Janae Says...

I decided many years ago (like probably 13 years ago at this point) that I wanted to have unmedicated births if I could. And when I learned that I didn't have to birth in a hospital, I decided I would find somewhere else instead.  After doing lots of research and visiting several places and talking to lots of midwives, I decided that we would do our birth through The Birth Center . (We are currently undecided about laboring at home versus the birth center itself, but are leaning toward the latter due to space and condo proximity.)  As soon as someone hears that, they ask me why. Why a birth center? Why unmedicated? They don't mean it in an attacking way. Many of them are genuinely curious. And it's a valid question. I have SO many reasons for making this choice, that it is a little difficult to answer in the quick way I think they expect; it's a long conversation! So I thought I'd sit and write out some of my reasoning for choosing a birth center, unmedicated birth,

October 1 I picked up donuts for our gender reveal just as a couple. I put together our social media announcement while Matthew's friend Kevin was hanging at our house. I posted the announcement and went to a wax appointment. It was fun to get all the likes and comments on that announcement. Matthew cooked some ground turkey for spaghetti for us for dinner.  Saturday, October 2 we did cleaning and laundry. I went to Orange Theory. We watched morning session of general conference. After showering, I was super tired, so Matthew did the grocery shopping and made me nap. He helped out a friend for a few hours that day. I did client check-ins. I went to Old Navy for baby stuff, and hoped to find maternity clothes, but they didn't have anything in store. I went to Target and got some ultra high rise workout leggings and a baseball for our announcement. I stopped at storage and picked up my fall/winter clothes. We had a late night dinner at In-N-Out.  October 3 I made some pumpkin rol