Birth Plan

I think I am just about done with my Birth Plan. I have yet to review it with my midwife and doula so a few changes may be in the works. I aimed more towards in case of transport to a hospital as my midwife and doula know I wish for a natural birth. We have gone over the things I wished for my birth when we first started seeing each other.

I started with a cover letter and then made easy to read list divided into sections. Cover letter is not necessary but I liked the idea of it. I think it may be a little long, you dont want it to be long. You also want your birth plan to be easy to read and understand. Be flexible in your birth plan and realize it may not go exactly as planned so plan to be flexible. It is mainly a list of wishes and preferences for your birth. Make sure you go over your birth plan with your midwife or doctor as well as you coach or whoever will be assisting you with your birth, in my case my husband. You want to make sure they agree with the choices you've made and that they wont go against them.

I hope this helps you if you were in search of one. This is MY birth preferences, and I am in no way implying you do the same. I am providing this as an aid for others who may be in total confusion as to what a birth plan is. Ive had many friends have no clue what I was talking about when I first mentioned it.

Here it is:

50 days until we meet you…maybe.

It is amazing to look back and think of how fast you have grown little baby. Today marks 50 more days until our baby is due. I have enjoyed every minute of it. Chris has been the most amazing Daddy to be. We are getting more and more excited as the days pass by. We are so anxious to know whether its a baby girl or baby boy.

We finally finished painting the baby's room. We put up the crib, the bedding, and accessories. Now we are still putting a few finishing touches and are on the look out for furniture.

Heres the room so far:

My Baby shower invite!

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Love is in the air!

Goodness its been soo long since I last posted. I am 28 weeks and 5 days I cannot believe time is flying on by. Into my last trimester and as weird as it sounds I feel refreshed and energized. Baby has been moving like crazy and I am loving it! Its truly such a miracle and I am amazed God has allowed me to take part in the miracle of life. I feel so blessed.

Valentines day is so close already, can you believe it? I want to bake something special for my love. He has been great and I am blessed to be a part of his life. As many of you know we are having a natural home birth (Lord willing) and we decided to take a Bradley Class. If any of you out there are planning a natural birth even if its not your first birth and want to try a natural birth I highly recommend taking this class. I am so glad we decided to take it. It has helped me to better prepare and to be more aware of the many choices I have when I give birth. Not only has it helped me but it has helped my husband understand the process of pregnancy better. It has brought us closer together.

I Will Be A Wonderful Mother

Sorry Ive been busy with the holidays and all. Thought I would share this poem I found and brought tears to my eyes. I am so blessed and in many ways I believe we all are.


I Will Be A Wonderful Mother 

There are women who become mothers without effort, 
without thought, 
without patience or loss, 
and though they are good mothers and love their children, 
I know that I will be better. 

I will be better not because of genetics or money or because I have read more books, 
but because I have struggled and toiled for this child. 
I have longed and waited. 
I have cried and prayed. 
I have endured and planned over and over again. 

Like most things in life,
the people who truly have appreciation are those who have struggled to attain their dreams. 
I will notice everything about my child. 
I will take time to watch my child sleep, explore, and discover. 
I will marvel at this miracle every day for the rest of my life. 
I will be happy when I wake in the middle of the night to the sound of my child, knowing that I can comfort, hold, and feed him and that I am not waking to take another temperature, pop another pill, take another shot or cry tears of a broken dream. 
My dream will be crying for me. 

Dairy Free Apple Cobbler with a KICK!

Last night I felt my very first kick…HOORAY…at first I wasnt quite sure but when I felt the second and third back to back I just knew it! It kinda felt like a muscle twitch in my lower abdomen. I was soo soo excited! It happened during some amazing preaching at my church I guess it even got baby going =D

As far as my pregnancy goes everything is going great! I have managed to nearly have a spotless house. Caught up on a lot of things I need to do around the house. I have noticed my back begins to hurt really bad already after vacuuming and sweeping…which honestly doesnt seem like much to do that much damage. I have never had any back problems whatsoever so I know its definitely the baby weight =D

Im 4 months today!

@ 15 weeks and 5 days

God is good all the time =)

 As of last thursday im nausea free Oh YEAH! I feel like im almost back to normal except everytime I try to do any "major" house work my back starts to hurt this started yesterday I forgot to mention that in my 16 weeks update vid bellow.

I seriously cant begin to tell you guys how blissful (even through all the morning sickness) my pregnancy has been I am still beyond amazed Im experiencing this magical moment! I cant stop thinking of Gods goodness even through the hard times…its those hard times that makes our faith even stronger!

I have started looking at stuff like strollers, pack n plays and such. Does anyone have any suggestions. I want to know which brand to trust theres honestly so much to choose from its hard to even narrow down things. I obviously will want neutral colored things that are durable because I would like to have it if the Lord blesses us with another baby in the future.

I know that anytime now I can feel the baby move, I cant wait and neither can Chris he is too funny but im sure all you first time mothers know how silly husbands get when you get pregnant. Its so cute! He pampers me and I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband by my side. I hope you all have a beautiful weekend!

Love,
Jeni

P.S.
Heres a video update of my last few weeks and just a bit of pregnancy chat =)