What is a home visit? Around 36 weeks, my midwife will make a trip out to your home for a prenatal check up. This is mainly to get familiar with the area and our home. We discussed where the birthing pool would go, I gave her a tour of our home, and showed her the birthing items I've collected (towels, birth medical kit, basic baby items, etc).
During the check up we discussed emergency delivery tips, if the baby comes in record time and the midwives are not there yet. Zach was advised to have me get down low to the ground, maybe on all fours to deliver the baby. Also, to get ready to catch the baby because they can be really slippery and shoot right out! Hehe. The baby would also be perfectly fine to deliver itself slowly on the floor, on a towel. That's why it's good to be really close to the ground. As soon as the baby is born, I should hold it skin to skin to keep her warm, we should turn off all fans so that the baby maintains a good temperature. Meanwhile, we will have the midwife on speaker phone directing us on what to do.
Note: This advice was just given in the situation of the baby being born so fast, that there wouldn't be enough time for the midwives to arrive; although probably just like how they would deliver a baby). It's really no different from the women who plans on delivering in a hospital, ends up not getting there in time and delivers the baby in the car. The babies and mothers are almost always perfectly fine. Also, what a fun story to tell! Hopefully, this won't be our situation though. I would really prefer my midwives to be here! The reason why I'm talking about this is because we had such a short labor/birth with Tucker; only 3 hrs! I've heard that the second baby can come even faster! Oh boy! But what a relief to plan on being in my own home and not in the car, on the side of the interstate ;)
I actually have a friend who was planning a hospital birth for her second baby, but ended up having an unplanned home birth because the baby decided to come so quickly. Thankfully her husband was home to be of assistance. Her and the baby were perfectly fine :) Perfectly healthy. They called a nurse and the paramedics arrived very quickly. They really enjoy telling the birth story :)
Our baby is doing great! Had a great heartbeat, belly measuring right on, my blood pressure was normal; everything looks great! Tucker even had a go at hearing the baby's heart beat, he LOVED this. He cried buckets of tears when it was time to take away the stethoscope. We also did the Group B Strep test (a fairly routine test). I actually did it by myself. They just instructed me how to do it and sent me into my bathroom. I should get the test results back in a few days. Hoping that we get a good result.
How am I feeling? Fairly well. Up until yesterday, I had been nauseous for 7 days. I didn't really have an appetite and felt queasy all day. Yesterday I felt totally better. I now have a roaring appetite, but am struggling with indigestion. I read online that this could be from the baby "dropping" lower into my pelvis. I do feel a bit more pressure down there and have to pee all the time!!! All good signs that the baby is progressing normally.
I always manage to write a ridiculously long post. Sorry! Thank you to my devoted followers! Only a few more weeks left!!!! :) :) :)
Pregnancy Questionnaire
How far along? 35 weeksDue date: Somewhere around August 30th, 2012
Baby #? 2nd child
Symptoms? Sensation of the baby's head dropping, Braxton Hicks contractions, VERY frequent urination, easily fatigued, sore feet and lower back, indigestion, NESTING!!!
Fetal Movement? Yes, But as my midwife says, it's more like Tai Chi instead of Karate :)
Cravings? Meat! Fish, steak, cereal, Greek yogurt and granola.
Gender of baby: GIRL
Doctor or Midwife: Certified Nurse Midwife
Hospital or home birth? Planned home birth
Mood? "Nesting" like crazy
Looking forward to: Chilling out and watching the Olympics for the next few weeks, since most of the baby prep is done.
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