Home is Where the Birth is…

We have a very exciting announcement to share…

We have decided to have our baby at home!!!

After weighing all of the options and lots of talking and thinking and praying about it,  bringing Baby into the world in our cozy home with the help of an amazing team of midwives and 2 fantastic doulas is really the dream birth for our family.  Today we had our 36 week home visit with the midwives and it was amazing! They helped us figure out the best way to set up our home so that I will be able to labor in a birth pool, and rest comfortably after Baby is born! It was wonderful to have the whole birth team in our space to talk about our vision for the birth and to let everyone get to know each-other.  I can’t express how blessed I feel to have this group of women supporting us as we journey through pregnancy and birth.  They have made me feel so confident in my ability to birth the way I want to and they are so amazingly respectful of our desire for Matt to be the birth coach and for immediate undisturbed family bonding time.

Another awesome thing about this whole decision making process is that our Obstetrician has been really supportive.  She has agreed to continue working with us so that if we need or want to go to the hospital for any reason, she will still be our provider and will deliver our baby.  She is super confident in our birth team and believes that I am very low risk, so this is a good plan for us.

I know everyone has a different vision for how their birth experience will go and I just feel so blessed to be able to make a plan that so perfectly fits my vision with the support of the world’s greatest husband.  It’s going to be quite a journey and we can’t wait to share it all with you!!

Love,

Cara