L&D

Another part of our weekend was spent at a surprise 50th birthday party for my husband's aunt and uncle and meeting one of our friend's new baby. One of the things that starts to happen when women know you are pregnant is the telling of their own personal labor and delivery story, particularly if the women are a good ten years+older than you. At first, this totally freaked me out and sort of annoyed me. Now, I sort of like it and actually ask a lot of questions. At the party, I seriously said, "I'm sort of excited to go through the whole labor and delivery process". And it's true. Yes, I'm still freaked out by it but more and more, I find myself truly excited. Maybe it's because it means that pregnancy will be over and we'll have our little baby.

Still, there are those women who love to tell you that they only gained 20 lbs with their pregnancies or that labor did not hurt one bit. Really? No pain at all?! I don't buy it. This same woman told me "Don't even bother getting an epidural - it doesn't hurt at all." Really?! I don't think I did a good job of hiding my skepticism. Given the MANY stories that I have read and heard over the past 25 weeks (yes! 25 weeks today!), the one thing I have learned is that every woman's story is different and I'm sure mine will be no different. One question that I am starting to get is, "Are you going to have a natural childbirth or get an epidural?" My answer is, "we'll have to see". My plan is to have no plan - that is see how the whole thing goes and if I want an epidural, I'll take it; if not, I won't. One thing that I am pretty against right now is being induced. Of course, I may change my tune if it gets to be mid-September and I'm still pregnant!