The July 2007 Roll Call - Page 6

[becoming]

Name: Lindsay (becoming)
Due Date: July 27
Pregnancy #: 3
What # will this baby be? 3
Homebirth, Birthcenter, or Hospital? hospital

[goddessjulia]

well, evidently preggo brain started early on me, and I couldn't count my weeks! can my due date please be changed to july 11? thanks!!

[bostonbelle]

Name: Teera
Due Date: 7/26/07
Pregnancy #: 3
What # will this baby be? 2
Homebirth, Birthcenter, or Hospital? Hospital. CNMs from the birthcenter will be helping me to achieve a VBAC.

[kaykay'smom]

Name: Sarah (kaykay'smom)
Due Date: July 12
Pregnancy #: 2
What # will this baby be? 2
Homebirth, Birthcenter, or Hospital? Hospital, last delivery was by vacuum

[nebetmiw]

Name:nebetmiw (Tamara)
Due Date: 7/27/07
Pregnancy #:3 1 miscarrige 1 L&D at 5 months
What # will this baby be? 1
Homebirth, Birthcenter, or Hospital? hospital

[starc]

Name: Aradria
Due Date: July 27, 07
Pregnancy #: second
What # will this baby be?
Homebirth, Birthcenter, or Hospital? Birthcenter

[Liesel]

Name: Liesel
Due Date: July 30th
Pregnancy #: 1
What # will this baby be? First Ever!!
Homebirth, Birthcenter, or Hospital? I'm thinking at a the local birthcentre with midwife...not totally sold on the homebirth idea just yet.

[Dreamer]

Name: Alayna Woods (Dreamer)
Due Date: 07.31.07
Pregnancy #: 2
Baby #? 2
Homebirth, Birthcenter, or Hospital? Oh what I would give for a homebirth, but I'm going to be realistic here and say hospital. I live in AL and there just aren't very many resources for alternative birthing options. I spoke w/ a hb midwife who is relatively in our are (like 2hrs away) and she said it was going to be nearly $3000 to have a hb. We just don't have that kind of money lying around (well, we need to spend it paying off debts before the baby gets here, yk?) so anything that insurance doesn't cover is absolutely out of the question.

The good thing? My OB is very 'hands off' in my opinion, and while very happy to offer advice, she really likes for her patients to make fully informed medical decisions--and believe me: I've researched her analysis of what is going on and I can't find anything that she's 'left out' or 'just forgot to mention', yk?

We had an appt w/ her about us ttc about a year ago (about 6 months b/4 we actually started not preventing) and talked to her about all the things I didn't like about my last hospital birth (same hosp, diff doctor) ie, scare tactics to get me in for an induction when I was "nine days late" (I really don't think my baby was late!), AROM without consent as well as uninformed, uninformed consent for circ, etc. and she acted like my concerns were valid and that if I wanted a natural birth she would support me 100%. Another great thing--she's had twins, naturally, vaginally! In the hospital, but still...

You don't see that in many OB's today, yk?

So. I'm very confident in my hospital birth choice, although I'm going to need you home birthin' mamas to help me keep my head on straight as far as natural childbirth is concerned. I want to go as natural as possible this time and I'm going to need some experienced mom's help!!!!

I'm so glad to get to share this time with you ladies. This is gonna be one great adventure!!!

Alayna

[goodearthmama]

name: Mandi (goodearthmama)
due date: July 4
pregnancy# 1
homebirth

[guestmama9915]

Name: Brenda (Keja)

Due Date: July 18, maybe. I never keep track of my periods so I don't know for sure!

Pregnancy #: 5, two were miscarriages

What # will this baby be? This will be number 3!! All my babies will be a bit over a year and a half apart, which is so exciting to me!

Homebirth, Birthcenter, or Hospital? Hospital, probably. Not my first choice, but I feel confident in having a non-medicated, natural birth in a hospital. I wait til the very last minute. I may look into a birthcenter this time around.

[josybear]

name: josy
due date: July 24
pregnancy# 2
baby #2
midwife attended waterbirth in the hospital

[Tenk]

I have to also remove myself from this club, I also miscarried this week/end and we're back to the TTC'ing for now. We're ok, just glad it was early and not at 38 weeks like our last. Good luck to all of you, and to your little beans too! ~ Teneal

[2much2luv]

Tenk

[care_a_boo]

Name: Caren
Due Date: End of July/early Aug
Pregnancy #: 2
What # will this baby be? 2
Homebirth, Birthcenter, or Hospital? Home this time. I did the hospital first time.

[fireflies~for~me]

Name: Melinda (fireflies~for~me)
Due Date: End of July
Pregnancy: #4 (first was a miscarraige)
Baby will be: #3
Homebirth again for this one (first baby was Bradley birth in Hospital)

[jee'smom]

Tenk: I'm so sorry to hear about your loss.

[AnnieSnuggles]

Name: Annie (AnnieSnuggles)
Due Date: July 1, 2007
Pregnancy #: 3 (1 miscarriage)
What # will this baby be? 2
Homebirth, Birthcenter, or Hospital? Birthcenter(possibly)

Thanks.

[stockingup99]

Name: Sue - Stockingup99
Due Date: Jule 25, 2007
Pregnancy #: 6
What # will this baby be? 4
Homebirth, Birthcenter, or Hospital? Home

[beebaweewa]

Name: Alice - Beebaweewa
Due Date: July 08, 2007
Pregnancy #: 3
What # will this baby be? 3
Homebirth, Birthcenter, or Hospital? Unassisted Home Birth

[SleepyMamaBear]

ok updated after my MW appt today.
Name: Tiffany
EDD: july 25! (i was thinking end of jusly ealry august)
pregnancy#: 7
# baby: 2nd
Homebirth