Birth and Babies

You’re about to hear my jaw hit the floor.  Yep, there it goes.  Did you hear it?

Alright, that was a slightly delayed reaction because we’ve known for a few weeks now but I figured becauase this is a birth and baby blog, that this was the more appropriate area to announce the news.  Yes, we’re pregnant again and due in November!  We are planning another homebirth (this will be our third homebirth, my first was born in the hospital), and will not know the sex until s/he is born.  Exciting times lay ahead (and certainly many chaotic ones also).  My goal is to continue nursing through my pregnancy (have never been able to do that, but my other babies were ready to wean themselves anyway.  My youngest is only 8 months old so I want her to continue nursing).  One up side to nursing is that come labor day, nursing can be used to help labor progress - nipple stimulation in general will help labor.  My pregnancies have all been closely spaced but this is the closest spacing so far - 16 months apart.

Anyway, back to blogging the topic at hand.  Things have been pretty quiet on the blog and I want to start another series like I did back with cesareans and epidurals.  Maybe the process of birth?  Intervention helps and risks?  What’s on your mind?

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