Had our pre-natal appointment this morning with the midwife - always a nice experience. I had to laugh, when I expressed concern that in going to the hospital they might take over and make me do it more 'their' way versus the midwifery way I am planning and Irene, this fiery little Scot with 30 years experience as a midwife looked me straight in the eye and said "Oh, you don't know me very well do you? No one tells me what to do in that hospital" - I loved it! That's the kind of advocate I want for me and for my baby. I'm so pleased to have chosen midwifery care and I feel so well informed and as prepared as I can be for such a monumental experience.
Baby continues to be spot on in everything, all measurements are good, including my size, which, although feels big to me in many ways, is really still quite small. But to my surprise, baby is quite big! Irene had a well-worn chart that she pulled from her bag which shows baby's true size in each of the months and when I saw the picture of 5 months I could not believe its size! So big! I was even more amazed by the 9th month, but I'm not thinking too much about that one yet...
So, I held the chart to my belly and took pictures so that everyone (including ez) who could not be here could see how big baby really is. All is well, moving around and all, and Irene agreed that this last while was likely a growth spurt as I have been quite tired and the baby pretty quiet. It didn't like having its heartbeat taken this morning and kept moving away from the little doppler, but the 10 seconds she got sounded good and strong and she decided to leave well enough alone. I finally look pregnant, if only a little and I love the swell of this belly and every little hello from baby. And finally, I feel like this is New Year's we can celebrate since 2007 will be ther year of our baby. We are thrilled.
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