I'm due in two days. How crazy is that? The rest is a lot of moaning with only a little bit of actual good information mixed in. What can I say? I'm a moody, tired pregnant woman.
Appt info and induction schedule:
Went to the doc today. Everything is fine. I'm measuring 38 weeks, but I think she measured me differently than the last two ladies. She also seemed like she was in a hurry. They are having me do pre-eclampsia lab work. My blood pressure was no higher today than it has been any other day. And it isn't in the pre-e range, just in the watch range. I think the difference today was that I had a doctor and not a midwife. Today, my appointment started with "would you like an internal check?" instead of "how are you feeling/doing?" I definitely like my favorite midwife's approach better. Something I will definitely keep in mind for choosing a doctor next time when I will actually choose someone to see consistently.
The appointment ended with the doctor planning to schedule an induction on the 5th of January in case I don't go into labor before then. I say planning to schedule because she couldn't find my medical file (probably still in labor and delivery due to our recent trip when Mr. E decided we needed a trial run to the hospital in the wee hours of the morning). Since she couldn't find my medical file, she couldn't confirm that my due date was 29 Dec. AYFKM? That probably isn't a real internet-ism, but I'll leave it at that. Why couldn't she look at it in the computer system or, I don't know, take my word for it and if my due date was different at my 3 January appointment, then reschedule? The example she gave was "well if you are due on 27 Dec and not 29 Dec than that would change the induction date". Really, two days is that important to you? I'm pretty sure that two days extra cooking would be fine since many people go TWO WEEKS late, not just one. Anyway.
Pregnancy tip:
Also, for any of you pregnant women out there: If you have heartburn, get on Zantac. DO EEEET!!!! DO IT NOW! oh my, I can't tell you how much relief I got just after the first day. I'm so sorry that I waited to ask for it.
Mr E:
Mr. E is kicking around and making me pee a lot. The doc confirmed with an ultrasound that he was head down (and didn't even give me a chance to see him at all :p ).
Me:
I'm tired and achy. I'm ready. My nerves are gone. I want to meet this little dude and start getting my body back to myself. Sounds kind of selfish, but I'm sick of waking up five times at night to pee. I don't care if I'm up five times to feed a kid (I'm sure I will care more when I'm exhausted from doing it). Kid's gotta eat. But getting up to pee 3 drops is annoying and should not be necessary. Peeing all the time is something people warn you about. I'm also sick of having to sit up to roll over, meaning I have to wake up to roll over. People don't warn you about that. People also don't warn you that no one will talk to you about ANYTHING else. I had a 15 minute conversation at work with people I don't see often that included ZERO talk about pregnancy or baby. It was awesome. Today, I talked to an out of town friend about phones. It was thrilling! I'm not saying I don't want to talk about baby. Mr. E. is the most exciting thing going on in my life, but sometimes it feels like I can't talk about anything else. It also slows me down at work, where I just want to get my job done and everyone has to start meetings/conversations with a 5-10 minute conversation about my due date, bump size, etc.
Ok, enough complaining!
Mika:
Mika had doggy daycare today and tired herself out. She is a good pup. She has spent the evening lounging around. She got to enjoy the snow this week. I'm a little sad because she is "growing up" a bit. She didn't freak out when she went out to play in the snow. In the past, she ran around like a crazy dog. She enjoyed it this time, but not like in the past.
Daddy:
Brian is getting ready to start school again. He'll start class the second week of January. No rest for the new daddy! He has already talked to a professor about possibly needing to miss the first class. She was very responsive and willing to help him find a balance between class and family. I already like her.
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