Full Term! (37 weeks)
Today I’m considered full term & they wouldn’t try to stop labor if it began today. Wow!
We had a tiny scare at the doctors appointment yesterday - when the nurse checked for the heartbeat with the doppler it sounded slower and different than usual. I commented on it & she said that she thought so too, so they put me on the electronic monitor for a while. He did just fine on it, so they think the doppler was picking up my heartbeat instead. It was definetly scary having to go on the monitor - wondering if something was wrong with Elliot. The doctor was as patronizing as ever ~ but did say that I’m dilated to one & continuing to efface. We showed him our birth plan & he said it was fine, but we get the impression that he’d prefer us to ignorantly go along with whatever he says & wants rather than have our own opinions & desires. We won’t be dissapointed if he’s not on call when we deliver. He did say that by how I’m progressing he doesn’t think I’ll go past due - I know not to take his word for it, but one can hope!
oh oh oh! make sure they DO NOT give elliot sugarwater in a syringe. they did this to Catra and kept her from me for several hours running tests on her, while Dan was at work. It really made things bad for her n I. MV hospital is so much better than Scripps. Strange since Scripps is sooo renowned for being "the best".
Fortunetly they have a policy to not give breastfed babies anything! They have a room in policy where baby is w/ you 24/7 - only if he had to be transfered to NICU would he be away from me.
thats how it was at Chloes hospital. and things were so nice with her birth. youre going to have a great delivery and experience, cos everyone is praying for you three! ox