My New Blog! Woo!

So, I had a blog before, I kind of left it after my youngest son was brought home from the hospital. Since then, so much has changed that I decided I should just start all over. So here we are!

A little about me: I'm a mom of 4 (and a half). My kids are Eriq, 9, Lile, 6, Paikea, 3, and Kaidyn, 1. I'm recently divorced, which was the hardest thing I've ever done. I'm also engaged to the love of my life, Scott. And we're expecting in Feb! My due date is March 2nd, but I'll be having the baby in February, almost without a doubt.

We've decided after coming to terms with the fact that we can't afford a grand to deliver at home with the midwife we had chosen, that I will be getting prenatal care at the local hospital OB group and unless something goes wrong, we'll be delivering unassisted. It took a lot of reading and research to make that decision, but that's what we're doing. I just don't want to be in the hospital if I can at all avoid it-and I have faith in my body and my ability to birth, as well as in Scott to know how to help me and get me help if we need it.

Of course, the OB's office won't know any of this-and I'm still very opinionated on certain aspects of pregnancy, so this should be interesting. I haven't seen an OB in 9 years-except for the on call perinatologist that delivered my last baby. He was great, I'd love to have an OB like that again! In any case, this should be a very interesting pregnancy!