I was really impressed. There were half a dozen other mums who showed up, with lovely babies and toddlers. They were all well, no one had a cold, everyone was well behaved, even the troublesome one - he was pretty good too! He wanted to get into everything and be the dominant kid, but really, he listened to his mum, and he was put in his place by the two little girls so all was well with no hassle. Everyone there had had a home birth with a birthing pool for at least the second child, and they had all found the hypnobirthing tools very useful. Most of them laboured for 2 hours, the babies came out fast - 5-15 minutes. Nobody had any problems and everyone was in bed, tucked in with husband & new baby a few hours after the birth, ready to sleep!
Iain was quite impressed and is thinking of ways to accomodate a birthing pool in the flat. It's not impossible by any means. I am not sure what the costs are yet. We have planned now to check out the midwife unit at Addenbrookes asap and see their consultant led unit too, see what we have ahead if things get too complicated for a home birth. I'd rather know. We can get my midwife to give us the lowdown on home birth at my next appointment in another month. Or perhaps I'll ask her sooner on the phone. It all depends on how things go by 20 weeks I think. I have 2 months to see how well I cope with the baby's placenta messing with my insulin levels.
I went to the antenatal yoga class this evening at the Royston Complimentary Health Centre (same place as we'll go for hypnobirthing classes), and though there was only me, the instructor and one other lady (38 weeks pregnant) there, it was a good class. They need to publicise more .... The other lady was doing all the poses, even the downward dog with her huge belly, and she looked great in general. I want to be that agile at 38 weeks!
I found my postures easier than usual to do. It was good to have the instructor Lynn there watching me, and I guess my muscles are relaxing now. Next class is in 2 weeks, after Easter you see, and that is perfect. I can really get into the yoga and swimming around then - from April onwards. I'll be as safe then as anyone can be in a pregnancy. Till about week 30 Lynn said, although we'll see. If all goes well, the yoga and swimming could help me be fit enough and balanced enough to carry on for the last 10 weeks too.
Whatever I do now will help me and Lambykins, and the midwife and hospital will have plenty of opportunity to spot any problems that might come up - where the placenta is, how big the baby is getting, whether my GD has developed etc etc.
At Sarah's, at some point, she brought out the baby carriers and slings, and was showing a few ladies a few slings they were planning on buying. I had a good look. It was interesting. I have been researching these slings for a long time and talking to mums who have been using them for a long time was great. Iain was interested too and we think we'll be getting the Close one. We both liked it and it appeared to be the favourite there. Easy on the back and we both thought we'd wear it. I'd like a pouch too .... and when the baby becomes a toddler, a carrier that goes on the back somehow. I am not keen on carrying the bigger Lambykins on my hip for extended periods. Nor do I want to HAVE to stop carrying him/her. Well, I'll have a good year and more with the Close and the pouch before I have to change to one for a bigger baby. We'll see. We'll know more in a coup,e of weeks, on the 5th we are attending a workshop of Sarah's about baby calming and attachment parenting and there'll be loads of hands on stuff with the baby slings.
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