The business of being born

Baby update

Well, the baby is due in 15 days, that is IF he knows when he is supposed to be born. It is fascinating how a baby knows when to be born. I have been watching my daughter’s stomach can increasingly bigger and hearing all her pregnant friends say the same thing.

1. Why is it that strangers want to touch you, they would not do it under normal circumstances
2. Everyone has an idea of how to stir the baby up…if you are over due go for a bumpy drive, drink this, have sex…come one!
3. If anyone ever wants to know where the public washrooms are in any mall you have them all memorized.
4. So much fun to see your little bump grow and buy your first maternity clothes, but by month 8 you just want your figure back or at least see your toes.
5. When you tell people you are having a midwife deliver your baby they look at you like you have two heads. I had a midwife in a hospital in England and it was a great experience. Midwives offer a more personal experience, they are there for you throughout the pregnancy and they come to your home for the first 5 days. Does your OB or doctor do that? They use to
6. Rent the movie the business of being born. It will open your eyes, Rikki Lake came up with the idea after researching midwives.

Well being as I am the grandmother to be, I just have to wait for the call and jump into action and witness my daughter giving birth to her first child, our grandson. I am over the moon because my daughter has to live here for awhile while her house is being re built (they put on an addition) so I get to share in all those great moments for the first few months.

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