Books!

So I've been gradually collecting books about childbirth and babies over the last year or so. But in the last week I bought about...9, and 3 of those are hefty. And you're probably thinking, how hefty is hefty? check these out =) Thats 15lbs of knowledge that will take me months, if not years to absorb. The largest has 1,400 pages, whew! But I'm thrilled to have these as resources and can't wait to use them in my academic assignments. They are all written by one amazing midwife, Anne Frye, who started just making hand outs about midwifery in 1978, and since then is completing a 3 volume series for Holistic Midwifery. I now have the first 2 of that series =)

This week has been full of various appointments. We met with a couple who was looking to do a home birth after having a horrible cesarean experience with their first child. Another couple is expecting their first together, hoping for a girl, but the first ultrasound hinted towards a boy. And lastly a repeat client for the midwives, who welcomed us with food and funny stories in her beautiful home overlooking the ocean. I'm starting to realize how many different kinds of women all are drawn towards home birth and it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. =)

On Saturday I'm heading back up to SF for a week to spend time with friends and a certain 7 month old who's birth I was at and who I haven't really seen since he was 2 weeks old! I can't wait =)