We've found a doctor!

Ok, so we went and saw Dr. Bailey yesterday and loved him! First of all he gave me some medical advice that was not pregnancy related based on another surgery I had years ago. Secondly, he started a sentence with "If you have to have a c section, and I don't see any reason why you would have to, ..." which  means it was not automatic for him to just assume it would be that way. Third, he doesn't' do episiotimies. Fourth, his c section rate is lower than the hospital's, around 20%. And lastly, he said I could do alternative birth positions and he has worked with midwives in the past. Also, he thinks natural childbirth is better for everyone.

So, my doc is 5 minutes from my home. Barring no emergencies outside of Philly I will deliver at a hospital 5 minutes from my home and I will have the support to deliver naturally if that is what I choose. I'm so happy that this search is over and I'm going to take the advice of Nik-E and start looking for a pediatrician next.

Ok so here's the real exciting part....... wait for it...... we heard the baby's heartbeat for the first time!!!! The baby was quite active too jumping all over the place. A friend of ours said the baby's going to be a gymnast but my partner said it means that we won't be able to catch him/her when they get in trouble. Great.

Another great thing about this practice is that they scheduled all of my appointments up to my due date. So I don't have to worry about it every time I see the doc. He also spent a lot of time with us talking about what to expect and answering our questions. Such a difference from the last doc!

So in other news, I have begun the process to legally hyphenate my last name to add my partner's last name to mine. We're going to use her last name for the kids so it's important to me to have that done before the baby arrives. I actually already use the name now in certain situations so it will be nice to have it be legal.

Well, I should get off of this site and prepare for a listing appointment I have in another 2 hours. I look forward to posting more soon and adding some pics.