A Baby Shower for Billy

This is the official blog for Billy's virtual baby shower. Taking place on July 18th at 1:00 pm CDT. We hope you can join us for an afternoon of fun! Visit often for updated details about Billy's pregnancy and shower announcements.

Friday, April 10, 2009

A Home Birth

Matt and I have decided, after much research, that we want to do a home birth. I've never been a big fan of hospitals, doctors or needles so I feel very confident in choosing to have our baby in the comfort of our own home. We have two wonderful midwives - Joi Brock and Stacy Lewis from the Texas Midwives Group who will be attending the birth. We've also decided to do a water birth while we're at it.

My very good friend Lisa had her baby boy, Louis, at home last September and I was able to be there to see the whole wonderful birth. Everything was relaxed and calm. It was an amazing experience.

It's a Girl!


Well we had our ultrasound at the imaging center and found out we're having a girl! I'm very excited because I had a feeling she would be a girl from the beginning. I should say, though, that I would have been equally thrilled to find out we were having a boy.

This picture is pretty hard to make out, but you're looking from the bottom up. Her legs are bent at the knees and hugging her chest. So you can see her thighs and feet on the left hand side.
Matt's dad, Richard, was in town so he was able to be there for the ultrasound with us, as well as my good friend Lisa. It was really special to share the experience with them.

I am now at 21 weeks. To give you an idea of the baby's size, she is only about 7 inches from head to rump and weighs around 10 ounces.


This is pretty much the only other picture that is somewhat recognizable. You can actually see her foot and her toes. It was very reassuring for Matt- as he could count the toes to make sure they were all there.