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Baby Gray Dos & my Partial Birth Plan



I'm behind on this post, like since April behind. That's ok. I'm still doing it. 

We found out on April 26 that we were being blessed with another little bundle. I don't know why I tested, I didn't even FEEL pregnant. I was really doing it for the hell of it, and well...

I had 2 test just chilling in the drawer, and I decided I wanted to take one, mid pee. So I got up, for the test, and finished peeing. Laid it on the floor (like I always do when I would test), and refused to look for a little while. It was faint, but it was there. 

Funny, my first reaction was oh my god! Hasting and this baby will have such close birthdays. But that's ok, that's what we wanted... We just didn't expect SO soon. I text chad a picture of the test: this one actually: 

And I got not response. It was delivered but not read. So I text again, saying OMG. Still delivered, but not read. So I called him. I was crying (happy tears of course), and that caught his attention. I said "We're pregnant", and he didn't believe me at first. Like myself, he was in total shock lol. 

Chad & I knew we wanted our babies to be close in age, preferably exactly 2 years apart IF we could pull it off. We had plans of trying to become pregnant by at least Hasting's second birthday. Neither one if us had a sibling close in age to grow up with, and we wanted our children to experience that. I am an only child (although 3 of my cousins are like brothers and sisters because I lived with them from 12-18. Still there was a 7 year age difference between me and their oldest.) And Chad has half brothers & sisters, but they are all much older than him. He grew up as the only child in his home with his parents. So raising children close in age is kind of a big deal to us. 

This birthing experience will be COMPLETELY different than the experience I had with Hasting. They say you learn so much from your first child, and you really do. They teach you things you never thought of, and teach you to educate yourselves on things you never thought to explore! 
With Hasting I saw an OB, I had an epidural, and I have birth in a hospital bed. I had a great birthing experience, but I knew with my next pregnancy I wanted more. I started exploring all my options when our family became a little bit more Eco-Friendly. I would say crunchy, but I've gotten to where I don't like that word. It's a label that a lot of women have put to shame, so we will use Eco-Friendly instead! 
Anyways, I began exploring birthing options again when Hasting was around 6 months old. I came across water birth, and I just KNEW it was for me. I absolutely LOVE warm baths. They relax me, de-stress me, and just all together make me feel better. 

This go round, I will still be giving birth in a hospital (the same hospital I had Hasting at), but instead I will have my free laboring, and my free birth. I will be delivering this baby via water birth. I am using a MIDWIFE, no OBs. I have hired a doula, which is a birth coach (more on that to come in a later blog). There will be no shots given to my baby at birth, no bathing until at least 24 hours, no eye goop, no circumcision (if its a boy), I will be cloth diapering from birth, and my baby is NOT to leave mine nor my husbands sight at any time. We are also doing delayed cord clamping, and I am having my placenta encapsulated (later blog). 

This is MY birth. I am in control. 

I am currently 16 weeks as of today! This pregnancy has been VERYA DIFFERENT than it was with Hasting. I'm a lot sicker (really just nausea, I've only gotten sick twice), and my energy is still gone away. By this time with Hasting my energy was back full swing. I actually got a prescription for Phenergran this pregnancy. My breasts have already grown to the size they were when I delivered Hasting. (YAY for lots of nutrition floating around!). Chad and I both believe I'm sitting higher this time a well! 

The left is baby #2 at 14 weeks, the right was Hasting at 15w2d! 

It's sideways, but of course I'm posting from my phone as usual! Hello baby! 

We announced the pregnancy via Facebook when I was close to 12 weeks. 


I'm hoping to be better about posting here & there on pregnancy updates. We will see how good I am at that! 

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