All went well today at my appointment and we just continue down the road to delivery! :) Something funny, though, was that my midwife is the with the same practice who delivered Eli, but he was not delivered by her. I had decided to see her because a good friend of mine highly recommended her and also because she would be the one to deliver Anna unless there was another emergency she had to tend to. Anyway, she has met Eli several times but is only working off of what is in the computer for the stats of his delivery. Today she told me that she thought Anna would be BIGGER than Eli and I said "Really? Bigger than 8 lbs. 6 oz.?" She then said, "Oh, in the computer it said Eli was 6 lbs. 5 oz. Well, that makes more sense then. No, she'll probably be around the same...maybe even a 9 pounder, but don't worry, I deliver that size all the time!" So, she corrected his birthweight in the computer and now she sees why she thought Anna was feeling larger than her brother. Phew!!
Here's the stats (and here's Eli's stats at this stage):
Heartrate: 169 bpm...she wouldn't stop movin'!
Tummy measurement: 34 weeks
Weight: only gained 3/4 lb. this week so I'm up to 35 1/4 lbs. gained...2 1/4 lbs. more than I was at this stage with Eli
We also talked about how my labor should be quicker and only 20-30 minutes of pushing vs. 2 hours like I had with Eli. That's always good to hear!! I told her about my epidural issues with Eli and she is the first to tell me that what I experienced wasn't that unusual. She said that the epidural starts with a surge of medicine and then begins to taper off with the idea that you would begin to push and need to feel more down there to push right. She said that the medicine typically starts to fade on one side and then after flipping sides it doesn't improve, they usually do another dose. For me, the issue was that the anesthesiologist was preoccupied with emergency c-sections so my epidural wore off before she could give me another dose. That gives me hope that as long as Anna's not born on a night where SEVEN other babies were born, that my pain should be managed better. I'll still go in with the idea that I'll get the epidural if I need it, and just kinda see how it goes. Next time I plan to ask her about how it works with her delivering Anna and how to let her know I am in labor, who will deliver if she cannot, etc.
So, all is well! Thanks for checking in!
Here's the stats (and here's Eli's stats at this stage):
Heartrate: 169 bpm...she wouldn't stop movin'!
Tummy measurement: 34 weeks
Weight: only gained 3/4 lb. this week so I'm up to 35 1/4 lbs. gained...2 1/4 lbs. more than I was at this stage with Eli
We also talked about how my labor should be quicker and only 20-30 minutes of pushing vs. 2 hours like I had with Eli. That's always good to hear!! I told her about my epidural issues with Eli and she is the first to tell me that what I experienced wasn't that unusual. She said that the epidural starts with a surge of medicine and then begins to taper off with the idea that you would begin to push and need to feel more down there to push right. She said that the medicine typically starts to fade on one side and then after flipping sides it doesn't improve, they usually do another dose. For me, the issue was that the anesthesiologist was preoccupied with emergency c-sections so my epidural wore off before she could give me another dose. That gives me hope that as long as Anna's not born on a night where SEVEN other babies were born, that my pain should be managed better. I'll still go in with the idea that I'll get the epidural if I need it, and just kinda see how it goes. Next time I plan to ask her about how it works with her delivering Anna and how to let her know I am in labor, who will deliver if she cannot, etc.
So, all is well! Thanks for checking in!
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