27 weeks - Rock on Baby Hope!

We had our follow up with the perinatologist today it was good news all around. I get all nervous when ever we have these appointments - sweaty palms, racing heart, sudden desire to pee (more so than your typical prego desire). I think it's a combination of memories from when I first went to the office to fear of what I could be learning. 
ANYWAYS - all went well - very well in fact! Baby Hope is now a whoping 1lb 10 oz.  and extremely - I mean EXTREMELY active. Half the time I feel like there is a dance party going on in my belly. That little girl is a dancing MACHINE! Last night I am pretty sure she was doing the splits - either that or she was really excited that the Oscars were on. No complaints though - I love every single little kick, punch, jab & flutter she gives me.  (Rock on Baby Hope-we will have lots of dance parties when you get here!) She is breach and sitting in my pelvic cavity -which explains the need to pee every 5 minutes.  Our doctor said she looked wonderful and was very happy with her growth and the overall scan - so happy  in fact, that we don't even have to go back for 4 more weeks. HUGE RELIEF! We are still getting lots of monitoring with our new OB just to make sure everything stays as good as it is. 


We went to our childbirth class yesterday and it actually ended up being better than I anticipated. We had a fantastic teacher and we BOTH learned lots of stuff. (Yes - even my doctor husband who has delivered lots of babies learned how to be a husband during birth as opposed to the doctor- two VERY different roles) It's funny because this whole time I have been on the fence about childbirth as far as going natural or using meds. At first I wanted to do natural. Then when we found out we were having twins, a lot of the research I read suggested using meds due to the higher need for a C section. Then when we lost Parker, I just wanted to get the birth over with  - and didn't want to feel it. Just being honest. When I walked into the class yesterday I was undecided and thought the class/video/discussion etc would push me to the medication side, but it actually did the opposite. Bottom line, I, like any other mom out there want my baby to get here as safely as possible. But I think I want to do it natural. I feel like it's something I can do for both of my babies. My OB has said that I am at no higher risk for C section than normal.  I still need to do a lot of thinking and researching and talking with others who have given birth naturally. The way I look at it now, it can't be harder than what we have already gone through. And women all around the world, all through time have done this.  And with Mat on my side helping me out, I know we can do it. Still - got to do some thinking. I know this is a very debated subject by lots of women and I don't write this post for you to tell me what to do-I'll figure out what's best for me and the babies I'm delivering. I know that there are bonuses to both forms of childbirth and I don't judge anyone for either choice they have made- but I do feel very encouraged about the option of going natural. What BLEW my mind were the stats: In the state of Kansas 85-95% of all women have an epidural during childbirth! ALSO Kansas is significantly higher in the percentage of OBs who perform inductions. YIKES. Both were pretty high in relation to the rest of the nation and especially the world. Crazy. 


As far as the pain of childbirth, heck, ignorance is bliss, right?