Zomg, it’s a “husband post”!

So, thus far- Tiffany is sleeping a lot.  We’re trying to get some cleaning and purging done to get prepared for the push to baby-safe the house and make a nursery materialize in here somewhere.  And we should set up the tripod somewhere so that we can start constructing the time-lapse photography!

I’ve found that, not surprisingly, I’ve fallen into the typical male pattern of prenatal care opinion, and the assumption that we should have an OB and give birth in a proper hospital, etc. – even though I’m totally open to the general concept of a midwife and the notion that a comforting and relaxing environment for the mother is really important.  What is surprising to me is that I’ve managed to cling to this faith in western medicine when it comes to obstetrics when I don’t have faith in them to manage most general health issues.  Don’t get me wrong, doctors have a good deal of value, but most of what I’ve encountered in the medical profession is diagnosis by flowchart and treatment by pharmaceuticals with annoying side-effects.  Still, the what-if’s of the whole process make me want to mitigate any potential problems.  It will be interesting to see how our hospital tours and midwife interviews and all of that go.