*dancing, prancing, and floating in the air*
they said i'm a great candidate that they think "will do really well" with the birth center! they didn't care about the FVL, all my exams were fantastic, and they said i have 'good genes' lol. NO HOSPITAL FOR ME!!!!
so. in addition to that wonderful news, can i just say that the freaking midwives there are totally amazing? i have a real problem with pelvic exams but she was so gentle and obviously compassionate that it didn't even upset me. she explained everything as if i had never had an exam before (which, while unnecessary, was kinda nice), and they even let me see my cervix! it's gross and weird looking, but no doctor would bother taking the time to do that. why should a woman know what her own insides look like? ha. her assistant was a little rough around the edges but i think she's a very new student, and she was nice, so i took it in stride.
the best part of the whole thing was when they were going to do the doppler thing and i said "wait is that an ultrasound?" the assistant really didn't know what to do with me and just immediately started to back off and put it away, but the midwife was not put-off and willingly explained the fact that NO safety studies have been done on it, and no studies proving that it is actually beneficial, etc etc, and she was very honest that the only reason to do it is to 'maybe' let me hear the heartbeat. so i promptly said "no thanks" and she was totally cool with it. no awkwardness whatsoever. yay!
and and and they have this great little library bookshelf and i checked out two books that have each already made me cry once: birthing in the spirit and naturebirth. they have all kinds of books on pregnancy, birth, child care, herbal medicine, and whatnot.
OH! and my insurance deductible for the birth and prenatal care? ZERO. $0. i get to do this whole thing from start-to-finish with a single payment of $25. wtf? i am soooo happy about that!
plus reggae shack for lunch, my day cut short for the 2-hour excursion, blueberry muffins for the boss' birthday...
today has been an awesome day so far.
they said i'm a great candidate that they think "will do really well" with the birth center! they didn't care about the FVL, all my exams were fantastic, and they said i have 'good genes' lol. NO HOSPITAL FOR ME!!!!
so. in addition to that wonderful news, can i just say that the freaking midwives there are totally amazing? i have a real problem with pelvic exams but she was so gentle and obviously compassionate that it didn't even upset me. she explained everything as if i had never had an exam before (which, while unnecessary, was kinda nice), and they even let me see my cervix! it's gross and weird looking, but no doctor would bother taking the time to do that. why should a woman know what her own insides look like? ha. her assistant was a little rough around the edges but i think she's a very new student, and she was nice, so i took it in stride.
the best part of the whole thing was when they were going to do the doppler thing and i said "wait is that an ultrasound?" the assistant really didn't know what to do with me and just immediately started to back off and put it away, but the midwife was not put-off and willingly explained the fact that NO safety studies have been done on it, and no studies proving that it is actually beneficial, etc etc, and she was very honest that the only reason to do it is to 'maybe' let me hear the heartbeat. so i promptly said "no thanks" and she was totally cool with it. no awkwardness whatsoever. yay!
and and and they have this great little library bookshelf and i checked out two books that have each already made me cry once: birthing in the spirit and naturebirth. they have all kinds of books on pregnancy, birth, child care, herbal medicine, and whatnot.
OH! and my insurance deductible for the birth and prenatal care? ZERO. $0. i get to do this whole thing from start-to-finish with a single payment of $25. wtf? i am soooo happy about that!
plus reggae shack for lunch, my day cut short for the 2-hour excursion, blueberry muffins for the boss' birthday...
today has been an awesome day so far.
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