Some of you are inevitably wondering how Amy’s pregnancy is going. Others of you are now saying “What?!? Amy’s Pregnant??? I thought this was about a new spaghetti recipe!!!” Well, here is the update and the gameplan for "Baby on The Road".
We found out that we were pregnant while still in Boise during the summer, so we were able to have an initial appointment and labs worked up, as well as a first ultrasound to see a heartbeat, courtesy of The Baby Place . Since then, we have been monitoring heart rate and blood pressure as we go. (Easy to do when at WalMart!)
Amy sent out an email to the Christian Midwife’s Association, and we got several replies from midwives offering their services free of charge as we travel. We are headed to Illinois in a couple of weeks to meet up with one such woman for another checkup and possibly an ultrasound. (If anyone knows additional midwives in Nashville, Atlanta, etc., please let us know!) Amy is starting to feel movement now, which is always a little freaky I hear, and all is going well. The initial nausea has subsided which certainly makes travel a bit smoother!
Our plan is to continue normal routines until likely late December or early January when we will select a city in which to settle for a few months. Current candidates include Nashville, Phoenix, Dallas, and Atlanta. (suggestions welcome!) The common thread? Warm winter climate with tolerable temperatures from Jan- March, and a Christian midwife with whom we can share this birth process. (communities with greater than 5% chance of snow during those months need not apply… Sorry Idaho.)
We sure appreciate your prayers, and if you have any suggestions for great southern towns that we should be considering, please feel free to add your comments below. We’ll be posting more information on the baby, Amy, and the Prego to Go story as things develop. Like a good spaghetti sauce, it will be simmering for a while. Check in with us later!
Congrats Amy and Chad! Think I caught wind of this before via Twitter but great to hear the full story.
FYI - LA also has warm winter climate :)
Posted by: Joe Suh | August 27, 2009 at 01:42 PM