Sunday 20 July 2008

More Green in the world!

            This next spring we will be expanding our family once again! This baby (we think) is due sometime in March. Which is about the time we will be in the States anyway. The more I know about Russian medicine the less I want to have a baby here. A baby was just born to some friends in Minsk. She had a 8 lb 5 ounce baby. It was her first so she was having a little trouble getting it out so the nurses, in an attempt to help, pushed on the woman's stomach, and caused the baby nerve damage in his shoulder.

            Prenatal visits are about as much as I can put up with.  Visits to the doctor when I was pregnant with Adele' were a culture shock everytime I went. There is no concept of privacy no attempt at preserving a woman's dignity. The bathroom doesn't have a door on it the door to the doctors observation (?) room (whatever you would call it) didn't close and it was open to another room where people were free to walk in and out as they pleased.  And actually Russian people really don't care. Once a woman stood up in the waiting room and began to undress herself. They would kind of chuckle at me when I asked them to close the door, I can't imagine what having a baby would be like but I would really rather not try it. 

8 comments:

Jason said...

I told you not to drink the water there. See what happens. You wouldn't believe me. Congrats anyways.

Carrie said...

You think it's a baby? That would be pretty amazing if you gave birth to a bicycle.

Esther said...

Congratulations! Hope your pregnancy goes well.

Paul Barber said...

Congrats!! We will definitely pray that all goes well because we don't want you in the hospital there! Time sure does fly by so quickly!! I would love to find a way to slow it down a bit!! ( :

All in a Day said...

Congratulations, Katie!

Katie said...

By "we think" I was refurring to the due date Carrie! You haven't changed!

StacyGeorge said...

Yea Katie!! Another cute kid in the world! :-)

Abbi said...

How exciting! Babies are so fun. I can understand why you don't want to have a baby there!