[blparent] Child Protective Services & blind parenting

[Angie Matney]

Bridgit,

Congratulations! If the hospital where you will deliver offers
childbirth / baby care classes, I would suggest taking advantage of
them, if for no other reason than it will give the med team an
opportunity to realize that they don't have anything to worry about
when a blind couple is involved. I agree that we shouldn't have to
jump through additional hoops just because we are blind, but I'm glad
I took these classes at my hospital. I wanted to minimize the "OMG
blind people!" factor, and it worked really well for us. Congrats
again!

Angie