Anna & Craig set out to accompany me to my doctor's appointment this morning but Qtel called and said they were waiting for us at our house so Craig took Anna back with him and I did my appointment alone. Craig won't be able to come to my next appointment so he's not going to meet my OB until 37 weeks or so! We are planning to go on the hospital tour next weekend though so that is good at least and Craig did get a look at the layout of the hospital if nothing else.
I passed my glucose test again this morning so I finally don't have to take that again. I talked to my OB about what I would like to have happen (barring complications, of course) and she said to just print it out and bring it with me when we come to have Baby Girl. Basically my list of requests is this: no medications (hep-lock OK in case meds do need to be administered) and no episiotomy.
I also talked to her about not admitting me just because I'm 3 cm dilated. I went over what happened with Anna and explained that it was 4 days from 3 cm to 6 cm and I don't want to check in just to have labor augmented . With Anna although my contractions were not miserable, now I know how they were different than non-productive contractions so I'll know what to watch out for. No, I don't want to give birth at home or in the car so I will be safe and reasonable, but I also don't want to introduce drugs into the picture when I've done such a good job of not introducing drugs for the entire pregnancy!
I feel much better about our "plan" and will still get checked every three days or so starting at 39 weeks and that is just fine by me.
I have gained 20 pounds so far.
20 pounds. . .you make me sick!! Just kidding. That's great. I am eating your share then.
You are brave, my friend. No pain meds!
Anna is just the cutest thing. I was showing your blog to my mom and we loved the pictures of her "cooking"