be. Kind of the same thing I think.
Diana J. says
Wow, Missy! Time flies quickly! I had not realized you were so close to meeting your sweet little one! I'm so excited for you, and I'm so glad you're going to have a homebirth. Nikki was one of our doulas, and she is absolutely terrific – we loved her. Good luck! Blessings!!
Also, our insurance also "didn't cover homebirth," but after the fact covered almost all of it. Our midwife gave us a form to submit for billing, and it went beautifully with no trouble. Hoping for the same for you!
Hope to see your beautiful birth story posted soon!!