Another midwife appointment this morning! I finally got to see Robin, who has been missing my entire pregnancy (not that I minded, but I don't want to not see her at all and then have her deliver the baby). She must have been away getting bedside manner courses, because she seemed much better this time than last pregnancy.
Everything looks good, my glucose and blood levels were confirmed as all really good levels. I was asked if I'm doing anythign differently this pregnancy than with Katie, since everything seems to be going much easier, but I can't think of anything I'm actually doing different...except chasing after a toddler all day and having a boy! Maybe boy pregnancies are just easier on me.
I told her that I couldn't find where the baby is - I knew he was head's down, then crooked, but now I only knew where his feet where (in my right ribcage!) She said she found his head's down, which is probably accurate. I'm going to assume he's head's down but not engaged since there's no terrible pelvic pressure like before.
Apparently part of the reason why they keep saying "We'll see" when I say it's a boy is because the doctor has gotten quite a lot of genders wrong. I never heard of this before, but they said they tease him for all of the babies that come out the opposite gender than what he told them. This makes me extra happy that I got the private scan and even saw baby's boy parts in 3D. There's really no chance that he can't be a boy, but if I hadn't had that scan, I'd be freaking out now!
I had to laugh when Robin gave me the hospital bag list and said "I know it's really early, but I like to start preparing around this time, so just in case you're like me..." Um...well my bags have been packed for weeks! The only one that isn't packed is Katie's, which I plan to do this week. The only reason I wanted the hospital bag check list was to make double sure that everything is packed. Right now I'm just missing those birthing gowns that I'm still trying to hunt down and then everything should now be in there - according to my list and theirs.
Baby's heartrate was in the 160's today, probably because it was taken when he was really active. Not that he's ever not active! I don't even have to do Count the Kicks this time because it's so rare to go more than 20 minutes without huge amounts of movements. Way, way past what the Count the Kicks requires.
The other great part about this appointment (besides everythign looking really good) was that finally, finally...there was no huge wait! They took me back faster than I could even get my weight, fill out the papers and check my urine sample.
The bad part of the appointment was Robin talking about new things the hospital wants them to do. It's only small right now, but they want extra tests - for EVERYONE to get HIV and Hep C tested. While Robin said it's no biggie to decline it (in fact, she didn't even offer it to me, she just said if it's okay to say I declined it because they don't believe in the tests), it's still sad to see that while they've only been taken over for about two months now, the hospital is already trying to transform them. Of course, who didn't see that coming (even though all the midwives and the doctor assured me that the hospital would leave them alone and not change anything). It's disappointing that it's happening so quickly. I'm sure next pregnancy will be very different, they'll be fully under the hospital's wing for at least two years at that point and I"m sure many changes will have been made by then.
But, at least baby is doing great, I'm doing great, and this pregnancy is sailing on smooth waters. I have another appointment in two weeks, where they'll start getting into heavier things - making sure baby is in the correct position (since it actually starts to become important to them at that point), preparing for the GBS test, and handing in paperwork.
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