The Midwife

Bryn and I are going to a midwife recommended to us by dear friends. These dear friends had their last two children with this midwife - and she's at least an hour away from them. Our friends are devoted and I think that speaks a lot. Having met her, I get it entirely.

We are seeing Heather at Tapestry Midwifery. She is delightful. She saw us a few months ago, while we were still just planning and told us all about the practice.

We saw Heather on Wednesday and we talked more about what to expect. Our next visit will be at about 12 weeks where we can have an ultrasound (!) if we want. We will deliver at Porter Medical Center, in Middlebury. Please note the nice write up about Tapestry on the Birthcenter page! Considering how long it took to get Alex, I'm not very concerned about the one hour drive to the hospital. Bryn might be though.

Great meeting with Heather, she approved of my vitamins but recommended iron and calcium supplements - not at the same time as the iron will inhibit the calcium's absorption. Other than that just a few run of the mill items. Oh, and she's pregnant. She's 20 weeks and will be taking most of the summer off. ...

So our next visit is with Martha. I may as well get to know everyone who may be present at the delivery. That said, so far I've liked everyone I've met at the practice. We are greeted and asked if we would like water or tea. We were asked to smile for a picture for our file. We were given a 3-ring binder full of useful information, from signs that would necessitate calling them and procedures for admittance to the hospital to how to treat a headache, who to call for prenatal yoga classes, and good snacks for morning sickness. There are also numbers for doulas, but I'm not quite sure what a doula is... More research!

I need to have some blood work done before the next visit, so Bryn and I will travel down to Middlebury to get it done. We will try out the trip and see the facility at the same time. I'm not very excited about all the driving - I take the bus past a medical center and get off it at Fletcher Allen to get to class - but Porter has nicer things said about it's birthing center and Porter is where my midwife practices. ...but no one likes their local hospital... We'll see.