High Five!

Here's a picture from our latest sonogram! Baby Avila is either tired of pictures or just wanting to say "Hi". Either way it's just too exciting. The baby's heartbeat was 165 at this visit, which is great and we're glad for the consistency over the last three months. Our next appointment is in early November and then I'll be going in every two weeks. It's hard to believe the third trimester is just around the corner!

Tonight in our Bradley class we reviewed the 1st stage of labor, went over the 2nd stage, and then saw videos of four unmedicated births: two water births and two "dry land" births. Very eye-opening and definitely in a good way. At this point, I'm still confident we can do this and thinking that an attempt with the tub is not a bad idea. It certainly didn't look easy, but it didn't seem as scary/painful as the other two. There are three more classes to go, then we'll be experts. Ha! Irv is a great coach and I am one blessed wife!!