I have been happy as a clam this pregnancy not seeing anyone. I loathe prenatals, always felt that they were a waste of my time. I refuse to do anything other then checking my blood pressure heart rate, listening to baby, and once in a while measuring is ok. Heck, I can do all that myself if I really wanted to, I don't feel the need to so I haven't.
I met with a midwife this weekend that I first talked with last year because Ryan starting to get really antsy about not having a midwife. She is fine with me not doing prenatals and for a reduced fee, she'll just come and hang out for the birth. Yeah, I'd prefer not having anyone else here, but I do know that unless Ryan has someone here for him, he would drive me insane while in labor. A calm and relaxing person he is not! I can deal with this, it is just one extra person, she can keep Ryan away from me, because he really does annoy me when I'm in labor. I prefer to be alone anyway, and I have only have to do one prenatal for some type of record.
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I'm happy you've come to an arrangement you can both live with! Jim is just the same way, without the benefit of having had a homebirth for an initiation. I think if we'd had that homebirth with Jack, he'd be totally fine with UC now, but since *he's* been happy with the hospital, it's a bigger jump for him. He swears up and down that if we get another chance, he'll do whatever I want, but I want him to be comfortable, not just smiling and nodding - then driving me insane. I hope if he's legitimately freaked out when/if that time comes, we can find someone like you've found!
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