baby update

This was a big week in the life of the fetus. He turned 6 months, or more accurately, negative 3.5 months. We had a checkup, and he is fine. He did a lot of acrobatics in preparation for his circus career. We have also done a lot of preparation for his arrival. We hired our doulas, Teresa and Gail and began our 12 week Bradley Method birth class with Carol, who is also part of the Triangle Birth Network. We are really hoping to have a minimal intervention, drug-free natural birth, barring mal-positioning, pre-eclampsia or gestational diabetes. Considering that 99% of American woman have epidurals, this is not standard hospital procedure. We ideally wanted a home birth, but that proved to be to expensive (short version). The doulas and natural childbirth classes will help us to try to have the closest thing to home birth in the hospital. Good thing we live 3 minutes from the hospital and can hold off hon going until the last minute.


We also bought him a crib on Craigslist. It's pretty simple, but it converts into a toddler bed, full bed and love seat. We can't wait for his crib bedding to arrive to see how it looks together.