Well Brittani got her ultrasound done today but there was a big misunderstanding. We can’t find out the gender until the 20th of next month
However I do have a couple pictures of my new Grandbaby!
Brittani said it was amazing seeing her baby for the first time. I am so happy for her and Ben. I can’t wait to get over to New Zealand and visit them.
Can you believe the detail in these pictures? It is amazing.
Even though I was bummed that I didn’t get to find out rather I am having a Granddaughter or a Grandson, it sure was awesome seeing my little Grandbaby for the first time
Today is a BIG day in the Oleary households, well at least in mine
Brittani goes in for her Ultrasound today. She doesn’t want to know the gender so the Mid Wife is going to tell Ben and he will let Me, Jolene, Peggi and Ian know, well that’s if they want to know as well. However no one else will know because Brittani does not want to find out and neither does Jeff until the birth.
I can hardly contain myself today, I am so freaking excited!! I don’t care if it is a boy or a girl. If it is a girl her name will be Coraline and if it is a boy it will be Ian, to carry on Ben’s family tradition.
Brit really wanted a book called Spritual Midwifery and I ordered it so hopefully it will be here soon. I have a care package that I want to get sent off to her. She is craving Moon Pies so I am sending some of those, a new bible, the baby outfit and toy that I bought and the book.
Yesterday my cousin sent me a message that she bought the baby a tee shirt that says, “Who Needs Santa When I Have Grandma” I LOVE it!
I told you yesterday about the documentary that my daughter sent me to watch called The Business Of Being Born by Ricki Lake and OMG what an eye opener that was. My goodness I had no idea that in the United States over 40% of babies are being born via C-section. It is unreal!!
Watch this little clip here:
“Birth: it’s a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to examine and question the way American women have babies. The film interlaces intimate birth stories with surprising historical, political and scientific insights and shocking statistics about the current maternity care system. When director Epstein discovers she is pregnant during the making of the film, the journey becomes even more personal. Should most births be viewed as a natural life process, or should every delivery be treated as a potentially catastrophic medical emergency?”
It is an outcry, it is a disgrace to woman and the children we bring in to this world. To think that we are being taken the very priveledge that God gave us as woman is a total shame. It is disgusting this “Designer Births” that are being scheduled by woman, I mean seriously!! Scheduling cesarean deliveries around your social events and etc, it just unreal to me.
I did not deliver my 3 children at home, However I did deliver them all 3 by totally natural vaginal delivery. I would have delivered them at home if I had known that is was an option but that was never given to me as an option. I can not explain the pure joy of delivering naturally. Did it hurt? Hell yes!! BUT the feeling you get when that little one comes out and you lay them on your chest is completely undescribable. Still to this day I get teary eyed thinking about it. And the fact that Brit is going to bring my grandbaby into this world by a natual birth at home just fills me with joy and excitement!
As most of you know, my daughter lives in New Zealand and she is a little over 3 months pregnant now. After much thought and research her and Ben have decided to deliver the baby at home in a birthing pool. Of course the Mid Wife will be there as well as myself.
I will be heading over to New Zealand at the beginning of March for hopefully around 3 months to be with Brit and to help her if she needs it. She is one strong cookie so she probably won’t need old Moms help but maybe she will just pretend to make me feel needed
This is the birthing pool she has decided to go with and it looks really comfy and also like she said. She will be able to use it before in the summer to cool off and then of course after the baby is born as well.
It sure looks WAY more comfortable then I felt giving birth. I am SO happy Brittani decided to go this route. It just seem so much more natural to be and it seems to me at least that it would be way less stressful on the baby.
I recieved a DVD today from Brittani called The Business of Being Born which is a documentary by Ricki Lake about working with Mid Wifes and such. I am going to watch it this evening and will chat about it tomorrow.
I am just so excited about this and feel totally blessed to have such an awesome daughter. I only wish she was closer.
So yesterday I was at walmart shopping for a few odd and ends and ventured off into the baby section. I wasn’t going to buy anything until I found out rather the baby is a boy or girl, however I just couldn’t help myself. Hehe!!
I can’t believe all the adorable stuff they have these days! It is amazing. Especially the Seahawks outfits OMG they were precious. I am heading back over there as soon as I find out the sex of the baby and buy lots more.
Here is the outfit and wrist rattles that I purchased today, aren’t they cute??
