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Shower pics and doula meeting

Aaron playing the price is right game. He won the Bordeaux's Butt Paste. Everyone says it's the best. He did not guess the correct price. He just won it because no one else got the price close either and everyone else had already won a prize. :)

The three pregnant ladies. Sorry, this is a disappointing view of my belly. The shirt I had on covers more than it shows off and I think I didn't get turned to the side good enough for the pictue. In the middle is Sarah, due Feb. 27th and Jamie is on the right, due March 7th.

We met with the doula today. Her name is Delilah. Hmmm. But she was super nice and helpful and we're going to go with her. She will meet with us again in Feb. to discuss in detail our "birth plan". She has attended about 80 births and has done three babies with club feet. She is a Christian and I think she will be invaluable emotional support in the delivery room. Both Aaron and I feel really good about this decision and I feel relieved to have someone with experience to bounce questions off of and get information about options. One of the things she told us about was that at Baylor Medical Center they do not take the baby away from you even while you are doing examination on the baby. That would be great but I don't know how that would work out with our doctor. I don't want to be seperated from the baby anymore than necessary, especially after all the emotional worry and trauma of the pregnancy but we will just have to talk to our doctor, see what the hospital is willing to do, and go from there. We really don't want to give up having our doctor that we know and trust be the one to deliver for us.
Well I am procrastinating from working on a report due for my first class session on Monday. I don't think it is sportsman like conduct for your teacher to contact you two weeks before class and tell you that you have a paper due on the first day. Just wanted to get the couple of pics up for all of you who have practically been foaming at the mouth for a belly shot. Sorry it's not that good. I'll try to get a better one sometime soon. If you want to see more shower pictures there are a bunch up on my friend Alyson's blog.

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Holly Scott DeGroot said…
THANKS, HOL FOR THE COMMENT AND FOR KEEPING UP WITH US. CHRIS APPLIED FOR HIS LOAN TODAY AND SHOULD KNOW SOMETHING BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. SO I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED!
January 21, 2009 at 5:23 PM
MadeByAmanda said…
I think it's kind of cool that you're going to have a doula. It will be good to have someone there who has experience and is on your side. I know when my sister was in the hospital when she had her baby that she was worried about having the presence of mind of advocate for herself when stressed out and in labor.
January 29, 2009 at 11:47 AM
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