On Fridays Emily has music and gymboree class back to back, but this past week music was cancelled so we just went to gymboree. There was a mama there trying out the level 6 class (she was thinking of moving her son from level 5 because he's at the cut off point for level 6) but I'd talked to her a few times because the level 5 class is during Emily's music class (usually talked to her before or after class.) I mentioned that I was getting a little restless with the baby not coming yet, trying to be patient. There was an activity where the kids were on this huge bolster pillow (I'm talking bigger than a horse around huge) pretending it was an elephant trunk. The teacher and I were bouncing on it and the kids were having a blast bouncing all over the place. I told the teacher that I had refused a membrane stripping on Monday because I wanted to wait until my due date (MIL comes tonight, in 1 1/2 hours in fact!) and the woman comes up to me and says, "If you want to wait until Monday to have the baby, I wouldn't be doing *that*." (She's not even pregnant and didn't come to help, so you could tell she didn't approve of the activity.) I just smiled and said, "MIL wants me to wait until she gets here, personally, I don't care when the baby comes!"
After class she was talking to me about the pregnancy, we compared labors for our first kids (she only has one, she got to the hospital at 8 cm dilated, got an epidural, and delivered an hour later. I wanted to ask her if she kicked herself over that, I know I would, but I was afraid she might think it was a rude question), talked about this pregnancy, what it was like running after a 2 year old, where I was delivering, etc. She asked specifically, "So what hospital are you delivering at?"
Me - I'm not delivering at a hospital. I'm delivering at Best Start Birth Center.
Her - Well who is your OB?
Me - I don't see an OB.
Her -
What do you mean you don't see an OB? You're not getting prenatal care?
Me -
I don't see an OB, I see a midwife for my prenatal care.
Her - Oh. Well I guess that's kind of the same.
I didn't respond to that, I was going to go on this little spiel about how I liked my midwife MUCH better than I liked my OB with dd, but I didn't want to seem crazier than she already thought me (tandem nursing? OMG, you're still nursing a 2 1/2 year old? A baby sah-ling?) LOL
After class she was talking to me about the pregnancy, we compared labors for our first kids (she only has one, she got to the hospital at 8 cm dilated, got an epidural, and delivered an hour later. I wanted to ask her if she kicked herself over that, I know I would, but I was afraid she might think it was a rude question), talked about this pregnancy, what it was like running after a 2 year old, where I was delivering, etc. She asked specifically, "So what hospital are you delivering at?"
Me - I'm not delivering at a hospital. I'm delivering at Best Start Birth Center.
Her - Well who is your OB?
Me - I don't see an OB.
Her -
What do you mean you don't see an OB? You're not getting prenatal care?Me -
I don't see an OB, I see a midwife for my prenatal care.Her - Oh. Well I guess that's kind of the same.
I didn't respond to that, I was going to go on this little spiel about how I liked my midwife MUCH better than I liked my OB with dd, but I didn't want to seem crazier than she already thought me (tandem nursing? OMG, you're still nursing a 2 1/2 year old? A baby sah-ling?) LOL
I told a newer friend yesterday that I had to get some good quality watercolor paper for my placenta print and she almost fell off her chair... after she outwardly gagged 
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