Just a little history: I have had several back and neck injuries including at least three serious whiplash injuries, a herniated disk in my mid back and a low back injury caused by, get this, an obese, amazon woman fell from the second story of a parade float and landed on top of me! I thank God that I was bending over (pulling out my last sack of cabbages to throw) when she landed on top of me, otherwise if I had lived, I would probably have a spinal cord injury similar to what Christopher Reeves had. When she landed on top of my low back, it propelled me forward and I bashed my head on the front of the float, yet another neck injury. Anyway, these are just a few reasons I don't want to be forced to stay supine in a bed during labor or delivery.
When I asked about my options, the CNM said that basically anything goes and that she is basically there to make sure there's no tearing and to fish the baby out of the water (if it is a water birth), otherwise she will catch it from whatever position I am in when he comes out. She said it is as close as you can get to a home birth with the convenience of being in a hospital if an emergency should occur. I CANNOT ask for anything better. I'm so excited I can hardly contain it!
Last night Robert and I started our Bradley Birth Course. He's very happy to be doing this with me and I think we will make a terrific team. On the down side, some new symptoms have crept up ... I've had IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) for the past three weeks and I've discovered new pains in my back. AH, the joy of pregnancy!
UPDATE ON STUPID HOUSE:
We decided to not move the door to our closet due to the extremely large dresser. We are going to try to save up and build a new house in a year or two instead of trying to fix all the screw-ups with this one.
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