Pregnancy Update

Well I am 27 weeks pregnant and Piper is an active little girl so far. I found out at my last appointment that I am once again being sent out of town to have the baby. This time I am going to go to Anchorage rather than Seattle to have baby Piper. I am still rather confused as to why I can not have the baby here in Ketchikan, but it will be nice to have my Mom there for the birth. I will be leaving for Anchorage on August 12th, at 9:46 am. My first appointment in Anchorage will be on the 19th, but wanted to go a bit early to spend some more time with my Mom. I will be staying with her till she starts school then I will be staying with my sister Jody. Jody lives near the hospital where I will be giving birth. Because of my insurance I will be having the baby at Alaska Regional rather than Providence. I was hoping to go to Providence since they have an awesome maternity ward and my sister works there, but my insurance will not cover Providence Hospital. I talked to the doctor's office where I will be seen in Anchorage and they said that that is no problem that they will do deliveries at either hospital so that is good, seeing as they are the only Perinatologists in Anchorage. I went to go look at ticket prices yesterday and looked at seat maps and saw how full the flights were so we decided to go ahead and purchase the flights now rather than later. So Emilee and I have one way tickets to Anchorage for August 12th. We don't know a return date yet so will have to wait to get the return tickets.

I am looking forward to going but at the same time am really apprehensive about it. It is going to be a 5 1/2 hour flight with 3 stops and I will be 34 weeks pregnant and traveling with a 2 year old. I really wish that the hospital here was better equipped and I could have the baby here, but that is not the case so am going to once again be away from home for a couple of months.

It has been a frustrating and very stressful time for me as everything was up in the air there for a while and I was so sure I would be ok with having the delivery here this time. It was a great disappointment when I found out I had to leave again. Things haven't gone the way I would have liked or planned, but I think it will be alright. The pastor's wife here is helping me find someone with whom Emilee can stay while I am in labor and delivery. Not knowing when my sister is going to be at work and since I want my mom in the room with me I wanted a backup plan for Emilee. So Pastor Debbie is looking into that for me and I will meet whoever agrees to help out that way when I get there and get Emilee acquainted with them prior to me going into the hospital so it isn't too much of a shock for her.

Well that is it for now!