The next 12 weeks

Dear little soul

It's just about 28 weeks since you decided to make your way to the world!

So I'm starting to think about lots of different things - other than being pregnant. I'm thinking about when you'll be here, and how you'll get here!

So I've been reading this book:

It's the story of an Australian GP who had 4 home births. She gives lots of great background information to help you make the decisions that count when creating a birth plan, which I'm starting to think more about. In the Netherlands you don't have to make a birth plan until quite late - after week 35 or so. It's good to discuss things like where it'll be, who will be in the room, whether you want pain management, what to do with the umbilical cord/placenta, how long you want skin-to-skin contact with the baby before all the other things are attended to.

I'm enjoying this book because it's giving me confidence that my body will do what it was made to do - to give birth to you, and to trust in it. The yoga exercises also give me a lot of support, and your Soul Papa too. I have told him that the oxytocin will kick in and I'll seem to be in a trance, but that he's not to worry - it's amazing what men are not told will happen during childbirth. He needs a hand to hold just as much as I will - which is why we will be getting a doula to help us all through the process.

More on her later.

Love

Your Soul Mama