I'm thinking about this baby I'm carrying and wondering if I'll give birth on the exact same day again. My last two children were born when I was exactly 38 weeks and 6 days; both also happened to be born on holidays. With this baby, that puts me at giving birth on June 15th.
I am excited about giving birth at home. I don't have to worry about my husband hitting every pothole in the area while driving to the birth center like last time. When I think about it, it seems rather crazy that one is expected to travel at a time when they are possibly in a tremendous amount of pain. If you go to the hospital too soon in labor, they send you home so it's just really a crazy situation. I think the best part about the drive for my husband (with our second birth) was the fact that it was all happening so fast and I could feel the baby coming out and he got to run every red light.
I have such high hopes and expectations for this birth.
I'm looking forward to relaxing and coping with labor in the comfort of my own home, surrounded only by people who I share a mutual love and respect for and dangit, having my midwife/doula come to me-not the other way around!