My Fifth Baby- The Birth of Roman Benjamin: HBA2C
When we decided to move to Texas I had negotiated with my husband to let me have two more kids. Its not that he didn’t want more children, our lives were just very busy in Virginia since I was working 60+ hours a week as chief of an anesthesia department that was almost an hour from our house. We moved to Texas for Adam’s job that would give us more financial freedom and allow me to work part time. He was totally fine with having more kids if we had the emotional room for them to feel as loved as they would be. We spent a few weeks in Florida on our way down from Virginia to Texas. I called my midwife from Judah’s birth and went over a few fears I had. Mainly, how long and difficult Judah’s birth was and how terrified I was of having an even larger baby with shoulder dystocia. She told me to act like I had gestational diabetes, educate myself about it and eat to build a healthier sized baby. She also said my birth was uneventful to her and that I prov...