37 Weeks!

I always feel much bigger than I look in these pictures.

Birth Story Junkie

I love reading birth stories (positive that is!) But it's interesting to me how the kind of birth stories that impress me have changed over these last 3 pregnancies. At first I just loved to read natural childbirth stories, then homebirth using hypnosis, and now with this last pregnancy, I only want to read about women (no matter where they are giving birth) who are so in tune with their bodies and their babies that they don't rely on outside people or machines to tell them how they're doing in labor. There are some incredible women I've read about who don't rely on numbers or other people to tell them how to give birth. They just listen to their body and their own intuition and do what it tells them. Of course, if a woman isn't healthy or is having true complications, those things may be needed. However, I'm doing everything I know how during this pregnancy to stay healthy, low risk, and totally in tune with my body. I feel great peace that everything is going to go well. =)