dr's visits and votes

I get a lot of questions about having our baby here in Haiti. But no need to worry, I am covered in doctor's visits all. the. time.

Once a month I go and see a Dr. that lives in Petionville (ritsy/nice part of Haiti...I know, kinda an oxymoron). Although I don't know what a prenatal appt. in the states is like, I imagine it's a lot like these appts. I get an ultrasound every visit actually and love seeing our little guy on the big screen :)

Every thursday I go and see an awesome group of midwives, which is where I will be delivering. They are fellow missionary friends who have an incredible ministry of helping haitian women (and myself) receive great prenatal care and the peace of a safe delivery.

And every single day I get to see my favorite Dr. of them all. She checks me every morning, usually first thing. She listens to our baby's heartbeat and even checks it with her own ears when she doesn't trust her instruments. The other Dr's are great, but I'm most in love with my Dr. Dalindia :) ....

We can hardly believe that within the next couple of weeks we should be holding our little boy! For all of you that are completely nervous over the fact that we are having him here in Haiti, don't be :) My Dr. is super supportive of my delivering with a midwife, and is staying close by his phone and hospital incase we would need to deliver with him instead for an emergency. We are completely at peace with our decision and most of all glad that it will allow Jared and I to stay together the weeks before and after he's here. And the other benefit of having our baby here is that we will have a lot of family visiting before the end of the year. yay !!

Please pray for a smooth delivery without complications and for the coming weeks to be as stress-free as possible before our little guy makes his appearance!

On a side note, heartline ministries (my wonderful midwives) are actually going to be building a new, bigger maternity center in the near future. Right now, they are in the running for a really helpful grant to help get the new center on its way! Please, take a minute to click here and vote for their ministry. To read more about it, you can head on over to Tara's blog and read this post. They really deserve this grant. The women here work hard everyday and they give the haitian women what every woman deserves at their delivery... knowledgable help who truly fights for them and cares about them.

If this wasn't the truth, I wouldn't be delivering with them. If I didn't feel completely confident in their skills and comfortable with their care....I simply wouldn't be there every week. This ministry is the real deal, they truly care and are great stewards of what God has entrusted them with. And they treat every women in their program the exact same way they treat me. I am not privy to more care or info because I am their friend or a white person living in Haiti. They treat each woman that walks through their door with respect and love. Please, help other women receive the care that I get from them every thursday by voting for them! We've got the easy part, I'm not asking you to give any money to support. Someone is already willing to do that ! All we've got to do is vote !! And please, tell others about this and ask them to do the same :)