July 1st
Im 11 weeks 5 days pregnant and weighed 161.0lbs this morning
Today Ive eaten very well and have a yummy low fat meal planned for dinner tonight. Im making sandwiches and grilling a ton of corn on the cob. Yummy! I might roast some potatoes on the grill too. Nothing beats those!
A few moments ago I definitely felt the baby ‘kick’ Im amazed that Im already feeling this. Tomorrow is my first meeting with my midwife. Im looking forward to it! We have to travel 100 miles unfortunately but it will be so worth it to not have to have this baby in the craptastic local hospital! This baby will be born at home. My other two children were born at the hospital without the use of drugs, and while my labours were very easy the care from the doctors was not up to even a mediocre standard. When I first became pregnant four years ago I had wanted a home birth, I knew that a normal healthy pregnancy isn’t a medical emergency and having a baby at home was very safe for a woman like me. But unfortunately I lost that pregnancy, and I was convinced that I ‘needed’ to birth in a hospital. That is one of my greatest regrets in my adult life. I wish I would have stood my ground and birthed at home with a midwife!

Posted by Shelley in Journal on July 1st, 2007 |