Today was our week 17 appointment at the birthing center! So far we are right on track, no concerns. She said I am gaining weight at a normal weight, 9 pounds so far but wants to wait to do a sonogram to determine the gender until next week when I am a little further along. She said some women go at 16 weeks and they usually can't tell and instead of sending me to get the sonogram and then wasting time and having to go back a few weeks later, it is best to wait to week 18 or 19. My next appointment then is on Monday December 14th when I'll be a little over 18 weeks then, to find out the sex, and then we can all start buying blue or pink! Not that I am into gender stereotyping or anything :)
Here are a few pics of the birthing center. You can see in the background that Baylor Hospital is right behind it.
Here are a few pics of the birthing center. You can see in the background that Baylor Hospital is right behind it.
This is the main birthing room. You can see the awesome 4 post bed and then the huge armoire is the baby monitoring system, it is hard to imagine but inside the armoire is a full infant medical work station, it has a ton of stuff in it for the aspiration issues, meconium, weight station and all other stuff they have to sometimes take care of after the baby is born. The door behind it that you can kind of see is the huge bathroom and the jacuzzi tub during labor to help with the pain.
