My appointment actually started yesterday. Anna & I had to stop in to the hospital to get some bloodwork done in advance of today's appointment. Since I am getting toward the end of the pregnancy I'm booking my appointments two weeks out instead of four weeks out which means I'm not getting the coveted 8 AM appointment time anymore. Today's appointment was for 9:45 AM (got in to see the doctor around 10:30). Next time I have the fabulous appointment time of 10:45 and I hope I get in before noon! Hopefully Craig will be able to join me on that one (although Anna is such a patient little kid and really easy to bring along on these appointments so I just can't complain about it).
I piled on the pounds between the last appointment and this one, however, my total weight gain is only 24 pounds which is good. I finally remembered my blood pressure this time, it was 116/65. Baby Girl is head down and Anna said "there's Baby Sister" when she saw her on the monitor during the ultrasound.
I asked Dr. Rizvi all of the questions I had from the tour that weren't answered and I was happy with the answers which is good. I mentioned to her that the woman who gave the tour seemed confused that I didn't know which days I needed to book my room yet which made me wonder at what point we will start talking about induction. Dr. Rizvi says their policy is to not go over 41 weeks. At home it was 42 weeks but I am feeling fine with 41 weeks. I just hope I don't make it that far because I would like to avoid induction. I will start getting internal exams at 39 weeks and my next appointment is on April 17 (37 weeks 3 days).
Last night I finalized the hospital bag checklist and the birth plan/birth preferences document. Now I just need to print them and gradually start tossing things in the suitcase. Just three more weeks before Anita gets here so Baby Girl is "officially" allowed to to come any time after that.
