A Different Boat

During one of my very early OB appointments, the midwife handed me a paper outlining the risks and benefits of a VBAC (vaginal birth after c-section) compared to a repeat c-section.  The paper was very clear that they promote VBAC and generally consider it the safer option for mom and baby (even though the medical community strongly advocated otherwise not even 30 years ago).  So, taking their medical advice, we have been planning a natural birth this entire pregnancy.  Through most of this pregnancy, I have been able to keep my fear in check and have held strong through appointment after appointment taking in the good news that our little Strawberry is doing wonderfully.  I've had moments of anxiety and definitely times where I'm fearful of our future, but generally I've been able to hold my chin up and push on. Then I hit 38 weeks... Wesley was born at 38 weeks and 1 day.   All the sudden I was hit with the reality that this little baby whose been growing i...

I can't believe it's been almost 3 months since my last post... Sorry for the lack of updates! One of the best things we've done since I last posted was Adam's Camp.  Thank you SO SO SO much to everyone who donated money to help with expenses for Wesley.  We couldn't have afforded to send him to this camp without you.  It was an amazing week for Wes full of intense days of therapy.  Each day he had an hour each of physical therapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy with snack time and music time mixed in.  I was really worried he wasn't going to tolerate the long, intense days well but he did amazing.  Then at the end of each day, we went home and the therapists collaborated on new strategies and goals for Wesley to try the following day. Rather than try and describe it all myself, I want to share with you the "report" they sent us home with at the end of the week.