Doula

As I head into the second trimester I have started to think about what I want in regards to delivery. I know that unless I spontaneously go into labor early I will be induced because of my diabetes. I won't lie that pitocin scares me. I have heard nothing but horror stories of women all set to deliver naturally and unmedicated who then beg for an epidural to escape the relentless pain that comes with pitocin. I want to try my best to go naturally. To help myself and my husband I decided to hire a doula! We met with her yesterday and decided she would be perfect to help us out. She herself went through an induction without an epidural and that in and of itself made me know she was the one. In the moment I am thinking I can't do it she will know exactly what I'm thinking and can help remind me of the decisions I made beforehand and why. I am super excited to get to know her and have her support and knowledge.

On another note, in 12 days we will be able to find out the sex of the baby and we are so excited about that! We will be having a small gender reveal party to announce the gender. I will have the ultrasound tech write the sex on a piece of paper then I will take it to a bakery and have them make a cake that has either blue or pink frosting inside. We will get to be surprised just like everyone else :-) we are so excited and amazed that it's time already to find out!