Week 27

Sorry I have been sort of absent from this blog for a while!  I'm not really sure anyone is reading it anyway, so I haven't been in a huge hurry to write anything.  :)

So I'm not sure how much I've written about this yet, but we have decided to switch from an OB/GYN to a midwife to deliver the baby. We also switched hospitals.  The one that we are going to deliver at now is in the town that we both grew up in, and it's about 30 minutes away from where we currently live.  It's such a difference in atmosphere from the old hospital that we were planning on delivering at.  It's much nicer, much quieter, it's in a much better neighborhood.  Plus, I LOVE my midwife.  She's a certified nurse midwife, and since she's affiliated with the hospital, we will always have a doctor around in case something goes wrong.  A lot of people that I've talked to are afraid that with a midwife, if something goes wrong, I won't have anyone there to help, but that's not true at all.  She is all about delayed cord clamping, which is something that I've just started learning about, and she is willing to do anything she can to make sure I have a natural, unmedicated birth.  She said at 5cms dilated, she will sit with me until the baby is born.  She will make sure that there aren't a million people coming in and out of the room.  I just feel so good about the whole situation, and now I'm excited for the delivery!

Up until just recently, I haven't felt much movement from the baby.  Since I have an anterior placenta, it blocks a lot of the feelings I'd have from the baby moving.  But over the last week or so, I think that I've been feeling a lot more movement, which makes me so excited!! 

We have a great start on the nursery!  There was a silent auction that Cody's dad went to, and he bought us a crib and changing table!  Very unexpected, but we're so happy that he did, because it saves us the money! It came with a brand new mattress and sheet set.  Then we went to Ikea last week and bought some decorations for the nursery, as well as an awesome bookshelf.  It's looking so great! When it's closer to done, I'll make sure to post some pictures!