midwife appt...

all went well. bp is perfect, protein negative, baby hb 135, measuring to date, gained 6lbs in a month

it was great because this was the first time i got to meet one of the midwives who is going to attend the birth. she is so down to earth and friendly. she said it is up to me if i want to do the glucose screen and i refused it. she figured i would since i have no history of GD and show no signs so far.

she again reassured me that if i reach a point that i feel i can't handle things without meds or epi during labor, they will follow me to the hospital right away. jamie is considering "catching" . i made the mistake of asking about the placenta. apparently, it is illegal to transport human tissue or to throw it in the garbage because if someone finds it, police will have to investigate sooooooooo i have to bury it in the backyard. two problems... 1. i only rent this house and i am sure the landlord will have a heart attack if i dig a 3 ft hole anywhere and 2. i am due dec 21!!!! dead of winter!! ground will be frozen at the very least 4 months!!!!!! so i asked her what i was supposed to do and she said freeze it omg, i am gonna have to move the placenta over to reach my ice cream *shudders*. that is a little gross imo! i am so gonna have to see if we can buy a separate freezer or something lol. can you imagine.... "honey, what is this steak you are bbq'ing? i didn't buy steaks this week.

Lol

I suppose you could call some serviec to have it removed from your premises......??

lol

who??? "Body Parts r Us??? LOL

WTG on the healthy report!! Yay!

Ew on the placenta thing... does EVERYONE who delivers with a midwife have to do this? Don't they have access to a medical waste site? What about the stuff that gets all icky during the birth, do they just wash and re-use or do they throw it out in a medical waste receptical? (sp?)

Know any dogs that look hungry in the area? LOL! Totally j/k.

WOW that is AWESOME!!! WTG Jamie that is SO beautiful!! EWWWW about that placenta Do you remember a while back when we had the post about how to "cook" your placenta omg that is SOOO what I thought about

Anyway I'm glad you had a good app!!!

that's sick!!!! LOL

i guess most people just deliver at a hospital and they dispose of it. i am gonna have to look into it. as for the soiled sheets and stuff, that is ok to go in the trash because it is not an "organ" just waste.

One of my good friends had a home birth, which also occured during the winter. They did, in fact, freeze the placenta until the spring, at which time they planted it in the yard with a tree. (they were also renting at the time). I was under the impression they chose to do that, not that it was a medical waste issue.

OMG LOL
Remind me not to visit until next summer Kimberley LOL

I'm glad you had a good appointment and it sounds like everything will go just fine.

About the pain yeah it hurts but its not all that bad plus you dont remember it

Well that's gross!! Do you have a fireplace? Maybe you could cremate it.

But it sounds like baby is doing great! yay!!

The midwives around here have access to the medical waste services. That's insane they would ask you to bury it or freeze it. Wouldn't be me.

That is so gross bout the placenta disposal

Sounds like baby is doing good

hmm this is weird. i called the midwife office i worked at years ago and asked them about it. she said a law passed a year or so ago stating that you may dispose of a placenta with regular trash but it must be frozen solid and may only be put out the morning of pick up. not the night before. and the midwives in their practice usually just take it with them. now i feel kinda creepy throwing away my baby's life support with the dirty diapers and trash but still can't fathom the alternative as a freezer ornament for months lol. someone suggested i dig the hole now and cover it with planks til we need it. i might just do that instead

i find it really odd that there is no medical waste service here that does this

This post has been edited by kimberley on Sep 13 2005, 11:32 AM

Kim, I heard in a lot of cultures they bury the placenta for fertilizer and symbolism. Could be why this woman that Jeanne mentioned planted a tree atop hers?

i heard of that also and wouldn't mind doing it if i wasn't due in the middle of winter

Glad baby is good!!

The plasenta thing uhhh Gosh that's nasty!! But ya'll had me bent over laughing with the dogs and steak and stuff!!! EWWWWWW

ok now i remember what i had for supper last night.... its in my toilet That is just plain nasty

i want to add in a nasty story... When i was preggo with jenna i was still living with my sis and her BF (now ex DH) was staying with us. my sister actually had him believeing that when you deliver your baby you have to bite the placenta afterwrads.. LOL. He actually believed it. LOLOLOL

You are toooo funny!

omg kimberley, u almost made me pee my pants with that post I'm glad you're appointment went well.

Growing up, my best friends mothers was a Mid Wife..and I saw alot of Placenta's in her fridge. If a woman wanted to she donated to her and she would freeze it.. for school to show people what it looked like.

She also talked of cultures who ATE it after birth. It is suppose to be so fortified wiht all the good stuff that it will replenish the mothers system after birth, supposedly in some substandard countries this has actually been what saved the life of the mother..

But she had a her children at home.. hands and knees dropped a baby.. friends and family kids everyone there.. she loved it. After the 3rd she said they just dropped anyway..lol

But they always planted there's with a tree bought for that child, it be it's tree to grow as your child. And she also said they used them in flower beds.

Mel

You are all too funny! I've never had a home birth, so I don't know anything about what to do with the Placenta! But the whole thought of having a placenta in my freezer would creep me out.

Glad to hear that you and the baby are doing Okay! Congratulations again!

i am hoping this one just "drops" out too lol. planning a home birth is like planning a party... inviting people over, having refreshments.. maybe it will be a christmas party!

i want to do the tree thing with the placenta too since the boys are bugging for an apple tree and it is a nice memento to mark baby's growth.. just gotta figure out how to do that in winter lol.

If you have carpet.. use tarps under everything..lol

She said that she told alot of people this.. and they didn't always listen and had to replace the carpet..

Just a bit of advice there..lol She has a midwife school here in this area. And she is great. I just had to many health issues to use her.. but I always loved the idea of her attending my birth at home..

no worries there, i have all hardwoods lol. but thanks for the warning.