7/7/07 - Home Is Where The Birth Is

We're busy doing final preparations for our upcoming homebirth. Our birth tub is on reserve, and we'll pick it up about a week before my due date. We ordered our birth kit online and gathered a list of supplies required by Michelle, my midwife. My next appointment is going to be a home visit, so she and her two assistant midwives can get to know our house and where to find everything. Usually she wants everyone who plans on attending the birth to be there so she can go over what to expect, who's in charge of what, etc. But since my family isn't going to arrive until late July, she said we could video record our meeting with her. That way they can be familiar with our plans, and somewhat with her, in case they don't get to meet her before the delivery. I've put my Dad in charge of Eva, Caleb (13) in charge of video (after the baby's born), and Barocha (15) on camera duty. That frees up Mom and David to attend to me. As long as I'm in the tub where you can't really see anything, and they stay quiet and out of the way, I don't mind everyone being there. But if I have to get out for any reason, or things get too crazy, the guys are gone (except for Dave, of course), and so is the camera. That's the plan right now.