Thankful Thursday

Yesterday we took a tour of the Women's Center where I will be delivering Wesley. It is important for me to know what to expect (as much as you can when you are talking about labor/delivery!) as it helps ease anxiety for me. I like to be able to envision what my room will look like and what I can expect as far as policies go. I'm pretty excited because they are very flexible and let mom and dad make most of the calls. You can labor and deliver in whatever position you want assuming you are capable of moving which I will most likely have an epidural so I'll be limited, but the fact that if you want to deliver in a position other than on your back tells me a lot about the facility. I'm also excited that it is standard practice for them to wait until the cord has stopped pulsating to cut it, such a small thing but it means they have put thought into things. Another thing I like is unless there is a problem they do not require continuous monitoring, every 30 minutes during active labor and 10-15 minutes at the end of labor is their desire - which is great!
While I'm thankful for what I'm hoping to be a great experience, that's not what my Thankful Thursday really is today.
During our tour we were taken into the NICU. The center has a Level III NICU which is great. The NICU was nice and seemed like the babies are well taken care of. I don't want to step foot back in there again. I hope I never see the inside of that part of the center again. I'm thankful we have the technology and know how to help those small needy babies (and the big ones too like my niece who needed it), I hope we never need them. We passed by a room on our way out and there was a baby who is probably about the size Wesley is now in an isolate, so about 3ish pounds. While I can't wait to meet Wesley, I don't want to meet him before he is ready. 
So I'm thankful that for the most part at this point I have had uncomplicated pregnancies. I've never thought with either Norah or this pregnancy that I might not make it to full term. I might complain that I'm not sleeping well, that my back hurts or that I'm tired (I'm sure my husband can attest to all of this) but I will gladly take that for the next 9-10 weeks in exchange for the alternative. 
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