Traveling while Pregnant

While Mike's friends are in town, we are using the computer room for their stay. However, after they depart, we are going to transform this room into Joshua's room and Joshua's room into the Nursery. Hopefully all of this can be done before July when I board a plane with 4 year old in tow to Sacramento where I will have the baby. Early babies run in my family. Joshua was early and needed NICU facilities. Because the Navel hospital does not have them here, the baby would most likely be sent to the hospital in Tokyo. There are several people I know of who have had to do this and in general it is a stressful and overwhelming situation.

If we were military, I would be sent to the Okinawa Navel Hospital. However, I've been able to choose home instead. The majority of the Summer will be spent in Sacramento. I've got Joshua enrolled in Summer programs while we are there and I'll be busy getting ready for baby. This is the best way that I can be sure that the baby will have adequate care and I will not need to explore my way through a whole other on slot of culture mazes during an emotionally and physically trying time. If I had babies on their due date or, after my due date I may have thought about have a baby at a clinic. However, I'm still come from the belief that epidural s are a good thing. I don't know how I'd fair with natural style. YIKES

I'm really hoping that Mike will be there for the big day but there is a good chance he won't be which makes it so much better that I will have family and friends around. At least I hope so!