...we're seriously considering enlisting the help of a doula during labor and delivery. i know that kenny will be an amazing support person during that time, but i worry that it will be A LOT for him to do alone. plus, the poor guy will need to eat here and there and use the restroom, and i doubt he'll leave my side during that time if he'd be leaving me alone. ideally, agnes (the labor and delivery nurse teaching our childbirth education classes) would be there the whole time and shout out suggestions like--try this position, rub her here, have her sit on the birthing ball, etc., but the fact of the matter is that THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN in hospitals, so why not be proactive and find someone whose sole job it is to do just that?
we have a meeting next thursday evening with a doula we found online. she seemed awesome on the phone (we talked for at least an hour) and her goal is what i want--she wants her clients to say, after all is said and done that having a doula present during labor and delivery was great, but that the husband really was the hero and it couldn't've been done without him." she is there to support me, but even more so to support kenny, and i am SO EXCITED to meet her next week and see if we connect in person like we did on the phone!
...i REALLY WANT to have someone (ideally a professional) take photos during the labor, all the way through the golden hour. let me just say that kenny is NOT into this at all. he doesn't like the idea of another person being in the room, he worries they'll be intrusive, etc. so i tried to explain to him that the photographer would be professional and not talking to us at all, etc. he says that he'd rather just take the pictures, but i know that he'll get caught up in the moment and forget to take photos. plus, i'd really like for him to be in the pictures and he can't take the photos and be in the photos at the same time.
we're still working on some sort of agreement on this, but he said that since i'll be doing most of the work, i get one free pass to get my way without a peep from him, so as soon as i say that the photos are my free pass, he'll be quiet about it. i really can't think of anything else that i want (other than a dslr, which i don't think is even on the table right now), so i'm pretty much ready to say that THIS will be my free pass. plus, one bonus of the doula we're meeting next thursday states on her website that she will take photos during the process. that would be PERFECT but after speaking to her over the phone, it sounds like she's planning this year to upgrade her camera and really get into photography. obviously, anyone can take a photo, but after seeing some of the stuff done online, i'd really like to have a more experienced photographer do the photos (without the $2200 price tag of course), but i can't have everything i want and i really can't even entertain the thought of spending THAT MUCH on carter's birth day when we didn't even come close to spending that on our wedding day!
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