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the midwives clinic host a monthly information night on homebirth. since brendan and i would like for our baby to be born at home, we invited our parents to the info session so they could learn more about homebirth. we wanted them to understand what homebirth is and that it's a safe option for low-risk pregnancies. shannon was going to come too, but she's been super sick. so the five of us arrived at seven and found a seat. there were a lot more people there than i'd expected, including several full-term women, which surprised me because i would've thought that if they were considering a homebirth that they would've gotten their info well in advance. but maybe that's just me.

my dad can't hear so well these days, so i think he missed the first speaker completely. then they showed a video that included 4 homebirths - incidentally i'd told my dad that they wouldn't be showing a homebirth when i'd first invited him. i suppose that was an assumption on my part. but he did fine. he seemed the most interested when it came to the part when the midwives showed us all their equipment, he also liked snooping around the clinic looking at everything.

the person sitting beside nancy asked her if she was going to have a homebirth. at first i thought the lady was kidding, but then she asked a number of odd questions so maybe she was serious. who knows!

my mom did alright too. she did conclude that that it didn't appeal to her, but more power to me. it also opened up a few topics, like she asked me why the women didn't just lie on their backs "like i did" when she gave birth. she was pretty receptive to all this new information, so that's good. i think she's just squeamish. she said she'd rather just see the finished product, to which brendan said "you don't want to see how the sausage is made, so to speak".

brendan's life is kind of crazy right now with school and two jobs. i have to admit, there's part of me that feels like this whole job thing is more hassle than it's worth. BUT i'm choosing to remain optimistic that things will get better. school is done in 3 weeks anyways. it's a new experience for me to be the one on the sidelines when my partner is overwhelmed and busy. usually life for my b is smooth and breezy, and it's mine that is heavy and complicated. but he's on a big learning curve right now, i'm sure things will work out.

it seems i have some kind of nasal infection. it's not plesant, but at least it's not a cold.

same old city with a different name.