Midwife appointment week 34
Ahhh the trials and tribulations of going to the midwives. First the stats:
Fundus measures 34 cm for 34 weeks (this baby's so perfect already :)
Heartbeat was really loud and strong this time. Must be growing healthy. 144bpm.
BP 112/68 and weight 155lbs...
That's right. After all that trouble last week about my weight I gained 1 lbs in 2 weeks. Stupid scales. I knew everything was fine. My midwife was all impressed and said "Well, I guess that diet I put you on really worked" so I told her that I only did it for 3 days and felt like crap and hungry the whole time so I decided not to care and ate whatever I wanted. She looked kind of stunned and said, "well, OK. I guess it was just a growth spurt then".
We did the Group B Strep test. They don't usually do it until 36 weeks but the midwife wanted to be sure we had enough time to get it done and back from the lab before I go into labor. So I guess her bets are on that I will go early too. It wasn't bad at all, just a vaginal swipe and a quick anal swab (which they don't tell you they're going to do, it's not internal but could still be shocking if you didn't know it was coming). If i'm positive I won't get an IV, just a Heplock for when I need the antibiotic treatments, which is only every 4 hours. She said that I wouldn't need oral antibiotics to take at home because even if I only get one treatment in it will be OK, and I'll probably be in the hospital for at least two anyway since this is my fist baby. She didn't seem overly concerned about it either way which is good.
We also went over our birthplan with them, which went well. Everything we put in ours is 100% OK and pretty much how they prefer to do things too. She made sure to go over the EFM and induction policy with me, which is that they don't use them (except for the initial quick EFM check when you arrive) unless there's something wrong. They also never use them without explaining to us exactly what they're concerned about and how the intervention will help. Basically they don't do anything that isn't medically necessary and won't until we've tried everything else. The cord cutting was the same way, they will wait till it stops pulsing as a matter of practice unless there is something wrong and baby needs to get to the warmer or NICU immediately.
Our next appointment is in 2 weeks and we start going every week after that and checking my cervix/dilation/effacement/station every time! Ohhhh baby, here you come!
Fundus measures 34 cm for 34 weeks (this baby's so perfect already :)
Heartbeat was really loud and strong this time. Must be growing healthy. 144bpm.
BP 112/68 and weight 155lbs...
That's right. After all that trouble last week about my weight I gained 1 lbs in 2 weeks. Stupid scales. I knew everything was fine. My midwife was all impressed and said "Well, I guess that diet I put you on really worked" so I told her that I only did it for 3 days and felt like crap and hungry the whole time so I decided not to care and ate whatever I wanted. She looked kind of stunned and said, "well, OK. I guess it was just a growth spurt then".
We did the Group B Strep test. They don't usually do it until 36 weeks but the midwife wanted to be sure we had enough time to get it done and back from the lab before I go into labor. So I guess her bets are on that I will go early too. It wasn't bad at all, just a vaginal swipe and a quick anal swab (which they don't tell you they're going to do, it's not internal but could still be shocking if you didn't know it was coming). If i'm positive I won't get an IV, just a Heplock for when I need the antibiotic treatments, which is only every 4 hours. She said that I wouldn't need oral antibiotics to take at home because even if I only get one treatment in it will be OK, and I'll probably be in the hospital for at least two anyway since this is my fist baby. She didn't seem overly concerned about it either way which is good.
We also went over our birthplan with them, which went well. Everything we put in ours is 100% OK and pretty much how they prefer to do things too. She made sure to go over the EFM and induction policy with me, which is that they don't use them (except for the initial quick EFM check when you arrive) unless there's something wrong. They also never use them without explaining to us exactly what they're concerned about and how the intervention will help. Basically they don't do anything that isn't medically necessary and won't until we've tried everything else. The cord cutting was the same way, they will wait till it stops pulsing as a matter of practice unless there is something wrong and baby needs to get to the warmer or NICU immediately.
Our next appointment is in 2 weeks and we start going every week after that and checking my cervix/dilation/effacement/station every time! Ohhhh baby, here you come!