Stoked and Sara - I am so terribly sorry about your losses. I wish you lots of strength and healing.
Jennifer - I switched to Aust Unity before this pregnancy. There is a 12 month waiting period for homebirth, so bub cannot come before our coverage date (bub's due a month later, so we should be OK there. If bub came before our coverage date we couldn't have a homebirth anyway). I then wrote a letter to them requesting the homebirth refund when I was about 20 weeks pregnant and had a positive response that week. They already had our IM on their approved list. So far they will offer cover to 30 June 2012, based on the changes that are coming through with IM's having a 2 year grace period. It did make a huge difference in our PHI cost, but we'll reduce it after the birth and the refund is paid.
Infinity - Wow! Congratulations on the birth of your daughter Heidi! Wishing her lots of strength as she grows in NICU - I hope her stay isn't too long and that both you and your DH don't find the time too stressful.
Em - good on your DH for standing up to your MIL.
I haven't posted on here in a while. All is going well. Now at 31 weeks and counting down the remaining weeks. Still having issues with SPD, now joined with constant back pain. I just figure it's all softening me up for a nice and easy birth at home Funnily enough, the thing that works the best is hydrotherapy with warm baths a second, so I see it as a sign this bub is a water baby.
We're on 2 week appts now. We've stopped discussing the ins and outs of birth now and have moved on to being emotionally ready and being able to trust the people in the room (I'm a control freak and just need to learn to let go). My IM wants me to focus on the love that created this bub in the lead up to the birth. Also, I'm practising letting go of my fear of a hospital transfer/caesar. I figure if I concentrate on it, it kind of invites it into my life. We have the experts we need, so we know if it has to happen, it has to happen. Meanwhile I want to pack a hospital bag in the next couple of weeks, just so I won't need it, if that makes sense.
In the next appt, we look at how to cope after baby arrives. Should be interesting.
Infinity: congrats on the arrival of Heidi! Like i mentioned in your BA i hope that the she continues to go from strength to strength and comes home soon xx Can't wait to see some pics! *mwah*
Tashybabe: HELLO!!!! it has been awhile! i was wondering how you were; especially with the SPD. pity to have missed you at the BB meetup at the EBC. although the music was so loud that we probably wouldnt of been able to chat much anyway lol!
we are also down to fortnightly appts so exciting! i also need to 'let go' and surrender to this birth process, come what may. but man it aint easy, especially when i have the PTSD thingy to contend with urgh...but Nicola is so awesome and calm and confident that i am always left feeling really awesome after visits.
AFM: have my next appt tomorrow! very excited as it is also with my backup midwife who is a good friend of mine. she is bringing her little girl around too as my DD and her DD are besties lol! so Leila is already 'preparing' for the occasion and organising games lol!
Wow Infinity!!! Your daughter arrived so early and I'm so glad to hear how well she is going. So excited for your amazing, fast VBAC too
Sounds like it's getting to the business end tashybabe and cassius! Very exciting!!
I had my 20 week ultrasound this morning and all went really well. I was pretty nervous as I havn't been able to feel baby moving much but it turns out I have an anterior placenta so that explains that I'll give it a couple of days for my results to get on my file at the birth centre then I'll be ringing up to pull out of the hospital!! Can't wait for it to be official.
Congrats again Infinity. I too hope she is going from strength to strength
Hi Tashybabe - I hope your mental preparation is going well. And that's good you're talking about 'after the baby' - it's so often overlooked in antenatal care.
Your midwife sounds wonderful Cassius, just what you need! Glad your DD is excited about the visit too
That's great about your scan meow. I've been wondering if maybe mine is anterior too - I could feel more at this stage last time. But I guess they're all different anyway.
Me again... just have some exciting homebirthy news to share. My aunty and cousins (9 & 13) just came over and I asked them if they could be my son's support people for labour and they will My aunty is a single mum so time off work is a big deal for her but she's going to save a sick day for the occasion. Having support people for my son has been a bit of a weight on my mind so I'm so glad they're going to do it. My aunty has never laboured (breech c-sect followed by elective c-sect) but I think she'll be really cruisy about the whole affair and I'll be happy to have them in my space (on the out skirts though ).
We also got a copy of "Hello Baby" the other day and I read it to my son. He seemed interested in looking at the birthing pictures and then I made "the sound Mummy makes when the baby is coming out" so let out some loud moans and he wasn't pleased at all! Well, he can be pretty sensitive so he was good considering. He hid behind the side of the couch, peeking at me curiously.
He also seemed really intrigued by the ultrasound- watching them move it around my tummy and checking my face (which was smiling so he was okay). I think it made him 'get it' a little bit more that there is really is something going on with my tummy.
meow: ohhh so lovely that you got to see bubs! and how awesome to share that with DS! DD was at creche when we had ours...no doubt she would of started trying to rip apart the room though so probably was a blessing in disguise lol!
and awesome awesome news that your Aunty can help out with DS during the labour and birth. so nice to know that there is outlet for him if he gets a bit worried/bored/cranky etc. i am that my mum makes it down in time (she lives in QLD). otherwise we have had 2 sets of neighbours offer to watch her. but i would LOVE for her to be close enough that when baby was being born she could be there IYKWIM.
Marcellus: no doubt it is an anterior placenta...i was suprised as many of us in the belly buddies group have anterior placentas! i always thought that posterior was more common but am beginning to shift my thinking lol!
AFM: well Sue my midwife just left and we had a blast. as i mentioned she is a good friend and it was good to just catch up and talk about what happened with our mutual friend (who had the baby that needed help). i feel much better and calmer about things. she is also my calmbirth instructor so her voice and ways always are relaxing for me lol.
Her DD and my DD played 'midwives' and used the doppler and stethescope on eachother to 'listen to baby'....SO CUTE! (they are both 2.5 years old). just love having appts at home...so relaxing.
Funnily enough, the thing that works the best is hydrotherapy with warm baths a second, so I see it as a sign this bub is a water baby.
so exciting! i also need to 'let go' and surrender to this birth process, come what may. but man it aint easy, especially when i have the PTSD thingy to contend with urgh...but Nicola is so awesome and calm and confident that i am always left feeling really awesome after visits.
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that my mum makes it down in time (she lives in QLD). otherwise we have had 2 sets of neighbours offer to watch her. but i would LOVE for her to be close enough that when baby was being born she could be there IYKWIM.
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