I moved from Arizona to New Mexico at 20 weeks, and now at 24+ weeks, we had a consultation with a midwife.
I've been really having problems since my birth with my daughter, putting my care into someone else's hands. But this midwife is really hands off, which I think is perfect for me.
Since I'm a VBAC, we have some guidelines we need to follow, and I was afraid they would be terrible and invasive, but they aren't! And she even let me know which I could waiver and which I could not, which is good to know that I'm not being forced into anything I don't want for this birth.
While I was there, she offered to listen to the baby, but I declined since the little beast has been a mover and a shaker these past few weeks, so I knew she was fine. I did have her check my blood pressure and it was 118/66. After I told her about my weight gain, she asked to measure my fundal height and found that we are measuring 4 WEEKS AHEAD! So we obviously had a bit of a growth spurt.
She teaches hypnobirthing and we signed up for August classes.
By the end of the consultation, I knew she was the one and we have our first official appointment next week!
I've been really having problems since my birth with my daughter, putting my care into someone else's hands. But this midwife is really hands off, which I think is perfect for me.
Since I'm a VBAC, we have some guidelines we need to follow, and I was afraid they would be terrible and invasive, but they aren't! And she even let me know which I could waiver and which I could not, which is good to know that I'm not being forced into anything I don't want for this birth.
While I was there, she offered to listen to the baby, but I declined since the little beast has been a mover and a shaker these past few weeks, so I knew she was fine. I did have her check my blood pressure and it was 118/66. After I told her about my weight gain, she asked to measure my fundal height and found that we are measuring 4 WEEKS AHEAD! So we obviously had a bit of a growth spurt.
She teaches hypnobirthing and we signed up for August classes.
By the end of the consultation, I knew she was the one and we have our first official appointment next week!
