When we decided to start trying to get pregnant- I immediately started looking for a midwife to do a home birth. Well IL state laws only allows Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM) and Doctors to do a home birth. There are a few types of midwives in case you were wondering--all trained. Anyway I did some extensive searching and found out there were three CNM in Chicago that did home births. I contacted them and found out TWO of the three were moving. UGH! And of course the one left was already booked. So that left me with no choice but to give up on the home birth, well actually we considered other states but we agreed we really want Troy not to have to work post baby for a week or two and that was only possible in IL. So I got into looking more into Alternative Birthing Centers (ABC). These can be on hospital grounds or separate--most are just like a hotel room--they have a big tub, queen bed and kitchenette in one large room. Well the stupid state of IL says ABC that are separate are illegal. (I HATE how women don't have the right to choose their birth locations/providers in some states--its ridiculous...but that is a completely different blog! LOL )
And I found ONE that was on hospital grounds and just happen to be not to far from us. So next I figured out the midwife group that was connected to them and I did get in with them!!! The group has three midwives. I really liked them. However----two days ago I find out through my online home birth/midwife/doula group in IL that one of my midwives was leaving the practice to start up her own and do home births! I was beyond excited! So I emailed her to see if I could transfer care with her. I sat up all night (till 4am) hitting refresh on my email account hoping she would email back right away. Well see didn't and I knew I wasn't going to sleep the next night if I didn't find out. So the next day I called at 10om (9am there) to talk to her. She remembered me and our story (it is unique and I'm the only one who had ever called the office asking about jelly fish stings while pregnant! LOL). Well she would Love to have us! I was tearing up when she said that....it was like a dream come true. Oh and the name of her new office----Gentle Birth Care....anyone remember why that may be so cool to me? The name of my Doula company was Gentle Birth Doulas......it was a sign! LOL Oh and I ended up not sleeping last night either--I was WAY to excited!!!!!!


OH and to ADD to my wonderful day----I got another package of sour patch kids! LOL AND my box ticker moved up -I'm now today 6 months along! Can this day get any better?! (ok cupcakes from Amy in California maybe!)