Midwife Appointment
Day 10 of bedrest, only 2 more to go!!
We had our first midwife appointment at our house today which was pretty cool. She got to check out our bathtub we intend to use for our waterbirth and we got a very good idea of how things are going to go down on the day, whichever day that will be after Sunday at midnight. We have to go in for an ultrasound appointment on Tuesday because I have not gained any weight or inches in 4 weeks. She says it's mostly routine just to make absolutely sure everything is tickety-boo with the baby and with my levels of amniotic fluid. Because our baby is still VERY active and because most of the women in my family carry little basketballs and gain little weight, she is quite confident that everything is just fine, but it will be good to be absolutely sure before proceeding with the planned home birth. I am still having contractions everytime I move around, so it is quite possible that when I come off of bed rest this Sunday at midnight and start to move around a bit more, I may go into labour sooner than later. But really, it's very hard to predict these things and the baby is pretty much going to come when s/he damn well feels like it. Stubborn and defiant already...
We had our first midwife appointment at our house today which was pretty cool. She got to check out our bathtub we intend to use for our waterbirth and we got a very good idea of how things are going to go down on the day, whichever day that will be after Sunday at midnight. We have to go in for an ultrasound appointment on Tuesday because I have not gained any weight or inches in 4 weeks. She says it's mostly routine just to make absolutely sure everything is tickety-boo with the baby and with my levels of amniotic fluid. Because our baby is still VERY active and because most of the women in my family carry little basketballs and gain little weight, she is quite confident that everything is just fine, but it will be good to be absolutely sure before proceeding with the planned home birth. I am still having contractions everytime I move around, so it is quite possible that when I come off of bed rest this Sunday at midnight and start to move around a bit more, I may go into labour sooner than later. But really, it's very hard to predict these things and the baby is pretty much going to come when s/he damn well feels like it. Stubborn and defiant already...
posted by Reesh at 4:28 PM
3 Comments:
Yeah, bedrest is almost over!
Hang in there & good luck on your upcomming ultrasound and quite possibly an early labor!
No really, you don't get drugs at home you realize right????!!!!???
I am voting that your BOY will be born on Monday morning (early) and HE will be 6 pounds, 2 ouces.
Can't wait to hear about him/her!!!!
Good luck with the ultrasound, if you make it that far. I was kind of hoping we were going to miss ours, but Em doesn't show any signs of going into labor.
Can you believe how close this parenthood thing is?!
Of course, it could still be five more weeks.
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