So, I went to my 28 weeks appt today (Im 28+2 today). Heartbeat was 153 and belly is measuring perfect, I put on 21lbs so far.

I told my OB that we were touring a birthing center on Monday and are considering that route. I explained what my concerns were in terms of having specific things not done to Kyle and we went through my list. She was totally open to doing vit K drops instead of shots, not doing the Hep shot, the hospital has a policy of only doing episiotomies if the baby is in distress (she said their cut rate was less than 6%), they often have the request not to do the drops in the eyes so thats ok too.

Overall she was happy to go with what I wanted- she said the hospital was well known for respecting parents wishes. I was happy to hear this and will likely hire a doula and birth there instead of the birthing center. I love my OB and feel better if godforbid there was an emergency, I just worried about the staff respecting our wishes.

She said they dont do water births but I am welcome to stay in the tub until its time to push - I dont know the details, but she said they had an infant drown at the hospital as a result of water birth. She said its very rare and wasnt trying to scare me away from it, but because of it they wont do it. I can deal with that though - I hadnt made up my mind on what I wanted anyway.

28+2 week belly pic below